Malaya Tribune, 18 February 1916

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  • 29 1 The Malaya Tribune. EVENING DAILY.] v AND SHIPPING GAZETTE. [EVENING DAILY. Vol. 8. No. 40. SINGAPOEE, FRIDAT, FEBRUARY 18, 1916 'Price 5 Cents. Cbt IPakpa Cribunc. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18
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    • 335 1 A IVIa-gnificent Programme To-Night AT THE POPULAR CINEMA HOUSE fG^ e^y 99 Picture Palace "TH© House Beautiful FOR PICTURES, FOR BRIGHTNESS, FOR COOLNESS, FOR ALL. Junstion of Albert and Bencoolen Streets. A Great Pathe Exclusive jßeels ON THE BRINK 3 Reels An intensely gripping dramatical picture play Reels CHARLIE CHAPLIN
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    • 60 1 |"ONODA"i I Portland I I CEMENT. I j j I I i MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD. I (Incorporated in Japan) 4 I SOLE AGENTS. I I NESTLES BEST I MILK FOR I ,r ftc feSTLEi BABIES. OJ UV, |IV[lljK| I PER TIN. ffiOOD J EVERYWHERE. So Nourishing that every Tablet
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  • 435 2 M r. Gerard Fiennes, describing a reoent visit to some of the units of the Grand Fleet, says youth was everywhere, joyous, buoyant youth. There was not an old man to be teen. But it was the Arethusa that pleased him, and the others of the party.
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  • 123 2 M Even in these days everyone in a bath chair is not wounded. The following incident occured recently it Harrogate," says the Manchester i Guardian. M A Glasgow businessman was at- tending the wells there for a bad i knee. As he was being wheel ed
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  • 116 2 j There is a marked increase in the tendency to desert from the enemy lines," says Reuters correspondent with the British Headquarj ters. M The Germans themselves are aware of this, and take the utmost precaution to prevent it Any man whose BftoVeflMtlis even give lite
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    • 271 2 THE NOVELTY OF THE MOMENT H. M. S. MALAYA. Dreadnought MflMBMp Battleship mounted on good rubber tyred H&|p£Hßfc wheels tor Bl^^jl^SP™ Child ■XHHfifl to use. HhmIIhHHH $60 nett. BHHSbH ON VIEW AT JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND. ASHCROFT'S Billiard Tables. AWARDED GOLD MEDALS. CONTRACTORS OS HM TO G
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    • 168 2 POWELL CoTT CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY, 1916. SDK. *•> 13 20 gj J Mon. 7 14 j2l 28 i TUES. 1 8 IS 22 29 Wed, j 2 <J 16* 2:>, Thurs. 3 10 17 24 Fri. 4 11 18 2:» I j I SAT. 5 12 19 26 Tuesdays Land
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  • 287 3 Limited. The Malacca Pinda Robber Estates, The Secretaries of the above company favour oi with the report that the output of the company's eitatea; for the month of January amounts to 33,000 lbs., making a total of 154,203 lbs. for the five months of the current financial year.
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  • 342 3 The following was sent to the Ceylon Independent by a Colombo gentleman, Mr. T. A. W. Goonewardene, who took a great interest in the prodigy Information has been received of the death of Arumugam, the Mathematical Prodigy, who, a couple of years ago, mystified the whole of
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    • 165 3 MOTOR CARS ON HIRE MOTOR REPAIRERS MOTOR CAR IMPORTERS GREASE Cylinder Oil AND Motor Accessories OF Every Description. Sole Agents For: Meitz Weiss Oil Engines The Celebrated Star, Mitchell and Paige Cars Pope Motor Cycles Sub-Agents MICHELIN TYRES. "Gasolene Light I Cycle Co. 5,5-1 5-2, BEACH ROAD. Just Published. Ponton
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    • 215 3 Tuition by Correspondence FOR Oxford and Cambridge Locals, London University Matriculation, Hongkong University Matriculation, Profeesiona' 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 P.M.S. Prospectus and Scale of Fees on Application to THE SECRETARY,
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    • 167 4 83 84 Bras Basafa Road. Have Just Received New Stock of Collin's Illustrated Pocket Classics each 10.60 Drill and Field Training 60 ALSO Duplicate copies of Ululated Papers lost by the 4t Persia." (These were specially ordered by wire at the request of some of o»r ciMomers who want to
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    • 217 4 AUCTION SALES. Auction Sale Of Unserviceable Police Stores. Unclaimed and Confis ated Property and Intestate Estate Property, etc. By order of the Chief Police Officer At the Central Police Station, South Bridge Road, Oft Wednesday, 23rd Feb., it 2.30 p m For particulars, see catalogues. POWELL Co. Auctioneers. 9-2 23-2
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    • 343 4 AUCTION SALES. Auction Sale of EXCELLENT MAHOGANY-STAINED TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, F tc i HE PROPERTY OF E. GREGORY JONiiJS, Esq. At Clyde Villa, No. 52 Grange Road On Saturday, 26th February, at 2.30 p.m. His Master's Voice fumed oak hornless cabinet gramophone art j records', mahogany hornless cabinet gramophone, mahogany-stained
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  • 715 5 I i!\ ib« Kuk*i ikia Miratot SIX9APOIW, FBBSWA&Y 18. m Lyall M» d BTatt Share n iae'ie the following list of q«ot»tfon« Jle Rubber Shares. Bq-M SeHeM. 12/- 14/6 J3 .Malay 10/- 11/6 Aver Kuning '5/6 14/6 220/- 230/-nom. itatuTiga BJfc 67 6 Bekoh 2/R 2'fc 7
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  • 273 5 Salvage Impossible. Notwithstanding all the efforts made to aecure further relics from the German cruiser Emden, says an Australian exchange, there is little likelihood of any more reaching Australia. According to statement made by the Minister for the Navy(Mt Jensen) the visit of H.M.A.S. Protector to the scene
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  • 41 5 General Rajknmar Hari Singh of Kashmir was invested by the Maharaja of Kashmir with the title of Raja at a Durbar held at Jammu on the 20th Jan a iry, at which the Hon'ble Mr. rraser, Resident in Kashmir, was present.
