The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 March 1915

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TE>< CENTS SINGAPORE, SATUTDAY, MARCH 27, 1915. NO. 8,403,
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  • 186 1 With Przemysl's siege off their hand-, tbe Russians are pouring great reinforcements into the Carpathians Etruggle, and an Austrian retreat on a large bcale it* tbe immediate result Page 5. A German squadron m the Black Sea has bombarded Russian positions on the Courland coast Page 5.
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  • 1292 1  -  Mayo So you've really got here If there i 6 one thing which charms one abaci Lady Betty more than another it is the kind intention of her welcomes, and as I wandered up the rather erratic steps I realised it once again. Yes, It's a long, long
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 487 1 ALHAMBRAPALLADIUM THE PIONEER CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE-BEACH ROAD. ORCHARD ROAD. Singapore's Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD. programme f™ a™, l9ls CHARLES HOWlffand A. PHILLIPS THANHOUSER'S GRIPPING DRAMA With ther Powerful London Dramatic and Comedy Company ot I Plck-d ARTISIE3 ii TT TY/^( TT T7 J J TONIGHT! will present TO-NIGHT!! 1| i II
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    • 122 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Amateur performance of "Mrs Djt" Page 1. Compound house, and house m Tanglin, to let— Page 2. Ex-soldier seeks position Page 2. Pears' trademark notice— Page 2. Bankruptcy intimation, re Boey Kee Hong Page 2. Spring Races programme Page 3. Good things to eat Page 3. Powell's sale
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 122 1 THE WEEK. Sitirday 27th aifh Water Ml a.m., 8-38 pro. Keppel Golf Clnr Monthly Medal. B I. Outward mail expected. Howitt Phillips, Palladium. -Hfh Water— 7-4S vm., 9-«* p.m. Kepjel Golf Club— Monthly Medal. Monday 29th. High Water- 8 44 a.m.. 9*50 p.m. Djapoera (ludragiri) Rubber, Evatts, nojn. Keppel Golf
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  • 452 2 Opinions of Leading] Men on the War. On the occasion of the termination of the first six months of war the New York American publishes a symposium of opinions of leading Englishmen on the results achieved by the Allies and the prospects for the future. The following
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  • 80 2 Frequently considerable trouble arises tfcaou U the tight Bell net being selected and the drives not properly arranged. The GAXDY Bolting which is world famous aa for its atrei gth. durability and ppingpowei is especially suitable for tins cliv ate and id not affected by heat or moisture.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 12 2 P^ '-^l j| Most Certain Cure. |X JH Physicians recommend them. H
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    • 642 2 jßn&k aR 1 i ifl fa HV \rr I yjjpa. /AT t *ssh^ ORGANS SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED FOR THIS CLIMATE. VERY SWtET POWERFUL TONE. FROM «J>3«> CciSH. THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY. Notices SPECIAL CONSTABLES. All Special Constables m possession of Carbines must return these to tne Central Police Station not later
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    • 564 2 Notices i 11 Tbe word and device Pears" as illustrated these is claimed on behalf of A. A F. Pear-j Ltd, 71-75 New Oxford Street, London, Soap Manufacture is, as being their lawful trade mark for use m respect of ail kieds of Soap (both laundry and toileti, Candles, Letergents,
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    • 539 2 Wanted 1 WANTED Py Ex-Soldier, employment as storekeep r, timekeeper or m any j.o-,iiion of tiust. foober and trustworthy. Apply Box 20, c/o Free Tress. 27 3 2 4 GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. Applications are invited for tbe appointmeut cf c hief Overseer for Roads, Johore Rahru Salary
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    • 447 2 Tojjt TO LET Fully Furni-bed Compound rooms.Oa.l.nnis. Stabling Kenu L** Ap P :> BYBROOK.i..; 27 3 Imvs;^- TO LET FURNISHED. Entry first ween Ma.. Bl m Eaeeilettt Sttwulen. i bedi tte. 27-3 B -^-in. N FURNISHED FLAT TO LET. 21 Th- Oram at, Test m t months from Lat May.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 654 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES.] PALM SUNDAY. MARCH -2STH. BT. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. 7am Holy Communion. 9.15 a.m. Il^lyCommun ou (Choral). Hymns 99, 9*l. »13 and -Sri. V am. Ma^ns Litany 4 p in Children's Service. 5.30 pm. Evensong and Sermon. Hymns »P, '2:7, 306, Story cf the Cross. St. MATTHEW'S, SEPOY LINES.
