The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 February 1915

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1915. NO. 8,360.
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  • 200 1 The latest manifestation of German war methods is the tiring of a torpedo at a I hospital ship. Happily the aim was as bad the intent was malicious Page 5. The German navy from its snug retreat "warns peaceful shipping, and threatens to do something or other
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  • 1124 1 It was a thing of resplendent beauty, was "Bunky's" bayonet. A shining testimony to the possibilities of emery, brick dust and adroitly manipulated buffstick. He tock a mighty pride in it, too, It was to him not so much a bayonet as something that a man might
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 785 1 PALLADIUM ORCHARD ROAD. Singapore's Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD. TO-NIGHT COMMENCING AT 9 P.M. SHARP. TO-NIGHT oS=* FOR A FEW NIGHTS ONLY *=g& rHIS GREVT PATRIOTIC PRAMA BFAT3 ANYTHING YET DEPICTED ON THE SCREEN. It is bound to stir the imagination of even the most nnpatriotic individuals, for it ii full
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    • 105 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. CLildren's dancing class Page 2. I'* t» r Walker lager Page 5. Hohinson's newly arrived war books Pa:^ 5, He\ised failings Pages 6 and 7. Mobiloils Page 8. Su'eroßtheu paint Page 0. Sun Life assurance Page 10. VICTORIA THEATRE. For a short season only TO-NIGHT THURSDAY HENRY DALLAS
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    • 167 1 THE WEEK. Tksrsdii 4th. High Water— o- 8 a.m., f-47 p.m. The Quaints, Victoria Theatre. Band In the Gardens. Frldaj Sth. High Water 1-47 a.m., -S3 p.m. Lecture by Dr Lim Boon Keng, mm.. Modern China" in Drill Hal). B.SO p.m Sungei Gau ueeting, Derrick'**, 2.30 p.m. The Quaint a.
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  • 432 2 Mr. A. Melville White, a director of Federated Selangor andstrathmore Rubber Cos., left personal estate of the value cf £99,928. The new German Minister to Peking was expected to arrive in Peking from America in the middle of February. It is understood he* has already reached his post, having travelled
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    • 260 2 ORGANS SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED FOR THIS CLIMATE. VERY SWEET POWERFUL TONE. FROM «J>2*> CflSDi THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY. Wanted NOTICE Applications, accompanied by copies of testimonials, will be ieceivoi at the Master Attendant's OlTice op to IMh February next for the post of Light Keeper, bintfafore. Salary 5600 per annum with
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    • 492 2 Notices 1 CHILDREN'S DANCING A clans is held at the Victoria Memorial Hall, every Saturday, at 10 a.m. Piospectus on application at the llall. GOVERNMENT CF JOHORE. I COAL Tenders are invited fcr the supply of Best &Übtralian Coal delivered as requiied (a) In sheds at Johore Bahru (b) On
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    • 521 2 To IGI TO LET Immediate Entry. Bungalow, 4 bed rooms, tennis, stabling, water and gas. Apply to Z," c/o Free Press. 25 1 tths uc TO LET No. 7 Cairnhill Circle. Apply to CAMPBELL ft BERGSMA, 31 Klirg Street. 8-2 UC TO LET BRANKSOME— Stevens Road, Famished, Ten nis court,
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    • 665 2 Auctions 1 MORTGAGEES SALE OF A TONGKANG To be held at The K impong Saigon Bridge off. Kim tieng Hoail, Singapore, On Tuesday, 9th February, at 4 p.m. Tongkang No. 4456 tn she now lies in the Singapore nver adjacent to Kam^^ng Saigon Bridge. Length 4i feet, breadtn l •">
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    • 373 2 the Singapore Free Pr {ss VIORWMG DAiL\ To Our Readers. The Kinfiap. )aily. and.. .»urra.-h morning f^^ dot Tea Ota* 1 **)»<5 .mat, -ix M f preferred) b; ivered shouKll, v 1 iATES OF SUBSCRIPT^ 3ne month S2 Q rhree months S7SQ X year $30 Postage 50 cents a month
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  • 2145 3 London Financial Letter. plantation Rubber Quiet— Americai hyiif-Esportl Prohibited -Stocks Ac uO iul»tii»f— Wild Rubber Kncouragedtr go Removal Auticipated Shan Market Active. llje market in plantation rubber ha 1 rootißOtd very quiet, with a fair arnojni o f American buying, indicating belief it tbe modification of the contraband ordei übicb
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  • 187 3 The report of the Sennah Rubber Compiny, Ltd for the year ended 80th June, 1914, to be presented at the meeting on the 31st ult., states that the profit amount* to £34,971, to which has to be added the balance brought forward 110 571, making £45,542 at the
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  • 150 3 The report of the Insulinde (Sumatra) Rubber and Tobacco Estates, Ltd for the year ended 30th Juue, 1914, to be presented at the meeting states that the number of rubber trees now being tapped is about 56 800. luaddition.it isebtimated a further 10,000 trees of the 191
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  • 206 3 Several firms of Belting makers and dealers are selling inferior imitations of our well known Cotton Belt, and des cribing it as Belting of the Gandy type," "equal to Gandy'g," same as Gandy's," Ac. We are desirous in the interest of the public to warn users ngainst 6uch statements.
