Malaya Tribune, 6 May 1915

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  • 22 1 The Malaya Tribune. EVENING DAILY.] AND SHIPPING GAZETTE. EVENING DAILY. Vol. 2. No. 105 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915 Price 5 Cents.
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    • 408 1 PALLADIUM ORCHARD POAD. SiaUMfi'i Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD. TC-NICKI Extra Shew :t p.m. Usual Show at 9-15 p.m. TO NIGHT I 'WE DON'T" I w give you scrappy incidents from cne little corner of the firing Iritp, Int< tligtnt news from All Over the War Zone in Euro c and
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    • 269 1 DO NOT BUY I —M—— IMM 111 l WWII 1.l v I ii i iiMi German Made Desk Files. BRITISH MADE j I ARE SUPERIOR AND CHEAPER. Stocks Carried BY 9loneo 2*>td. 14a Collyep Quay. Telephone No. 288. "Gaiety" Picture Palace JUNCTION OF ALBERT and BENCOOLEN STREETS. Positively The Last
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  • 446 2 Poonac and Palm nut Kernel Cake. Coconut cake and palrnnut kernel cake are two feeding stuffs which are being brought prominently to the notice of stockownersa.su reeult of the war. 'lhe main reason for this is that part oi" the Urge (}aantities of the raw products from which these
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  • 162 2 The Hon. Secretary of the Perak Chamber of Commerce circulate! the following letter received from Ag. Commissioner of Trade and Customs, F.M.S. Commercial Intelligence Branch, Board of Trade, 73, Basinghall Street, London, E.C., March 31, 1115. Sir, —In view of the large number of enquiries received at this
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  • 301 2 Singapore's Relations with Bangkok. Bangkok Opinion The Siam Observer says that one of Bangkok's serious grievances for years was the delays which frequently occurred in transhipment at Singapore of goods consigned to this port from Europe. 44 At times a fortnight's delay was common, and there are not
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 228 2 LITTLE'S PATENT MANGLES. LITTLE'S DUPLEX ■Mi T ,RON ROLIER si fßr f,tte,) with Ij^ s PATENT LIFTING Rollers 24 x 6" ||LR llj PRICE. tTil 111 Wilh Plain Ro,lm $120 Net. Wtih Diamond Cut $150 Net. Entire Shipment of Cars Sold Out Within 3 Days of Arrival. THERE IS A
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    • 351 2 TENTS FOR CIRCUSES, CINEMA TOGRAPHS, SHOWS and other purposes. CANVAS WORK of all descriptions by skilled workmen. BOON SENG Co. Ship-Chandlers, Sail-Makers, rotate Suppliers and Commission Agent, 18-19, ROBINSON ROAD. Telephoxb No, 1268 G. R. COELHa 52, Selegle Road. Tuner, Repairer and Dealer of Pianos, Organ and other Musical Instruments.
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    • 488 3 s. ®****************t***********l*** CUAN KIAT A CO., 37, Phillip street. j J Telegraphic Address 1 C,c P h »nc Nos. 1233, 1174. I J J Codes Used a* j GUANKIAT. I (Private 1450). ]H Be sth FHt wni I g j I la.B. c. sth Edt. and HI, I J P
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  • 147 4 Strange Case at Bangalore. Bangalore, April 24.—Yesterday afternoon, before Mr. A. B. Cox, L C.S., Diitrict Magistrate and Justice of the Peace, Mr. B. W. EL La* ranee, Barrister-at-law, held a complaint on behalf of Mr. J. B. Beck, of ford Town, against Mrs. R
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  • 281 4 At the meeting of the Committee of Agricultural Experiments held at Peradeniya, Ceylon, on March 11th, Mr. Bryce said that he had conducted some experiments with Dr. Friederichs' fungus preparing it in pure culture in tubes. Larvae of the beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros L.) were obtained and placed
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  • 228 4 The area under Para rubber cultivation in British Guiana during the 1913-14 season was 4,018 acres —an increase of «S7O acres over the preceding crop year. British Guiana lies within what may be termed the 44 rubber zone," and is adjacent to the home of the Para
