The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 January 1915

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. rEN CENTS SINGAPOKE, MONDAY. JANUARY 2§, 1915. NO. 8,351.
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  • 170 1 Mr Bryan has issued a note on American neutrality Page 5. Mr W. G. Gultaud has beeu appointed Chief Liberal Whip Page 5. Mr Langharn Carter's report on Kelan tan for 1913 h.ia appeared Page 5. There has l,een n muddle m the school examination *.\steui iv
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  • 1138 1 There is either a tendency to think and speak of the brave fellows from our Eastern Empire as Indian troops, forgetful that the men sent are of varied religions, and castes, speaking different languages, and following different customs, or else a stiH more inexcusable tendency to speak of
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 658 1 TO-NIGHT! p^ ABBA Bfe MM Films that will hold the interest of our audienc Im\ I m\ M 111 MM a i u!mqda pa >-LADIUIVI lA K^ I WS I I ORCHARD ROAD. Singapo r e s Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD. Si H Mia IWI WmW I I M^^B 1
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    • 216 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 Sale of work m aid of G.F.S. Page 2. kruptcy notices re J. J. Oliveiro and Ec Chin Hok Page 2. Gharry turnout for sale American motor cars for sale Page 2. Notice re Central Engine Works trade marks foreanitary ware Page 8. United Engineers are agents
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 104 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday 26th. High Water—fl-ye a.m., 811 p.m. Indraglri (Sumatra) Kabber, Evatts. neon. Wednesday 27th. High Water— 6 -a 9 a.m., 9-28 p.m. TUrtdii 28th. EUgh Water— 7 31 a.m., 1012 p.m. Sporting Club Annual Me*tin£, fi.lB p.m. B. I. Homeward mail due. Friday 29th. High Waft*'- 8-H8 a.m.,
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  • 522 2 The Kerne correspondent of the "Journal tie Geneve learns from a reliable source that the British aviators who made the raid on Friedrichshafen organised their expedition so as to arrive over the Zeppelin work 9 between noon and two o'clock, when the workmen were away for the midday meal, m
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  • 50 2 Beautiful and adaptable to any style of Architecture and to any method of interior finish, are the CRANE wonderful Art Metal Ceilings, Cool, clean, white ant, and vermin proof, for Bungalows, Hotels, and Public Buildings. For illustrated catalogue and particulars write to the Borneo Company Limited, Singapore.
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  • 233 2 HOW TO (JVKKCOME THh'.t. When quinine has float its w< rk. an I the Malaria geriun which hive wrou^>r Bach havoc on the blood and, through ir. on the nervous system and Ibe body gWI liillj. are killed, the wattmm ytm mi to feel hu strength returning,
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  • 124 2 THINK for jost one minute of the nttel useh'.ssness of suffering with Ni uralgia I Wot only K< 1 you can procure a bottle of Little's Orient ;1 Balm, and even the first application of tlu balm will bring you relief from the torturing pain Continue its use. Rub
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 166 2 ORGANS SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED FOR THIS CLIMATE. VERY SWEET POWERFUL TONE. from $2 5 cash. THE ROBINSON PIANO CUMHANV. A G.F.S. AT HOME AND SALE OF WORK WILL BE HELD »T "Woodstock/' 48, Grange Road, n I of th< CoUmial Ck&ftoin ami .U/a. Swittdt II > On Saturday, Fab. 6th, From
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    • 853 2 Notices J The Bankruptcy Ordinance 1888. IN THK SUPREME COUKT OF THK HTH i ITS BKTTLEMENTS BBTiUMtM' I r 81KO4POK*. IN BANKRUPTCY. No. i-,7 of 19 1. RO J. J. R OLIViIRO. NOTICE Is hereby given that a Meeting of Creditor, m th« above matter will be held at tha
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    • 459 2 Notices THE EXCHANGE BANKS Will be closed on Saturday 30th inst., Taipusum (Hindu Xt stivaij. 25 1 SO 1 NOTICE. Mr Percival Lloyd Wijlfauß has been appointed a Manager of W. Mansfield <ft Co., Ltd., of Singapore and Penang, as from January Ist, 1915. W. MANSFIELD Co., Ltd. W. G.
