The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 February 1915

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPOKE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1915. NO. 8,358.
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  • 245 1 For tbe lost Kiucber and the crippled battla cruisers: One or two small steamers. £uch is Germany's tlire revenge for her thrashing m the North Saa. Her submarines have busied themselves torpedoing peaceful merchantmen l'ago 5. Outside the pale of humanity is a further verdict prououaced against
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  • 1134 1 Not a few minds have wondered Loir there can he an eternal blesseduess m the iepth of things, when Europe can be turned into a bloody slaughter m a few months, and the mubt heroic nation can suffer the worst disaster. The question a very common How
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 366 1 DO YOU WANT A PROGRAMME? tEKOLf JOYFUL SPRIGHTLY SPECTACULAR. HIGHLY DRAMATIC. ALHAMBRA THE PIONEER CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE— BEACH ROAO. Ist Show 7-30 pm. YOU SEE TWO SHOWS FOR ONE PAYMENT 2nd Show 9-15 p.m. THE GREAT ALL BRITISH PRODUCTION EXCLUSIVE TO THE THEATRE: HIS COUNTRY'S HONOUR IN 3 PARTS. v rial
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    • 277 1 PALLADIUM ORCHARD ROAO. Singapore's Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAO. TO-NIGHT COMMENCING AT 9 P.M. KHAKI. TO-NIGHT ©S^ FOR A FEW~ NIGHTS ONLY -g# THIS GREiT PATRIOTIC DRAMA BEAT* ANYTHING YKT DEPICTED ON THE bCKEEN. It is bound to stir the imagination of oven the must unpatriotic individual-*, for it U full
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    • 153 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Scottish Concert announcement Page 1. To let, I'.ranUsome, Stevens Road 14 Teluk Kurau board and residence m Scottish family— Page I. L. L. T. C. annual meeting notice Page 1. 15aukruptcy notices Page 2. Notice re Wee Liong Tan, deceased Page 2. Mirth, music and mystery at the
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 112 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday 2nd. High Water— r y a.m., 11-57 p.m. Lodge Zetland Emergent. 9At p.m. M. lieorge's Chapter, y.15 p.m. Purification Can.'leuias. Wednesday 3rd «lgh Wae«r— o-3J» a.m., 0-5 p.m. X.C I?, certinony, Vice-Admiral Jerram. Council Chamher, 10 a.m. Ladies' Lawn Tt ntiis Cluh, Annual Meeting, 6 15 p.m.
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  • 599 2 la the report of the directors of the British Burma Petroleum Company Limi ted it is stated the year's operations re suited m a profit on revenue account of £161,631 6s llil being an increase of 451,900 12s tOd over the figures for 1913, which, showed a ma^ed improvement on
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  • 245 2 A Comedy, with a name which we are not at liberty to disclose and having, we are allowed to state, more than one Act, will be produced under the direction of somebody at a building somewhere m Peoang on certain nights at a probable ti i m
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  • 289 2 Allahabad, .January 12. Extracts from a letter written by an officer of a Gurkha regiment m northern France are publibhed by Ihm Pioneer. The letter relates to events m November when the fighting was of a stubborn kiud. One of the extracts read* as follows: Three
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  • 113 2 Vv. i LI HIGH) to MUBOBI TOT Gu vans, Rome, Thursday.— A telc;rui Hum Constantinople to the "Idea X*< rule" states that this morning numerous i> i i ords were found posted m all t!i < >Derts calling ujon the population to Molt and mutdtf tho (ierrnan
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  • 136 2 "\S'atertown, Dec. 10. That Karl Kitcbe ncr is negotiating with the inventor of a new focusing apparatus here is tho 6tate ment of John W'eekes, of John Weekes, Sou and Company. It is said that Bar] Kitchener has been m correspondence for some tint ftiM baa made
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  • 118 2 Like the quieting influence of oil poured on the angry waters m a storm, Little's Oriental Balm calms and soothes the tortured nerves, ■topi the excruciating pains and bids Sciatica release its hold on the sufferer. Little's Oriental Balm has been the standard, the universal
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 92 2 ORGANS SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED FOR THIS CLIMATE. VERY SW'ET POWERFUL TONE rmoM $35 cash. THK ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY. Mirth-Music-Mystery AT THE GRAND CONTINENTAL HOTEL 331. North Bridge Road. COMMENCING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd 4 FEW SIGHTS OHLY. SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. TZLEOBAM3 SIEMENS, SIHQAPOKE. Telki-iionk No. 147. Electrical Engineers, Manufacturers and Contractors.