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  • 727 3 afsj-l bonunss analaf sat fasÜ belli. JOVBNAL i Thit) war is to decide whether all that j Beaten?*] has from the first by a thousand j gaerifloss gained for order and skill rm or- at% science, and pious entreaties to ij^veu, !>hall continue and grow accordjm|
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  • 147 3 iihF.\T D-MAGS AT KEDAH. IgS estimated ut between $33,000 s ».t OC was caused by a rite which -i uvt-r four rubber estates iv 3 irdty afternoon. Ths ustntas, two ms owned by Cninaaa, one ...iv ai el ore by a European, are i on tu^ Lumis
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 809 3 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. *""-*7l~*2~*~ THE SPRING RAGE MEETING (UNDER 8. R. A. RULES OF RACING) WILE. BE HELD ON Tuesday the 18th, Thursday the 20th, and Saturday tbe 22nd of May, 1915. PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. Tuesday. 18th May. 1915. 1 THE OPENING STAKES- 2-*$ p.m. Value $600. A Sel log
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    • 501 3 ENTRIES CLOSE at NOON on Saturday, the Bsh May, 191 o. In all races the advertised Second Prize will only be given when there are rive Starters the property of different owners. NOTE The attention of owners is called to Rule 123, which makes the hour for Scratching 5 p.m.
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    • 387 3 MARTIAL LAW. Proclamation by Order of His Excellency Brigadier General Dudley H. Ridout, Commanding the Troops, Straits Settlements. Notice is hereby given that no Male person of any of the Indian races over Eighteen Years of age is permitted to leave the Settlement of Singapore, m which Martial Law has
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    • 748 3 Auctions REMINDER This Day, Saturday, at 2-30 p.m. AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE COTTAGE PIARO BILLIARD TABLE MOTOR CAR; PLANTS Ac. THE PROPERTY OP Mrs. T. M. WELSH. At "Letcombe," No. S, Gilstead Boad, An excellent toned cottage piano by W. J. Garcia, m first clans c-usi ion
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 18 4 Ferry.— To Mr snd Mrs J. Berby,_o' Ipoh, on tne 23rd instaut, a eon and a daughter.
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    • 23 4 Cameron.— On the 23rd ins' ant. at Tnmpat, Kelaotan, Evan Don*ld CAiSitK'oN, aged 42, of heart fa lure fallowing internal htm nhage.
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  • 1245 4 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, March 27, 1915. *e~ tkail th:s Pr_u the ?aop!e i rl«a; sßJLnf.sv Oaawtd by influence and uiibi ifctd \*J I*.fc 1 H«rt patriot Trttb bceiorfeoj ~r*cs#a SKVr. e^«t«_ u> RiUflrlaa. Lorrfe- ood Law. It is on th,e whole a sensible proverb tbat tells us all
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  • 1088 4 'Kultur belongs to my Germans alone," says the Kaiser. We were not aware that the charge had been brought against any other country. We are surprised that the advocates of Mr Willett's Daylight Saving Bill have been so quiet lately. Surely it would be an enormous advantage to rush this
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  • 367 4 RAFFLFS. I To a good house lav night ths Phillip* Comedy Conpany Ray t excellent performance of v, V r > great detecLive drama, R_j As regards the acting it Wils round Mr Charles Howitt k] I made quite a hit ;he was natural n 8 tier
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  • 122 4 Li tt I:\iu-. i Two members of the Howitt Phillips I were married 1 BpSM iai saesysSSVday morning at Si knit* tOSts! They were Mr tari Lswaofl sad Barrack fe h. The ceren formed 1 y the Colonial Chsj lain the iff. J G. Svrindt 11. Mr Ja
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  • 88 4 A telegram has baeo received frcrr. fel Secretary of Mate to the effect tbat.fß future, all British trave m Eastern 'ports, who may desire to land at stsrseilk* i aud proceed to England overland sLcu.a provide themselves with Britich pass] or Consular passes t landing, as traxellers vuthou: week
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  • 65 4 At the Ifl nthly DM < t Sg DO fcaSSf March. Bttk at I 1 I I 51 Inbalaacs i heal I I aai Oacttnaaaas mill be an to taoas eai tliisti i ahi wi paaai taai i nail si I I The :iu sm ■i bs I r
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  • 44 4 Tbe Key. V. [ministrj \n 1-mi I [aa bis ami th bus: rb -urcb si lb 11 the mil. new I i ill tninisfc tbs esafts tfM of Paoaiig Ptt Ibyl t Septi 1 rwi bti He Cross vil! P. G.
