The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 February 1915

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. XE> CENTS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1915. NO. 8,371.
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  • 177 1 The situation iv Singnporo ig raplJly btjcomiiit; more favourable. A few minor offences ■g%iml poliop orders is the sole result m the courts of the Chinese New Year. Lone and interesting deppitcli from Sir Jobi] French la which Indian troops are specially praised Pago ~>. Count Hernsto/ff
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  • 1389 1 Singapore is essentially a city of contrasts, which is one would say mainly owing to its hoteregenous collection of .inhabitants drawn from uearly every corner of tho globe. A'j this time of year one is usually principally concerned with the doings of tbe Chino.se, who form
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    • 367 1 THE PtCNEER CINEWATOGRAPH THEATRE- BEACH ROAO. TONIGHT SECOND SHOW, 9 15 P.M. A Fhouoiiiinal Feature GREATNESS DOWNFALL IN 3 PARTS. A Drama ia Heal Life and a Drama m the Stage. A Diauia cf clever Dettctive Work. Blue Pete's Escape IN 2 PARTS. StrcDtf acd Irgeniens m c ntiUance. Attention
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    • 418 1 ORCHARD ROAD. Singapore's Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD. TO-NIGHT. EXTRA SHOW AT 8 P.M. USUAL SH3W AT 3 P M. TO-NIGHT. GRAND HOLIDAY PROGRAMME. In response to numerous requests and m Honour ot our ChiDese Patrons and Friends, wa will coiuiDeDce our Hro^rnnjuie at 8 \um. Nightly. This means ?J Hours
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    • 131 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Auction of Office Furniture, Typewriters, etc,— Tage 3. Auction luserviceable Police Stores, etc, Pago 8. Auction Bankrupt stock Lamps, Office Furniture, etc, Page 8. Auction Bankruptcy Kfght Motor Cars I'ap*> S. Star Opera New Piny Page 1. P. aud O. S. If. Co List of Sailings— Page 6.
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    • 115 1 THE WEEK. Thursday 18 th High Water— C- 1 7 a.m.. C-5* p.m. P. A O. Homeward mail leaves. Friday 19th. Hlfth W/»v» r l-io a.m, i-?9 p.m. Lecture by Bishop P. IT I eland. Robert Browning" iu Anglo-Chinese Drill Hall, 8.&u p m Saturday 20th. High Water— 1-:- 6
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  • 396 2 A quiet but very pretty wedding was solemnised on Wednesday, Jan. 27th at the Cathedral, Rangoon, when Captain E. C. Kenny, 98th Infantry, Burma Mili tary Police, son of the late Lieut. Colonel E. E. Kenny, late Madras Corps, was married to Miss Helen Lily Batten, daughter of Mr Hallet
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    • 222 2 ORGANS SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED FOR THIS CLIMATE. VERY SW£ET POWERFUL TONE. frcm 335 casli. •THF. ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY. For Cuisine AND j Cleanliness THY THE J ■4 Imam Wm H 1.-* Li LilTll llllj HOTEL, KUALA LUMPUR. 0. MULLER, M n-rcr ESANOFELE A.ntl-Malarla Pills Sold Everywhere GREATLY USED BY THB ITALIAN
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    • 619 2 Notices SARAWAK GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. No. XII, 1915. IN THE CCODS OF "THE KUCH.NG MILLING COMPANY." (m Bankruptcy) All creditors and ctber persons having any claims whatsoever againsc the Estate of the above tamed a<e requested to send parti culars theieof to the uuderfcigned within two, mtnths fioin date, after which
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    • 383 2 Notices CHILDREN'S DANCING A class It held at the Victoria Memorial Hall, every Saturday, at 10 a.m. Piospectus on application at the Hall. 4 THE SINGAPORE SLIPWAY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Ltd. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that th-* Twentyninth Ordina? y General Meeting of the Shareholders of the bingapore Hlipwny
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    • 425 2 Wanted BOOKKEEPER. Experienced B:okeeper and Genera] Clerk, Eurasian or l hlnebe, Wanted Immediately. Mubt nave experience and good address. Apply Box 5, c/o Free Pnt>, 172 uc STRAITS SETTLEMENTS POLICE. The Inspector Gene«al of Police is prepared to receive appiicati c» for appointment t) the lott of probatiouary hub inspector