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    • 721 2 Notices LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB. SINGAPORE. Tho Annual General Meeting will be held In ihe Club Pavilion on Wednesday, the Brd February, 19lf Et 6-15 p.m. Business. 1. To receive Ihe Report and Accounts tot the year to ed 3»st December. 19 1 4. a. To elect officebearers for the
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    • 433 2 Wanted NOTICE Application, accomptnied hy copiea cf I te^ttujonia 8, will be itceivel At the Mabti 1 I Atten ant's Office up to Kth Febiuay m-x 1 for the post 1 1 Light Keeper, blogapore. HalPiy P OO per annum wl'b rations and un form. Applicants a/ required tohuve koow-
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    • 407 2 To Let* BRIHKSOME-Steveos i< IH(1 r nta coort, btab.ing, thl^. l > chewing rooui. X bt-jJJV I a A P^y to Messrs ItU TOUT No. U Teiok Kuthu. A n)!y tQ "•"•SASSCO,. (Mal>cc>^ to ur la mediate Entry. u ur tennis, Btablin^. wa t, > 4^r^ TO LtT Sea-side Furnish,
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  • 826 3 A Veteran's Warning. fo tlmpp u0 have any doubts R8 to tne ture nf tbfl rubber industry a chaD with Mr SamiMl Fi«iB. one of the veterans of trade iroold be a wonderfully hearten procM* Mr Fifgto, who is the found- r »nd bend of the well-known
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  • 106 3 A writer m a Lome paper says J Harrow correspondent Bends me a ar co lnC H lence m the fQrm Qf ft cuUinK Ujrt year's Harrow Directory." It 1 I <Ue. Fred Evans, 9, Warrington-road. •'»ry. j amti M7| p iDDer road a KiiM-r. (Justav, 8 Butler
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  • 323 3 Telegraphic advices have been received by the Malay States Information Agency, Kuala Lumpur, to tbe effect that the Bxpart of rubber from the Federated Malay States m the month of October amounted I to 2,897 tons compared with 2,l«0 tons m! the coi responding month last year. The
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  • 256 3 r Official Restriction on ButnißSS, Both the Treasury ami th^ Stock Ex change Committee last uitfut U>ec. 23rd) J issued announcements of the reopeuiug of the Stock Exchaope on January 4 and hs i to the tempoiary restrictions necessarily c imposed npoo the conduct of business. The
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  • 184 3 The Deutsche Taget/.eitung quotes with approval 6Otne pisnngps from au address by Professor Josef Kohl«r on Britain's share m tbe world war, which might have coiue frotn itß own columns The present struggle is but the natural consequence of Britain's traditional policy to play the Continental
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    • 683 3 TAPPING THE NERVE-FORCE Worse Than Bleeding. It is better to lose a pint of blood than to have tbe nerve- tapped. No one can measure your nerve foice asic runs away," wrote that famoua Doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes. It is easy to explain why thi* is po. The blood making
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    • 696 3 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Teak Household Furniture Blackwoad Drawing Room Suites inlaid with M.O.P. Shells (Removed for convenience of fa'e) To be held at No. 142-3 Orchard Road On Saturday, Feb. 6th at 2 p.m. Comprising three sets Black «r O ->d drawing room suites inlaid with M. O.
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    • 423 3 GRIMAULT'S SYRUP of Hypophosphite of Lime r^BRONCHITIS.^I W CATARRH, j STUBBORN iipy WEAK LUNGS, I 1 COUCHS, f roi p!! ;u fl v CONSUMPTION J I Paris, B, p. Vivienne If o^SS^ tfl BEWARE j and at all Chemists |g|SdP OF IMITATIONS I DISINFECTANTS. I ALL KINDS AND FOR ALL
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  • 23 4 Domestic Occurrences. BIRTH. Doncan— On ?6th Jar nary, 1915, at the General Hospital, l\nan* the wifo ot J. T, Duncan, f.r.c.s a daughter.