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  • 229 5 Lord Northcliftp, writing in th e Times in praise of bis friend, Lord Montagu—saved from the Persia— tells a delightful story. M When the Kaiser was making one of his periodical uninvited visits to England in order—as he put it bluntly—to sound public opinion, and to
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  • 52 5 A small quantity of Epsom salts dissolved in a teacupful of water, provides the neatest and most efficient headlight dimmer for automobiles. The rotation is used on the inside of the headlight glass, where it is allowed to evaporate. The result is a beautifull} frosted lens, the fronting lasting lor
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    • 591 5 Ladies' Black Lisle Hose Ladies Lisie Thrca( i Hose W pw^?/ t^!aceanlFles- ChUdren's Bombax Lace Socks, i° white, tan, pink and iky. Lace Ankles Price t.OO per pair. Id pretty designs, colours white S Sizes 4, si, 6, 6. 1 7 ins. and tan. Ladies' Lisle Lace Hose p wet*,
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  • 397 6 The Truth About The Great War. Free to Malays and Indian!. For months past we have been publishing weekly and distributing free, as a supplement to the Malaya Tribune, all over the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States a paper styled War News (in Urdu, Gurmukhi and Malay)
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  • 545 6 Sir Henry May on Conceit. Speaking at the annual prize distribution at Queen's College, Hongkong, on the 31st ultimo, Sir Henry May, Governor of the Colony, is reported by the Daily Press to have said —I was asked the other day by a very old friend of mine
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  • 68 6 Twenty thousand rupees worth of rubber has been destroyed by the burning of the wing of Shwegyin rubber plantation factory. The cause of ihe fire is unknown. The factory itself was not affected and is working as usual. :o:— Aristide Briand, a leading socialist, who has been called to the
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  • 73 6 In the House of Commons on Jan. 14 the Marquis of Lanedowne, replying to Lord S*denham's allegations that Germany was securing much cocoa from Great Britain, explained that of the cocoa sent to Holland, for manufacture, 90 per cent was returned to Great Britain. Nererthless considerable quantities
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    • 409 6 FREE —PATENT LEVER WATCH. This beautiful lever watch, fully warrant-d to keep correct time, is given free to anyone for selling only a few tins of our M CUREaLL Palm. The greatest cure known for catarrh, croup and colds. The world have never seen it* equal cuts, burns, sores, chaps
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    • 273 6 THE GREAT INDIAN PHYSICIAN* PHARMACY. 5 The most powerful Asiatic Invention, 0 the Present Century ATANK NICRAH PILLS and all other medicines of th< Atank V. Pharmacy are prepared at the Head UflLlP 1 Facory-Jaroiicgar in India. It is theouE 5 largest and the best Pharmacy eaninnZl the latest ud
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  • 721 7 itettMsrify enJorte the opinions UMWatfMlliI n perfidiousness of Germany. ft T.ditor of ths Malaya Tribune. am.—A tremor ran through the m, fciusliw World wh» n the news U the entry of Turkey into the fightLarena was wired. Every Muslim Sped wonder mingled with ttv our Caliph was at war
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  • 39 7 Swimming Club Launches. Launches on Sunday will leave Johnstons Pier at 9, 10 and 11 a.m, 2 30 and 3.30 p.m., and return from the club bungalow at 9.30 and 10.30 a.m., 12.15, 3 and 5.30 p.m.
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  • 134 7 After being hung up for some hours, the t went y-five newly acquired Singapore pony griffins were safely got ashore yesterday morning from the s.s. Siberg, after a thirty-four days' voyage. They were all in excellent condition despite the tedious journey and confinement. They are now located
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  • 18 7 To.morrow afternoon a cricket match will be played on the Recretion ground between the S.C.C. and the S.R.C.
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  • 64 7 Singapore, February IS. On London— Bank 4 m/s 2/4 19/38 Demand 2/4} Private 3 m/s 2/4 29/32 On India Bank T. T. 174J On HongkongBank d/d 17% On ShanghaiBank d/d 8 3 On Jay Bank T. T. 132 On Japan Bank d/d lU| Sovereigns—buying rate &£L. India Ceil Bills
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  • 386 7 Fraser ACo.'s Circular. Singapore, Feb. 17.—The volume of buiiness passing in the Singapore Share Market shews a distinct increase over the two previous weeks. It is very noticeable now how selfcontained this market is; there are scarcely any dealings outside Local registered Stocks except for a few transactions
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    • 144 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. VICTORIA THEATRE FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY. Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 22nd 23rd. Chinese Theatricals IS AID OF THE _l_ I Red Cross Fund. BY THK P. M. I. A. Amateur Dramatic Company. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF H. E. Sir Artkttr H. Young. K.C.M.G Governor and Comm *t> Jer-in-chicf.