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    • 471 2 Wanted NOTICE Applications, accompanied by testinjoni^lo, will be received at the Master Attendant's Office up 1 1 3ist instant for the post of Board- i ing Officer, Singapore. Salary $660 per annum, free quarters and allowances. 25 30-1 WANTED For Hydraulic Mine m Pahang for Ist March. 1915. Assistants to
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    • 402 2 ____lo__Ut| la mediate Entry. tennis, Htabling,* an, J Apply to Co No. SCalrnhiU Ctrel.. A Pf)yto *LLEM AND CLED HIU 15-1 "''^eirj TO BE lIT" Compound Hoast-s N <. T and No 50, Gran R Kn, v /J^tJ on. Tennis and B'ablin^ aJ J Apply M. A. KLYER It 1
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  • 372 3 Singapore, Jan. 25th, 1915. r ni per catty 04 S. i a -r- 8 hina ao 08 Balled do 0. t9fc Imported do 16 Singaport do nil Capww do v 4 each 1.30 per catty 15 ChiUiea Freßh do 10 Ao. I)r y Calcutta do bo Cucu'n
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    • 213 3 Nervousness Anaemia, Indigestion, and Awful Nervous Terrors cared by Dr. Cassell's Tablets Mrs. Florence Higgß, of 97, GordonI, Peckh&m, London, S.E., says:— life to Dr. Caeoell's Tablets. 1 VII SO re; my- 1 Ihi «elf to «at, and ft-11 *w Wt* 3/r li7£Mf reckham. i could do me no m
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    • 422 3 t* t nT l rT lH nereb V «l^en that Hentril Enclne Wr»^k^ Limited are the Sole Propriforsot tne a*»or e trade mark* printed burned pressed or stamped m eUher a circle oval £J2?* q uare and nPe<l by them In c->nneo«lon with aU unitary ware 8 -ld by them
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    • 408 3 F I SUPREME PATENT BEST FLOUR EXTRA SUPERIOR MANUFACTURED MANUFACTURED MANUFACTURED BY BY BY DAIRI FLOUR MILLS DAIRI FLOUR MILLS DAIRI FLOUR MILLS OAlRl^near MOJI DAIRLNEAR MOdl DAlRl^near MOJI tf&*Fl<fc V^«>»o^ -$^fc- -^&L- ~^k^- jff^ SUPERIOR FLOUR SUPERIOR FLOUR SUPERIOR FLOUR MANUFACTURED MANUFACTURED MANUFACTURED BY BY BY DAIRI F LOUR
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    • 27 3 DRINK CARLSBERG BTJI TRI T*> COLEMAN HOUSED 3, COLEMAN STREET, SINGAPORE. Late Hotel de la ;Palx.) ROOMS TO BE LET FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED WITH OR WITHOUT BOARD.
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  • Domestic Occurences.
    • 24 4 1^ m Rnsiisos To Mr ami Mrs Fra.NKL.YN Kohl bom late of Malacca (at Durham) on January 16, a eon. RtUl-brvn —^y cable.