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    • 590 4 ALBERT L. A. DALEY UNDERTAKER AND COMPLETE FUNERAL FURNISHER AND EMBALMER. No. 157, MIDDLE ROAD. 'Phone NO. 619. Telegraphic Addbkss "DALEY" E<Uh»Uhe4 1597 AGENTS FOR S Messrs Dottridge Bros., Ltd., London. i _ju——i iifhi i i—iiwmn— ii ——WW THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. It is not a question whether more
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    • 23 4 "^BEER Brewed from only Best Malt Hops. Sole Agents: ANN LOCK Co., Battery Road. «■BnmaaßaHi Sub-Agents Tfll TO Co., Beach Road, Singapore. ■■^■■■■■■IHnBiBHHBHHnHHHHHBniHBBBaHMi^BBQBCSKISni^^BaBaii^^H^B
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  • 1334 5 Tremendous Issues Raised by the War. Mr. Horatio B -ttomley (Editor of "John Hull") in the Sunday Pictorial hays The more I think about this ghastly tragedy the more convinced oo I become that the world is witnessing something far greater, and of deeper •iguificance, than
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  • 116 5 Writing under a cover dated March 25th a correspondent at the front says that the men of the 4th Division of the British army now have the benefit ef a kineinatograph theatre for the entertainment of troops on their weekly two day s' rest from the
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  • 126 5 Territorial Force Doubled A Pioneer special cablegram,'lated London, 22nd April, says :—la the spring campaign in the West tho Allies continue to gain points of importance all along the line. Mr. Tennant has stated that the Territorial Force has been doubled and an entirely new one equipped.
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    • 186 5 1 iOTEL van WIJK i DURING THE WAR FECIAL RATES tor MONTHLY BOARDERS. 11 i K. J. J. TIDDENS, Manage,. KOH 6f Co. BRAS BASAH ROAD, Singapore. EXCELLENT OFFER FOR PORTRAITS Drawn by Hand, for the First Time, and Only a Limited Number. BOOK YOUR ORDE'I at •nee, or you
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    • 290 5 The Malaya Tribune. Can be had at the following depots Singapore. Messrs. Koh Co., 90, Bras Basah Road. Adelphi Hotel. Mr. Pang Boon Tin Tank Road Railway Station.) Messrs. Kwong Seng Chiang Co., Selegie Road. Mr. Mohd. Abu Bakar, 265, Gay lane Road. Mr. Jit Lok Kee, 166, Serangoon Road.
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  • 77 6 We have received from Messrs Adamson Gilfillan Co., the local agents of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, the beautifully gotup magazines Sunset, The World Traveller de Luxe and The Titan of Chasms, containing several wellillustrated articles descriptive of scenery in Arizona and California, and of the Panama-Pacific
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  • 290 6 It is reported from Shanghai that the steamers Nagata Maru and Yeiraku Maru, which were wrecked on the Amherst Rocks on the 10th April, as recently exclusively reported in the Tribune, have been abandoned, as it is considered impossible to salve them. Mr. Camille Xotton, of the
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  • 204 6 Latest Quotations. Reuter's Special Services. London, May 3, 6-5 p.m. Metals. Tio —£l64.—spot. Straits, 3 mos. £162 10.0. Bar Silver 23$ Copper 76. Iron 65/9. Iron Sheets 16. Lead 21. Braziers 91. Spelter 50. Yellow Metal 10£. Produce. Rubber 2/6—2/3} May-June. Fine hard Para spot 2/6. Plantation,
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  • 227 6 (Singapore, May 6 Tin— $SO.lO SO tons sold. Copra- —Steady. Tap ioca —Weak. Sago Flour. —Steady. Gambier. —Good demand. Pepper. —Weak. Other Products. —Market stealx Latest Local Market Quotations. Nutmegs 110 S. per picul $21.00 Nutmegs HO S. 22.00 Copra Bali M 6* Copra Gorong Talo 8.50* Copra
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  • 35 6 The Burma Marine Insurance Agents' Association have fixed war risk rates as follows: —United Kingdom, one and a quarter per cent United States of America (transhipping in United Kingdom) two and a quarter per cent