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    • 383 7 Latest Advertisements. 1 i. MASSAGE. Electrical and Manual. All orders promptly attended to at private residences. European and Japanese massage Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Fatigue, and Muscular Pains quickly relieved. Address—H. MUTO c/o SUWA HOTEL 164 Middle Road, Singapore. 7-2 n Straits Information Bureau. Advertising Experts. Translations Undertaken at Fixed Rates. 6,
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    • 54 7 LOOK OUT SOMETIME NEXT WEEI A Gold Medal Will be presented to Mr. Y. L. Tan. the Manager of the late Star Opera. A Special Play will be Staged AT THE RENOWNED JAYA OPERA OF MUAR At the Theatre Royal NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. To night To night A Malay Drama
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 153 7 FIXTURES. To-day. Rubber Assoc. meeting, Exchange, t.3Q p.m. Children's Concert, Vic. M«m. Hall, 5.15 p.m. High Water —9-44 a.m. 9 ft. 3 ins.; 11-6 p.m. 8 ft. 3 ins. To-morrow. S.V.R. Smoker, Drill Hall, 9.15 p.m. High Water —10-28 a.m. 9 ft. 3 ins.; 11-27 p.m. 8 ft. 6 ins.
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  • 500 8 Sir Henry May has unwittingly done Confucius an injustice. His immediate object was to advise the rising generition of Hongkong Chinese to put pride in their pockets. But the Governor of Hongkong, who must have had a deal of experience of the stiff-necked mandarins of the old school,
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  • 216 8 Tho pineapple planters, dealers, and packers held a meeting at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, in Hill Street, last Wednesday after- noon, the proceedings corninenciij£ at 2.30, to consider the advisability of addressing the Government on the position of the pineapple industry in the
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  • 359 8 Subscriptions of Chinese In Malaya. Millions of Dollars for the Motherland Very ■trenuoas iod systematic efforts are being made at the present time by our Chinese fellow-subject? jof the King throughout the Colony 1 and the Federated Malay States to j raise several millions of dollars to
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  • 135 8 The great War Page. The War on Shipping 9 In the East Holland's Plight 5 The Western Front M In the Balkans W French Consular News W Steadfast South Africa 10 Japan and Belgium W The Saucy Arethusa Where ho was Wounded I Desertions from the Enemy Rubber
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    • 87 8 ROBINSON Co. ISBQ ENGLISH-MADE CNH| ICE EAU-DE-COLOGNE. "SHELL Motor Spirit SOLD BY All Garages and Retailers IN SINGAPORE. RETAIL) QAotc Per Imperial PRICE j Wo. Gallon. MNlft OR PEACE Famine or Plenty Life Insurance is Worth 100 cts on the Dollar. What Other Property Is r Get Particulars of the
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    • 116 8 Whisky. Good Quality. a JL Reasonable Price. Supplied to most Clubs, Hotel*, Messes, etc. throughout the Straits aud F.M.S. Caldbeck, Macoregor&Co. SINGAPORE MALACCA. j J Adelphi Hotel j I Saturday, Feb. 19, jj I Special 1 Dinner I [ON THE LAWN I I I During Dinner 5 AND UNTIL MIDNIGHT
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  • 578 9 Reuter. Ti» $2 d Wn Germany starts butter tickets on March >lr K. J- Nicholson, C M.G., has -©turned to Singapore from Penang. The Band man Company are exited in Kuala Lumpur early aext month. >[r H. Pratt, F.M.S. Governent' Entomologist, resigned his jjost on Ultimo. prince
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  • 405 9 Another Aircraft Paid For. Yesterday it was our pleasing duty to record the fact that the patriotic Chinese of Malacca have subscribed the full cost—mainly due to the efforts of Messrs Tan Chay Yan,Chan Cheng Siew, Leong Long Man, Tan Soo Hock, Koh Keng Bock, Leong Tow Toon,
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  • 118 9 Pilot Succumbs to Injuries. In connection with the aeroplane accident in Java briefly reported in these columns, we further learn that the pilot, Lieut. Ter Poorten, has also succumbed to his injuries. General Michielsen was killed on the spot. The ascent was made at Kalidjati Soebang to
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  • 112 9 The following is the programme arranged for this afternoon's concert in the Victoria Memorial Hall, commencing at s.ls:—Song M La Serenata" (Braga) by Mrs. Maine; Piano Solo, Fantasia, Alice where Art Thou" (Ascher), by Mrs. Grant; song 44 Stonebreaking Jack (Eric Coates) by Rev.B. C. Roberts; Violin Solo,
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  • 342 9 Parliament. Our Fine Air Service. Wanted, a Zeppelin. REUTER'S SPECIAL SERVICE. London, Feb. 1G, 10.55 p.m. The House of Commons to-day discussed the amendment to the Address regretting that the speech from the Throne had not mentioned measures to strengthen the air services. Mr. Tennant said that the
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  • 160 9 Floods Rising Again. London, Feb. 17, 1.50 a.m. Amsterdam A storm for the last two days again threatens the district of the Zaider Zee, especially Monniken dam. Hundreds of workmen are toiling night long to prevent a fresh breach of the dyke. Huge waves breaking over the dyke
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  • 434 9 Terrible Shipping Disaster. Bolton Castle and Pacific Destroyed. London, Feb. 1G, G p.m. New York A fire which is believed to have been incendiary has destroyed the steamers Bolton Castle and Pacific. Scores of scows and lighters and the pier at Brooklyn, New York, have been burnt.