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  • 1513 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, February 2, 1915. It cannot be said that Germany is doing herself any particular service m this war by land and by sea m so far as she is busily engaged m passing a sponge over practically every sanction of international acceptance that tended to
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  • 807 4 The M Bhop of Singapore and Mrs Fer Ruson l>.«vie leave for Home by the mail of Feb. 19th. Mr 'Chick" Campbell, of Singapore ha* arranged lo curry on a training stable m Kuala Lumpur. tM.11.) Mr Henry R Keay, Assistant Telegraph Kngiueer, Po6ts and Telegraphs Department, Selaugor, will be
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  • 235 4 Kubber Industry an i the \v (From Our Own Gorreipon^ Malacca Plants Assoc.Ln t Suoday when it w aB Sported tK deficit on the years wo, k,n R was lh6 than the previous year, aod i balance was $188. Ctfc d.l The Chairman commenting On tha woik said
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  • 151 4 CONCERT AT THE DUTCH. CLUB. On S.itnr y evum ,t i> m kind permiat on i mniktci Dutch Club. Mr I>. Oi derwyzer, i barltona of bich n p iti arill recitßl at the Dutcb e d by loci] amnteara. Tba the cot.cert ate m tl.n ciiphi Mr lU vim
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  • 80 4 The hon. secretary of tli*> Siapapor* St. Antlrew's Society dr-in attention to the pnl of a Soottiab Concert lo ba Victoria Theatre on March t reeds thereof to be davotad to tue Boliol Fund. The antarta andat the pattonata of H. X Young, k. m. (i Bookiof will
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  • 75 4 The King having I ;raf ly to appoint Viot admiral J rrai Member of tli.- Beci I Commandai of Ina Sfoal H of the B lib, 1! will, bf c ommand i>f Mil the Insignia of kba i miral Jarran In Iba Coum i kba
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  • 122 4 The Bitkop Of r ill— 1 :r 8 appointed the Reverend j Alltn, kjL Oxon, I jol fcha Bfttaog I.npar Mi la** 1 be bis Houorury Chaplain. The B. N. B, court ol jtuhaerihod 61,000 t SattoaalW Fund, aud British mi 1 tlie > bave bubgctil.'il I l.i DO, tnd
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 180 4 HUMPHREY TAYLOR'S KlßluM'Hßtv Y *rU>« "STARBOARD LIGHT" CREME DE MENTHE. WHOLESALE OR RETAIL FI O A CALDBECK, MACGRE6OR Co, I IJTTI F'S I ty) JLJ JL JL JL ■j j |J RJj I*l FOR ff HIGH CLASS TAILORING. j SPECIALISTS IN SPECIALISTS IN EVENING N equestrian DRESS GARMENTS Full Supplies
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  • 461 5 MERCHANT SHIPS TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINES. •Outside Humanity's Pale." RirTEBS 8KB"IC». [Bj Submarine Cablel. Havre. .Tan. 31.— At nine m the morning steamer Toko Mam from New Zealand jg D miles from Cap de la Heve wlieu explOfioo occurred from an ui.knowu French trawler, the Semper, llufd U>« crew
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  • 88 5 Situation Well (n Hand. London, Jan. 81. The Press P.ureau thtt tbe Governor of NyaseeJand a that native tribes have rebelled In foe Shite bighlandi and attucU^d au estate st ■igbt-lime, killing three wLite settlers I wounding one. They seized three WLl> I fve children but iob- them
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  • 17 5 iMoD.feb. I.- M.joe (ienerul Nathu 'i Imperial service troops has Dteu m Kabt Africa.