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 644 6 S.S AND F M S* DIRECTORY. (English and Chinese.) The Commercial Advertising Co. beg« to notify the public that the following Singapore business firms are advertising in and have subscribe 1 for the S.S. F.M.B. English and Chinese Directory, which will be published in the early part ef 1916 Messrs
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    • 245 6 MOTOR.CARS ON HIRE MOTOR REPAIRS ALL KiHDS OF TYRft GREASE I Cylinder Oil AND Motor Accessories OF Every Description. Sole Agents For: North British Clincher Motor Tyres Meitz Weiss Oil Engines The Celebrated Star, Mitchell and Paige Cars Pope Motor Cycles "Gasolene light I Cycle Co" 4/5-2, BEACH ROAD. -rxnmm*
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 171 6 FIXTURES. Thursday, 6th. Last Quarter of Moon. Kinds' Accession 1910. B. I. Homeward mail sails. High water: —2.3 a.m.. 8 ft. 4.47 p.m. 6 ft. 5 in*. Friday, h\ M. M. Outward mail due. H. E. the Governor returning to Singapore l»y to-night's mail train. Last Quarter Moon. High water:
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  • MALAYA TRIBUNE (SINGAPORE)
    • 19 7 THE GREAT WAR. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915 NOTES AND NEWS. Cfte un\m tribune. THURSDAY, MAY 6.
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    • 545 7 German Attack Repulsed. London, May 4, 5.40 p.m A Paris communique says that the British, yesterday evening, l an attack to the Northward y, pes. We gained ground at Bagatelle. Treatment or British Prisoners. 1. adon, May 4, 5.40 p.m. A Press Bureau message states that the
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    • 83 7 London, May 4. A Copenhagen meisage says that the King of Sweden, at Gothenburg, in a speech declared that the danger of Sweden becoming involved in the war wa*H as great as before. H. M. emphasized that it was Sweden's indispensable duty to observe strict neutrality, and exhorted
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    • 149 7 Another Murder London, May 4, 9.5 p.m. Tho British collier Minterne has been torpedoed off the Scilly Islands without warning. Two of the firemen were killed. Dastardly Curs. London, Mny 4, 10.20 p.m. A German submarine in the North Sea shelled the trawler Grant on and killed
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    • 53 7 Cum Grano Salis. London, May 5, 1.15 a.m. The German Admiralty states that a Zeppelin on Monday fought a number of British submarines in the North Sea. One of the latter was sunk by a bomb. The Zeppelin was not touched by the fire of the submarine guns
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    • 39 7 London, May 5. 1 20 p.m. Madrid A terrible fire has destroyed the Law Courts, a great 17th century building. Judge Aranda was killed in trying to save the official papers. Many firemen were injured.
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    • 291 7 London, May 4, 9.45 p.m. Major-General A. E. Sandbath has been wounded in Flanders. London, May 4. Wounded and Prisoners W. G. Jackson, A. L. Ryder, F. W. Tomlinson. Wounded in Mediterranean E. W. Ager, G. H. Birkett, H. R. Bowen, C. L. Boxall, C. G. Carruthers,
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    • 198 7 Comforts for the Troops The following statement shows the receiptsand expenditure of the Central Depot for Comforts for the Troops from Ist January to 31st March, > ITS? Celpts Bank balance, Rs. 8,561-10-3; cash balance, Rs 164-15-3; gifts through the Com-mander-in-Chief, Rs. 27,500; sub•eruptions, Rs. 3,081-9-10;
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    • 328 7 The official reports issued by the French aud Belgian Commissions of Inquiry, and the diaries and notes found upon German prisoners, and now kept at the French War Office, prove with what systematical barbarity the Kaiser's officers and soldiers have treated the women, children and
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    • 34 7 The exportation of tyres fron Singapore to Siam is now allow-, 1 under the supervision of H. B. M' s Consular officers. Imports must he limit* d to the normal consumption of the country.