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  • 263 3 Per P. A o. Hr. Namur.— Messrs. H. Fitz I Maurice, J. E. McKinley, Hutchtnson. T W Clayton, A. Maxwell, Mr Mrs 8. B. Smith I Mrs Wilson, Mrs Matthews, Mrs bcott M and Mrs Pritctaard. Mrs A. Black. Miss H Banwell, Mr Mrs Wrefford, Mis Rogers, Mr
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    • 233 3 CELESTINS YICHY TABLE WATER. This moHt celebrated and Incomparable table water In otder to meet the rising demands of the public has been now introduced here in small bottles, being formerly onlv used In large onea. The YICHY WATERS are three In number. Grande Grille Hospital and Celes tin b.
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    • 386 3 /e ef with ouv et I PA RI S, g ruejrivlenn*. Sold b^ all Chemist,. FAR EAST OXYGEN A ACETYLENE COMPANY. LTD.. (SINGAPORE BRANCH.) MARINE BOILER REPAIRS BY AUTOGENOUS WELDING aepaira of Furnace Cracks. Repairi of Leaky Tube Plates, aepairs of Pitting <fc Corrosion. Repairs of Riveted Flanges. RepairsofCombnstionChamber Repairs
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  • 39 4 Blair.— On 3rd inst., at the Maternity Hospital, Biugapuie, to Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Blaih, a daughter. Sargeaunt— On 84th January, at 98, The Peak, Hongkong, the wife of Major H. Q. Saroeaunt, of a daug- ter.
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  • 27 4 kt&re thaii the Press tne ?ecpiei ri»Si **i^f. ft* Ocawtd by influr.ncr »n«i nMbd Vy g^uKna paf (ot Truth be; ghrfM »*c*»sa «sjc>&
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  • 1561 4 There are a good many of the accepted canons of right living that are being sadly discounted by what are held to be the first principles of national moralit}' professed and practised by the chief enemy Power in the present war. There are some things that
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  • 699 4 The Appeal Court having finished its resent sittings iu Kuala Lumpur, Mr ustico Edmonds baa returned to Ij>jh. Capt. Frank Mills is now in command E. Company, 61k (Service) liattalion oyal "Welfch Fusiliers. Mr W. Poel, President of the Penang luuicipality, was badlj bitten by an ikau ainLilan ut tbe
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  • 377 4 VESTHRI)AV> .-Kukmoxv There was a very d^tw^Uhed m ing 1.1 the Council Chamber u r morning to WltßMi tbt prettji! T Admiral Jeiram coiimmi,,,,, {h atiOn V> Squadron of the Lnvigiea of tb* clasH of the Order of k Cm,, < Ild of the liath. K l
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  • 177 4 The call to the Kev. Wm. tcsi. Mi, now Minister t,f the IVnanjj Cburck* become the Minister of the Church her* 1 saving I*"'' iuc»;t> anil the call and accepts. cp baviDgben sustained by lbf PftbytfJ of I^ate North, 1 nnllfmtntl lug nnil« the Induction service lo t»
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  • 179 4 Several very pretty ealeadtlt received from Um Vacuum Oil Maril tells quickly in thi N('ff J Cadi Treniiiync jonn d t Kiihiliers ut Dovai M ago. He is now aoaipaaj viuarter" 11 sergeant. a lalagiMß to Hooi oUI.^ naavriagt in Loaioßi i lan> Lieuteuaut-Conumnult i M«uri« wood, k n., sou
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    • 187 4 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. TELEPHONE— I6O TELEGRAMS—" CALDBECK i PRICE LIST AND ORDER BOOK, ON APPLICATION. I I f LITTLE'S 1 Sm for HIGH CLASS TAILORING. SPECIALISTS IN SPECIALISTS IN EVENING N equestrian DRESS YV GARMENTS Full Supplies of the RIDING COATS NEWEST S BREECHES MATERIALS JUST
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  • 85 5 GERM AN "WARNING" TO PEACEFUL SHIPPING. Eyes on British Transports. r ßy Subuiarme Cablej. KiaTic*6 Sebvioi. LoodOo, K* h 2nd— An Amsterdam lecrain declares that the high water L of German bravado is reached in [J^ight'i offleiel lierlin announce- "Encland is about to 6hip Krauce iiuinerous troops