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  • 1631 4 lasra ttall the hoi tne People i tt*bi **•->••-, Clawed by Influence and mbrlbad hf g«.. ■we patriot Trot/; ber clorions r-*;»0. The eteroal fitness of things is once moie satisfactorily exemplified by the result oi the encounter which was not a
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  • 535 4 There will be a rugger match on the S.C.C. ground on Saturday, tbe opposition being provided by a team ot tbe M.S.V.R now m training at Normanton. The Harima Hall have now m their programme a film dealing with the com plete story of the capture of Tsingtau, besides other
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  • 147 4 FRECH CONSULA R TELEGRAMS. By Courtesy ok thk Fr (:Nch Paris, Jan. 24 6 50 p.,., 0 Las dispersed several concentr.^ infantry preparing to attack 0 conquered positions iv the re X i O n port— Lombaertzyde. There h c somewhat violent artillery around Ynres. Ra B«n»ent Our batteries have
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  • 104 4 There will be aO.V. s v H sale of work on th«- 6th YtbnJ? Woodstock, 48 Gran^. etlt V the occasion by the Colonial Mr Swindell. The Lad] X,,]y D y has j)romised to open tl |t^ 4.80 p.m. The helpers include Madam! Ferguson Davie, WUkftaaM
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  • 68 4 The Annual Diocesan l^uiet Day for tbe Clergy 0/ I Diocese begins to day iv Ku There will m cousequenre be nn 1 or classes m the Cathedral thil cases of emer^ncy upplu made to the Rev. (i Dexter M)n a: tlx Hotel van Wjjk. The Key
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  • 50 4 The 1914 Gold Me.U! Wl |l he plmdht on Saturday :UHh Jau. 11 mala who have won monthly rutdiig 4mm 1914. The January medal wil) bf jtlared x Saturday and Sunday us usur! and coo !>etitors for the Gold Medal ma\ both eveuts together on SatonU
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  • 45 4 The Programme for this week lows Wednesday, 10 a. m. Ladiei' Uk Class, 4.30 p.m.. General Secretary v. Home. Thursday, 4.45 p.m. Cookery Sick Room. Mrs Follett. ture on Home NursingFriday, 10a.m.— Millu 2. AC p.m., English 1 Branch Bible Clan-
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  • 62 4 The members of the Chetty comß^ll have issued their usual gtßtltM tion to tbe Taipusum PattiTal M SBturdi? next, 80th. Tbe silver Tank rd to Sepoy Lin,- on Friday iro« 9 a.m. to noon, returning from 6 po. 8 midnight. On Saturday tTCttiaf fn* to II midnight th« i<
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  • 149 4 At the. Allmmhru Ifcil shown a highly drama; re cll^ 'The Mysterious shot' .1 ■Hill of interest, a funuy, lilm called tl. uinl the I'.aby" nud otht -i ftlM ithtb< latest war Gazette. In the second police cour yert*^ morning, a Btfcita uunnd charged with house br raking bj entering
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 147 4 HUMPHREY TAYLOR'S 14 STARBOARD LIGHT" CREME DE MENTHE. WHOLESALE OR RETAIL FROM CALDBECK. MACGREGOR Co. Jlfl CHAMPAGNE. MJik j^^ >i: RECOGNISED ALL OVER J^,:''' THE WORLD AS THE BEST l-'^ *V> OBTAINABLE. B^ SOLE AGENTS:— John Little (&> Co., Ltd. OUR BONUS ON THE TWENTY YEAR ENDOWMENTS WHICH AHE hOW
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    • 50 4 Beware of that chilJ which strikes f o^ the loins, if disregarded, mtioi:- .lisea»« follow. A dose or two of Wocxls Grew*? permint Cure, taken imiuedi;i f -iy theP \Z is noticed, throws off all bad >ymF*° Never be without it m tbe House. Sow* 1 where 80 centsa bottle.