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  • 54 9 London, Feb. 17, 1.30 p.m. Mr. Lloyd George urges the cessation of ordinary building and the temporary transference of the labour to the building of munition factories. Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Runciman have conferred with the distillers with a view to increasing the output of
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  • 989 9 Fall OF ERZERUM. Huge Captures. London, Feb. 16, 6.25 p.m. Petrograd, Official: Erzerum has fallen. London, Feb. 17, 3.15 a.m. There are still no details of the fall of Erzerum. The Petrograd communique refers to fighting immediately preceding the fall and says that seventy guns, besides monitions
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  • 84 10 (By Courtemy of the trench Consul-General) Paris, Feb. 16, 6.20 p.m. We captured a few communication trenches on the road to Sommepy in Champagne. The Tsar has telegraphed to the President his gratitude for assistance rendered by France to Servia. Havre The Ministers of the Allied Powers
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  • 68 10 Renewed Assurances. London, Feb. 16, 7 55 p.m. Havre The Italian Minister and the Representative of Japan associated themselves in the assurances given the Belgian Foreign Minister by the Russian Minister on behalf of the Triple Entente, that hostilities would not cease before Belgium's political and economic
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  • 168 10 Grenade Fighting. The International Trench. London, Feb. 17, 1.5 a.m. Sir Douglas Haig in his communique says there has been reciprocal artillery bombardment and heavy grenade fighting for the past twenty-four hours between the Ypres-Comines canal and the YpresComines railway. The fighting continues. Otherwise the day was
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  • 78 10 General Botha's Resolve. London, Feb. 16, t>20 p.m. Capetown General Botha, in the Assembly, emphasised South Africans'absolute loyalty to the Empire. He was prepared, if necessary, to take up arms and do his utmost successfully to conclude the war. About seventeen thousand Union soldiers were in the
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  • 65 10 London, Feb. 17, 5.40 a.m. Toronto Following an explosion in the top storey of the building a fire destroyed the American Club. One person was killed and two injured. Incendiarism is suspected. Later. Toronto Two perished in the fire at the American Club, one being an
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  • 42 10 London, Feb. 17. 1J.20 p.m. The Board of Trade Labour Gazette says that the priced of food in Great Britain have increased 47 per cent, as compared with S3 per cent in Germany and 112 per cent, in Austria.
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  • 196 10 Air Raid on Strumnitza. London, Feb. 17, 5.40 a.m. Salonika Thirteen French aeroplanes dropped a hundred and fiftyeight bombs on the town and camps of Strumnitza, causing tires. AH of them returned without being damaged. Ihe Salonika Defences. London, Feb. 17, L3O p.m. A pro-German correspondent of
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  • 176 10 Effect of Abuse of Paper Money. A diagram prepared by the Board of Trade depicting rates of exchange in New York daring last year shows a long continued fall in the value 1 of the German mark until now it has lost all relation to the gold standard.
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  • 309 10 In the First Court, this morning, Chwa Beng Hak, for selling chaiadu dross at 29, Circular Road, was fined $100, or to undergo a month's hard labour. Lee Kiong and Chwa Seong were fined $5 each for being in possession of prepared chandu dress, at No. 3, Hokien
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  • 101 10 $400 Taken from Safe. Madame Louis Bonn, of Kuala Lumpur, has been the victim of a robbery, says the Malay Mail. The theft, it appears, was discovered when Madame Bonn returned from the Club and found the M boy" missing. Her suspicions being aroused, she searched the
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  • 35 10 Notes on termes gestroi and other species of termites found on Rubber Estates in the F.M.S., by Mr. H. C. Pratt, has been reprinted, and copies can now be obtained from the Government Printing Department.
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  • 49 10 A Sore Spot. The Bulgarian Minister 0 f Wai has declared that the occupation of Salonika by the Allies makes it impossible for Bulgaria to demo, bilise her army and she will con tinue the war until she cannot be attacked any longer in the Balkans
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  • 53 10 A bill is being introduced in the Dutch Chamber prohibiting the Bale or chartering ot* Dutch ships to foreigners or the transfer of their port of registry without the consent of the Government. The maximum penalties for a breach of these rules are one year and two
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  • 76 10 The new Dutch Minister of Finance, Dr. A. van Gijn, denie? the report that he is an opponent oi Free Trade. The principal items on the budget proposals of the retired minister Mr. Treub are to be carried through. The new Minister of Finance was
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  • 227 10 (Singapore, February LS.) Tin $87.5 125 tons sold. Copra. —Weak. Tapioca. —Weak. Sago Flour Strong. Gambier. —Weak. Pepper- —Weak. Other Products.— Market Steady Latest Lout Market Quotation. Nutmegs 110 S. per picul $30.00 Nutmegs $0 S. 35.00 Copra Bali 11.30 Copra Gorong Talo 11.35 Copra Dongalo IL35* Copra
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  • 49 10 The January output of the Sungei Buaya (Sumatra) Bobber Co., L.i., was 34,5t>7 lbs. against 26,6 \z lbs. for the aine month last year. This makes tht- total 233,400 lbs. for the sev<-n months of the present year against 157,785 lbs. for the same period last year.
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  • 39 10 The municipalty of Liegnits, the capital of Lower Silesia, has decide to impose a tax of ten marks pel annum on each cat, and it is est mated that an additional revenue of 20,000 marks will thus be raised.