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    • 384 2 HOUSE TO LET A Small Pungalow M o a M.nutt- Walk from Town. Ap et^Hl B.P. de S,LVA: P u. ROOMS TO LET Vacancies at n,. Bingle and cUubh ForpaificuUis apply tv M above ncMro*.. TO LET ■»TCfch»hlllClr, TO LtT Sea-hido Furni^lu-a btof*t Kurau. Apply to S. K.^ASSOON TO LET
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  • 2721 3 January 14. Everyone is looking forward with eagerI the approach of spring, cot now, i ag a6 m more placid times for the coming of the crocus and the rathe prim c the willow catkin and the hawthorn bloseiom. For a sterner reason we yearn for tbe strengthening
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  • 149 3 According to the latest number of the Asian,'' Reuter is breaking out into a sort of rash of rhapsody, paid for by the press. That journal observes Reuter is getting skittish, and like Silas Wegg, makes an occasional dive into poetry. In a cablegram published m the local dailies yesterday
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  • 542 3 The famoiB Horace Walpole once wrote: Were I a physician, I couia prescribe nothing better than I Recipe ccclxv. drach. Londic, per annum 065 doses of Lonrou a yeir) as a cure for jaded nerves, for London has been described as the picfe-me up of
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    • 261 3 AUCTION SALE OF Teak Office Furni.ure; Adler and Empire Typewriters; Copying Press Ac. AT Nc. la RAFFLES QUAY On Wednesday, 24th Feb., at 11 a.m. On view 9 da> s prior to sale. POWELL A Co., Auctioreers. l«-7 24 2 AUCTION SALE OF Unserviceable Police Stores, Ur claimed ani Confiscated
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    • 640 3 DRINK DRINK CARLSBERG BEER! THE BEST BEER OBTAINABLE yT^^T^^^^^^ TO THE LATEST METHODS WITH EVERY POSSIBLE CARE IN SANITARY RESPECTS. CARLSBERG BEER IS DANISH BEER. SOLE IMPORTERS THE EAST ASIATIC Co, Ltd. OBTAINABLE FROM JOHN LITTLE Co.. Ltd.. RAFFLES' PLACE K*'Z BROS.. Ltd.. GARNER QUELCH Co., Ltd., M KIAN THYB
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  • 1180 4 The Singapore Free Press Thursday, February 18, 1915 &*n tkftil the P*»is the .'cot-> t r\*ni wA-*>rfk Oatwad by ioSu>acr mad %übtih*& *i g*. •> X.are p»t> lot Train her eioclsos grwc«pt» *Im»l— i i» Rilie-^a. Lorrltj and JL*w. It is noli very often perhaps that it is given to
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  • 216 4 Lord Cunliffe has been nominated Chair man of the bank of England for the third term. Telegraphic communication with Penang and Kuala Lumpor was totally interrupted yesterday. The hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice has returned to Singapore from Malacca and is m residence at Goodwood. The service m English at
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  • 144 4 ALLIES ACTIVE. Military Points Attacked. London, Feb. 17th. —An official statement soys that forty aeroplanes and 6eaplanes bombarded Ostend. Middelkerke, and Zeebrugge m tbe afternoon. Bombs were dropped on tbe heavy batteries on both 6idea of Ostend harbour, the gun positions at Middelkei ke, and tbe mole
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  • 628 4 A redistribution of tbe raval forces m tbe Far Hast and m tbe Indian Ocean has taken place as a sequel to tbe disappear ance of Germany as a naval Power iv the Far East and m tbo Pacific. The Japanese National Anthem, Kimigayo," specially scored for a full symphony
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  • 353 4 MORE GERMAN TALK. [Bj Subinariiir Csble]. London, Februaty Ifith r 0 ■torff'i note sa 3 s that Qwm^rTl I>>er proclamation is a retaliation for IV' 0 1 terms tbe British violation of inter law m attempting to starve a non r^ 11 ant population. Germuuy J° C
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    • 283 4 L MACGREGOR'S S V OS" fltt PARLIAMENT blend. Supplied tj the Houses of ffiapr '{ySll Parliaments. a^^HP LONDON AND OTTAWAS. SOLE IMPORTERS @pi Caldbeck, Macgregor J^^iafefi AND COMPANY Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants. m"^ '~^k < m a I I V iir BORN 1820 U i STILL GOING
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    • 306 4 NOTICE. Official Notification is now made by the Provost Marshal that such ladies. with their families residing within th* boundaries given herenndei may, should they so desire, leave the Refugee ships and resume their residence ashore. The boundaries within which residence is permitted are. Rochor rd from Clyde Terrace Market