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  • 331 5 GERMANS WORSTED. The Cruiser Blucher Sunk. [By SubmariDe Cable j. KirTKK's Sbuvicb. Loudon, 25. An official announcement Y6 that vessels of a German naval id were intercepted m the North Sea. cruiser lUucher was sunk and two others seriously damaged. Tbe Admiralty says that early m
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  • 120 5 Fight m the Mountain Passes. Loadou, Jan. 16. Vivid stories have reached I'etrograd of the battles preceding the Turkish debacle m the Caucasus. The ground lit Sarykamyt-h was deep m snow which had been built into trenches. The ftOl had to make continuous steep ascent& for live
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  • 75 5 Petrograd, Jan. 25. The communique -ays that ou the right hank of W.«tula there were unimportant engage ment, on Jan. i>;3 from Had/ uionvo to the Vistula m the region of Borjimoff and Ooomine, where tbe German attack was repulsed with loss. An attempted Austrian advance m
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  • 98 5 London, Jan. 14, 12.50 p.m. Washing ton: Mr Bryan dm laraad a straightfor nd vigorous reply to the charges by sympathisers that tbe United •tea is showing partiality to the Allies. 1 Bryan affirms that the Germans and ar to assume that some obligation rests on
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  • 73 5 -cudoa,Jan. 25.— A telegram from Ams>s that during tbe afternoon, tbe >nt on tbe Durward sighted a sub vian m which coming up, ordered the vessel h( ;ive to. Officers boarded her, menacing Captain and crew with firearms. They c the crew no time to save
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  • 29 5 ott! JOU n° n Januaf y M a.m.-It is ceedM BtBted that Mr Gulland will BUca .M r p ercy U) ingworth ag chief Liberal "alp,
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  • 152 5 M MILLERAND VISITS LONDON. Great Britain's Resolution. [By Submarine Cable). NarTcu't Smvin London Jan. 25.— Reuters agency learns that M. Millerand left for Paris to night after a visit to London. A conference with Lord Kitchener on military matters disclosed a complete accord on all points and also
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  • 369 5 Germans Suffer under Artillery. London, Jan 25. ThePariscommunique says that m the Xieuport and Lombaert zyde region the enemy violently bom barded the new positions we had captured. The Enemy urepared an infantry attack, which however, he was unable to deliver, our artillery, indeed, bcattered his concentrations which
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  • 126 5 (Rbutbb'i Special Service.) Paris, Jnn. 25. The Temps correspondent at Petrograd says that tbe German Minister at Bukbuieot ban addressed an official protest to Roumania frurn the Ger man Government declaring that Roumauia gave her provincial pnfocta instructions la regard to mobilisation from which it
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  • 48 5 (Ueutkh's Si'Ecial. Service.) Pretoria, Jan. 25. Twelve hundred of tbe enemy with four gnus under command I of Hemp and Maritz attacked Upington but were repulsed leaving twelve dead, twenty- J three wounded and ninetysix prisoners. The Union forces had three killed and twentytwo wo«nded.
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  • 11 5 Lisbon, Jan. 25. The Cabinet has re--1 signed.
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  • 847 5 Somewhat late, but interesting, comes the report of Mr Langbara Carter or Kelantan m 1918. The revenue for the year was $676,020; the expenditure $672,187. The liabilities were just under three million. Among the legislation a Land Enact* ment was framed, with fixed rents, but not completed.
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  • 38 5 Abdul Razak, a detective police conI stable, was found asleep, while on duty at the Detective Station. Yesterday he appeared m the police court before Mr C. H. G. Clarke, who sentenced him to 21 days' rigorous imprisonment.
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  • 80 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Jan. 25. In consequence of a misunderstanding, the results of standard seven school ex amination m the States are most disappointing. It is said that States schools entered students under the old code, whereas the examination was under the revised code of
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  • 500 5 Comments by Official Receiver. It is a disgraceful thing that a company of this sort, using the honoured name of bank, has been used simply for the purpose of loans and overdrafts to its own officials." This statemeut was made by Mr H. de V. Brougham,
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  • 207 5 Mommaen is a Gejrjnan writer whose n any caustic sayings, which were often directed against his own country and fellow-countrymen, are being recalled at tbe present time, as the trend of recent events has invested them with a prophetical significance. Mommsen was opposed to and denounced the annexation