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    • 56 10 CEMENT. 1 i *$kmT 11 I Contracts have been Renewed for the supplies of Cement during jp 1916 to the Municipality of Singapore and to the Government I of Johore also to the Federated Malay States Railways. I i Beware of Imitations. H Insist on getting the Haiphong "Dragon" Brand.
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  • 513 11 Mr. Kentaro Ocbiai, the newlyappointed Envoy of Japan at the .Netherlands Court, arrived at the Hague on January 8. Mr. G. B. W. Gray, manager of the Labn (F.M.S.; Rubber Co., Ltd., is proceeding on leave this week. Mr. W. J. Doughty, senior assistant, takes-charge of the
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  • 38 11 Orders for to-day 515 p.m. Drill Hall S.V.A. do Maxim Co. 4.M0 p.ni. Balestierßange, S.V.R. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall Veterans Co. N.C.O's. t do Chinese Co. S.V.C. Band. > H. Roland Llewkllyx Captain. S.Y.C. a/Adjutant, S.V.C.
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  • 73 11 Singapore (Tank-Road) Daily. Mail Daily leav»* f the north at 7.7 ain 7 i'Ui. Other 4ram- Um for Jo!i<»re at .1 lu.29 an: noon. 1.30 pm 2.55 pm 4. iu pm. Mail arrives from north at 8.16 am and7.14 p.m. Trains leave from J hore c.i lu.i., 11.42
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    • 225 11 j "IH A CLASS BY ITSELF" I i 1 (THE HIGHEST). 5 I 3 j This is not the opinion of a few or of merely a majority, but OF ALL who have tried Ross's GREAT 3 |i ajji's HEAD PILSENER. It deserves its high 3 I reputation because it
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    • 350 11 Cinema CASINO IS PRESENTING ANOTHER STRONG BILL TO-NIGHT. COMPRISING 3 Exceptional Features ABSOLUTELY THE HIT OF THB SEASON. SECOND SHOW-9.15 P.M. SHARP. Moran Special Feature O. H. M. S. 0 li How Lieut. Mo ran Saved London A powerful story of German spies, introducing many flensational and exciting incidents which
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  • 53 12 Notes and Comments from all Parts of THE ARCHIPELAGO. Petroleum at Rembang. The borings of the Netherlands Colonial Petroleum Co. at Rembang have been attended with success. The quantity of crude oil which the Petak area produces is quite satisfactory. It is taken to Sourabaya via Padangan
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  • 65 12 A tea commission of the importers of Java tea has been instituted at Amsterdam. The object of the commUsion is to aid the Netherlands Oversea Trust in ascertaining bona fide buyers to whom tea will he sold exclusively by the importers. The N.O. T. will have full powers
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  • 78 12 Letters were recently delivered In Java which have been travelling for several months. On the Oranje which arrived from Batavia at Medan on an earlier voyage a bag of mails was over carried to Sabang When missed enquiries were instituted at Sabang and it was found that
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  • 85 12 By a recent mail from Holland were received by Arab merchants several packages of pamphlets of a seditious nature. They have doubtless originated in Germany and are directed against the interests of the Allies in the East. Several local journals deprecate the easy means by which they can
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  • 142 12 Stray dogs caught by the Government in Sumatra are not immediately despatched on sight by shooting as is customary here, but are gathered together and drowned. Why these poor brutes should bo put to such unnecessary misery is a puzzle, for enquiries made by the Sumatra
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  • 133 12 The High Court has acquitttd Messrs Th. Thomas, editor of the Bataatische Handelsblad and Mr. vs. X S van Hastert of Het Nieuws van den Dag on the charge of having published movements of troops. It is exactly the same offence for which Mr. J. G. Boon, the
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  • 189 12 The holding of an annual market at Sourabaya, where the trade a-id industry of the island may be exhibited, is creating considerable interest in wide circles in Java. It is expected that all classes of natives will participate in the market and I that the r fair will
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  • 238 12 A native at Tandjoengrasa, in the neighbourhood of Tjikambek, Preanger Residency, again had plans of matrimony. His wife had died and left him with three children. There was a girl in the I village whom he fancied, but she did not relish the prospect of looking after the
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  • 289 12 Mr. Matsumota has been recognised as consul for Japan at Batavia. Mr. Schriecke, attached to the secretariat general, will probably be appointed mayor of Sourabaya, At the Sawah Loents mines a Chinese foreman was crushed to death by a fall of coal. The death is announced of
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  • 96 12 Mohamed Cassim, a Coast Moor, was recently prosecuted by the Maradana Police for stealing a bottle containing some cigars from a boutique at Maligakande owned by one Hinniappu. The accused pleaded not guilty and stated that during the riots on Ist June Ust he sought refuge in
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  • 679 12 The following particulars regarding the measures taken by the Chinese Government to deal with the difficulties caused by the excessive issue and consequent depreciation of bauk notes, and the lack of uniform currency, have heen received from H.M. Commercial Attache at Pekiug Paper Money. At the beginning of
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  • 152 12 (Exclusive to the Malaya Tribune). Messrs Latham and Co., the Arcade, advise the following quotations for to-day: Alor Gajah $3.30 $340 Ayer Kunings 1.20 1.25 Ayer Molek 2.10 220 Ayer Panas 9.00 9.25 Balgownie 4.25 4.50xd Bukit Jelotong o.b'f> 0.72 i Bukit Katil 0.77), 0.85 i ChangkatSerdg....
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  • 49 12 According to the estimate made by one of the leading rubber companies, the production of cmd« rubber in 1915 will reach 142,000 tons. Almost one half of this amount will be used in the United States, and half of this will be turned into rubber products at Akron, Ohio.