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      • 220 7 Hi mantra I 5 for the price of 4 I I Ist Motorist (pointing to burst tyre) "Hullo, old chap, I'm in trouble one of my confounded Bf 28 tyres has burst, and I haven't a spare." 28 2nd Motorist No spare and I always looked on you as an
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    • 1543 8 Effect of Scientific Methods. Advent of the Bucket-Dredjinj System. In our last two issues reference was made at some length to the notable first month's output of the Kamunting Tin Dredging Co.'s dredge —850 pikuls of tin-ore for 51G hours' work. Mention was also made of the
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    • 40 8 At the public untitled hold at Mr. L. A. Chitty's s b- ro Malacca, on sth inst., the property was disposed <>f -ban 1 and house No. 51 First Crosi c bought by R. M. P. PmtonfcP* Chitty for #8,250.
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      • 323 8 j j THE BLACK BOOK I OF THE WAR. j j GERMAN ATROCITIES I IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM. I I Full Text of Official Reports. 1 Price 10 cts. each. I I 1 Pbofos of -<2===l I Kitchener, Jeliicoe, and French. 1 3 PICTURES IN AN OAK FRAME y i
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      • 30 8 ALLSOPP'S BRITISH PILSENER j I BEST HE LTHI EST. Always ask for ALLSOPP'S. J t SOLE IMPORTERS: Caldbeit Macgregor j Co. ADELPHI HOTEL. Music 3)uring TO-NIGHT! DAVID BENJAMIN Manager. 11-2
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    • 796 9 T r \t $80.10—160 cts. up. iiangala was due > j at daybreak to-day. T Marti d baa adjourned r m indefinite period. ngkst Tobacco Comi ;t 5 per cent dividend. t- ith African government able the income tfX. Priok Dry Dock I a 15 per cent
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    • 113 9 The British Charge d'Affaires at Bangkok reports, under date 11th January, that considerable difficulty has been experienced, owing to the swampy nature of the ground, in finding a suitable crossing over the Patani (or Goloh) River in order to carry the railway southward to join up with the
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    • 38 9 Tribune Special. Penang, May 6.—The representative of the Resident Councillor met the Yasaka Maru and arranged for better accommodation for Malayan contingent recruits. Before leaving the men declared themselves that they were comfortable and satisfied.
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    • 31 9 The Penang Ladies Rifle Club wins the Ridgway Challenge Trophy for April, beating Singapore by 33, Perak by 48, and 8elangor which did not return any score.
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    • 136 9 India's Huge Match Trade. In an interesting article contributed to the Wealth of India on the match-making industry in India, Mr. Evance, the expert, points out that in 1911-12 nearly 9&} lakhs of rupees worth of matches" were imported into India, which is quite capable of manufacturing
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    • 135 9 Kesteven-Leaeh. The wedding took place on Monday at the Church of St. John the Divine, Ipoh, of Mr. Leofric Kesteven, Assistant Government Architect, Tpoh, and until recently of Kuala Lumpur, and Miss Amy Lilian Josephine Leach, of London. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. K. A. Hone.
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    • 94 9 The M Statesman" reports that despite the vigilance of the authorities a large number of German subjects still remain unaccounted for in Calcutta. On the outbreak of the war they were estimated at 300, and it will be remembered that large numbers of Germans and Austrians were
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    • 79 9 Doriag the week ending May Ist there occurred 174 deaths locally, of which 123 were male and 51 female. Of the 174 deaths, 129 were Chinese, 22 Malays and 10 Indians. Malarial fever claimed 19, phthisis 25, convulsions 11, beriberi 13, pneumomia 8, dysentery 7, and bronchitis 10.
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    • 30 9 Ma lame Diet 4 hag very kindly consented to give a course of lessons in French conversation beginning on Thursday, May 6th, at 5 p.m. Ladies interested are invited.
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    • 397 9 •Reuters Special TOar, 3mperial, an& Qr&inar? Services. The Czar's Forces. Grim Battle Surge. London, May 5, 4.45 a.m. A Petrograd communique does not confirm the Austro-German claim of a great victory in Galicia, and states that a series of battles developed on Sunday and Monday in Galicia from
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    • 419 9 India Consolidation Bill. London, May 4, 8.45 p.m. On the second reading of the India Consolidation Bill in the House of Lords, the Marquess of Crewe, Secretary for India, explained that it was simply a consolidation bill dealing with Acts wnich went back to the year 1770 and
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    • 18 9 London, May 5, 1.20 p.m. The Italian Ambassador has had a prolonged conference with Sir Edward Grey.
