Malaya Tribune, 8 August 1916

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    28 1 The Malaya Tribune. EVENING DAILY.] AND SHIPPING GAZETTE. [EVENING DAILY. Vol. 3. No. 185. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1916 Price 5 Cents. Cbe fPalapa tribune* TUESDAY, AUGUST 8.
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    French Red Cross Fund.
    140 2 I beg to acknowledge the following additional subscriptioas with thanks. Already acknowledged $***** Staff Disrriei Office" Butter worth. 50 4 Bet Won" 10 Collected by the District Officer, Ranb, 2nd List A. S. Small $11, G Mclyueaox, E. Anne, T. de Bondy each $10, P. P.
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    The Guns of Ypres.
    216 2 We are told that the soand of gun firing at Ypres has been heard occasionally at a point in Essex 150 mil-8 away, repeatedly at 125 miles, and on rare occasions in London. Mr. Miller Christy told the Royal Meteorologial Society that at his home in
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    64 2 In his report for June, the Health Officer of Shanghai says "The exceptional prevalence of rabits among dogs noted during the previous month continued almost unabated. Twenty-eight persona came to the Health Office after being bitten by dogs, five of which were found to be rabid. Fourteen persons underwent the
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      211 2 NANYANG BROS. TOBACCOl? 38 Robinson Road, Singapore. Branches at IPOH, KUALA LUMPUR PENANG Chinese Cigarettes, Cigarettes oi the i*sl|§SiSP^ above chop ha. They are been manufactured W&%m®jfisl not injurious J in Hongkong for health, and ,b e over ten years now smoke can be and are widely inhaled with known
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    Some Useful Dreams.
    358 3 Let people scoff at dreams, but they have played a useful part in many lives. It is probable that no modern man reduced dreaming to so scientific and useful a point as Robert Louis Stevenson, says the China Press. He was a wonderful dreamer, and could dream
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    120 3 Says the M.S.V.R.: The prettiest lie that we ever heard in a court of justice was told by an Indian who was sued by a compatriot for a large amount alleged to be due upon a promissory note made by defendant in favour ot plaintiff for value received. The note
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      435 3 s+Msm^** |3=2; iIJ R ©acl this, a programme that defies I The TO Ni GHT TO NIGHT m Alhambra is AT THE Alhambra |j t|| the Theatre B house: or quality is the only I B THE Jjwitre p foot the best SHB W WJ* it JT T% JBb e^,uis
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    Local Share Market.
    138 4 (Exclusive to the Malaya Tribune)Messrs Latham and Co., the Arcade, advise the following quotations for to-day s— Alor Gajau $3.35 $3 50 Aver Knnings 1.25 135 AyerMolek 2.20 2 27^ AyerPanas 10.00 10.25 Balgownie 4.40 4.60 Bakit Jelotong 0.65 Bukit Katil 0.72* 0.77^ ChangkatSerdg.... 9.25 950 Glenealy
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    Singapore Volunteer Corps.
    177 4 Orders for the week ending, Friday, August 11. To-day. 5 15pm Drill Hall S.V.A. do S R.E.V., N.CO's. h Jo S.V.R. N.C O's. do Chinese Co. 5 p m Bras Basah Rd. Malay Co. Officers N.C.O's. 5 Sepoy Lines S.F.A. Co. 4.30 Government House S.V.C. Band. To-morrow.
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    Visit to Batu Arang Colliery.
    138 4 On the invitation of the Chair, man (Mr. J. A. Russel) and Directors of Malayan Collieries, Ltd., between fifty and sixty members of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines and friends visited the collieries at Batu Arang last Sunday. A special train left Kuala Lumpur at
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    F.M.S. Hospital.
    147 4 Thanks to the liberal financial support accorded by all classes of the community in the Federated Malay States, the Committee of Management of the Military Hospital established by these States at Blackmore End, Kimpton, Herts has been able to increase the accommodation from 80 to 168 beds. Two
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      277 4 r Train Services. Singapore (h ok-Road) DiilyMail Daily leaves for the north at 7.7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Other trains leave for Johore at 9 a.m. 10.29 a.m. noon 1.30 p.m. 2.55 p.m. 4.40 p.m. Mail arrives from north at 8.16 am. and 7.14 p.m. Trains leave from Johore 7.9.