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  • 99 5 ln :a The dpath i 8 fln aDj^-Ur Admiral Hootefn. the^v' wll lms been working ns *fo»ioner h«W for over two JT\ '•turn, to Eo f Uod D ext month. lOff behind the scenes M know A, eHU rit kas been l,i B woik here. Riven Keader
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  • 560 5 GERMAN SETBACKS NEAR YPRES AND LA BASSEE. Supreme Struggle Imminent. (Reuters Special Service.) London, Jan. 31. The French official accouot of recent operations singles out as most important the great aud costly reverse theGern ans sustained east of Yprea aud the still costlier reverse at la ISassee aod
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  • 221 5 The tenors and basses are reminded of i the ipecisl rehearsal of the iimlc ohorow I 'for the Scottish Concert) In th»> V MCA. Hull this evening at 8.45 6'clotk. Sir West Ridgeway, chairman cf t)ie B, l! Cn, m a pevMOger from London by the Medina, leaving <> r
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  • 209 5 GOOD WORK ALONG THE WHOLE LINE. Austrians Badly Beaten. Rbotk's Smhwcb. Petrograd, January 81.— Tbe communique says: Tbe engagements betweeu tbe Dukla and Vytkboff passes are assuming tbe character of a general battle. Tbe Russians 6masbingly defeated the Aus trians southwest of the Dukla carrying three lines of
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  • 247 5 By Cotrtesv of tiik FaJDCCH Consul Genkhal Paris, .Tanuaiy 80, G5O p m. Tbe French V bonds are Ht francs 7;J.M). Yt'^terdiiy there was a relative full m the operations. There have been artillery engagements m Belgium. The English bare repaiaad before Cuin(hy Lmncbv I*/ la UH^^ee
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  • 300 5 .Mr Justice i;.ink»>s h\s succeeded Mr Justice Kennedy m tbe Appeal Co irt. Sir Frederick Low. MR, has been pppointed a Judge replacing Mr Justice H.inkes. I-rnai). a Malay, was charged m the second police court, yi-sterday, with the theft of an orchid plant and pot from the compound of
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  • 808 5 THE TRANSFER OF SHIPS. The following Proclamation by Sir A.fciiur Young, k.c.m.0., Governor atxl Cominaml-r m Ctai^f, was published m a Gazette Extraordinary issued yesterday Whereas a state of war exists between the United KiDgdom on the one hand and Germany, Austria- Hungary and Tnrkey o i the other
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  • 38 5 I Lieut. S. T. Winn, wbo was decorated witb the 1). S. O. after the torpedoing of the Mepbudiyeh by submarine 811, cf which he was second m command, is a brother of Mrs LI, W. Thomson. (M.M.)
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 232 5 Robinson Go. TARANTIIJ I F TAT? A'XITT TT TT« a boom to all wlth sensiuve **»»VilLl\ 1 U Lulj JLi skin. Sound, washable econoname on Selvedge- none gcmiinf without SAMPLES SENT ON APPLICATION. m perfection is readied m Cairo g where Ifeavs, Maspsko FftfcßES g manufacture tliose two brands known
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 867 6 Shipping I THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO., Ltd. SINGAPORE— BANGKOK. For Kretay, Paka, THngganu, Btaufe, Bemera, Baohok, Kelantan, Table, Bangnara, T-UaptD, Panarai, Paiani. Blngora, Lacon, Kohsamol, Bandon, Langsnen. Taku Clhampon, Koalak and Bangkok. Steamer Due Departure. BORIBAT 2nd Feb 1915 6th Feb 3 p.m. YUOA.LA 9ih Feb 13th Feb 3
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    • 481 6 Shipping ELLERMANS HALL 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 is the intended programme s.s. "City of Madras" 8,500 tons, sailing on or about Ist February, s.s.
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    • 553 6 Shipping I M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES For CHINA, JAPAN, CEYLON and MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD 1915 OUTWARD Cordil'ere Feb 18 Atlanriqne Feb 14 V. de la Ciotat Feb 26 Polyue*ien Feb 28 Chili Mar 19 Ne a Mar 14 Atlanrique Mar 26 Ma^Unn Mar 'm Polyne-i eu Apl 9 Lumtrjk Apl 11
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    • 523 6 Shipping p. &o? STEAM NAVIGATION COIUpj,, For China, Japan, Pen Mis,c e jj, Australia, India, Ad en E< Jw Mediterranean Porti, p,,,^ and London Through Bills of Lading Uf^ Coart, Persian Gulf Connect, [J? Porta. 3a A 5-«^ Steamers will leave Single 0D MAIL LINES HOMBIWARD (FCR ECHOP.,. From Singapore,
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  • 456 7 The Journal Commercial of Marseilles has obtained and published a lecture given m May, 1912, at the first meetiDfr of the German Defence League, by Herr Possehl, of Lubeck. Herr Pos6ehl declared roundly that the economic war which England would wage by sea, much more than the war