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    • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 577 10 Chinese Bigamy Case. Bride Instructor's Evidence. r In the Third Magistrate's Court, yesterday, before Mr. N. D. Mudie, the case was continued in which Chew Chiat Thye, a Chinese towkay, resident at 32, Cross Street, was charged with bigamy by marrying another woman during the lifetime of his
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    • 29 10 An Europewj named W. J Hancoek, rending at Pulo Prani' &th. First Court n I *i"> using crimina force to one Mok Ah Hen, on the
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    • 36 10 A Chinese named Lee Meng was this morning charged before Mr. Clarke with criminal trespass into the house of Mrs. Kraal, 213 Orchard Road. The man was convicted and sentence deferred to the 10th inst.
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    • 74 10 Yesterday, in the Marine Court before Lieut. B. A. Cator, R.N Deputy Master Attendant, Capt. T. Smith, of the British steamer Kassala, passing through the port from Newcastle-on-Tyne, charged T. Dean Robson, the boatswain of the vessel, with assaulting the chief officer, Mr. John Worthington, while the
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    • 346 10 [By the Max at the Rails.] The morning was nice and cool but a bit misty a»d, owing to the heavy ground after the recent showers, the going was not so good as on previous mornings. There were, however, some fine individual gallops and evident signs of
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    • 118 10 At Buckingham Palace, on JGth ult., Mr. A. R. Peel was received in audience by the King and kissed hands upon his appointment as His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Rio de Janeiro. Mr. Peel, who was born in 1861, is a son
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    • 116 10 We are informed, through the courtesy of the Straits Steamship Company, that Captain R. Upton died on Monday last. Captain Upton will be well remembered as one of the most zealous officers in the Companys fleet, in whose service he has acted for a period
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    • Page 10 Advertisements
      • 225 10 Latest Advertisements. Ec Sharp Ross Co., LtdIX LIQUIDATION. AUCTION SALE OF A Large Quantity of Earthernware Drain Pipes, Channels, Bends and French Roofing Tiles, Cement, etc. To be held at THE E RECLAMATION, Tanjong Pagar On Thursday, I3th May, at 9-30 a.m. POWELL Co., Auctioneers. P. GOLD Esq., Liquidator. 6-5
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      • 224 10 |"IN A CLASS BY ITSELF" S (THE HIGHEST). 5 I g This is not the opinion of a few or of mere lj majority, but OF ALL who have tried Ross's Great g Auk's Head Pilsener. It deserves its high H reputation because it is always fully up to its
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    • 81 11 REVISE TIMES I Singapore (Tank-Fcad) Daily. Wekkdays v Sundays. Mai! Daily leave* for north at 7.7 a.ro. and ii.n. Ot.vr train 4 If ive for .Johore at I 10.2? a., I P-. m p., 4.4o p. Mail arrives from north at *.1>> a.m. and <.!4 I Tr from
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    • 87 11 from Europe. I'er M. M. Cordillere npected on May Per B. L i t ket expect d to arrive at Penang on I rmrsdav tnornioff From Chim.— Per M. M. ErnestSmoos expected on May 7. London Mails Despatched Dae Arrived. s -P.k 0. Ail in April 19
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    • 40 11 Singapore, Mag 6. '**«k4 n/». 2/4 5/32 I 2/4 ik T. T. 174| X uk ,!/H 20| Bank I. 995 T, I. 142 d/. 411 1 r ttP $3.54 lissue 1/4 1/4 1/32 and rate 5% Wt m London
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    • 90 11 Kiangnan Dock and Engi- 01 kfl launched at their ril L 6 the first of two they have under con- i the Chinese Governlaunch was in every tory, th* j vessel taking without a hitch. The ceremony was perform* Lee Ping-sing, the the Admiral and
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    • 444 11 Fine weather is experienced in the China St a. Bay of Bengal, clear ligh breezes The Oanfa (Ocean line) is dv* here on May Bth, bound for London. For Penang and Calcutta on the loth is s.s. Fooksang (I-C). The Scindia sailed from Liverpool on May 2nd. The
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    • 546 11 Vessels in Port. Quarta, Brit str 14-8-14, Keppel Harbour. Pontoporos, Brit str 18-10-14, Outer Roads, Recorder, Brit str 25-3-15, Inner Roads. Violante, Brit str 5-4-15, Inner Roads. Patrol, Brit str 5-4-15, Keppel Harbour. Kuantan, Brit Tstr 18-4-15, Keppel Harbour Wharf. Sri Tunda, Brit str 18-4-15, Keppel Harbour Wharf.