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      214 4 I Boxing! Boxing! Boxing! Monday, August 14th at 9 p.m. 50 Rounds of Boxing 50 Army Middle Weight Championship OP THE S. S. AND F\ TVT. S. BETWEEN CPL. ROSE, EL EL VERSUS GUNNER TIBBLES. 8 ROUNDS. Preliminaries Round Contests, Private Bailey 12.4 v. Gunner Price 11. 10 Private Colby
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    New Books.
    824 5 Facts About China. The Abingdon Press has recently shed a book by Bishop Bash, entitled M Chins, an Interpre. which contains some very -sting items about this vast try. The author has been for re( twelve years closely connected with the very centre of Chinese life. is travelled
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    Best Officers.
    214 5 Acton and Journalists Which profession supplies the best officers for the Army This question, put to a drill sergeant who has had experience in an officers' training; corps, produced a swift and emphatic answer. "Actors make the best officers he declared positively. "First of all, they know how
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    Press Freedom in Peking.
    192 5 After the Press Laws were suggested by Liang Shih-yi and others to muzzle the press in 1913 (says the Peking Daily News} all Knomi intang papers were closed up, and the newspaper offices were reduced from forty to about a dozen. When the Chon An Hui
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    Planter Murdered.
    64 5 News was received in Ipoh on August 5, of a dastardly murder committed on Tapah Estate, Tapab, at night when Mr. R. Kennedy, assistant on the estate, was murdered, it is alleged, by a servant. The police were quickly on the scene and the servant was arrested. The
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    Straits Produce.
    233 5 (Singapore, August 8). Tin. —1811 175 tona sold. Copra. Strong. Business done. Tapioca. —Steady. Business done Sago Flour- do Engines:* done. Gamoier. —No Business. Pepper- —Steady. Business done. Other PnnJucts. M*rk»t Quiet Latest Local Market Qaotitioai. Nutmegs 110 S. per picul $30.50 Nutmegs 80 S. 39.00 Copra Bali
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    Opium Smuggler Fined.
    182 5 P.G. Ong Tian Un and Chin Eng Tiang were charged before Mr. W. C. Michell, in the First Court, Penang, with importing a great quantity of opium into the Colony. Mr. Ellis prosecuted and Mr. Claude Hogan defended. On the 18th July, in Penang Harbour, both accused
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      377 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Victoria Theatre SINGAPORE. H.S.V.R. CONCERTS IN AID OF THE FUNDS FOR THE BLIND SAILORS SOLDIERS. ON Friday Saturday August llth 12th Under the distinguished patronage of His Excellency tbe Governor Sir ARTHUR YOUNG, G. C. M. G. (Hon. Colonel of the Regimt-nt) AND Lieut-Colonel J. H. TV IT,
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      201 5 Latest Advertisements. AUCTION SALE Monday, August 14th. 1. Valuable freehold land and known as Bin CMian House, off Balestier R ad, being lots Nos. 35 to 41 nud 77 to 83 of Grant No. 47 estimated to contain an area of 28,000 square feet. 2. Freehold Mtua'e at Bukit Tiinah
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    WHAT DO THE GERMANS THINK?
    910 6 The second anniversary of the war has afforded the British Empire an opportunity of re-affirming the determination of the Empire to gain victory, and both British and French authorities have stated, with confidence, that the enemy has lost all her chances of success. But do
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      136 6 Robinson Co. NEW SHIPMENT OF CASHMERE BOUQUET TOILET REQUISITES Far Nursery and Refreshing anil Toilet. I Fragrant. Cashmere Bouquet Ifcufcmere Bouque Toilet Soap Talc Powder Cashmere Bouquet $1.50 135 cents. pe»* box of three per tia. $1.75 per bottle. tablets LIQUID FUEL FOR Diesel Semi-Diesel Engines, Smelting Furnaces, Boilers, ETC.,
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      113 6 J L Sweetened Condensed Milk per case $15 40 Sterilised Natural Milk $10 50 J Ideal Unsweetened Milk $10 50 JOHORE GOVERNMENT NOTICE. From the 7th. August 191 C tne Johore Import Duties on alcoholic liquors and tobacco will be at the same rates as those imposed in the Colony.
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    Local and General.
    555 7 tt >Slg—62j cts. op. Kitchener Memorial Fund .bed £164,Wf1t er j fl quoted 2/2| for crepe j l for sheet. [O. 8A Kannala arrived at iiaid on Sunday, the (>th int p. H. Laid law has been apin Executive Engineer Woks Department. B. Shaw has been granted
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    Defence of Tanglin.