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  • 205 12 Some people are naturally thin. There is also a natural pallor bat most people who are both thin anc pale are far from Well and they neec a tonic. Many people neglect to take tonic until they get so sick that 8 tonic is not sufficient just because
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 166 12 hiibbp's Food Products j I Are prepared from the choicest materials under I I finest conditions and by experienced chefs. Libby I stands for quality and flavour in canned foods. I I LIBBY S PREMIER SOUP Cases contain 48 tins as follows:— I I IS THE FINEST OBTAINABLE. 10 tins
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  • 435 13 A£ed Monarch's Night In Albanian Hat. Worthy of the dramatic pages of Dumas is the account of a strange melting with King Peter during his ♦light frcm Serbia, given by an Albanian doctor in a letter to a triend at Uskub. The letter appeari the Berliner Tageblatt.
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  • 32 13 A Hague wire says that it is thon am Alns terdam that tan Sid t r head of cattle have bten ed J° (jer ifany from the inundata art «s in Holland.
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  • 254 13 World's Demand for British Coal. The effect of the war upon the mineral production of the United Kingdom during the latter part of 1914 is revealed in a repct by the Chief Inspector of Mines just issued. As compared with 1913, the value of the minerals
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  • 139 13 Czernowitz, a city of 70,000 inhabitants, has changed hands several times in the course of the oarapaign. Its capture was one of Russia's earliest successes in the war, and followed the battle of Leraberg, when General Broussiloff's forces, after defeating yon Auffenberg, made a victorious advance
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    • 594 13 g v ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY \T THE 1/ Alhambra Theatre \S g BEACH ROAD S 85 I The House of Quality. The Home of Feature Attractions. W g The Leading Cinema Theatre of Singapore. $9 I LET BRITISH FILMS LEAD THE LONDON FILM Co. Prcseats |j jjjj Henry Ainley and Jane
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    • 276 13 The Malaya Tribune. Can be had at the following depots Singapore. Messrs. Koh Co., 90, Bras Basafc Road. Messrs. The Hean Store, N. High Street. Money Ch.mger, Adelphi Hotel. Mr. Pang Boon Tin Tank Road Railway Station.) Messrs. Kwong Seng Chiang Co., Selegie Road. Mr. Mohd. Abu Bakar, 265, Gaylang
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  • 1436 14 Sufferings of an English Woman. German iuhumanity is revealed in sinister colours by a plucky Englishwoman who, after undergoing imprisonment for 12 months in Germany, has at last returned to England. The lady in question is Mrs. Edith Carter, a musical artist, who was sentenced
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    • 483 14 GRAND SALE. For One Month Only. I RAILWAY REGULATOR Price EU. 10. Now fot«LL S J** Nickel Eight-day Open Face WatCh Price Rs. k Now sold for r* 10 Same in Silver Case Open Face PHoe lis. 24. Now sold for Rs. ft a sLein Silver Hunting Case Price Rs
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    • 17 14 HAM BACON Tiger's Head Brand. SLICĔb"~HAM. SUGAHARA Co. 332 334 North Bridge Road. 'phone 1333. 1 i
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    • 476 14 I A Mothtr and Chili. H ft /V ifl X Baby t>l 2 months. H 1 /^</ ft fA* 'Allenburys' Fi-od-. l I on Behalf of Baby I H Naturally a Healthy Mother I I jj] should feed her own child, and no cause, save inability, I I in should
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    • 415 15 TO BE LET TO LET. Two Story Compound house to 9 Loronx 14 off Gaylang Road, Moderate rent. Apply to No. 180 rtoad. 740 v TO LET. •Clyde Villa "and "Birwood," Nos' a g 52 Grange Road, "Surlingham," So uzaDetn t€n nis, lawns stablings attached. Also Nos. 5 to 67
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    • 406 15 __NOTICES NOTICE. THE BUKIT SELANCQR RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned claim a lien on shares in the above Company in respect of calls and interest paid by them on shares, the numbers of which are set out below. Any person holding certified transfers of such
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    • 308 15 WANTED WANTED. A Chinese Dispenser is wanted for a L >cal dispensary. Good salary to competent man. Apply by letter to Box 210, c/o Malaya Tribune. 172 10^5 WANTED AT ONCE. Competent Machine Ruler?. Good salaries to steady men. Apply with testimonials to A. B. C. c/o Malaya Tribune. IG-2
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    • 471 15 BANKS CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid up Capital in 60,000 Shares of £20 each £1,200,000 Keserve Fund £1,800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1,200,000 BANKERS. The Bank of England, Th* London City and Midland Bank, Ltd.. The London County and Westminster Bank,
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    • 513 15 INSURANCE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO.- LTD. [Incorporated n New Zealand) FIRE Insurances effected on Buildings, Rent and Merchandise of every description MAR! HE Insurances accepted to all parts of the world at lowest rate*. EARTHQUAKE Risks accepted. J. HENRY Local Manager. Sees: 2, Finlayson Green. The Eastern United Assurance Corporation.