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    • 190 11 ARRIVALS 4-5-15. Hong Bee, Brit, 2056, Van Eg. dom, May 3, Spore, Ban Eng Joo Sin Kee. Hercules, Nor. 2439, Withelnisen, May 3, S pore, gen., S. B. A: Co. Jin Ho, Brit. 93, Harding, May 3, Asahan, g*n., E. S. k Co. de Haan, Dut. 904, R
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    • 101 11 The following vessels are expected at Port Swettenharn Benlomond, 6th May, from.London. Agents, Messrs Boustead, Hampshire A Co. Helenus, 6th May, from London. Agents, Messrs Boustead, Hampshire Co. Monmouthshire, (Shire), Bth May, from London. Agents, -Messrs Boustead, Hampshire Co. Glenturret (Glen), !)th May, from London. Agents, Messrs
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    • 81 11 Per P. «fc 0. Nagoya.—Mrs J. Keller, Miss Newton, Mr. C. G. Renshaw, Mr. W. J. Smith, Mr. S. Strachan, Miss A. Leach, Mr. S. B. Hampton. Per N. Y. K. str. Hirano Maru.— Mr. H. W. Harrop, Mr. E. A. Swan, Mr. Sime, Mr. C. K. Harrop,
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    • 308 11 LOADING LIST. Europe. For London I Kalorao, May 24 Miyazaki Maru, May 12; Sardinia, May 13; Oanfa, May 8. Liverpool Kalomo, May 24. Marseilles Ernest-Siuaons,May 7 Kalomo May 24 Miyazaki Maru, May 12 Sardinia, May 13. h Genoa: S.M.N. Vondel, May 15. Barcelona C. de Eizaguirra, May 20.
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    • 206 11 That the oil fuel requirements in England have jumped by leaps and bounds is evidenced, not only by the ever increasing number of vessels burning liquid fuel passing through this port, but also in the tonnage carrying this commodity to British harbours. We have, on several occasions, recorded
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    • Page 11 Miscellaneous
      • 291 11 Mails Close. Ixtej. Tar. 1 |>mt |orr' o and k Boasbaj M i n 2 pni Sri Wongsee ptn q.-ti Pa:.;*' and I *Lama 2 pm ,'££»<1 .H"" 'K» 1 i m 5 v* P'»rt Dickson >;ippho 2 pm k a, ean t ic. T-ndjong t \j 4 n» an
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    • 751 12 Prices Quoted in the Market this Morning. «iNGAPoriE, May 6. nVam. Lgrafl and Evatt, Exchange and Share Imc the following list of quotations: Rubber Shares. xiom. Value. Buyers. Sellen». 2/- Allagar 1/10 2/4 1 AngiuJava »>/- 7f2/- Anglo-Malay 8/rt ffi 1 Ayer Knning 1«»/- 12/--2- Bat in-
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    • 353 12 The following new books are ready for issue Allen, J. L M The Sword of Youth. Beresford, J. D., The Invisible Event. Brebner, P. J M The Turbulent Duchess. Capes, Bernard, The Fabulists. Cole, Sophie, Skirts of Straw. Curwood, J. 0., God's Country— and the Woman. Dell, Ethel
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    • 224 12 Loudon, April 11. —The authorities have discovered in London an elaborate s\ stern of espionage carritd on by Germans passing as Americans. Ti ree of the spies have been arrested, and proof has been obtained that they have been transmitting naval and military information to Germany
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    • 613 12 Recent Plantations Data. The area under rubber in 1913 is estimated at 1,250,000 acres distributed as follows acres. Malaya, etc. 500,000 Java 150,000 Sumatra, etc. 250,000 Ceylon 220,000 India and Burma 50,000 German Colonies 60,000 Borneo 20,000 In 1910 the total acreage under rubber was 7C7.000 acres in 1911,
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    • Page 12 Advertisements
      • 508 12 You will do a better day's work! —-and you will feel fitter and fresher all day—if you begin the day with Sanatogen. In these days of keen competition, the man who wins through is the man who does a better day's work than his competitors. When you come to analyse