    455 7 Volunteer Field Day. Interesting Manoeuvres. European Singapore was early astir yesterday, for long before dawn khaki-clad figures could be seen wending their way in the direction of the Drill Hall *in Beach Koad to take part in what proved a most interesting and instructive set of manoeuvres
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    A Flank Attack.
    136 7 Tit Bits. A company of very new soldiers were ont on a wide heath, practising the art of taking cover. The officer in charge of them turned to one of the rawest of his men. M Get down behind that hillock there," he ordered, sternly, M and,
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    71 7 How a German captain in command of an anti-aircraft battery near the Swiss frontier had his dreams of winning the Iron Cross rudely dispelled, is related by the Matin." At daybreak on a Sunday an aeroplane was heard approaching and the guns were soon pointed threateningly at the French a\iator.
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    Holiday Amusements.
    410 7 The bank holidays, so far as the general public were concerned, passed off quietly enough. With a number of Si. S. V. R. men in town there were of course one or two sports fixtures on the Padang and in the early morning yesterday there were manoeuvres on
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    Bau Cyanide Works
    23 7 The output of the Bau Cyanide Works, Sarawak, for June was 2,637 ozs. of gold and 1,028 ozs. of silver.
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    To=Day's Contents.
    149 7 Page. Thb Great War The Western Front 7 Egyptian Campaign 7 In East Africa 7 War on Shipping 7 In the East 7 The Russian -Japanese Alliance 8 F-ench Red Cross Fand I The Guns of Ypres 2 Some Useful Dreams 3 Visit to Batu Arang Colliery 4
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    WAR TELEGRAMS.
    104 7 The Western Front. British Progress. REUTER'S SPECIAL SERVICE. London, Angus' J t a .m. General Sir Douglas Haig's communique states that east of Pozieres we progressed in the direction of Martinpnich. The enemy twice attacked the ground we had gained north-west of Pozieres and one attack, helped by
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    No Change.
    74 7 London, August 7, 3.40 p.m. Sir Douglas Haig reports that the situation is unchanged. We retain the ground won yesterday. The hostile bombardment between the Ancre and the Somme against our front line and the back areas continues. We repulsed small counter-attacks east of Pozieres. We successfully raided
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    FRENCH COMMUNIQUES.
    76 7 London, August, 7, 1 a.m. Paris: The communique states that the Germans are violently bombarding Thiaumont, Fleury and Chapitre Chenois. There was no infantry attack. A French airman brought down two German aeroplanes in the region of Verdun, one falling in the French lines and the other in
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    General Joffre Spe Ks.
    50 7 London, Augu&t, 7, 1. p.m. Paris: General Joffre, interviewed, says that our enemies are showing sings of weakening. They are using up their last reserves and victory is now certain. He men tioned that there is still two-thirds of the German army on the western front.
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    Successful Air Raids.
    40 7 The German aeroplanes were brought down on the Somme and three others were forced to land in their own lines. Our air squadrons bombed Metz, Sablons and Thionville railway stations, factories at Rembach and birouaes at Etain.
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    German Attacks Fail.
    47 7 London, August 7, 4.50 p.m. Paris: A communique states that there is violent artillery fire in the region of Chaulnes. German attacks on our Thiaunaont work were thrown back to their ovyn tr«nch3sby our curtain tire. An enemy attack on Vaux Wood completely failed.
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    More Peace Talk.
    58 7 Socialist Agitation London, Aognst 7, 1 a.m. Copenhagen The Danish socialists who have retarned from a tour in Germany declare that everybody is praying for peace. The German socialists regard the restoration of Belgium as a matter of coarse. Germany is willing to conclude peace without annexations,
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    In the East.
    85 7 Austrian Communications Threatened. London, August 7, 7 35 p.m. Petro?rad Their successes southward of Brodk bring the Russians within fourteen miles of TarnopolLemberg railway. Asa consequence thereof the Austrians are reported to have begun falling back from Tarnopol in the direction of Zlotchoff. According to the reports
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    Egyptian Campaign.
    71 7 Heavy Enemy Losses. London, August 7, 2.5 p.m. General Sir A. J. Murray reports with reference to the fighting in the Katia district that our fire was most effective. The Turkish losseg in killed and wounded appear to be very heavy. The pursuit was continued for eighteen miles.
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    The Turkish Rout.
    46 7 London, August. 7, 9 p.m. A Cairo telegram states that the Egyptians are most elated at the Turkish rout. Hundreds of prisoners, very dirty and most disreputable, have been brought in, suffering from extreme thirst. More are expected, including some Germans and officers.
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    Sherif as Caliph.