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  • 323 7 As a result of the liritish fleet visiting Monte Video we learu that the battle cruisers Invincible and Inflexible had been sent out from home to deal with the German squadron. The date on which these vessels left is not stated, but it must have been m
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  • 170 7 A communication received by the New South Wales Trade Commissioner m the [Far East (Mr J. B, Bailor, who is well known m the Straits) states "Great efforts are now being put forth m Japan to manufacture and export articles similar to those hitherto
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  • 466 7 New York, Dec. 24. Herr Dem burg, formerly German Colonial Secretary, ban cot; been any more successful than Count von liernstorff m persuading Americans, by means of a violent press campaign organized' with the help of a capital of •2,000,000, that Germany's cause is a
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  • 258 7 Some put walking on the shelf with many other lost arts.' No one ever walks now except the Hoy Scouts. Dr. R. E. Castelaw believes that the body Bhould never be tired after exercise. He says never walk to the point of exhaustion, and never walk
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 626 7 THE ONLY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY REGISTERED IN THE COLONY. LATEST PAID-UP CAPITAT. OF INY EASTERN COMPANY. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old? Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20.000 dfiooalted with the Supreme Court of England, and complies
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    • 383 7 CHARTERED BANK of India Australia and China, INCORPORATED BY ROYIL CHARTER, ?AID DP OAPITAL «1,200,000 BKSKRYI FUND I Reierve Liability of Proprietors ai.200.00C HEAD OFFICE: 88. BIBHOPSGATK, LORDOH, I. 0. AQENCIKB AND BRANCHES: 4.mritsat Hankcw New York Bangkok Hongkong Penang Batavia Hollo Puket Bombay Ipoh Hangooa Calcutta Karachi Saigon Canton
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    • 510 7 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL |15,000,00 C RESERVE FUMD9 IBterllng £1,500,000 at Is.- »1fi,000,000 n, n non Silver 118,000,000? W5.000.000 Reierve Liability of Proprietors-. 118,000.000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman. W. L. Pattcnden, Esq., Deputy Chairman. 8. H. Dodwell, Esq. P. H. Holyoak, Esq. G.
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    • 356 7 CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, Ltf Hongkong. 2iJsi£ g™* 3 W.fiOO.OOO.OtO u»o°» CNT DUP WO.OOO (Xl r»sbrv» fund li.mo.ooo.occ Marine Rlßkß at Current Rates, Bciistoad Co., Agent* ALLIANCE ASSURANCE Co, Ltf, Accumulated Funds exceed 21T.000 OCO FIRE ft MOTOR MR RISKS. Insurances effected at rates of ptemluc which will be found favourable
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    • 84 7 OSAKA SUOSEN KAISHA (Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co., Ltd.) KOBE-BOMBAY LINE. The Company maintains a regular cargo service with nix steamers calling at Moji, okkaichi, Hongbong, Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang, Colombo and Bombay and on toe return voyage calling at Tuticorin, Singapore, Hongkong and Moji. For Port Swettenham, Penang, Colombo and
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  • 518 8 In My Autobiography (John Murray) a work of unusual interest to writing men Mr 9. S. McClure denies that Kipling's rise was meteoric, although he "arrived" whilst still young. After he had written the Plain Tales," Soldiers Three," Mine Own People," The Phan torn Rickshaw," and Story
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  • 323 8 aTBOCtTIBS TOO HOHRIBLB To TKLL. Bast Lett Btakvihq at Dbad Bforau'i Sum: The following is the co'ichnion of yesterday's Times of Ceylon interview with Mr Francis Stuart, of Messrs Francis Stuart and Co., who after having been up to tbe French lighting lino and visited
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  • 464 8 Some Characteristics. A doctor who was a chasseur a-pied at the beginning of the war and now com mands a machine gun section (writes an English correspondent) has told me some interesting thiugg about the French soldiers io battle. He bates to retreat, as every good toldier
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  • 235 8 DBIfOiISLLBI and DECENCY. Tbo fol!o.viug comes to baud to the A*ian ia a letter receivtd by n recent English mail: A wounded Highlander iv hotpitsJ bere complains bitterly of blown and bis SOmpsttfoas 1 popularity m France. He Rays "W« kept our kilts on witb tbe utmost
