The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 January 1915

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. fEN CENTS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1915. NO. 8,354.
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  • 183 1 A Federal B.ir committee has been orraed Page 4. Details of the affair at I'pington are published I'ugo 5. Our Loud rabbet wire notes activity u Johore Rabbet Liudu Page 5. The German Government ia assuming jontrol of w'i -i.f n id ttouie P<>ge 5. Lt. Iron^i^lJ
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  • 1921 1 Frerdom could not be the sacrrd word it is if it meant only the power of any individual to do what ho likes. Man had this before he became a social being at all, and he loses it as soon as he becomes one. There remains in him
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 770 1 positively The Last Night I W% A I I A IIII| Films that will hold the interest of our audienc; L» B B B fl B IBbB aa u lii nn I U If I ;y -^-vq !jrfa W 3^ i^M ORCHARD ROAD. Singapoes Premier Theatre ORCHARD ROAD. I^| ■,H
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    • 140 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice re closing of roids at Tanjong Pagur— Page K l. Details regarding an open piper chase on Surday Pfcga 9. Light knepM wanted for Siugiiporo Assistant Burgeon wanted for Johore I\.ge 2. Fuel and rep iir costs for motors can be lowered by using Vacuum mobiloils I
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    • 51 2 Russian mining engineers who have been sent to Qalicia since the occupation report that the oil districts will suffice to supply the whole of southwestern Russia. The working of the fields will start in the spring Moreover, salt and iron abound, and also, sporadically, silver, copper, lead, ana the rarer
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    • 204 2 fen. .'^^^^^^^B^^^B3[H^^3^^^fc sW*^ bY b ORGANS SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED FOR THIS CLIMATE. VERY SW£ET POWERFUL TONE. from $3 5 cash. THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY. For Cuisine AND Cleanliness TRY THE < HOTEL, KUALA LUMPUR. 0. MULLER, Manager RHEUMATISM KNOCKED OUT. Rheumatism, one of the most terrible foes of suffering humanity, Is
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    • 614 2 1 Notices THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD NOTICE Re CLOSING OF ROADS. Notice is her. by given that all roads path and unenclosed laiul the property of th itgifore Harbour Board, in the Keppel Hat i bour District, wi'l he closed to the Public oi Monday, lbt Pcb-uary iyis, trim 6
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    • 622 2 Notices I THE EXCHANGE BANKS Will be closed on Saturday 50th inst., Taipusum (Hindu H.siival). 2* 1 30 1 NOTICE. JJ The Powf rof Attorney granted to MrGustav Reuse is hereby revoked, and he is no longer authorised to sign our firm Per Procuration. HUTTENBACH BROTHERS ft Co. 13 1
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    • 388 2 Wanted NOTICE Applications, accompanied by copies ol testimonials, will be ieceiveJ at the Master Attem ant's Office op to l.sth Febraa r y next for the post of Light Keeper, Singapore. Salary ?f 00 per annum with rations and unforir. Applicants are required to have knowledge as 11 ter. 28
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    • 415 2 residence Btandin K i,, Y, J ht oo^,. f tabling «a« •n*"^ !s**+!& 1 lawn s. Immediate (1 M aidoa T^N A PpJy to p OWELL» Co 2 l M>l Ao*^ la mediate Entry. Bum,.. tennis, stabling, water a^^' 4b *r^ 251 Applyto< ■r'ciof^ TOUT "A No-SCairnhillCirc!,. App *UEM AND
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  • 1147 3 PThe Prkvf.ntiyk War. ,v Times Military Correspondent.) Ifci n.o^ity for continued and in- t in affort on the part of the Allies 10t require that we should be un- r) Viil of the complete failure of the u -tn (Jerraans to prosecute with success th e .T.nsive strategy
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  • 249 3 AN OI'I'ORTUMTY FOR THE PLANTER. Mr KG. Spring contributes an interest ing article to the Agricultural Bulletin of the Federated Malay States on the subject of the growing of foodstuffs in Malaya. The green cobs of Indian corn, which is grown only to a 6inall extent by