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    • 1573 13 Opening of the New Building. Bi*h Ideals of the Institution- [lency Sir Arthur Young, if q High Commissioner of i Malay States, last fterooon opened the new i Y. M.C.A., which has on the Brickfields i Lumpar. The afteri very sol try, hardly a stirring, out this
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    • 156 13 An interesting photograph by "Mr. H. F. Macmillan is given in the April number of the Tropical Agriculturist of a seven-year-old coconut palm at the Experiment Station Peradeniya. The height of the trunk is stated to be nine-and-a-half feet to the bud, and the girth four fact
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    • Page 13 Advertisements
      • 99 13 LEE BROTHERS' STUDIO. RENOWNED FOR HIGH-CLASS PHOTOGRAPHY, THEREFORE ENSURING BEST RESULTS. Have your Photograph taken at our Studio. 1- 5 31-5 Mechanotherapy. Latest Scientific Treatment. Treatment of Paralysis, Lumbago, Rheumatism Gout, Nerve and Skin diseases, &c, by Mechano-Therapy and Electricity. Treatment under the guidance of patients' own medical men if
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      • 525 13 AUCTION SALES MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE LEASEHOLD LAND AND HOUSES Situate at Victoria Street, Singapore, TO BE HELD AT POWELL CO.'S SALB-ROOM On Tuesday, the I!th May, at 2-30 p. m. t i 11 pieCe of land gitua te in tke District of Singanore, in the Island of bingapore, estimated
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      • 145 13 G. C. LEE, 158, Prinsep Street. PIANO TUNER AND REPAIRER. WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED TERMS MODERATE. 2-11 MO BAN LEE ANN Ltd. REGISTERED OFFICE 58 59, MARKET STREET. Telephone No. 1130, Shipchandlerß and Providores, General Importers and Exporters of Engineering Stores and Agricultural Implements and Estate Suppliers. Agents for: THE STRUTS FACTORY,
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    • 1673 14 Opening Ceremony at Kuala Lumpur. Following the ceremony of investiture of Mr. Loke Yew with the insignia of C. M. G. last Saturday, His Excellency the High Commissioner (Sir Arthur Young, K.C.M.G.) visited the new Law Courts for the purpose of declaring them open. In the
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    • Page 14 Advertisements
      • 357 14 THE j 'TRANSMISSION OF POWER 88 Between the Engine and Machines in any which will Ensure (I) That all the Available Engine fcl 2£ Installation is a Most important Point, 1 Power is being Transmitted, and (2) That the 9 5£ and it is Most Necessary that a Method be
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    • Page 15 Advertisements
      • 414 15 NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that I the undersigned have no mors interest whatsoever in the business of Stationers and Booksellers carried on at No. 109 Jonker Street, Malacca, Straits Settlements, ender the name and style of 44 The Stationery and News Supply Coy." as from this date, and all
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      • 477 15 NOTICES •SHELL* MOTOR SPIRIT, AND PURE METHYLATED SPIRITS In Large Quantities. HIN WATT& CO., Phone No. 428. 102, Market Street. FRASER HEAVE, LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 3rd day of May to the 10th day of May, 1915,
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      • 420 15 _NOTICES_ KMM KMT CO., 108 109. MARKET STREET. Telephone No. Shipchandlers, Government and Municipal Contractors, Estate Suppliers and Commission Agents. Sole Agents: THE MULCOTT BELTING Co., Ltd. Best Multiplar Brand Hair Beltings 12-11 v MARTIAL LAW. By His Excellency Brigadier-Gen-eral Dudley Ridout, Commanding the Troops, Straits Settlements. Any printing, posting,
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