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  • 46 5 Attempt to Sink a Hospital Ship. London. Feb. '2nd. A Paffil naval commuoiqnt' itakei that at live o'clock yesterdav afternoon, tifteen miles ncrth west •(Havre, ;t tinman submarine fired a torpe<l"- which fortunately misted, at the Brititb botpital bbip "Afcturia*," thus Hague Convention. *e«
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  • 91 5 Two Hundred Members with the Colours. T^ ot "Jnd. The Houte of Coth■oathaarfl aatembied. Considering thai two bmiJn d member! are on active service th« attendance was large, exctpt on the Irish bencb< Me AfquitL informed Mr Arthur Header6 ou U». nittee of enquiry into food I was
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  • 47 5 US. Answer to German Protest. Washington, Feb. 3rd. Mr I'.tyan, I', s. Secretary of State, replying to a German protest that tbe sale of sea planes to belligerents is an unneutral act, dissentf from tbe German view that sea planes are war vev
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  • 21 5 London. Feb. trd. It is telegraphed frota J'elhourne that the second Australian contingent Da s arrived in Egjpt.
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  • 252 5 After 4 4 years of eviction, French is tMffhl in the conquered part of ■od Mr Arnould Galupiu in Le Journal" relates an interesting visit he paid to a school at Thann, in I'pper The reading lesson beinj; finished, th* matter (a soldier> draws on the black
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  • 120 5 CaK( :iMI h crew of the German steamer arriv a interDed fc Sabang, have the v ln I IKai)3re and a boused at e baiJ Ofs Home. thU h w V T' H< <l I>eiJe will vi6it Jobo B erv7 nd tO C ndUCt CbUrCh EU Even,! at tbe 'oJlowing
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  • 302 5 MORE WARM WORK NEAR CUINGHY. Allies' Infantry Brilliant. [Bv Submarine Cabie]. Keutkb's {Seuviom. London, Feb. 2nd.— A Paris communique states that there has heen a livelier aitillery struggle, aid a series of German attacks of secondary importance, all of which have heeu repulsed with serious German losses
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  • 120 5 By Coubtbsi oi mi Fumcb consul Qkouul Paris, February 1, 6.20 p.m. Tbe French 3"., bonds are at 73.7 '>. Yesteril ly there was a duel of artillery, particularly violent in tbe region of tbe North. We have repulsed on the south ea&t of Vpres a German
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  • 84 5 Telephone subscribers aro requested to note that the Oriental Teh phone nnd Electric Company, Limit* «1, have installed a private branch exchange in the Municipal Otlices. The previous telephone Lumbers for the various departments are thereby cancelled and subscribers desiring to speak to any department within the
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  • 82 5 The Methodist Publishing House send us the Students (itography of the .Malay Peninsula by the Kev. W. T. Cherry, I'h I>.. the superintendent. It is a neat little text book intended for studeut and class use, with a historical ketch. Simply written, the text is more attractive
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  • 120 5 London, January 23, A Cairo cable states The authorities in Egypt are satis fied that the defences on the Suez Canal are impregnable, especially agaiust troops exhausted by a long desert march, and not supplied with heavy artillery. In the second police court yesterday six Chinese, of wLom
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  • 134 5 FIGHTING THROUGH THE CARPATHIANS. Enemy's Enormous Losses. [Bj Submarine Cable]. Kiutkb's Servjcm. London, Feb. 3, 9.35 am. Petrograd, official A German attack on the morning of Feb. Ist, north of Borjimoff, was repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy. la a vary <1 jtermined bafctle south of the