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  • 51 5 Before Mr A. V. Brown m the first police court, yesterday morning, a tram-con-ductor named Seeta Ram was charged with cheating by issuing to a passenger who had paid six cents a three cents ticket, the case was postponed until the 28th inst., bail m the sum of 9100 being
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 200 5 Robinson Co.'s PATENT LEVER WATCHES CELEBRATED FOR THEIR ACCURATE TIME- I KEEPING AND DURABILITY. Non-Magnetic >^^lr^^V Ever y Watch has Movement //V^>\ OUr name I Every Watch [ljfr>r R T."o"' on the dial and Guaranteed. l|:^; ©C^^ljl works. I PRICE $5 50, POST FREeJ A a e r^ CASTLES. (MAGNUMS)
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 609 6 Shipping P. OS. N. Co. SPECIAL STEAMER FROM Singapore, Port Swettenham and Penang DIRECT FOR Marseilles, Plymouth and London THE COMPANY'S S.S. "NUBIA" 5913 tons. 4500 h. p. Capt. A. B. Garwood, R.N.R. will be despatched from SINGAPORE on or about 9th MARCH, 1915, calling at PORT SWETTENHAM one day
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    • 474 6 ELLEBMANS °HfILL LINE. FROM JAPAN, CHINA, STRAITS, TO MARSEILLES, LONDON LIVERPOOL. A frequent service of fast cargo and passenger steamers of this Line will be run m the above trade. The following are the intended sailings s.s. "City of Madras" 8,500 tons, arriving on or about January 26th and I
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    • 522 6 Shipping j M M. MFSSAGERIES MARITIMES For CHINA, JAPAN, CEYLON and MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD 19J3 OUTWARD Oumbca Jan < bill J«»n 31 ordilere Feb \2 \\Ur\ \q*e Feb 14 V. d« la Uotat Feb 2ft Polyueiien Feb 28 Chili Mar Atlautique Mar 26 For all particulars apply to J. de COURTOIS,
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    • 503 6 Shipping I p. 0. STEAM NAVIGATION COM? J For China, Japan, Penang, c, Australia, India, Aden, t^M Mediterranean Ports Pu and London Through Hilltj o! Ladlu^ COM*. Persian Gulf Cont.n^t^^^Qjl fiteam*r* will leave m, MAIL LINES HOMBWARD (FOR iOM^ From Singapore, connectm, J Colombo with ss Arcadia 1 i 2
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  • 329 7 A remarkable feat by a French soldier, who bas some celebrity m tbe Continental circus basinets as an English clown," and calls himself professionally Williams, has bpen told by one of his company officers. A French trench was enfiladed by a German machine gun, and the losses
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  • 219 7 The first new army, which has now been under training since August, is showing remarkable features of good progress. Every battalion is well trained physically and m company work. They are now engaged on battalion and brigade instruction. The quality of the men has enabled a high
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  • 128 7 The following fine little poem, unsigned, appeared m 'The Times" of December '2nd Seamen, a cong for you Down on the deep. Lover 6 may long for you, Me* hers may weep You shall not take your ea6e li.mie from th« heavy seas Till from our enemies
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  • 123 7 The Chinese Police of Tientsin have notified the public that all citizens mu6t discatd their queues at onco. The polico ollicers are provided with scissors. Any one seen with a queue will be stopped by the police and hnve his queue cut off. The police have also 6ent
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 612 7 Shipping nTy. k. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINE. i m rvice Is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, lmU'r mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin mtb« Steamers maintaining this service have pecially designed and constructed, and an Btted with all
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    • 981 7 THE ONLY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY REGISTERED IN THE COLONY. LARGEST PAID-UP CAPITAL OF I»Y EASTERN COMPANY. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. I HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old 2 Jewry, E.C. I The Company has £20.000 debited with the Supreme Court of
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    • 494 7 HONGKONG AND BHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Sterling £1,500,000 at 2s.- #16,000,00" i Silver »18,000,000 WB,OO0 f OOO Reierve Liability of Proprietors.. 115.000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS Hon. Mr. D Landale, Chairman. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Deputy Chalrmaa, 8. H. Dodwell, Esq. P. H. Holyoak, Esa. O. T. M Edklns, Esq. J. A.
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    • 345 7 CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE. Lf Hongkong. Capital Subscribed fa.duo.ooo.tt o Amount Paid-up 500,000,0. 1 Rbbebvb Fund *1, 600,000.0* 1 Marine Ritjftb at Current Rates, Boustrad Co.. Agent ALLIANCE ASSURANCE Be, 11 Insnranoes effected at rates of premtu which will be found favourable to the InsQ»f Piteraoo 81 moot A Co., Ltd.