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  • 75 4 Py tbe vaj l Dl*N recently Ifl L ifld ana SVater tba: essential U plfllll should 'to watch oai infantry < •a* on 1 assay, aad thai m this rasp tkhski drawback. We so* best thai lb* asrafcs Dermaas sac bekiflg f thai thaii 1 forms wil Ecar cj bt
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  • AFTER PRZEMYSL.
    • 92 5 /ustrians Driven Southward. [Bt Submarine Cable]. Kit T lS's hBBVICS London, March 25. A telegram from RSSBS states that it is reported that tbe Russians have won a great victory at 9taiasty*a ia Hungary between tbe Lupv and Wzsok passes after a three days' ittlr,
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    • 57 5 ion, March 25. A wire from Lera* r Lvov) states that tbe Russians irchmg into Przemysl found all I clossd except one cafe where tea a :,i coiTee were obtainable. Tbe .s brought m much provisions. fwt I n>ouers are being despatched iv |_urn directions, thirty thousand
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    • 150 5 London. March M— A Petrograd coraI >• says We continue to maka pro ■SSI ou the went and middle Niemen. offensive ia th« Carpathians between sM and l%j k pass is developing wi&M complete success. We have gained a decisive victory m the region of tbe Lupkoff
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    • 50 5 fiUllgiail. M irch 25. Furious fighting hss lagsd iq North Poland. The Germans -even abortive counter-attack i at Kssatka attempting to regain lost ground. Two uerman battalious were annihilated I another routed. I mins infantry m East Galicia stormed afr -en heigh: at the bayonet point.
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  • 82 5 U S Cruiser for Alexandria birgton, March 25. The American m Tuikey has been directed t: s*l the protection of Turkey for the American missionaries and refugees at cassi ah. Laadoa, March 25. A Cairo telegram states that the American cruiser "Tennes SM is expected at
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  • 33 5 London, March 25. The Council ofthe hoyal Geographical Society has removed Da Sven Hedin from the list of honorary numbers fcr identifying himself with the s enemies.
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  • 22 5 ttawa, March 25.— The House of Com-r-ocs after a few minutes' discussion I a forty million sterling war vote.
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  • 24 5 is, March 2 4. The Public Prosecutor is confiscated 2,042 copper ingots r'.fty toas belonging to a German a: Yokohama. -a-
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  • 23 5 Lo:: |q, March 15. Rubber 2s &}d; tin 1 EM llf; r;':ber 2s 3^d; coconut oil tl v fortynine, cochin tiftyfour,
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  • 105 5 -<*- In a new hook of reminiscences there is a story o: Caiaasaaa who exclaimed *hen he ■im s motor-car for the first N I rushee, no pullee, go like Bafofl the automobile was m Te au ||m| Caiaasaaa made the same rem ar~: ;u to the cnhlerranid. H -ting
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  • 91 5 U 29 SUNK WITH ALL HANDS. Dutch Steamer Torpedoed. [By Submarine Csblsj. Rbutib's Sbrviob. London. March 25. The Press Bureau states that tbe Admiralty has good reason to believe that the German submarine U. 9 has beeu sunk with all bauds. "U29," was recently active m the neighbourhood
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  • 27 5 Patrograd, March 25. A German squadron of seven battleships and twenty eight destroyers cruised throughout the day en the Couiland coast bombarding Russian positions.
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  • 62 5 London, March 25. A telegram from Tenedos says that according to information derived from refugees from the Dardanelles the Turks 6uffer ul enormous losses during the bom bardment of March 18th. The greater part of the fortresses have been reduced to ruius. Two destroyers are reported
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  • 30 5 London. March 25. At a conference to-night Mr Lloyd George and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers reached a complete agreement regarding the output of munitions.