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  • 515 5 If one consulted a dictionary for the meaning of the title of the clever company presented by Mr Henry Dallas for the Mrs t time in Singapore last Waning, one might pet into all sorts of dilliculties, expecting the tkilfllt, the artful, the artificially elegant, or the reinut
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  • 187 5 In tbe second police court, yesterday morning Superintendent T. Leonurd of tbe Tanjong I'ugar Dock police, charged a coolie iiiinied Tang Ah I'ah rmphned on a (wfikow, with the theft from a case of '25 lbs of No. 1 Crepe rubber, value 325. Mr J. McCully of the Dutch steamship
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  • 541 5 The venerable Dr. W. A. P. Martin, who is over eighty years of age, and has fpent sixty years in China, writes from Peking discussing the probable development of events in China.^ Referring to the taking of Tsingtao, the "Green Island," by Japau, he abks will
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  • 262 5 ANNUAL PRIZE DISTRIBUTION. The above function took place yeater day afternoon at the Y.M.C. A. buildings in Orchard lload, when the largn upstairs lecture hull waa well filled with Chinese ladies and childien, with a fair sprinkling of Kurop?an ladies. Ju Dr. Li in Boon Ke.ng'u
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  • 101 5 The denth occurred at tbe »ge of seventy of Sir Frederick Harriaon, Deputy(Jbairtuan of the South Eastern Railway and a director of the Loudon and NorthWestern Kiilway. He ruterrd the service of tfce London and North- Western Knilway in 1864 at the age of twenty
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 281 5 ROBINSON Co, NEW SERIES OF WAR BOOKS [the graphic extras) th3 first phase of the great war With nearly two hundred illustrations In colour and tone. Canvas Bound Price $2.85. THE GREAT BATTLES OF THE GREAT WAR i Published by the Dally Chronicle price 55 cts. THE RALLY OF THE
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 931 6 Shipping 1 THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION GO., Ltd. I SINGAPORE— BANGKOK. For Kretay, Paka, Trlnggano, Blent, Bemera, Bacbok, Kelantan, Table, rtaugnara, Taiupin, Panarai, Paeani, Bln^ora, Laoon. Kohßamal, Bandon, Lan^suen, Taku, nhumpon, Kohlak aod Bangkok. Steamer Due Departure. BORIBAT 2nd Peb 1915 6th Feb 3 p.m. YDGAC.A 9th Feb ]3th Feb
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    • 522 6 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 in the above trade. The following is the intended programme. s.s. "Bloemfontein" 10,000 tons. arriving on or about 10th February s.s. City of Norwich"
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    • 480 6 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES For CHINA, JAPAN, CEYLON and MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD 1915 OUTWARD Cordil.'ere Feb 12 Atlan'iqne Feb 14 V. de la Ciota*; Feb 26 Polyue>ien Feb *2H Chili Mar 11 Ne.a Mar 14 Atlantique Mar '26 Magellan Mar 2H Polynesien Apl 9 Dumlri Apl 11 For all particulars
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    • 538 6 Shipping STEAM NAVIGATION COMP 4 For China, Japan, Pe nangi c Australia, India, Aden, Eg, p Mediterranean Port,, p,^ and London. Through BIDh of Lading t BHQIW CoajJ, Persian Oolf, C«« I S..SI^ Bleamen. will leave Rtc g apo,e n MAIL LINES HOMBWARD (FOR ECBOP«,, From Singapore, connect^ K Colombo
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  • 563 7 A Schoolgirl's Letter. The following interesting letter is from a schoolgirl in Scarborough, and is addressed to her parents in India We have had a most awfully exciting time since I last wrote. Scarborough wan shelled by the Germans on Wednesday morning, 16th, at breakfast