    65 7 London, August 7, 1.20 p.m. It is stated in Cairo that a declaration permitting the pilgrimage is rnomeiitarily exacted. The Times Constanza correspondentstatea that in the Ulemas and the Sheikh-ul-Islam attributed the Arab revolt to Enver's pro German policy and anti-Islamic tendencies They sympathise with the Grand
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    War on Shipping.
    38 7 London, August 7, 4.45 a.m. Tha steamer Mount' Coniston has been sunk. London, August 7, 1.20 p.m. The following steamers are reported gunk Tottenham and Favonian (British), Tricoupis (Greek), Siena (Italian), Jaegersborg (Danish), Commerce (Swedish).
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    In East Africa.
    73 7 Good Progress. London, August 7, 3.40 p m. General Smuts reporU that n naval contingent occupied the minor port of Sadani on August 1 after •dight opposition. naval operations are progressing at various points on ths coast Mle. Mujor.General van <b- Venter is pursuing the enemy towards
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    Britain's Trade.
    26 7 Loudon, August 7, 4.50 p.m. Exports for July show an increase of £1,160,156 and imports £1,048,604 as against ths figures for July Inst year.
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    The Russian=Japanese Alliance.
    67 8 London, August 7, 1 a.m. Tokio An imposing demonstration of members of parliament and other prominent citizens has been held, endorsing the Russo-Japanese alliance and assuring unswerving loyalty to the Anglo-Japanese alliance which is the main pillar of the international situation. Germany is the enemy of civilisation
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    A German View.
    68 8 London, August 7, 4.45 a.m. The German publicist, Harden, in an article on the second year of the war, gives a remarkable revelation of the chastened mood. He pessimistically warns his readers that Germany is fighting for her life and a period of nntold suffering is ahead.
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    Sporting Intelligence.
    60 8 Boxing. S. S. Championship. Particulars are published in our advertisement columns to-day of a boxing entertainment to be held at the Palladium Theatre on Monday next, August 14, when the chief event will be an eight rounds contest for the Army middleweight championship of the Straits Settlements between
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    Cricket.
    78 8 Eton v. Harrow. The two-flay cricket match between Eton and Harrow ended in a victory for the first-named team, the final scores beine Eton, 200 runs Harrow, 112 and G4 for three wickets. The abandonment of the big school match last year made a break in a series which
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    50 8 Football is all the rage in Burma just now, and the matches between Senior and Junior Leagues are a great attraction. A match between Rangoon College composed of Burma boys, and the Syriam Gymkhana composed of Europeans, ended recently in a victory for the former by 4 goals to 1.
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    49 8 The members of the Amateur Drawing Association were Mat home" on Sunday last in honour of the visit of the Malacca Chinese Literary Association. During the day matches at billiards and ping pong were decided. The games which proved very exciting ended in favour of the Amateur Drawing Association.
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    Chinese Graduates.
    134 8 In the July issue of Chien Tao, the monthly publication of the Chinese Student's Christian Union in Great Britain and Ireland, the following results of the various final examinations in the different universities where Chinese pursue their etudies am given :—Cambridge C Cheng, BA (Trinity Hall); JLE Chow,
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    91 8 An odd story is going the rounds Of the clubs. A man of high standme in one of the Northern countries inspecting that hia son was being j > '»ngled with a rt-vue actress, both .ohful and fascinating, went to I. don to put matters atraight, as Ke had another
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    Malacca News.
    1184 8 (From Our Otcn Cort4ss<m4«nt.) War Anniversary. A Loyal Speech. In connection with the war anniversary meeting held at Malacca on Friday last the Hon. Mr. C. H. proposed "That on the second anniversary of the declaration of a righteous war this meeting of the citizens of Malacca records
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    Sale of Ipoh Property.
    80 8 A small rubber estate, about 5} 2 acres in extent, situated about two miles from Ipoh, and belonging to the late Drs. Scalter and Chrystall, was recently put up for sale by public auction and was bought in for about $8,000. The sale was subsequently negotiated
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    Casement's Brother.
    132 8 Roger Casement has a brother in South Africa. He has long been a popular resident of Johannesburg, and is at the present moment fighting in East Africa with th*xt force which under General Smuts'a leadership is scoring such brilliant results. Mr. Tom Casement—the brother referred to—offered bis services
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    22 8 Mr. Justice Thornely of Bangkok, we are glad to know, is now well again and has resumed work in the Appeal Court.
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    Trade of the F.M.S.