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  • 25 5 Fremantle, March 24 Tbe P. and O. "Morea has been quarantined owing to suspected cases of smallpox amongst the lascars.
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  • 104 5 Confidence of Subscribers. Manchester, March 25. A meeting of subscribers to British Dyes, Limited, resolved to proceed with tbs company and pledged itself to use its best endeavours to obtain increased support. Tbe Chairman, Mr James Falconer, said an m crease of fifty per cent m the
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  • 82 5 London, March 25. Killkd. H. IdL Harrison (Gloucestershires), E. D. Parker. Wounded, Second Lieut. T. Gibbp, 2nd Lieut. C. Moke-Norrie (1 1th Hussars), Capt. C. A. S. Morris (London Regt.), Second Lieut. A. R. Wallace, A. D. Hedges, J. T. S3kes. Unofficially Reported Killed. A. G. Browne.
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  • 227 5 Whilst men were repairing the road beneath Axwater Bridge, on the main line of the South Western Railway, on Feb. 19th, they found a metal box, about two inches square, apparently washed out by the flood. It contained powder, which had a strong acid smell, and at one end of
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  • 173 5 ARMY BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE. Higher Command Rejuvenated. [By Submarine Cable]. Kkdtkb's Skrvkib London, March 26. The French official review of the war says that the French army is vow markedly superior to what it was at the beginning of tbe war m numbers, quality, and equipment.
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  • 57 5 Paris, March 25. The afternoon communique says: There has been a pretty lively artillery action m Champagne m the vicinity of hill 196. We repulsed three attacks. A German attack at Fontaine Madame failed. We repulsed three counter attacks at les Eparges. On the rest of
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  • 35 5 London, March, 25. A Paris evening communique says that the day has been quiet. Tne only thing that is noteworthy is the repulse of a German attack on Notre Dame de Lorette.
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  • 50 5 London, March 25. A Paris telegram states that a court martial has sentenced Principal Army Paymaster Desclaux to seven years' imprisonment, military degradation and expulsion from the Legion of Honour for misappropriation of army stores. His mistress has received two years' and a private soldier one year's imprisonment.
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  • 24 5 Paris, March 25. A woman spy was shot at Luneville m the presence of the troops for carrying information to the
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  • 243 5 By Courtesy of the French Consul General. Paris, March 24, 6 20 p.m. Yesterday our artillery checked an attempt at bom barring Soissons. At Hartmanns Willerkopf (a hill 8 miles north -we6t of Cernay, m Upper Alsace 3.500 feet high) we captured a line of trenches and
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  • 89 5 The Kaiser ordered Richard Strauss to write a new Imperial march, inspired by the present war. Strauss, besides getting a large salary, is to be given a title and to receive the Order of the Red Eagle. The march is now finished and has been formally approved
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  • 499 5 ARMY AND NAVY BAR AGAIN REFUSED A LICENCE. Tbe Boaid of Licensing Justices, com posed of Mr A. V.Brown (chairman), Commander Hatcliffe, R. N, Doctor Middleton and Messrs Hooper, Pierce and Cunliffe, met again yesterday afternoon, to hear further evidence with regard to the reconsideration of a
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  • 185 5 Oyer 1,000,000 Now Under Aims. Paris, Feb. 13. The soldiers of the second category, 6ays a Rome message, were to have been sent home on tbe 31st inst. but they will stop with the colours until May 31. Wiih the lsss class,' which will resume du:y on
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  • 205 5 A Frenchman, writing from one of tbe northern towns now held by our troops, gives a memorable description of the British 6oldier m the Times. "They are adored by the inhabitants," be says, 'for their kindness, their cheerfulness, und their bravery. Always they ting. They sing as they go out
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 174 5 ROBINSON Co HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF 'SILVER KING" RED, BLACK AND Yellow Dot Golf Balls. $13-00 Nett.i|^^^M $13-00 Nett. -V PER DOZEN. '---'zW PER D OZEN. 77ie /Yen/ /Wes/i Marking" THE BEST NAVY IN THE WORLD. THE BEST CIGARETTES IN THE WORLD. CIGARETTES No. 555 V 'leaf'
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 892 6 Shipping I KONINKLUKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPM Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 2—B, Collyer Quay. ONDKR CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. If. Hebmskbrk Batavia. Four_bays, Macassar, Balik-Papan. Donggala, Palehleh, Kwandan.. Menado, Tagotlandang, SUoe, Taroen t, Peta, Tamako. Totok. jiko. Gorontalo, Tominibay, Xema and Anioeram with transhipment at Batavia to Oostnaven.