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    • 691 16 Head Office: 3T PbUHp Street. i| BRANCH STORES AT .-™«p T k No 100 5 I t I"" Addr „n Telephone Nos. 1174,1233, coa.. v..a ;l Telegraphic Address r 2 5 1 I m 1 A.B.C. sth Edt. and A-t Codes. I J t guankiat. I (Private 1450). I I
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  • MALAYA TRIBUNE (SINGAPORE)
    • 19 1 Straits Shipping Gazette. Issued Dally.] Supplement to the Malaya Tribune Issued Daily.] No. 40 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1916
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      • 435 1 P.&O.British India AND Apcar Line (Companies Incorporated in England.) Mail and Passenger Services. Peninsular and Oriental Sailings. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). for China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt* Mediterranean Ports and London. Sieamert will leave Singapore on or about Mail Lines. Homewaed (fob Europe). Outwabd (for
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      • 298 1 STOOMYAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ (STEAMSHIP COMPANY) "NEDERLAND" THREE WEEKLY MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN JAVA AND AMSTERDAM, VIA SINGAPORE, BELAWAN-DELI, SABANG, DURBAN, CAPETOWN, LAS PALMAS AND VICE VERSA Steamers are due to arrive on the undermentioned dates OUTWARD. Jan Psn. Coen Feb. 18 Rembrandt Mar. 7 Oranje Mar. 28 Vondel Apl. 18 Kon der Nederl.
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      • 569 1 N.Y.R. NIPPON YUSEN KAISHi (INCORPORATED IN JAPAN; (JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.) EUROPEAN LINE A service is maintained between Yokohama via ports Marseilles and London, nnder mail contract with the Imperial Japanew Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this servii* hare been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all
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    • 344 2 Europe. For London: Mongara, due February 20 Knight Companion, Febrnary 26 Hitachi Maru, March 1 Naraur, March 2 Kansas, March 3 ProteBilaus, March 11 Iyo Maru, March 15 01enstrae end March For Liver-pool: PingBuey March 4 For Marseilles: Mongara due February 20 Kawachi Maru Febrnary 22. Namur
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    • 41 2 The untitled of the Ying Fat S. S. Co.'s liner Asia Maru for Hongkong and Kobe has been deferred until to-morrow afternoon Messrs X Sassoon and Co. are her agents and all information regarding the Teasel can be obtained their offices.
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    • 283 2 Vessels in Port j British. STEAMBR. BBRTH. DATE Sri Patana Inner Rds 29-1 Will-'o-the Wisp do 10 1 Hong Ho do 16-1 Recorder Outer Rds 28-1 Magnet K. Harbour £-2 Helenns No. 7 Wharf do Castle field Outer Rds 12-2 Minderoo No. 7 Wharf 13 2 Tung Shing
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    • 76 2 Mersiug for Batu Pah at. Van Diemen for Medan. Kinta for Port Swettenham and Teluk Anson. Profit for Saigon. Kitano Mam for Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. Mata Hari for Port Swettenham and Medan. Hong Wan for Batu Pahat. Anjou for Kuala Pahang, Kemaman, etc., and Trenggann. Lady Weld
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    • 124 2 In a statement just published, which concerns 28 Danish steamship companies, including the two largest namely, the United Steamship Compmy nr d the Eist Asiatic Company, both of Copenhagen, it ii shown that these snipping companies together daring the last three \ears earned
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    • 103 2 Arrives Without Clearance Papers. We are informed from an authoritative Bonrce that the report appearing in Ceylon journals, that the Norwegian steamer Providence Capt. M. G. Steen. left Singapore without dearanc" papers, is incorrect. When the vessel quitted this port she was cleared in the usual with
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    • 117 2 Arrivals Feb. 16. Kedab, Brit, 94, Manus, Feb. 16, T. Anson, gen., E. S Co Jin Ho, Brit., 93, Harding, Feb. 16, Asahnn, gen E. S. and Co. Calypso, Bit., 338. Shepherd, Feb. 15, T'kah, gen.. Adamson Gilfillan and Co. Trang, Brit., 73, William Pithie, Feb. 15, Trang,
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    • 136 2 Board of Trade Announcement. The Board of Trade have decided to during the wht, temporary certificates of competency as second ■ante to candidate* \vh > have served three years at sea, and who pass the k tint vi on for a second mate's certificate. The certificates issued
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    • 96 2 Recently the harbour was looking dull and practically empty, there being not more than eight steamers, inclnding the Tuticorin and the Lady boats. During 24 hours there were no arrivals in port, but there was a fairly big exodus of vessels, numbering eight. The arrivals in
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    • 91 2 The total nrimber and tonnage of foreign steamers and sailing-ships which htve called at the ]»o tof Bangkok during the month of January, 1910, is as fo lows 42 Norwegian strs. of 35 128 tons. 17 British 17.r>58 3 D-itch 1,058 9 Chinese 5 812 5 French
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    • 542 2 Wireless Reports. Noon To-day. Vessel In communication at noon with the local Commercial Wireless Station :—s.s. Tjimanock s.s. Amazone, s.s. Tjitaroem s.s. Jan Pieterzoon Coen. The M. M. liner Amazone sailed for Saigon. Bound for Japan, the N. Y. K. liner Kitano Maru, sails this evening. The P.
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    • 253 2 Two Vessels Destroyed. Reuter wired yesterday that a fi re which is believed to have been in. cndiary has destroyed the steamy Bolton Castle and Pacific. Scores of scows and lighters and app er at Brooklyn, New York, have been burnt. The steamers were loading for Vladivostok when
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    • 143 2 Wo have rarely known such a scarcity of tonnage offering. If a charterer requires a prompt boattc fill a contract, he will be forcf i to pay through his nasal organ. At the new season, there to be a species of poH-oevil-pall-baker straggle going ou between and
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    • 66 2 Vessels Expected. Tara (BI.) 21st Febrnary, from India for Singapore. Agent*, Messrs Boustead, Hampshire and Co., Ltd. Keemun (Holt) 21st February, from Europe for Singapore, Chin* and Japan. Agents, Messrs Bonstead, Hampshire and Co., Ltd. Inaho Mam (0.5.X.) 24th Febrnary. Agents. Messrs Guthrie and Co.. Ltd. Tara (B.I.)