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  • 2217 5 M [jCH BRILLIANT FIGHTING. a n Feb. K>th. The Press Bureau issued a despatch from Field FMDCfa dated Feb. 2ud covering '..eratious since the middle of Novem--1<? That dispatch Myi that the salient 2L W wtl the presence of His Mtjesty King iv lhe rteM which waa of
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  • 150 5 The Soer. Handelsblad learns from The Hague that the general impression is that a fierce battle, which is raging at Liskiden m the Carpathians, will be a decisive one, It *.he Russians win, Hungary is lost. On the ultimate result depends whether Roumania takes part m
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  • 109 5 A message from New Yoi k cays that a considerable sensation has been caused by a dynamite outrage on an important rail way bridge over St. Croix river on the Maine frontier on tho direct route to Montreal aud St. James, New liruuswick. One of the
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  • 59 5 Mr W. L. Crick, Traffic Manager, X.M.S. Railways, Singapore, is Home, tbe term of his agreement having expired. He will be succeeded by Mr T. R. Lynch, j Assistant Traffic Manager, Taiping. Mr J. I Koss, from Prai, will act for Mr Lynch at Taiping, while Mr H. G. H.
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  • 246 5 THE COMMUNIQUE. [By Submarine Cable]. Kedtkk h Sifevioa. London, Feb. 16th. The Paris evenicg communiques state that there have only been some successful actions between our artillery and the enemy. A battery at Po9lcapelle, to the northeast of Ypree, silenced the German trenches. At Beaurains, south of Arras,
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  • 86 5 London, Feb. 16.— The following carnal- ties are reported with the Expeditionary' Force i Killed.— H. C. Alban, R. G. Milburn J. M. Perm Lt. G. M. Sichel, 3rd Middlesex Regt. Wounded.— Major S. H. Hingley. Brd Middlesex W. Dobbs Capt. G. P. Hunt. 2nd Berkshire
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  • 154 5 London, Feb. 16th.— In the House of Commons Mr Roberts, Coder Secretary for India said that the latest information from India was to the effect that recruiting m all branches of the Indian army was very good, indeed much above normal. Mr Asquith said that be was
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  • 212 5 Maximilian Harden, the famous German publicist, who has recently declared that Germany wanted and arranged the present war, has published m his journal Die Zukunft (The Future) an article that proves beyond doubt that Germans are satiated with the lying concoctions of their Government. We ought
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  • 90 5 It is rumoured, says the China Times, that the authorities of the Peking-Han-kow Railway contemplate constructing a railway bridge at Hankow over the Yangtee River. The site of the bridge bay been surveyed ami the work and the cost m connection with it have been estimated. It will be 3,750
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    • 135 5 NEW CONSIGNMENT Ladies Ready to Wear Hats A FEW DOZEN ONLY Smart and Up-to-date Styles ROBINSON Ca KELLY AND WALSH, Ltd. I SOLE AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF WAR OFFICE MAPS NEW MAP 3 RECEIVED EACH MAIL. JUST ISSUED BELGIUM AND THE NORTH EAST OF FRANCE. I PRICE $1-40. I
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    • 874 6 Shipping I KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSGHAPPIJ Royal Packet Navigation Co., or Batavia. 2—3, Collyer Quay. n*dkr contract with the nkthfskfjandp inhtf oovkrnmmvt, •Sinc.kara Tandjonp-Menge'ilar, TandjongLeidong, Berombang. Panch, Asaaan aod Belawan-Ueli Feb 19 •Speklman Letong, Kramat, Maras, Tarempa, Midai, Gf ntlug, PoeloePandjang and bcrassan Feb 19 Van GOEKB FelawanDeli Feb 19 *D«
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    • 416 6 Shipping ELLERMAN LljfE. TO MARSEILLES, LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. s.s. City of Norwich Feb. 21st. s.s. City of Durham early March. For particulars as to rates of freight and passage money apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., AGENTS. OPERATING MODERN HIGH POWCRED TWIN SCREW EXPRESS STEAMERS. MONGOLIA ***** too. MANCHURIA*7oooton. KOREA ISOOOton.