    668 8 Report for 1915. The report of the Trade Customs Department of the F V a show that the aggregate volume 0 j the trade of the F.M.S. in the 7ear 1915, including bullion and Bpecfo was $223,772,343, or 1190.18 per head of the estimated ponnlaf!!!! (1,176,605).
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    770 9 ftkti Quoted ia the Market tail Morning SIKGAFORZ. AUCLftT 8. Metsrs Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Sharr Qrokers, iaeue the foiiowinx liat of quotation* Rubier Shares. Nona. Value. Buyers. Sellers. 2/- Aliagar 2/- 2/4$ 2 Anglo Java 4/6 6/3 2/- Anglo-Malay 10/- 11/6 1 Ayer Kuning 23/-
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    FIXTURES.
    140 10 1 O'flftTFast of Ab (Jewish Holiday). High Water—4 43 p.m. 7 ft. 1 in. 4-14 p.m. 8 ft. 5 ina. To-morrow. Belat Tin. Derrick's noon. Kelemak, Kvatt's, noon. P. X I). outward mail expected. High Water— o-.'jy j.m. ft. 7 IBS 5 27 p.m. H ft. 3 ina Thursday,
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    EXCHANGE.
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    135 10 Wa are sorry to hear that Towkay Loke Yew's grandson, who was recently operated upon for appendicitis, died in hospital on Saturday Inly 29, says the Malay Mail. The deceased, Mr. Qew Cheuk. who was only 17, was educated in Aberdeen, where he had resided for about nine years. He
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      500 10 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Freehold land and houses •Situate ar Kelantan Road to be held at Messrs. Ching Keng Lee and Cos sale room (In Wednesday, 9th August, at 1916, 2-30 p. m. All thoi" three piflOOl of freehold Kici «ituife at k*elantah Road and eafcimatad t> contain
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      182 10 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Freehold Building Site si'uate at SCOT'IS KG AD to b held at MESSRS CHIK6 KENG LEE COS SALE-ROOM On Monday, 14th August at 2 30 p. m. All that piece of freehold buildintr site situate at bcottfl X ad and eorupriBed in (irant No.
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    Germany and the Philippines.
    382 11 A Close Shave for FJ'pinos. That Germany had arranged to purchase the Philippines from Spain and that Admiral von Diederichs bad been sent oat to take charge of the Islands, when the SpanishAmerican war broke out and spoiled the plan was the statement made by Senator
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    The Change Trick.
    233 11 Fate of an Indian Conjuror. M.M The Knala Lumpur Police Court saw the sad fate of an Indian conjuror whose schema of cheating shopkeepers failed because of the dogged DOM in the character ol a Malay and the sharpness of a Japanese. The evidence showed that accused
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      336 11 H. AHMADCivil and Structural Engineer, Surveyor and Building Contractor. 125 Serangoon Road. Office 111 Market Street. PI and Estimates at nominal caar&es. 5 5 v POSTAGE STAMPS. A Collection of British Colonial Stamps being broken to meet Collector's requirements. Ihe Contißenia! Stamp Co. D. High Street, Singapore 8-1 v jßaneegunge
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      740 11 INDIAN MEDICINE, FAMOUS TREITHrUT FOB THE EYES. I. the under menti ned Golam Hvcler ran cure all diseases of the eyes b eh as, pain, redness, dimness, *hi c specks, etc For 15 years 1 hare lived at 34-1 Hill Street, Singapore, fnd have cured thousan is of people from
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    "Say Nothing."
    246 12 German Orders to Captured Men. The following is a translation of a printed notice found in a German trench. It is issued to all subordinate ranks, and is signed by General yon Stein: German prisoners when interrogated in the first bewilderment of captuie give answers which awake in
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    Patriotic Indian Prince.
    242 12 It is true I am only sixteen, but an Indian of sixteen is a man," wrote an Indian Prince to the Viceroy in an appeal to be allowed to come to Europe to fight. The story of this young Prince's patriotism was told at a meeting of
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    Policeman Sentenced.
    168 12 m A Sikh police constable of Ipoh, Sham Singh, who was charged before the Ipoh Magistrate for insubordination in not accepting the orders of the Jemadar regarding sentry duty, was convicted and sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment, says the Ipoh paper. The complaint was that the accused
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      553 12 lp f A3) r Advice to |k I Nursing Mothers TV 4"ANY mothers would like to feed their IV| own children, but are denied the privilege of doing so, because they have not suffi- I cient nourishment for them. The "Allenburys" I scientific system of Infant Feeding has provided for
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      321 12 Your Morning Headache will disappear after a dose of the tiny laxatives which do not gripe. Of chemists, 50 cents per phial, (r post free from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Dept. sc, Singapore. ■iHMHBHHMMHMHMHMMnnpnri n n nnll i The Victoria Confectionery store 387, Victoria Street, Singapore. CADBURY'S chocolate almonds,
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      19 12 LEE BROTHERS' STUDIO. RENOWNED FOR KlGll r, PHOTOGRAPHY. ENSURING BKST RE ULTS Have your Photograph ta Ht our Studio.