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  • 309 7 Observator in the "M. Random" notes in the Observer makes these remarks Now that the Fijians have received permission to send a contingent to the front, it may bo interesting to collate a few of the varied efforts on behalf of the liritieh arms from the remote
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  • 482 7 How to Protect Youreelf from its Consequences. A million deaths above the yearly average have, on occasions, been caused by Malaria That simple sentence is a terrible reminder of the virulence of this disease, which, as that great authority, 6ir Joseph Fayrer, has written," causes more sickness and invaliding
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 609 7 THE ONLY LIFE IKSUMHCE COMPANY REGISTERED IN THE COLONY. UROEBT PIIO-UP CIPITUL OF INT EASTERN COIPIKT. I PKOSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. I BEAD OFFICE: Winchester House. Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, OldMewry, E.C. The Company has £20.000 fluted with the Supreme Court of England,
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    • 385 7 CHARTERED BANK of India Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. PAID DP CAPITAL #1 900 OOC REBKRYE FUND I SlSo'So Reterv. Liability of Proprietors- fll.Wooc HEAD OFFICE i 88. BIBHOPBBATB, LOHDOW, I. 0. ▲QHSMOIKB AND BBAVCHBS: Amritsftt Hongkong Penanc Bangkok Hollo Pnket Batavia Ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Baicon Calcutta
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    • 501 7 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-DP CAPITAL fIS.OOO.OOC REBBRYB FUNDS Sterling £1,500,000 at 2s.- •15,000,0001 #9B nn Silver 118,000,000 •33.000.00C R Liability of Proprietors.- $15,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Deputy ChairmM. 8. H. Dodwell, Esq. P. H. Holyoak, Esq. Q. T. M
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    • 342 7 6ANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, U B Hongkong. aSSOU ÜBBOBIB M.800,000,010 »«»BV»FUND fl,8OO,O0o!0CI Marine Risks at Current Rates, Boustead Co., Agontt ALLIANCE ASSURANCE So, Ltff, Accumulated Fundß exceed *17,000,0C0 FIRE A MOTOR CAR RIBU. Insurances effected at rates of premfao which will be found favourable to the Insure* Patarsoi Slmcas A Co.,
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    • 168 7 THE lOEAL TONIC FOOD. STIMULATES THE APPETITE ENRICHES THE BLOOD STRENGTHENS THE NERVES. Of all Chemists $1 73 Sole Agents for the 8. 8. and F. M. 8. THE PHARMACY, SINGAPORE NETHERLANDS-INDIA COMMERCIAL BANK. Established 1863. CAPITAL. Nominal Gls. 30,000,000— (abt. £2,500,0001 PAID-UP 19,907,000-( £1,658,916) RESERYE FUND. Gls. 7,760,000 (abt
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  • 783 8 In the new number of the English Review, Mr Austin HarrUon, the Editor, j who has spent many years in Germany, writes The German spirit has accurately been described as action. Everything with the Germans is action. The German strategic law is that the first and
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  • 166 8 "We welcome _,et another sign of grace on the part of t,he German Pre6S. The J.erliner Tageblatt now admits that England neither du6ired nor made the war, but this admission is balanced by a charac teristically German back hand stroke. "Had we respected Kelgiwm's neutrality," eaye the
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  • 281 8 The whole of the foreign mail service has been maintained generally, though with less frequency. This is a striking tribute to the great work which our fleet is doing. The overland service on the Continent has, of course, been suspended, and the letters to India
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  • 255 8 We bavo heard much of prophecies of the war, from Daniel to Old Moore and now a correspondent of the Observer submits a new Shakespeare cipher fore casting the troubles of these latter days. Ho points out that by a judicious selection of central letters from the names