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    • 457 6 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES For CHINA, JAPAN CEYLON and MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD 191 ft OUTWARD V. de la Ciotat Mar 2 Polynesien Feb 28 Chili Mar li Nera Mar 14 Atlantiqne Mar 28 Magellan Mar 2m Polynesien Apl 9 LuiuL-i Api 11 For all particulars apply to J. de CQURTOIS,
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    • 537 6 ShiDDjng P.&O. STEAM NAVIGATION C 0«p t| For China, Japan, Penang, C(J Australia, India, Aden, Ej, pi Mediterranean Port,, p,^ and London. Through Billß of Lading w m <* Persian Oulf.CoutlulnX^j Bleamem will leave Singapore on o,^l MAIL LINES Homeward (for Ecbopii, From Singapore, connecting v Colombo vith 191 V
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  • 321 7 As Seen hy a Swiss Specialist. Alienists and specialists m nervous diseases are pirticularly interested m a curious analysis of the physical and mental characteristics of the twc allied Emperors, William and Francis Joseph, by Dr. A. Neipp, vice president of the Swiss Academy of Medicine, Dr.
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  • 190 7 Paris, January 4th. How the crack 6hot of the '26th Infantry played, with a difference or two, the p.\rt of William Tell is toM by General Cherlils m the Echo de Paris to day. A few da\ s ugo a German officer, field-glasses m hand, walked up
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  • 132 7 THE PLAY'S THE THING." With reference to Sir James liirrie being paid fifty cents a word for hi* pluslet's being telegraphed to America, the following figures, vouched for by the Mem phis Commercial Appeal," are interesting. The wife of George H. Hroadhurst, m un action for separation and alimony, proved
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  • 55 7 OIL GAS POWER. Diesel, Semi Diesel, and Suction Gas Engines and Plants enquirers for this class of power would do well to consult. The Bofueo Company Limited, Singapore, who represent firms of the highest repute, which is a guarantee of reliable power and satisfactory running. Crude Oil Consumption from .4
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 155 7 ttmSt Mar* GUINNESS'S STOUT Messrs. W. A. Ross and Brothers the famous bottlers of London, Liverpool and Belfast are now ottering m this market their bottlings of £3 BASS'S ALE, 3 Guinness's Stout IjtX PILSENER BEER lijf^K^ under their lljHn "Great Auks Head" label. If *Spvß h yei T highest
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    • 31 7 THE IDEAL TONIC FOOD. STIMULATES THE APPETITE ENRICHES THE BLOOD STRENGTHENS THE NERVES. Of all Chemists $1 73 Bole Agents for the 8. 6. and F. M. 8. THE PHARMACY, SINGAPORE
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    • 511 7 REGULARITY 0F THE BOWELS The First Line of Defence against 111-Health. Only about one man or woman m a hundred is perfectly healthy. The other 99 have some digestive trouble, and perhaps more than 50 per cent of these could trace their trouble to that prevalent evil— constipation. It's a
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  • 1097 8 Australia's Artesian -Water Acquired Radio- Activity Exhibition Fruits Emergency Necessities Domesticating the African Elephant Improved Gas-Making Rit-ks from Explosives Hare Fluorescence Novel Welding. i lie deep wells of Australia, it appears from the report of an Inter State Commission have received two conflicting explana- turns. The older view
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  • 83 8 The Aden correspondent of the "Pioneer" m a letter dated December 28th writes The presence of the Tutks a hundred miles over the border keeps tbe politicals and soldiers on the gui vive, and it ie probably only a wholesome fear that keeps a good
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  • 134 8 One or two anecdotes are passing round about; the operations locally. Oue is alout what hhppened at a Ked Sea lighthouse, of which the lamp, m common with all the others, had been extinguished by the Turks, to whom they belong, on the declara tion of war. A British
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  • 138 8 Another is that a British man of war Mi/ed a Turkibh dhow and tbe officer searching her, treading on a piece of a sucking m the bottom, felt to.uethiug 6ofc beneath it. Da investigation four wretch ed AbybPinian girls were found still decorated with the ornaments
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 122 8 SIEMENS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY FOR ALLUVIAL TIN MINING Iffipjl J^ j§ THE MOST MODERN HK^^^^f FORM OF SWITCHGEAR Wbß yk MOTORS FOR MEDIUM -i^iMs Jj EMINENTLY SUITED FOR CONDITIONS I N iWMk MALAYA AS PROVED Control Pillar lor 3 phase Motor. HIGH TENSION MINING PILLAR SWITCHBOARDS FOR SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY AND COMPACTNESS.