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    • 579 6 Shipping ELLERMAN LINE. TO LONDON. s.s. "BRANKSGME HALL" sailing about April 5 TO MARSEILLES AND LONDON s.s. "CITY OF CORINTH sailing about April 10 For particulars as to rates of freight and passage money, apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., AGENTS. ■"■■■■■■■■RBMa_Hn____n__Ha_aa_^ Lsokto_L __4A*M*_ifL^j :^^J_^-l! JL![_k---9 I OPERATING MODERN HIGH POWERED
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    • 524 6 Shipping I M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES For CHINA, JAPAN, CEYLON aod MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD 1915 OUTWARD atlantique Mar 26 Nera Apl 11 Polynes ea Apl 9 Oordillere Apl 25 Brness-simons Ap! 2i Atu-izoue M*y 9 Sera May 21 Chili May £3 Cordillere Juue 4 Atlantique .Tune 6 Amazone June it? Po!yL«'->.eu
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    • 493 6 Shipping STEAM NAVIGATION COMPAQ i For China, Japan, Penang, Ceyl iB Australia, India, Aden Eg ypl Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading leeuefl t 0 n hl I Coaat, Persian Golf, Continental anfl Amart-7 Ports. W,M Btoamew wiU leave Blngapore od ot ife* MAIL LINES Homeward (fob
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  • 1408 7 SIR R. BADEN POWELL'S REVELATIONS. Grevt Invasion Scheme. Lieutenant General Sir Robert BadenPowell has hitherto been known as Prince j of Scouts and a first-rate soldier. In this book (Pearsou. Is net) he, for 1 the first time, reveals hiimelf m (he role of spy, and iv
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  • 184 7 [The Hongkong Volunteers are now quartered m the German Club, while the Germans are interned at Hungbow Kowloou In the dawn of Armageddon The place I made my bed on Was Mother Earth, or Mother bricks aad stones 'Mid the cbao6 and tbe welter, Day aud night my only
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  • 107 7 BOOMERANG BATTLESHIPS. Referring to the new uses of rubber, Mr John McEwan at the annual meeting of the Robber Growers' Association yes terday, said thtie were many inventions m various stages of development. There was tbe rubber so treated that it was to make vessels uusinkable. There was the buffer
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 645 7 !E ONLY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY REGISTERED IN THE COLONY. LARGEST PAID-UP CAPITAL OF SNY EASTERN COMPANY. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. i THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, 01d2Jewry, E.C. The Company haa £20.00 C deDosited with the Snpreme Court of England, and
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    • 325 7 CHARTERED BANK if India Australia nd S^lns. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL BUITEI. PAID U? CAPITAL *1,3C0,00C RIBKRVB FUND §1,800,000, Keierva Liability ct Proprietors £1 200, C00 HEAD OFFICE 88. BISHOPSQAT-, LCKDCN. 3. C. i AGENCIES AND BSANCDEfI: Amntsat Hongkong Penang Bangkok Iloiio Pnfcea Batavia Ipoh Hancoon j Bombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta
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    • 525 7 HCmOKONG AND SHANGHAI I BANKING CORPORATION. ?A\Z-1)V CAPITAL 115,000,000 RBBBRYI FUNDS:— ST.v.'.ing i £1,500,000 at 18.- 815,000,0001 _Rsn*.nnnn 3 Sflvei •18,000,000 J W8.0W.000 iU.Hi.rm Liability of Froprietore~. 115,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hoc. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman. W, L. Pattenden, Esq., Deputy Chairmen. j 8. H. Dodwell, Esq. P. H. Holyoak,
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    • 335 7 SANTON INSURANCE GFFIIE, li Hongkong. Capital Subscribed «a,500,00©,e< o Amount Paid-up S soc.ooo.nt f Rbsbbvb Fuhd 81,600,000,0(1 Marine Risks at Current Rates, Boustead Go., Agfttrts mm ASSURANCE Is, Itr, Accumulated Funds esaeefl ...£17.000 000 FIBE A WTOR m EIBIB. Insurances effected at rates ol premlar. whloh will be found favourable