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 162 8 Mobiloils M A GRADE FOR EACH TYPE OF MOTOR." "OILS THAT LUBRICATE MOST." FULL FORGE FEED LUBRICATING SYSTEM. Oil is forced by pump pressure, to the main bearings, by means of drilled holes in crank webs to crank pins and through hollow connecting rods or oil pipes attached thereto to
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    • 271 8 $1,450. PQ UP Ms o. Over 800 in use in S.S. and F.M.S Put wings on the FORD and it would fl v ALMOST. It has less weight than the Aeroplane— and infinitely more sirength. It is built of VANADIUM steel the highest priced, finest grained, toughest strongest, safest steel
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  • 1373 9 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exohange and Share Brokers, Feb. 3rd All quotations ol Sterling Shares most be regarded au purely nominal tor Iho present. I RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES fiOO.OiO 1 i Anglo-Java 3 0 150,000 9b 8b Anglo-Malay 18% int 7 3 n 50,000 Sb Ss Batang
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  • 53 9 (Cobbhctbd DP to Feb. 3) Bank 4 m's 24$ demand 2-4 1-16 Private credits Bme 2-4 11-16 India, T. T. 175 Hongkong, demand 22J Yokohama, demand 114J Java, demand 1 4 1 Bangkok, demand eej SovEBHiGNs, Banfr tin«u g j»m 6 4 1 Bank of England Rate t% Bar
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  • 152 9 February 8. Tin (110 tons) $79.87* Garobier y Gambler Cube No. 1 10 50 Gambier Cube No. 2 9 00 Pepper iilack ordin. buyers 20.50 Pepper, (White fair) 8)5 50 Nutmegs f 1 10 to th* lb > Nutmegs <80 to the lb 'j'j'oo Mace (Kand») 80 00 Clovea
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  • 72 9 List of vessels in port at 11 a.m. on February 3, 1915. British. Name Date of Arrival Remarks Medusa Feb 2 Inner Roads Lama Recorder M Will o'the Wisp Mainarn m Hong Wan I Feb 8 Sri Muar Hong Wan NOBWEOIAN. Kreid Feb 2 Inner Road j Boilefoa
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  • 47 9 British. Vessel's Name Date of Clearano* Lord Sefton Teb 2 Mentor Omppera W.lbelui Penang Lady Weld Circle Feb 3 Dutch. Bmila Feb 2 Kboen Foeng Singapore tf Sarawak. Kuching Feb 2 Spanish. C. de Eizagnirre Feb 2 Amkkican. Mackinaw Feb 2 Japanese. Sbibetoro Maru Feb 3
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  • 79 9 SINGArOKP] (TANK-ROAD). Weekdays Bundayb. Mail daily leaves for uorth at 7.7 a.m. tn£ 7.0 p.m. Iffber trains leave tor Johore at 9. I a., 10.29 a, noou, i.SOp., 2.51 p., 4.*0 p Mail arrives from north at 8.16 am. ani 7.U p.ru Tiaina ioavo from Johore 7.9, 8»i
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  • 67 9 From Europe.— Per P. AO. Malta expected ou Fob. 7. From China.— Per M.M. Cordillcre expected ou *tb. U. London Malls Despatched. Left Oue Arr)T«J Dtc. 2\ M.M. January 18 Jan. 18 KtJS l:i°- Ja«. I M. M. Febrnary 1 Feb 1 Jan. h P. &O. Jan.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 164 9 protect the Mudguards and under work O fyonr Motor Car with Siderosthen anticorrosive paint which is now put up JjSfej ln gallon drums f (Price $2-50) I• ,^A t I**l I WgM^d tn(> convenience of One gallon is sufficient to keep a car free from rust for several months and
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    • 120 9 BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co.. Ltd FOR PORT SWETTENHAM AND PENANO Tnic Company's Steamrb LAMA 1.193 tons O. W. Slncialr, Cooimatdcr will be despatched for the abovo pert* every Wednesday, at 4 p.m. from the Roads. A Launch leaves Johnston's Pier for st >amer at 3-30 p. ni. 6ho has