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    Viscount Grey.
    229 13 N.C.H. No roan in England has at various times been more severely criticized than Sir Ed ward Grey. In pre-war days it was argued, for example, that under no Foreign Minister had Great Britain offered so little resistance to alleged infringement of international treaties The action of France
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    Brave Naval Chaplains.
    194 13 Mr. Arthur Pollen, in Land and Water, gives theie stories of the bravery of naval chaplains in the recent fight: In the o-inch battery of one ship an enemy shell set Sre to a cordite charge, and there being others in close proximity, the officer of quarters
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    Straits Snakes.
    166 13 A correspondent of the L, and C. Express relates some of his experiences with hamadryads :—I've shot several pythons and hamadryads in in the Straits Settlements, he saya, and the hamadryads averaged more in weight and length. Ophiohagus elaps, the hamadryad, is the largest and most deadly of
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    101 13 Some time ago a lady living in a London suburb pricked her linger while she was sewing. The direct result of this incident was a War Contribution, in kind, to the value of £7,000. The thimble, a eilver one, had a hole in it, and was discharged from active service.
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      301 13 SAKURA PORTLAND CEMENT (Cherry Brand.) SUPPLIiCS ALWAYS TO HAND. ALSO DYES FOR SALE Orders executed for every description of Japanese goods, especially kinds of Portland cement, silk and cotton piece-goods, glass and -y ware, etc on moet favourable terms. A. ABBAS Merchant and Commission Agent, 5-1, de Souza St. v
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      857 13 f B THE IDEAL' RECONSTRUCTIVE NERVE FOOD Efefi A V UUBLt PES7ORATIVE IN NEURASTHENIA NfJiWUS DYSPEPSIA AND AJtCMVt < B a 111 111,*****111 1 I "Incapables are always j irritable/ 5 j The moment you try to move your work forward by temper, impatience, scolding or recriminations, you are under
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      600 14 JIOTICES Municipal Notice. The Mnniflfp*! C'>mni«sioT!< rs of r invite tender- f>r the supply of 950 cubic ysrds of block laterite to be delivered at R tn?oon Road. A of tne Specification and Form of Tender may be obtained <*i application at the Municipal Eagmeer'f Otfic* on sitd *ft*r Wednesday,
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      524 14 NOTICES NOTICE. Please note thai HVstra IOH 8 SONS ii Ball e« Howe, No. 514, {Jevlsng Road, are Manufacturers md Suppliers of Copra, Coconuts, 'ocor ut husks and Coconut plants >f various kinds. 31-" 30-8 NOTICE. Ths Alien Enemies Enactment JnHore 1916 In TifE Estate ok Wilhelm Zollner V hereas
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      328 14 FOR SALE FOR SALE. Dutch Steam Launch, Janus, 22 tons nett. Apply 27, Arcade. 31-7 30-8 FOR SALE News Printing Paper. Apply to Box 229, c/c Malaya Tribune. 27-5 v FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY. British built steel screw steamer, 1916 survey, compound surface oondensing engines, 8 knots on about
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      366 14 WANTED SITUATION WANTED A3 Cashier or Store keeper. Ca* furnish security and good reference. Address, Box 239 c/o Malaya Tribune. 27-T 25-8 WANTED. Efficient News compositors for the Mai ay a Tribune. Apply with recent testimonials to the Manager. WANTED An experienced man with good knowledge of rubber to work
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      313 14 INSURANCE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO.. LTD* Incorporated a New Zza'asi FIRE Insurance* effected on Bail j, Rent and Merchandise of description MARINE Insurances accepted 0 parts of the world at loweg: rat EARTHQUAKE Risks accepted. J. HENRY Local Manager Offices: 2, Finlayson Green. HEUNG ON~~ INSURANCE CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in
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  • MALAYA TRIBUNE (SINGAPORE)
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      Masthead
      19 1 Straits Shipping Gazette. Issued Daily.] Supplement to the Malaya Tribune Issued Daily.] No. 185 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1916
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        437 1 P.&O.British India AND Apcar Line (COMPA3HE» INCOBPORATMD I» ENGLAND.) Mail and Passenger Services. Peninsular and Oriental Sailings. (Under Contract with His Majesty** Government). for China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India. Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about Mail Lines. HoMKWABD (FOB EUROPI). OUTWAED (F«R
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        224 1 STOOMVAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ (STEAMSHIP COMPANY) "NEDERLAND" (Incorporated in Holland.) 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. Oranje Sept. 15 Vondel Oct. 27 Grotins Dec. 8 HOMEWARD. Rembrandt Aug. 25 Oranje Oot. 6
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        576 1 N. Y. K. NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA (INCORPORATED IN JAPAN) (JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.) EUROPEAN LINE- service is maintained between Yokohama via porta to Marseilles and London, under mail contract with the lin peru. Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are
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      Singapore Sailing List.