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  • 917 8 HOLE CUT THROUGH HULL. Oxygen and A Blowpipe. Aberdeen, Feb. 7tb. A remarkable rescue, tbe story of which reads like a piece of fiction, was effected at Peterhead yesterday. That part of the Scottish coast has a sinister reputation amongst seafarers. Our Navy men know
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 347 8 or>B<jgne Mobiloils 44 A GRADE FOR EACH TYPE OF MOTOR." "OILS THAT LUBRICATE MOST." A PLAIN TALK ON CARSON DEPOSIT. There are three mistaken ideas on Carbon deposit. 1. Ligfyt colored oil is commonly supposed to leave the least carbon deposit. 2. Heavy-bodied oils are often avoided through fear of
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    • 62 8 BUSINESS AS USUAL. 'SHELL' MOTOR SPIRITS. ALL BRANDS, PETROLEUM OILS PURE METHYLATED SPIRITS In Large Quantities, CASH or CREDIT. HIN WATT Co. Phore 824. 102, HarketStreet. W. J. GARCIA, 219, Orchard Read. Pianos bought, sold or exchanged Good prices allowed or old in* struments. Cheapest and best stock of W
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    • 11 8 Chronic Chest Complaints, For Woods' Great Peppermint Care, Is* M j
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    • 644 8 j ngna___*_i__^wg«r aag l m The Signature. B m 6, To distinguish the original and genuine 0 Worcestershire Sauce from the many imitaA tions, see that the signature of Lea Perrins 1 ft appears m White across the Red label on _Jl__B___ f ever r bottle /fllS^ I ft No
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  • 50 9 Corrected up to March 26) Bank 4ms 24 782 demand 2-4 1-16 Private credits Bms 2-4 IHDIA, T. T. 174$ Hongkong, demai d 20i Yokohama, demai d 114| Java, demand 141$ Bangkok, demand 66 J Sovereigns, Bant Buying $8 54 Bank ol England Etta c .6% bar Silver London
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  • 152 9 March 26. Tin No Market, jhunbier 8 80 Gambler Cube Ne. 1 13.00 Jombier Cnbe No. 2 9 00 Pepper black orduv. spore 28.10 Pepper, (White fair 88 30 tfutreexe HiO to ti e lb.) 21.00 tfu'roege 80 to t) c Id 22. 0 C Mace IBandaJ 80 00
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 163 9 SIDEROSTHEN PAINT protect the Mudguards and under work of your Motor Gar with Siderosthen anticorrosive paint which is now put up Ij^l^BSbJ^J m 1 gallon drums BH (Price $2-50) H'""_______9 convenience of One gallon is sufficient to keep a ear free from rust for several months and soon saves many
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    • 208 9 IMPORTANT DISPLAY n___Mjnua__a___9____ai Just Received Large Consignment of Swiss Muslins Longcloth and Cambric Embroideries, Edgings.Beadings, Flouneings, Insertions and Frillings, etc! etc!! etc!!! LARGEST SELECTION IN SINGAPORE. KATZ BROS, LTP m "l-T Messrs CHEE ENG SONS, <-_4_-_-l CIVIL> NAVAL. MILITARY AND SPORTING TAILORS )&L*m. <(^MS The Managing Proprietor, who ha r
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    • 102 9 HEAP ENG MOH STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. Singapore to Batavia, Cheribon and Samarang. iiaj-sjora to Sourabaya, Slngaradja \iDpenan and Macassar. Singapore to Sourabaya, Slngaradja Macassar, Menado, Ternate and 3orontalo. Sail Once a Month. Thty have excellent accommodation to* •saloon paa&engera. For freight or passage farther Information ipply to THK REGISTERED OFFICE
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 318 9 TRAIN SERVICE. SINGAPORE (TANK-ROAD). Weekdays a Sundays. Mall daily leaves for north at f.T a m. acd 7.0 p.m. Other trains leave for Jchore at 9.0 a., 10.29 a., noon, 1. 80 p., 2.55 p., 4.40 p Mail arrives from north at 8.18 a.m. aDd 7.14 p.m. Trains leave from
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    • 415 9 LATEST ARRIVALS List of vessels m port at 11 a.m. on March 26, 1915. British. Name Date of Arrival Remarks Lady Weld March 25 Inner Roads Gorgon No. 5 Wharf Telemachus Volute Pulo Bufcon Malacca Inner Koaoe Recorder Keppel Harbour Amherst March 26 Inner Roads Nellgre P. O. Wharf Dutch.