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 268 9 WEATHER REPORT. These WoatJier Telegrama are transmitted by courteny of the E. E. Tel Co and cont.tiu the observat on* n ade ht Heu^kong (HK.) Ob&ervatory, anl at Manila Oom i ratory (MN The data aiv data and I oor ol deapateo the Barouieter reading (inches In HK., Mi limeters
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    • 208 9 MAIL TABLE. To-Day. Intermediate and local malls will bo founa In list bolow Penang, Malacca, F.M.B. Johore. (Overland) (Dally by Train) 8 a.m. A 8 p.m. Kerimon Sri Wongseo 8 AM Pouloe Soegi Aing Hong Bam P. BatUß A; P. Eulang Hock Lira Bam Rhio Kraelie s am Siunurnng and
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  • 1321 10 In February, 1915, Reuter's Telegram Company will celebrate its Jubilee, having reached the 50th anniversary of iU I foundation. The Reuter Agency, whose i business the Company, which was formed in London in 1860, took into its charge, had already been fourteen years in exist ence, and had
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  • 210 10 .gents. Siine. Darby and Co. Alor Ofljah Estate 12,000 Aver Pauas: 82,500 li'ukit Liutang: 29 000 Cberr.peduk 7,710 Chirapul:— 8.100 Ktubong 8,788 Leudu:— 11.600 Merlimau 92,850 Pantai:— 9,828 Pajani 80.750 Permata 6.867 Pegoh: 59,100 Rernbia: 23,142 Radella:— 12,744 Sungei Bahru 18,767 See Kee:— 4,846 Tebong 45,
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  • 33 10 Bukit Roman. Stone crushed 6,1575 tons Gold obtained 796 ozs Average per ton 2,855 dwts. Bukit Malacca. Stone Crushnd 8,781 tons Gold obtained 370 ozs Average per ton 1,95V dwts.
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  • 117 10 The quantity of Tin Ore exported by the tributors on tbe land of The Hoyal Johoro '1 in Mining Coy., Ltd. during January was 69 bags pikuls 56. There is beautifully pathetic little story in tbe new Cornhill," entitled H. R. H. Prince Tapoug," by "F. A. S.",
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  • 396 10 PRINCE OF WALES WAR RELIEF FUND. The Hon. Treasurer, Mr M. Morrison lanager, Chartered Bauk of India, Austra- I ia and China, Siugspare, begs to acknowedge, with many tuank-i, the receipt of he following further contributions Amount previously acknowledged $297,569.81 lemhers, Singapore Swimming Club: T. C. Hay 20 J. A.
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  • 85 10 The Gold Medal for 1614 has been won by J. W. liaddon. J. W. Haddon 43 49 10 82 C. A. Leggatt 45 47 7 85 E. B. Mauudrell 53 45 10 88 The January Medal was won by W. E. Hooper. The following cards were
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  • 143 10 Army headquarters, India, announce hat the competition for the Empire Day hallenge cup in rifle shooting will not .itko place this year. The following official documents resaecting the war are reproduced in the tlurma Gazette (l) The diplomatic correspondence of the Belgian and Russian Governments respecting the negotiations preceding the
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  • 383 10 [The dates given are those of the despatch of the telegrams from London.] ti Jaa. 26. Zeppelin drops bombs at v Libau, but is brought down and destroyed by Uussinns. Total British casualties in Xorth Sea engagement, 14 killed, 29 wounded. German survivors (from Blucher) lauded at
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  • 148 10 The latest addition to the fleet of British India Company steamers in Indian waters arrived in Rangoon on Jan 17tb and anchored off the Dalla fchore. It is the Sir Harvey Adameon, named after the Lieutenant Governor, and is one of the most compact and up to date
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  • 49 10 Geneva. Jan, 5. The Journal de Geneve has received a telegram from Trieste continuing the report that the Austrian warships Viribus Initis and Radetzky have been torpedoed by the Allies. Both 6hips, it is added, have been seriously damaged, and have been docked at Pola.
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