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 176 8 Mobiloils 14 A GRADE FOR EACH TYPE OF MOTOR." 44 OILS THAT LUBRICATE MOST." FORGE FEED LUBRICATING SYSTEM. Oil is forced by pump pressure, or the centrifugal force of the I revolving fly-wheel to main bearings and through drilled holes m crank webs to crank pins. The wrist pins and
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    • 79 8 TO MINE MANAGERS. Why be despondent concerning the low price of tiu. It is the cost of production that counts. The M OARRBTT Superheated Steam Engine will 6ave 50% of your fuel account o~er other types of Steam power. Think— what 50% of your Coal Bill represents, and the dividend
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    • 323 8 I GREEN OLD AGeI Assured by the Occasional Use of I 1)r. Morse's Indian Root Piii s S /^7\ To r ach a rcen old age and cn i"v tond v,, I Mfc) can only be obtained b > the care of the s\ st J, 1 viK^ from the
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  • 1416 9 Issued by FRABER Co,, Bxohange and Share Brokers^ Jan. 21st. All quotations of Sterling Shores most be regarded as purely nominal (or the present. RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES 600,00 1 1 Anglo-Java t8 f 160,000 SB 8a Anglo-Malay 18 X int 7 a n 50,000 3a SB Batang
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  • 49 9 (COBBBCTBD UP TO Feb. l) Bank 4in a J |.<f demand 2-4 1-16 Ptlrate credits 8 m/i 2-4 11-K India, T. T. 175 Honokono. demand 22^ Yokohama, demand 114$ Java, demand u\\ Bangkok, demand «ci Sovereigns, Bank Buyh g $8.64 Bank of England Rate 6% Bar Silver London
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  • 222 9 February 1. Tin (100 tons) fBo .io Gaiiib er Gambler Cube No. 1 H qq Qambier Cube No. 2 9 00 Pepper Black ordin. B'pore buyers 20.50 Pepper, (White fair) 86 50 Nutmeg (110 to th* lb Bl.fiQ Nutmegs iBO to the lb > 22.00 Maoe (Banda) 80 .00
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 206 9 SUPPLIES FOR Cctjitp** Miripq Ftp Ant Exterminators. (The Universal,) For fumigating with Patent Universal Powder. Arsenite Of Soda. (For killing weeds.) and Locusts. Calculating and Adding Machines. "(The Brunsviga" and 4 Bri-Cal.") Cement. "Borneo," and Buffalo brandsFresh stocks monthly. Cigarettes. (De Reszke and Weinberg). Disinfectant. Sanitas m 1, 5 and
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    • 36 9 If you desire to be supplied with copies, order at once; do not wait, as only a limited number of copies were printed. The Singapore and Straits ROUGH DIARY for 1915. Publishers: FRASER and NEAVE, LIMITED
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 561 9 WEATHER REPORT. Thes? Weather Telegtaau are tranam'tted by courtesy of the E. B. Tel Co., and contain I the observnt ons n a.h> Hongkong (HK.i Obaarvatorjr, a^d at Manila Ohaaifalmj) (MM The data are d«te and I oar of despatcn Iba Itaroinet* r reading (Inches iv HK., Millirueters In MN
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    • 440 9 LATEST ARRIVALS. List of vesselg m port at 10 a.m. on February 1, 1915. BRiTISH. Name Dt»te of Arrival Remark* Lady Weld Jan 81 Inner Roads Golconda So. 2 Wharf Penang No. 8 Wharf Oraapere Feb. 1 Inner Roads J P° h Swazi Merun Dutch. Singapore Jan 80 Japara Kboen
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  • 458 10 We notice that the Pulladium is repro daring what was by far tbe most thrilling picture drama that appeared m London just shortly after the outbreak of the war. It was the talk of tbe Clubs, and fultsudiences were m attendance all through tbe day and evening to
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  • 260 10 SINGAPORE NURSING ASSOCIATION. Report fob thi Y:.\u 1914. The Coniriiittee tabmil t)\n follow! og report on the work of the Assuciation fur the year 1914 At the annual general ntttfting held on Friday, February 9171 b, I'Jl4, the follow ing Ottlcers and Committee were elected for the year President The
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  • 93 10 There was a crowded house on Saturday i night »t 11m Theatre Royal to witness the 1 performance of the Star Opera. The company has engaged new actors and actresses from Penang, amongst whom is Missj Sahara, who if quite new to the Singapore Malay t,tag(>. Tyroo
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  • 56 10 Kwok Ah Seng, a Cantonese, was charged m the second police court, yesterday, with the theft of a 6ilver watch and chain from Fillippo Prochorenko, cabin boy on board the Russian steamer Nidji Novgorod, ljing at Tanjong Pagar Wharves. Ac cused was convicted, sentence being deterred until the return of
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  • Correspondence.