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  • 1260 10 Ihe following official account is forwarded by the Secretaries Minutes of the 6th Ordinary General Meeting o' share-holders of the Teluk Aason Rubber Estates, Limited, held at tbe Registered Office of the Company, Gresham House, B ittery Ro >d, Singap jre, oo Thursday tbe 25th M_rch,
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  • 83 10 Mrs H. B Salmond, (care of Cable Depot, K. Harbour) acknowledges with many thauki the following contributions: Previously acknowledged $27,220 15 Henry Nurtnau, (Malacca) 20 Eastern Extension Telegraph Con's Staff Batavia, per E. Leggatt 63 97 European Staff, Malacca Rubber Plantations Ltd. la mouth's subscription) 280 The
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  • 47 10 At the Assizes, late on Thursday afternoon, the trial was concluded of Wee tvuu Guan, a Straits-born Chinese youth, on a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The jury by a uuanimoui verdict found the accused not guilty aud he was accordingly acquitted.
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  • 383 10 Lim Aug Kiat, a Hokien coolie, wag convicted iv the aecoud police court, yesterday, of the theft of a small quantity uf scr»p brass, the property of Messrs Tuphmn, ,)uu>-8 sod lUilcon, aud was fined IfS, or m default of payment, BSTSQ duys' imprisonment A Chinese bullock cart driver was
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  • 476 10 Tho usual meeting of this Board was held yesterday afternoon iv the offices, Mr F. J. Hall if ax presiding, the ordier mem hers present being Messrs E. T. Tessen sohn, Cbia Keng Chia, Dr Sammy, and Leong Man Sau, The minutes were approved. The financial statement showed
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  • 103 10 Kota liahru, March 22. When the "Mahidol" left Ttimptt on Saturday last, she received an unexpected accession to her past^eoger list, 63 Kabul* and natives of Northern India loirding her for the purpose of transference to their owu countries. These men had been employed for varying terms on
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  • 307 10 Probably few people not connected with tbe rubber industry are aware of tbe important place occupied by Germany iv rubber manufacturing aud what tbe country stands to lose hy the war. According to The India* Robber World," for many years prior to th«i war Germany came
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  • 202 10 On board the homeward Spanish mail steamer "Alicaute" on Thursday there was a contingent of forty men from tbe Portuguese garrison oE Macau returning to Lisbon. The Alicante continued ber voyage yesterday moruing. The X.P.M. steamer Melchior Treub which connects at Singapore with the outward and the homeward
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  • 422 10 i Government's Statement on use of Neuthal Flags. The following statement is issued by the Foreign Office i Tbe use of the neutral fl ig is, with certain limitations, well established m practice as a ruse de gu»rre." Tbe only effect m the case cf a
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  • 178 10 j An amusing anecdote was related by I Mr. F^ R. Benson, tbe actor, at an O P. Club gathering at the Hotel Cecil the other night. Mr. BUnson said that recently he was drilling iv an awkward squad trying to form fours at the woid of
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 395 10 PIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM Royal Appointment mRkJT KJ the Court of Spain 1 A Royal Food for your Baby I E£ Glaxo is used m the Royal Nurseries, as can be seen by v<* S 55 above appointment. This letter is from ft doctor connected wiih the Royal Court of Spain. .c Madrid.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 30 10 SWIMMING CLUB LAUNCHES. Sunday, the 28th Instant. Johnston's Pier, at 7, 9 and 10 a.m., 2.30 and 3.30 p.m. Club Bungalow, 8.30 and 9.80 a.m., 12.15, 8 and 5.30 p.m.
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