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    • 253 8 Paralysed Child Helpless and Wasted. left Ho«^vtal a Cripple, Bat maae veil by t!iese Tablets. Mn Cooper, of Kmn Lanes, I :my Draxto:-.. no*! Nu.uj s)iyc: M Dr. Cast«*ir< ah i In: 1* iri.l.H Mi. > //fl^*"^i^K^N tin y. fei i *^> look Hilda to *F'&s^^ rr. n-rifin. it operatii
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    • 661 8 SORE THROATS: I Their Cure and Prevention, Sore Tliroat is so r.iuch m the Mr he interested to learn how we catch this way of curing and preventing it. Tlic germs which canst* Sore Throat floating about on parti- s i dust, inhaling there, and it is, I c, quite
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  • 51 9 (Cobbhcihd DP TO Feb. 17) Bank 4 m.'i 248 16 demand 2-4 1-82 Private credits 8m b 2-4 19 82 India, T. T. \ia\ Hongkong, demand 2?f Yokohama, demand Il4| Java, demand 141$ Bangkok, demand 6fci SovBRBiGNd, Bank Bcylrg 98 64 Bank of Knglund Rate t°t Bar Silver L
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  • 157 9 February 18. Tin (250 tout) 1T?. 75 JJur. I) t r 8 35 Gambler Cuba No. 1 1 1 00 Oambier Cube No. 2 a (jo Pepper Black ordin. Spore 21 50 Pepper, (White fair) 87 30 Nutmegs UlO to tbP lb 21.(0 Nutmegs -80 to the lb 22.00
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 592 9 THE ONLY LIFE IHSUMHCE COMPANY REGISTERED IN THE COLONY. LJISBEST PAID-UP CIPITIt Of INT EASTERN COVPiKY. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, 01d2Jewry, E.C. Company has £20.000 <3»rx>Bited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the
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    • 489 9 CHARTERED BANK of India Australia and China, INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. REBBRYB FOND £1,800,00 C Beiervt Liability of Proprietors-. «1,200,000 HEAD OFFICE: 88. BIBHOFSOATB, LORDOF, B. 0. AQENCIUB AMD BRAtfCHEb; Imntsat Hcngkoni Penanc Bangkok Hollo Puket Batavia Ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Balgon Calcutta Klacg Seremban Canton Kobe Bhanghal Kuala Lumpni
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    • 504 9 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-OP CAPITAL 110,000,000 RBBKRYB FOND! Sterling £1 ,500,000 al 18.. $18,000,000 I ta3 w OQO Silver $18,000,0001 •»3. r K>0,000 Re«erv« Liability of Proprietors^ 115,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTOR!. Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman. W. L. Pattendon, Esq., Deputy Chairman 8. H. Dodwell, Esq. P. H.