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  • 199 3 "Gebaeck and M PIBIIMULUO— I Sent to German Prisoners in Knoi.ano. German delicatessen of every kind are arriving in England in great quantities. They are pa6eing through the post in the form of Christmas hampers for the German prisoners of war, both .Military and civil, obliged to
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  • 81 3 DELICATESSEN. A Bombay correspondent writes as fol lows to the Statesman concerning the scheme which enables Gerraanand AustroHungarian ladies to visit their husbands who are interned in the prisoners-of war camp at Ahtnednager "It is doubtful whether in any previous war there is a precedent for such an innovation, and
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    • 76 3 DRIVING BELTS. Frequently considerable trouble arises through the right Belt not being selected and the drives not properly arranged. The GANDY Belting which is world famous as for its strength, durability and grippiug power is especially suitable for this climate and is not affected by heat or moisture. The Borneo
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    • 635 3 I Auctions 1 SHERIFF'S SALE. In the Cause of A T. K. P. L. SOCKALINQAM CHITTY VBBBUB TAN GAY At Messrs CHING KENG LEE ft Cos Saleroom, On Monday, Ist February, at 2-30 p.m All those two pieces of 99 years' leasehold land situate at Chin Bwee Road in the
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    • 440 3 $m*<te .^Nj^ <^^ F SUPREME PATENT BEST FLOUR EXTRA SUPERIOR MANUFACTURED MANUFACTURED MANUFACTURED BY BY BY DAIRI FLOUR MILLS DAIRI FLOURMILLS DAIRI FLOUR MILLS DAlRl^near MOJI DAIRI^NEAR MOOI DAlRl^near MOJI —tr >u 0 b -?yAKn>-3 gtfHN^ $pt*n+ o^**^ SUPERIOR FLOUR SUPERIOR FLOUR SUPERIOR FLOUR MANUFACTURED MANUFACTURED MANUFACTURED F3 Y d
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    • 119 3 (C( ALm J*) NOTICE is hereby given that Centril En*in^ Wo-ks Limited are the Sol© Proprietors of the above trade marks printed barned pressed or stamped in either a circle oval oblong or square an <s nsed bv them in connection with a'l sanitary ware s-»ld by them in the
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  • 1033 4 The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, January 28, 1915 vlare skal! the Ptexs the People > t*m .i*->. Oaawed by influence and aubribcd by galv I ■we patriot Troth her glorloas iincepU mmim*i tm lUllaiaa. Lo rr }f mhS Law. With commendable readiness the Bri tish Admiralty has authorised the Press
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  • 1260 4 Yesterday was the birthday of the German Kaiser. It will he rather difficult f'\cn for his family aud personal entour- to wit-h His Majesty "Many Happy Ratomi of the Day." When we think of the millions of t-pectrea of the dead that will swarm uuteen through the Kaiser's banquet ball
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  • 41 4 JOHORE SHARES ACTIVE, (From Our Own TVrw,,^ Tan gf Bat, pay per cent., and London A 6 iat, c a interim of five per cent. COQ d There have been active dealin Jahoie Rubber Landg. uea "ogi in
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  • 58 4 (From Our Own Corre>j,,, U(ifPt) At the first annual m-uj!*',! 1 F. M.S. bar at Kuala Lumpur Mr of Ipoh, presiding, the fir* f ed 'jj 0 committee was ehcud as f o n Messrs Uryant, A. if. lope Bnd Kenion, of Perak, nnd M,,. rs
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  • 60 4 (From Our Oun Corrt^uu^nt) •Pob. Jan. 2fi It is estimated that ti thirty thousand b«tl mioing cooli?, the country at the end ,f rth* the end of IH3, NONMatfßi »Z! tnately a reduction of ptt cent miibt ro a considerable vaj to dituiuJ the output
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  • 169 4 LIEUT. H. A. IRONSIDE S. V. A. The friends of Lieut. H a Ironside, formerly of the Maxin. v of Singapore Volunteer Artillw] and Qot on active service, will t.<. int. i.-.trdtoknot that that young officer bus appearance as an author. Ihe lait in* of the Armv arid N.,\ <