    • 298 10 THE MONTENEGRIN RED CROSS AND RELIEF FUND. To The Editor of the Free Press." Sir, So gallant is tbe email land of Montenegro and m> spirited her defence of ber independence agitiust heavy odds, and so muny and t-o great are the claims made vi us here, that I venture
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  • 128 10 The above meets el Ibe V.M O.A. on Thursday Breningi nr 9.90 p The following is the syllabus for Feb ruary aud March. Feb. 4th. *he HHlgionn Faith of T ohn Green l-af Whittle* Mr Alfred Lea Fib. 11th.— Christ an a Hftodeat of Pcrin-
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  • 472 10 Or W. H. Limb, the \meririn oruli-»t, write* from H.iimiton, it rmiidu. to siy thnt he intends to f— OOH his regular pro fessional vmts tii the Straits as soou«ns (he war is over, possibly before. In the first police court, yesterday morninj, a number of motor cnr dri vertJ,
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  • 418 10 BATTLESHIP AFLOAT FOR AN HOUR. Stoker's Spartan Endurance. A Torquay correspondent has had interviews with the survivni-H of the Formidable rescued by the Hrixbam trawler Providence and landed at I'.nxham, and from them be gathers that at 2 30 on Friday morning, struck just abaft the fore magazine
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  • 144 10 LoWLlNii. The following are tbe scores for the Withers Cup A. K. Thorn ley Jones I winner) 709 140 849 11. Ashley lirereton 5h4 24 0 sj4 I>. Kin'<. h BSI 240 771 .1. Waddell T66 6cr. 756 X L I>. Wodehou6e 690 60 74(1 K. Douglas 477
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  • 53 10 The February Ladies' Spr<»n Oonspeti tion was played yesterday, and recalled m a win f»>r Mn Wadi who relamed ;i net score of 43. Six catdi were token out ;u.<l the following were returned Mrs Wade 47 4 43 Mrs DrummoDd 4H 4 U Mrs Lyall 55
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  • 76 10 The S.C.C. Soccer eleven last evening had their first match since the war begun, meeting the S.K.C., and winning au m teresting game by two goals to one. It was a rather unfamiliar side that represented tbe Club, and there were several new faces. Winter scored the only goal
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  • 90 10 Germans' Shiihuildinu Haktk at Kiel. Berne, December 25. A Milan telegram Bays that a correspon dent of tbe New York Tribune, who vigited Kiel, states that there ure two squadrons there oue eight Dreadnoughts, the other composed of eight vessels of various classes. Eight thousand workmen
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  • 289 10 The P. and O. outward mail Bteamet Malta left Colombo and may be expected to arrive at Singapore daylight on Sunday the 7tb instant. The P. and homeward mail Nubia left Hongkong acd is due to arrive here at 5 p in. on Wednesday the 3rd instant. She
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  • 278 10 Pretty Ckrkmony at HOHGEOKO. ONCK TANNKNKLLS NOW HAKJLAN. A very interesting and unique ceremony to:k place on January ISod at the Naval Viird, when the firt>t of the (iermau prize vessel ti converted to the use of the Admiralty was re named by Lady May Com inodore
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  • 92 10 It is reported that the Admiralty may bring to Kngland gome of the ■teamen enpturtd OH the West African coast and those now at Cape ports. If so, officers and engineer! clearly will have to he fi:^iit:«'d to proceed to th«si» plnces m order to nuvigate the
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  • 133 10 England, tayi Precident Wilson, is responsible for the 'depression" In America V trade. In addition to the mormons ex ports from the United Stato.s to this conn try, the following urc ligiu-es ot the latest fending Miami hetweeu America and neutrul Countnee: > U. S. EXPORTS. Nov.,
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  • 30 10 Agente. Jaeger Co. Bangoen Poerba 42,000 Agents. Outbrie and Co. Tenom Borneo 36,850 total 12 mos. 808,000. Agent. Hoogland and Co. Batu Rata 25,783 Pangkattan $3,000
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    • 315 10 ADELPHI HOTeT On the occasion of the Anniversary of the FObNDI^G fIF qiiu SI!Nj APo^ RAFFLES DAY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, A SPECIAL DINNEH will be served followed by a CINDIRELLA DANCP DAVID BENJAV,IM, Manage,' 1 A CAPITAL SENSATIONAL I^ 7 DETECTIVE FEATURE AT TBI HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH NORTH BRIDGE ROAD.
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