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    • 358 9 6ANTON INSURANCE OFFICE. U Hongkong. Oajpital subBcrib»d~ la.&oo.ooo.eio Amount Paid-up 9 800,000,0c< RBX3BBVB Fund ti.eoo.ooo.WC Marine Risks at Current Rates, Boustead Co., Ageati ALLIANCE ASSURANCE Co, Lt*. Accumulated Funds exceed £17,00t 000 FIRE a MOTOR C^R RIBIB Insurances effected at rates cf pvemtn* whloh will be found favourable to tho
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    • 90 9 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd 1 he Company's Vessels will be despatched as follows TO PORT SWETTENHAM PENAXG. ss. "LAMA, 1 At 4 p.m. every Wednesday. To Port Swettenham, Penang, Negapatara, Madras, Pontiicherry, Cuddalore, Karikal and Neiapatun. TO PENANG AND RANGOON. Fot TerßM and rates of trtight and passage
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 341 9 WEATHER REPORT. Kandarg Kerhau Hospital, Feb. 16. 9 k M 3 KM tt p m Barom. 89 Fab. 29 »S? 29.7t3 2P. C 57 Temp. 8 .o Bj.o 79 0 Wei Bnlh The». 7« 0 8 0 7 .0 Dlr. of Wind NE N\V calm Max. Temp In Bhadt 90.5
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    • 484 9 LATEST ARRIVALS List of vessels ia port at 11a.m. on February ]7, 1915. British. Name Date of Arrival Remarks Havre Feb 15 ttukom Lightning No. 6 Wharf Kunlrt Inner Koads Pob Ann Feb 16 Selauyor Sing-iporean Nile Outer Roada Benlawera Feb 17 Inner Roads Kaka Dutch. de Weert Feb 15
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  • 409 10 {Prom Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 1 6, 1915. The Contingent from Mai iya an as far as possible being drafted into their diffe rent Regiments. The following is a list of names which I have gathered from the Recruiting Office at Scotland Yard but as they do
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  • 151 10 By Courtesy op thk Punch Consul Obotoul Paris, February 18. The French bonds are at Fumes 6'J 75. In Belgium, there has been a duel of beavy artillery. Wo have captured on the road from liethune to la Baetee 360 meteM of the enemy's t it riches.
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  • 146 10 Amongst the Austrian prisoners m Russia are Fran/. Lehar, tho composer of The Men y Widow," and Leo Fall, the composer of The Dollar Princess." In the secor.'! ard third police courtK, fMterdaj, DID) petty cases were down for hearing, tho Offesd«n being charged with gambling, obstruction with bfeeketl nnd
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  • 693 10 THE BAT AVI A MARKET. {From Ovr Own Correspondent.) Weltevreden, Feb. 10. The Financial '\>i ret-pondeut of the Bat. Xieuwsblad writing to bis paper under date Feb. 6 deals at length with the position of tbe Market during the week. Business all n uud has improved somewhat commodities ci quired
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  • 245 10 -c- The Ut ilittalion Cornwall Light Infantry his bad Keveral casualties recently iv the trpnches m France. The Ist Hattalion of The Dukes bus covered itMlf with glory since it went out to the Continent. There are not 100 OMB now of the original lot which went out m August
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  • 294 10 The Methodist Couference resumed business on Tuesday morning at 8 80. Rev. C. S. Buchanan of Bitaviatead the report for the widely extend* d Netherlands Indies district. The candidates for uduiis--Bion to the conference and for promotion iv the various classes of tbe couference course of study were
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  • 254 10 PUESF.NTATION OF A BUQLB. The Windsor. Eton and Bloogh Xx press" of Jau. 9th has this pamgrepb which will interest by the many friends of Mr and Mrs Noel Tiuiter iv thi6 Colony An interesting function fo k place iv a Held near St. Michuel
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  • 348 10 Germany has evolved anotber scheme to prevent people holding gold. It m an uouuced that la future the ReichsbaDk will specially stamp all gold coins iv circulation, (fold coins without the btump will only be changed nt great loss. Victor Hugo was really a prophet* when a lorg time ago
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  • 27 10 The P. i O. Outward mail 6teamer Sardinia has left Colombo and may be exlected to arrive at Singapore ou Sunday •tfteruoon the 21st instant.
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  • 82 10 In Hamburg, II if stated, petroleum is :io longer obtainable, and elsewhere m iennauy it is extremely scarce. The supply is also giving out. Der Tay states that the price of leather is rapid)) ising, as the stock m hand is being largely jsed for military ijui poses. The grcatcM
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  • 719 10 (From Dutch Sources.) Work for Prisoners. Germany is employing war prisoners on [i great scale for Held work. Austro German Finances. It is anticipated tbat a second German war loin will be issued m March. Austria will ehortly levy a near tax. Mkv, More Men! Up to
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 256 10 Every attention given to the Comfort of Guests. DftVIO BENJAMIN, Mana! c KATZ BROS, 1 Ko. 256 i^Hß^ No 257 II Inch BRIM iff Bfe) BBIM $6.50' Jmb\to EACH EACH CHRISTY'S DOUBLE TERAI HATS A smart Hat for Estate or Town wear stocked m the following Colours OXFORD BROWN, CALIF,
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