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    • 14 7 I For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, I Woods' Great Peppermint Cuie, la. 6d,
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  • 1819 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Fab East Volunteers. London, Dec. 24. All the Shanghai volunteers who came over under the auspices of the China As- eociation have joined the army, about 80".. as enlisted men and the rest ascommissioned officers. Thirty more arrived this week and are doing the
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  • 159 8 The Corriere della Sera learnp from Xish thafc m the battle at Belgrade the Aubtro Hungarians lost 60,000 men m killed and wounded. The full list of the captures made by the Serbians is as follows Eighty thousand prisoners, three flags, 126 guns, 29 mortars, 50 Maxims,
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  • 253 8 Realisation m Sioht. Paris, Dec. 5.— M. Alfred Capus, a member of the Academic Francaise, dibcusses m Che Figaro to-day the prospect, bo dear to the heart of every Frenchman, of Alsace and Lorraine being restored to the sovereignty of France. We have right to proclaim," he says,
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  • 140 8 The Kulirn police have arrested at Clv Trap a man who is said to be Chew Ah Pow, a notorious gang robber who has been wanted m Perak, Province Welle&ley, aud Kedah and for whose capture awards amounting to 94,500 have been offered. Chew Ah Pow was
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  • 138 8 Russian Admiration. Russian officers who have jii9t returned from a tour of inspection iv England, have reported m the very highest terms on the efficiency of Lord Kitcheuer's Army. They express their surprise that it should have beeu possible, within so short a time, to create a
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  • 143 8 While it might perhaps ftp unfair, writes a correspondent, to say that Turkey anticipated war and was prepating for it, it is none the le6B singular that the Ottoman Government entirely reorganised its naval coal supply as far back as last July. Prior to July the
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  • 106 8 Deplorable Conditions m Hamburg. i New York. That things are far from rosy m Germany, despite the order to mnko Merlin appear gay, ia evidenced by news received m a peculiar way by a leading New Yoik merchant. A business man of Hamburg with whom
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 10 8 Chronic Chest Complaints, For Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. &d
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    • 687 8 CELESTINS VICHY TAfiit WATER. Thin most celebrated and m ;able water In o-der to mccl thTS I*^1 iiandn of the pnbiic ban h« Pn acre In Bmall bottJ forn.lrt nt *>*»* n large ones. Tho VICHY vikit&! >^^ ii number. Orande Onlu. U»* m »*»t^ Id', The two flrst watonan
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  • 1496 9 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exohange and Bhare Brokers, Jan. 21st. All quotations of Sterling Shares mast be regarded as purely nominal for the present, 90,000 ib IB Allagai 7A% 1 41 l 71 600,0i0 1 1 Anglo- Java I 1 8 8 8 160,000 9s 3b Anglo-Malay
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  • 56 9 (Cobbbctsd dp to Jan. 25) Bank 4 m/a 2-4$ demand 2-4 1-16 I Private oredits 8 m/s 2-4 11-16 India, T. T. 175 Hongkong, demand 2 if Yokohama, demand 1 1 1 j Java, demand 141$ Bangkok, demand 66i Sovrbbiqnh, Bank Buyii g |8 64 Bank of Bngland Rate
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  • 159 9 January 25. Tin (200 tons) $75.50 j Oambier 7 50 Gcmbier Cube No. 1 9 00 Gambler Cube No. 2 8.50 1 Pepper Black oidin. b'poie buyers 19.25 i Pepper, (White fair) 86 00 J Nutmegs (110 to tbp lb 21.(0 J Nutmegs (80 to th* lb 22.00 J
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  • 271 9 Per P. O. Btr. Namur.— Messrs. H. Fitz Maurice, J. K. McKinley, Hutchinson, T W. Clayton, A. Maxwell, Mr A Mrs S. B. Smith, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott. Mr and Mrs Pritchard, Mrs A. Black, Miss H. Banwell, Mr A Mrs Wrefford. Mrs Rogers, Mrs Button,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 166 9 PILSENER BEER "GREAT AUKS HEAD" BRAND (Bottled by W. A Ross Brother Ltd., Liverpool) A SUPERFINE BEER OF BRITISH BREWING $13 per case of 8 doz., Pints. GUINNESS STOUT 'GREAT AUKS HEAD" BRAND $13.70 per case of 8 doz. Pints. $12 per case of 10 dozen Splits. Stout bottled under