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  • 93 4 The Melville DevelopOM iicat* A which M< MCI < iitbne and write adding the name of Mr F head the Syndicate's Ifanaftc to thelisti those who have gone to the ft Johore. Mr .Tack Stturt. of S;nu HH/ettcd a second lieutenaut in the Royal FieKl Artillery,
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  • 256 4 Agents. Guthrio iO. Langkon 1( .400 lu total 9 moh IS,10( tat 66.6(* j It is noticeable that promotion American Consular Mllkw comes mo*t readily to those who hu\ e proficient in Ofcil Mm B "It is five hutnlr.il since a Prince of Wftltl VTM with
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    • 156 4 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. TELEPHONE— I6O TELEGRAMS— 41 CALDBECK PRICE LIST AND ORDER BOOK, ON APPLICATION. 2 A.ND I 1 nnr n n 1^ I m i LIUI I me 1 gßffß|| RECOGNISED ALL OVER S P*^ I' THE WORLD AS THE BEST fi Va n K
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  • 491 5 SHARP FIGHTING IN THE WEST. [GERMAN ATTACKS FAIL. British Counter Attacks. (By Submarine Cable]. KEITKB'B SKBVICfc. London, Dec. '26. 5.40 p.m.— The Paris communique says that the Belgians pro grossed il the l'ervy,,e district. The Germans attacked at dawn with a battalion to the eastward of Ypres. The attack stopped
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  • 74 5 London. Jan. 27th.— M. Millerand, the "ench Minister of War, in a statement n>ade before the Army Committee of the Mid that 1h; was simp y led at the results ■cbiftved in EngIt fU not only the military effort that he ndmired, but the which that effort wuh
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  • 84 5 The QaaiaU, who open a slot ••aron Victoria Theatre on Wedoe*d*J in wren Lond in Mcord tot this style ol fWinmenl, and on one oeoMiou they London the..- i..k simult Wy. Tin- Compaoj if uud.r the "J**onol Mr R. B. Baliilmry, the founder mho wiu Wmt€l| uppear Gar
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  • 51 5 '-•ut-nt, who has ju«t returned 1 1 t0 Sumatra < teIl us that th« B a n ai e almoet wholly in sympathy at thi. lUt> They are very indignant *od OU h 7 ment of R elgiu, n by Germany, °*n co, Pllri K a Birailar fafce for their
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  • 216 5 ALL OUR SHIhS SAFE German Survivors Landed. [tij Submarine Cable]. Hbttum's btafVCft. London, Jan. 26.— The Presn Bureau states that ali the British Ctuiseis and de stroyers engaged iu the recent action returned safely to port. The Lion had some forward compartments flooded by shell below the
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  • 33 5 HeJsßOe, Jan. 26. It is reported that a submarino torpedoed the Oerman cruiser <« i/elle off the i^land Rufeu. The cruiser managed to reach Sassuitz. The damage done is unknown.
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  • 77 5 GE RMAN GOVERNMENT CONTROL FOOD. Flour and Wheat Seized. London, Jan. 16th. German official Statement declarts that the Federal Council of the Qerman Bmpire has d^cid lil to seize all stocks of wheat and flour on the l*r of February. Ali business tran •actions in flour are forbidden from to
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  • 92 5 A Brisk Encounter. (Bsutbb'i SraciAL Sumcsv) London. Jun. 21th A Capetown tt-le-graaa fives details of the G ipe rebel attack upon (Jpington on thb .J.ia. 1 7 th. Flushed with reoenft sucoass, Ifariti aud Kemp attempted to surprise the town in the early morning, opening tire with
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  • 69 5 London, January 26. The i'ress Bureau states that a ippelin appeared at Libsva yesterday and dropped nine bombs on the undefended part of the town. The forts opesH *l Are on the Zeppelin which fell into the sea. Small craft destroyed tlie uirship uud captured the
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  • 162 5 ]{V COUBTMT Of TIIK PUNCH COJKBUL QWMMMAL lviris. .liin. If fill! p.m. The French 8 pel cent, bonds un- at francs 73.75. We have inmlc blight progress ou the e;i»r of S". < ifid <,'.-s f.irm u. mil*; and a liuif east of Nieup >rr). We havi'
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  • 14 5 Mr Genshiro Nishi, a Councillor of Embassy, has been appointed Japanese Minister to Siam.