      569 2 Europe. For Londom: Suwa Mam Aug. 9 Atreua Angnst 12 City of Bombay due August 12 AtHnta Mam shortly Kovara August 17 Somali August 23 Hitachi Mara August 30 Helenus August 31 Nore August 31 Namar September 27 Glengyle early Sept. For Genoa: ftlengyle early Sept. For
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      State Enterprise.
      129 2 Government Trawlers. The New South Wales Government is building four trawlers for the fishing industry, and negotiations are in progress to secure portion of this work for the Victorian shipbuilding yards. Specifications for a trawler were submitted to the Victorian Public Works Department some short time ago, but
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      N.S.W. Wool Export.
      77 2 The following return shows the numbtr of bales of wool export* 1 oversea from the State of New Sooth Wales during the period from July 1 to May 31 of the seasons 1914-I*s and 1915-16 respectively Seasons 1914-15, 1915-16 Joly-May Jnly-May mm U mths. 11 mths. 1
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      Harbour Movements.
      286 2 Vessels in Port. British STEAMER. BERTH DATE. Patrol Onter Rds 9-6 Magnet K. Harbour 3-7 Hock Lee Inner Rds 12-7 Waitomo Onter Rds 26-7 Devawongse K. Harbour 13 7 Soon Ann Dock 29-7 City of Naples Outer Rds 30-7 Saint Helena do 3-8 Thongwa No. 2 Wharf do
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      Passenger Lists.
      205 2 Per P 0 Liners. Per PAO str. Mooltan.—Mr Corin, Mr Mrs Hertog, Mr Sugars Mr A Mrs Anderson. Per P A O str Kashgar.—Rev Holli8, Mr Hacker, Mr Cowley, Mr Crawford, Mr Wingrave, Mr Elsworth, Mr Dowding. Per P A O str Karmala.—Mr Wydler. Per P A 0
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      The Waterfront.
      836 2 Wireless Reports. Noon To-day. Vessel in communication at noon with the local Commercial Wirelessstation :—s.s. Protesilaus. The Timor arrived at Suez on the Ist August. The outward bound P& 0 liner Malta is due here to-morrow. For Bangkok will sail on the 10th the B. I Mail liner
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      Quarantine.
      80 2 The following ports are declared infected (Signal X 0. Q) »ndwB--pected (Singal F. P. B.) Port. Signal. Diaaa* Bangkok ...FP R. ~Vi Ba-sein ...X.G.Q. ...Pl*g«* Batavia ...F.P.B. ...CkolwBombay ...X.GQ. ...Pl*S° Calcutta ...F.P.B. «.S^ril-P* D, ...X.G.Q. -Ckokn Lh<» Seumawe 4J -umatrai ...X.G.Q. ...Bma -pox Madra* ...X.'i.Q. ...Smalls Manila ...K.P.B. ...Ch
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        35 2 SINGAPORE SHIPCHAHDLERYC 2 SHIPCHANDLFRS PROVIDOR^ 4 CONTRACTORS. The Company's Launch B incoming ship^Office —16 Battery Boa* TAKE LIFT TO TOP KLOOB Telephone No. Ml* Orders promptly atterUe.i to January Ut 196 H. W. H. STEVENS,
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      Notes and News.
      228 3 untitled Pier and the Quay. ffnm Of Bh4ft*Mo CofTMiKMuUnt.; v c Harbour r, < "©lnk Ayer i Road Quays we have of improvments to iiing facilities in The Teiok Ayer 9 stiil littered with bool- the mooring of a i:v size an impossiblity beyo id a view
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      Suex Canal Rates.