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      • 39 2 SINGAPORE SHiPCH^DLERYGo SHKIAIH RS g PROVI o: The Compmnv*« Launch BW t> iricoudpg ship- 1 Office —16 Battery Road. TAKE UWI TO TOP FLOOK Telephone No. 141. Orders promptly attended Jas.uary Ist 1916. H. W. H. STtVEMS, Manager. 5-1
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    • 581 3 Rates Going Higher. ejdusive to Malaya Tribune.) its Snowman and Co., the ,i Hongkong Shipbrokers, JJ nnder date February 5 gsae of onr last circular of 22nd ult. a fairly nnVot chartering business has 0 put through, however, the obtaining tonnage are tag eier. Regular lines- this
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    • 133 3 The following casualties to shipping through hostile acts have been reported recently Ship and Owners. Flag. Tons. Damage. TEROESTEA British 4,272 (Sunk off East Coast. (Captured Austrian Crew landed, Feb 16) Vessel.) UNKNOWN Norw (Sunk in North Sea. Captain, pilot and a stoker drowned, Feb. 16
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    • 17 3 For Moji. Kobe, Osaka and Yokkaichi will sail the O.S.K. liner Saigon Mam on the 23rd inst.
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    • 88 3 Delivered In London. The following are the dates of departure from Singapore of the European Mails and their delivery in London. Mail. Lmrr. Delivered. M.M. Deo. 4 S»nk. P. AO. Deo. 9 Jan. 6 B. I. Dee. 1< Jan. 13 M.M. Deo. 17 Jau. 18 P AO Dee.
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      • 240 3 SEANG LINE OF STEAISRS. Mb "Glenogle" 8,750 Ton». MS, k Seaag Bee' %79i» Ton». MM. Saaag Ch .on" 5,775 Tons SefWfStaAavt aav* ar<>>.-, nudatloc for ~*sneaver». «arry qaalified -nr*eon*. 1 hey a&7t 'flle*:?rto Ltfitj thro'ighont. r it parwags apply to ')(ONG HUK A CO., Agtnts. >r SAUKIiSS BROTHERS P«r Ftrst-Glaai
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      • 424 3 M. M. MESSACEBIES MARITIMES. Mail Line. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, CEYLON, MARSEILLES. Homeward. Ootwakd. I'M.; 1916 Andre L*bon Feb. 25 Amatone Feb. 17 Atlantique Mar. 10 Polyneiien Feb. 29 Aitaione Mar. 24 Kurnak Mar. 14 Polyneaien Apl. 7 Athos Mar. 28 A SieamT Apl. II A Steamer Apl. 26 For all
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      • 450 3 Australia By Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated in Australia). Singapore to Java Ports, Port Darwin, ThursdHy Island, Brisbane and Sydney, via Torres Straits. Also taking passengers and cargo with transhipment for other Victorian, South Australian and North Queensland Porta. Britinh New Guinea, New Britain, Taamanian and New Zealand Ports. Smooth Patsage.
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      • 470 3 Mails Close. To "a*. Batu Pah at Mersing 2.80 pm M edan Van Diemen 2.30 pro Part Swettenham auci Teluk Anson *KinU 2 80 pm Saigon Profit 2.80 pm H< ngkong, Shanghai Japan Kitano Mam 2.30 pm j Port Swetteuham* and Medm Mat a Hari 2.3"» pm Bata Pahat Hung
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      • 99 3 Singapore Tide Tables. Feb. 18.—Hifch water: —9.44 a.m. 9 ft. 11-6 p.m. 8 ft. 3 ins. Feb. 19.—High water —10.23 a.m. 9 ft. 3 ins., 11-27 p.m. 8 ft. 6 ins. Feb. 20. —Hitfh water :—II a.m 9 ft. 6 ins., 11.49 p.m. 8 ft. ins. Feb. 21—High water :—11.36
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      • 627 4 TOYO KISEN KAISHA 'sssss. ssssstsa FRANCISCO TO ALL POCNTB IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, MEXICO AND EUROPE. Sailings from Hongkong. Steamer Displacement Hungkorg, ♦NIPPON MARU 11,000 Ton* 18 knots Feb. 29 ANYOHARU 18.500 Tons Mar. 1 SHINYO MARU 22,000 Tons 21 knots Mar. 14 Via Manila omitting Shanghai. BATES FROM
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      • 628 4 Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd. Incorporated in Japan to the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy and to Foreign Governments.) M Cable Addresses gtitah^ •'DOCKYARD" i\ \v ten Union KOBE I Scott's. Lieber's. and M DOCK-DAIKEH. \f M Engineering. KOBE SMpbuflders, Engineers, BoUer and Locomotive Makers. All sizes and descriptions of Boilers.
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      • 458 4 Ocean Steam Shin Ccmpany, Ltd AND China Mutual steam Nay Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England*. The Companies' steamers are |U. pate* ed from Livrrpo. outwards f O the Straits, China and Japan e> m week and from Japan liooewards fa London, Amsterdam md every fortnight for Genoa. Marten! leg and
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