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  • 438 5 The Hon. Treasurer, Mr. M. Morrison, Manager, Chartered Bank of India, Auetraj lia and China, Singapore, begs to acknowledge, with many thanks, the receipt of the following further contributions Amount acknowledged $295,188.72 Collected by Miss Joseph 18 Rev. J. A. B. Cook (January) 9
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  • 94 5 A Malay named Mohomed, of Gaylang Road, was charged by Inspector Pestana, fe'.P.CA., in the second police court, with working a pair of very lame bullocks. There was a previous conviction against accused for a like offence, so that the magistrate sentenced him to fourteen days' rigorous imprisonment, without the
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  • 185 5 I An extraordinary genera! meeting of the members of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce, held on New Year's day, au thorised the Committee of trie Chamber j to open a subscription list for the collect tion of funds in aid of sufferers from the
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  • 502 5 A Humorous Play Bill. The following is the playbill of the concert party which, as was announced in the Times, was to leave under the direc* i tion of Mr. Seymour Hicks, to give enter- j tainments to our troops in France. The bill
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  • 42 5 By a recent mail there arrived one issue of the "Daily Telegraph" in its first page columns a good man? births still more deaths, and not one single marriage. This must be a unique experience in the history of that newspaper. 1
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 201 5 Robinson Co.'s PATENT LEVER WATCHES A dp AD Ej CELEBRATED FOR THEIR ACCURATE TIMEKEEPING AND DURABILITY. Non-Magnetic E ™ry Watch has Movement M our name Every Watch //'< on the dial and Guaranteed. i'|:SsS •S^^H-J works. PRICE $5.50, POST FREE. KELLY AND WALSH, Ltd." HAVK A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF LEATHER
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    • 570 6 Shipping P. O. S. 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 abDut 9th MARCH, 1915, calling at PORT SWETTENHAM one
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    • 489 6 ELLERMANS HALL LINE. FROM JAPAN, CHINA, STRAITS, TO MARSEILLES, LONE! ON LIVERPOOL. A frequent service of fast cargo and passenger steamers of this Line will be run in the above trade. The following is the intended programme s.s. "City of Madras" 8,500 tons, sailing on or about Ist February, s.s.
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    • 491 6 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES For CHINA, JAPAN, CEYLON and MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD 1915 OUTWARD Dumbea .Tan 29 ChDi Jan 31 .'ordillere Feb 12 Atlamique Feb 14 V. de la Ciotat Feb 26 Polyu**ien Feb 28 Chili Mar 2 Atlantique Mar 26 For all particulars apply to J. de GOURTOIS, aoent.
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    • 537 6 Shipping P&O. STEAM NAVIGATION COM Pi| For China, Japan, Penang, c«,| H Australia, India, Aden, Eg m Mediterranean Ports, n ytßm and London Through Bills of Lading BS aed Bteamen, will leave Blngapo, t OBoi|% MAIL LINES HOMIWARD (FOR EUBOPR,. Fpoid Singapore, connectinj K Colombo with 191V ss Nubfa F*
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  • 796 7 Mr Conrad, in bis novel "Chance," has a sailor who complains of the general incompetence of everyone on land. "No ship," he says, "navigated and sailed in the happy go lucky manner they conduct their business on shore would ever arrive into port." That is true,
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  • 225 7 There was launched at Belfast on 17th ult. the screw steamer Pembrokeshire, built to the order of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company for the Far Eastern service. The new vet-eel, a sister ship of the Carmarthenshire, launched in October, it 485 ft. in length, with a
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 591 7 Shipping JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINE. Rprvlce is maintained between Yokohama «h, norts to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, mail contract with the Imperial umneJ .Government. The New Twin■w Steamers maintaining this service have S« specially designed and constructed, and IJpfltu-a with all the latest improvements for Sp safety
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    • 1015 7 THE ONLY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY REGISTERED IN THE COLONY. URCEST PAID-UP CAPITA* OF INY EASTERN COUPANV. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, 01d°Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and compiles with