      346 3 announcement that i fj iss ig« dI the Suez used as from the sth caused much adverse general Shipping cir8, A nt tbe Canal rate is v easell and 3/11 for drips Tins rate will be uentioned by sd. >! inging the rate for 5j 1\ and
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      The Port Jackson.
      377 3 A Fine Career Ended- There are very few sailors who •nil not remember the Port Jakson, thai fine jour nutated ocean training ■hip of M.-sarri, iJevitt k Moore(Lon<Jon Ocean Training Ships Ltd.) of London and Aberdeen, i he departure of the Port Jackson from the ttast India
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      European Mails.
      92 3 Delivered in London. The following are the dates of departure from Singapore of th* Euiopean Mails and their delivery in London. Mail. Left. Dkliveked. P. <fe O. June 9 July 11 B.I. June 16 July 17 P. O. June 23 July 24 M. M. June 23 July 24
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      56 3 A fine windjammer passage is recorded by the trip of the four masted American barque Golden Gate, which recently made a voyage from Wellington N. Y. to San Francisco in 47 days, bringing 7,000 bales of flax. She is of 2,341 tons and was built as the Lord Shaftesbury in
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      State Shipping.
      848 3 Australia as a Shipowner, Australia now owns a fleet of fifteen steamers. For years past, in iact ever since the Labour party had a voice, the great ambition has been to own and control tonnage trading to and from the United Kingdom, and now the fleet is an
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      224 3 Even from the far Plate has the stream of volunteers for Kitchener's army, for it will always be known as such been flowing steadily and from Buenous Aires alone has the Nelson line carried 221 men home who joined the forces. Of course others have come in other vessels and
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      Singapore Tide Tables.
      102 3 Aug. 8.—High water:—4-4.1 p.m. 7 ft. 1 in.; 4-14 p.m. 8 ft r ins Am:. —High water :—b\3 c J a.m. 6 ft. 7 ins. r ).27 p.m. B it. 3 ins. Aug. 10. High water :—8.34 a.m. 7 ft. 2 Ina. *U6 p.m. 8 ft. 5
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        87 3 M. M. MESSACERIES MARITIMES. Mail Line. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, CEYLON, MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD OUTWARD 1916 1916 Polynesian Aug. 16 Porthos Aug. 15 Athos Sept. 6 Paul Leeat Aug. 30 For all particulars apply to J. De COURTOIS, Agent. maaamamMama -^mmwwi— —Ml nil I—PWII 111 l GLEN LINE OF STEAMERS LIMITED. FOR
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        404 3 Combined Service Of f he Ocean S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporator in Engl'tarl) AND The West Australian S. N. Co., Ltd (Incorporated in England.) BRTWEKN FREMANTLE PERTH), NORTH WEST AUSTRALIAN PORTS, JAVA AND SINGAPORE. Regular sailings between Singapore •jod Western Australia, calling at Java (as inducemeiit offers), Derby, King's Sound (Port
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        195 3 Mails Close. To-'ia*. Port Dickson and Port Swettenham *Calypso 2.30 pi» Billiton Scott Harley 2.80 pm Batu Pahat Mersing 2.30 pra Mersing ir Kemaman Hock Lee 2.30 pm Calcutta taking mail» for Durban Onsang 2.30 pm Malacca and Muar *Lady Weld 3 pm Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow Hong Bee 3.30
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        557 4 Mitsubis hi Dockyard Engine Works. A A 1., A.8.C., Western Union, Engineering and Rentlay odes U ed Builden and Repairers of Ships, Engines and B< ilei and Eieci Engineers, Manufacturer* ol r 'ntraflo Condensers, Stones 9 Nfangnnese Bronze Casting, Parson*' Steam Turbines and Turbo- \ltern>'t. rs, etc., etc., etc. 9
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        507 4 Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd. Incorporated in Japan) iCsnSracSor* k) the Imperial Japanese Army and Nmsy *> Fureif* Governmsnss.) DOOK-DaIRHW. Engineering. KOBE Shipbuilders, Engineers, Boiler and Locomotive Makers. All sizes and d escriptions of Boilers, Marine and Land Engines. New Graving: Docks and Patent Slips* No. 1 Graying Dock 425 ft.
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        316 4 Ocean Steam Ship Company, Ltd AXD China Mutual Steam N a? Co., Ltd. llncorporated in i The Companies sterna patched from Liverpool out* V the Straits, China and Japai week and from Japan bonewai It fa! London, Amsterdam every fortnight f< r Genoa, M les and Liverpool and for M
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