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    • 92 9 HEAP ENG MOH STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. Singapore to Bat a via, Cherlbon ano Samarang. Singapore to Sourabaya, Slngaradja. Ampenan and Macassar. Singapore to Sourabaya, Slngaradja Macassar, Menado. Ternate and 3orontalo. Sail Oncb a Month. They have excellent accominodatioo fo■>aioon pasnengers. For freight or passage further lntormatloc Ipply to THE RKQISTERKD
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 145 9 WEATHER REPORT. Bar. Wind. Tern. Ham. Bky R HK 2fth 6a 30.18 E* C 6 b MN 25th 10A7C4 WSWI si 22 o HK Sfith 2P 80.11 I.i 62 MN 25th 4P 760 WSWi 21 31 Time-balls on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard
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    • 451 9 LATEST ARRIVALS List of vessels m port at 10 a.m. on January 25, 191§. Brvibh. Name Date of Arrival Remark* Hock Lee Jan 28 Haiuaua Giang Seng Hong Ho Malacca Jan 21 Inner Roads Nankin P. A O. Wharf Will o'the Wiap Inner Roads Ban Poh Ouan On Sang No.
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  • 1293 10 THE WAR THE EMPIRE GIFTS FROM OVERSEAS. In a Parliamentary Paper (Cd. 7646 presented to both Houses of Parliament, there is a continuation of the correspond ence regarding the gifts from the Oversea Dominions and Colonies. Tbe former paper was numbered Cd. 7608 and was issued m September last. A
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  • 117 10 Operatic Performance Collapses. Amsterdam, December 81st. During the early months of the war the Berlin theatres were open as usual, and civil and military functionaries were instructed to attend them regularly m order to impress the people that all was going well with Germany but tbe casualty
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  • 45 10 The lt Nagasaki Press of the 81st December reports A very pretty wedding took place m the English Church at noon yesterday, the contracting parties being Mr P. R. Rosoman, of Messrs Holme Ringer and Co., and Miss Eva S. Orandison, who armed from England.
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  • 826 10 The Wages Question. Ipoh, Jan. 21. You doubtless will have noticed that at the meeting of the Menglembu Lode Syndicate, the Manager. Mr R. P. Brash, stated that every time tbe price of tin went up a dollar the coolies wanted to know if they were going
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  • 141 10 A well-dressed woman, speaking perfect EDglish and French, was challenged by the Customs authorities at a Continental port after crossing the Channel, and submitted gracefully to the attentions of the female searchers. Nothing suspicious was found on her, but as 6he was about to pass the barrier a detective pointed
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  • 390 10 i Both Vessels Badly Damaged. Early on Monday morning, says the Japan Chronicle of January 6tb, a 0011 l sion occurred m the Inland Sen between tbe Messageries Maritimes steamer Cordil- I lere, 5,106 touts Cuptain Muges, ar<l the Blue Funnel steamer Hyson, 6,607 tous gross.
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  • 267 10 Perfect Okdkk on Board. Kobe, Jan. 12th. Tbe Fukujiu Maru. 1,845 tons, arrived at Wada at 10.30 today with seventeen passengers and 140 members of the crew of tbe P and Nile. Amongst the passengers were l?it>bop nud Mrs Foss and children and Dr Arcberbon
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  • 53 10 The Messageries Maritimes ltnpany have decided to advance by i\> c dn\s their fortnightly departures lioin the Far Ea6t to Euiope. On her maiden voyage from Plymouth to Bombay the P. and O. C inp<n\'s steamer Kaisar-i-Hind completed the journey m tbe record time of 17 days '20
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  • 79 10 Among interesting visitors to Ceylon just now are a few members of an American Scientific expedition who are touring tbe world with the primary object of searching for scientific data of educational value and reproducing them to the cinematograph m their conditions m the different climes as they are found.
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