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    • 499 7 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL ti.vooo 000 RBBERYE FUNDS •io.uuo.uuu Sterling £1,500,000 at Ss.- Slfi.OOO.noo i Silver fisioooiooo/ M».n00,000 Retervp Liability of Proprietors... 916,000,000 COURT OF DIRBOTORB Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Deputy Chairman. B. H. Dodwell, Esq. PH. Holyoak, Esq. O. T. M
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    • 359 7 CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE. Lc Hongkong. CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED •1.000.000.0i 0 Amoukt Paid-up I c00.000.0t. RBBBBVB FUMD 51,800,000,01 1 Marine Risks at Current Rates, Boustead ft Co., Agent ALLIANCE ASSURANCE to, i.!< jg^gf- 000 Insurances effected at rates ol promt u whloh will be found favourable to the fasort< Pitertoi 81 moos
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  • 1027 8 SHROUDED IN WHITE. MrDNiGHT Patrol. A subaltern in the Royal Field Artillery, writing borne to his parents, gives a vivid account of a daring might attack upon j the German trenches. He says Soon after midnight a patrol of one officer and seven men, dressed in white from
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  • 284 8 A Gfrman View. An interesting contribution to the mo raentous question How long chd Ger many hold out is to be found in Das Groesßere Deutbchland (Greater Germany), n weekly periodical with a large circula ti.a throughout the Fatherland. This authority holds that Germany has
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  • 201 8 How Shk Caught thi: Malk. Says "RaniDler" in the "Daily Mi»ror": Here is a goo 1 story told me yeKtedny by one of the victims I won't say which. There was a happy soldier iran enjoying his short leave from the front, walking along Pall Mall the
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  • 87 8 War Office Condemnation. London, Dec. 25th.— The War Office authorities have rejected 983 cases of New South Wales canned beef, purchased through au American flrtn, for army rations. Th«3 beef was rejected on nccount of its inferior quality. The cans wrrv found lo contain thin flank, ecrup
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 251 8 I Try what a refreshing, easily digested, and specially nourishing food beverage may be made with Benger's Food in combination with tea or coffee, cocoa or chocolate. Banger's Fool, prepared with fresh new milk forms a dainty and d -liciou scream, rich in all the necessary N food el -ments.
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    • 596 8 How I Keep Fit Some Celebrities' Opinions. COUNTLESS people in all walks of life have yit in writing that they have derived real vijrou steady health from lie use ol Sauatogeu. Amongst them are many of the most distinguj in the world, and added to their evidence is tl pronouncement
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    • 22 8 H The y lja i '"r. Thcir.a S Ly M e\ r M.D., Mr. Comptcn Nxkauk rtla tlie S i tried ne\
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  • 52 9 (Cobbbotbd dp to Jan. 27) BAnk4m/s 24f demand 2 4 1-16 Private credit* 8 m's 2-4 11-1( India, T. T. i 75 Honqkohq, demand 22 Yokohama, demand 114J Java, demand 14 if Bangkok, demand gel SovHBBioNB, Bank Buy! g $s 64 Bank of England Rate 6% Bar Silver L
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  • 148 9 January 27. Tin (175 tons) $77.12$ Oambier Gambler Cube No. 1 9 q Qambier Cube No. 2 8.50 Pepper Black ordin. S'pore buyers 20.00 Pepper, (White fair) 86 60 Nutmegs UlO to tb* lb 21.f 0 Nutmegs (80 to the lb 22!oo Mace (Banda) g 0 00 Cloves (Amboina)
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 148 9 HumberettE AIR-COOLED $1,200 Nett. WATER-COO ED $1,325 Complete Garage. I II Latest testimonial from a Singapore purchaser: Messrs. THE BORNEO Co. Ltd., Present. Dear Sirs, With regard to the Humberette 1 purchased from you a few months ago, I am pleased to say that it is giving every satisfaction. The
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    • 217 9 Mobiloils A GRADE FOR EACH TYPE OF MOTOR." OILS THAT LUBRICATE MOST." 0 FUEL AND REPAIRS. YOU CAN LOWER THESE EXPENSES." In three years' time supplies and repairs occasionally cost as much as the original price of a car. Careless lubrication is responsible for most of this expense. A canvass
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    • 47 9 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Great Papporialnt Cur*, li. 6d it you desire to be supplied with copies, order at racedo not wait, as only a limited number of copies were printed! The Singapore and Straits ROUGH DIARY for 1915. Publishers: FRASES and NEAVE, LIMITED.
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    • 59 9 Men may come and men may go £nd accidents fill the world with woe But oce thing that will ever endure w^V E Y 00 8 Oreat Peppermint Cure. Which puts new life in rUh and poor And health and strength it «oth reaUre; 1 bat s why I am
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 548 9 WEATHER REPORT. These Weather Telegrams are transmitted by courtesy of the E. E. Tel. Co., and oontain the observat ons made at Hongkong (HK.) Obsorvatory, and at Manila Observatory (MN) The data are date and I our of despatch the Barometer reading (inches in HK., Milli meters in MN.); Direction
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    • 411 9 LATEST ARRIVALS List of vessels in port at 10 a.m. op January 27, 1»16. British. Name Date of Arrival Remarks Sri Muar Jan 26 Inner Roads Kum Sang No. 7 Wharf Gor «on No. 0 Wharf City of Madras Outer Roada Chowtai Jan 27 Prophet Hop Sang n o 4
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  • 398 10 [The dates give a are those of the dcs- 1 p itch of the telegrams from London.) Jan. 19. (continued). German aircraft! moke raid on Norfolk const, dropping I bombs at Yarmouth, Sheringbam, King's! Lynn, Heachara and near Sandringham. I Damage done Blight. Two women and I
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  • 233 10 The match Keppel Golf Club verem Sepoy Lines Golf Club was played at Sepoy Lines on Sunday, and resulted in a tie. K.G.C. v. S.L.G.C. J. Kennedy and H. Irving Jones 0 v. H. R. L. Dyne and W. Macmilltin, w.o. ]i. Dr. Eldei and A.
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  • 170 10 An Important Invention. After years of experience by experiments the world over, the practicability of receiving and sending wireless messages from an aeroplane has at last been de monstrated. The men who have made this possible are United States army offl cers of tho aviation corps, stationed
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  • 1428 10 HOW GERMAN ESPIONAGE WORKED. A Strange Talk From Malaya. (Written for the Malay Mail.") Everything now seems to point to the war revolving itself into a contest of endurance aud from this point of view no civilian can do better service to his country than by carrying
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  • 220 10 In the District Court yesterday afternoon, Krtrmin, a Malay diver, who has but lately returned from Australia, where he has been employed in the pearl fishing industry, was charged with crtminal breach of trust retpectin;; a pair of gold anklets nt;d three half sovereign tuttous attached to
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  • 188 10 That soldiers have an international language of their own wan agaiu proved a few days ago by an incident in tho Roe de la Puix, Paris. A well known Edin burgh man was walking down the street < to hie hotel, when he saw a couple of Uu-
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  • 30 10 Saturday and Sunday. Johnston's Pier, at 9, 10 and 11 a.m., 2.80 and 8.80 p.m. Club Bungalow, at 0.80 and 10.80 a.m., 12.15, 8 and 5.80 p.m.
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  • 591 10 Tbe Shipping and the In pjrt aud Ex port O/Hees will be opeu £>r one hour 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.) on Saturday the 80th instant. The figures of vessels up to Dec. 24 show total Gerroau vessels captured or sunk by the Allies 410 of 984,082 tons
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  • 166 10 The love of gambling is strongly im planted in most of us— how strongly I never realised until the other day, when chatting with a wounded gunner fiom the front. 'We used to gamble on the next man to be killed," he said. We'd get up a
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  • 163 10 When a man wants to tight it ti kee a lot to stop him. T«ke the case of tl.e young accountant who had been bent out to Chile by the firm of Deloitte, Plunder and GriHHha. When he board that war had broken out he decided to
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 10 10 Chronic Chest Complaints, For Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is. 64
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    • 448 10 NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCE! < 1^ A CROWDS VISIT unTml CASINO NIGHTLY! N j WHY? N I BECAUSE. THERE IS A DOUBLE ATTRACTION! 8 XTULCANIC R "PICTURES v E V AUDEVILLE «-LA R EXCELLENCE A A DAZZLING PROGRAMME OF o 1M IRTH jlr STARTLING S IYiYSTERY OC Surprises B NIGHTLY
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