The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 May 1915

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. JZS CENTS SINGAPOBE, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1915. NO. 8,449.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    127 1 Ladies' Lawn Tennis tournament results —Page 10. Scratching? aed selections for to-day's races appear on jMge 10. The G.ote.q'ies gave su eppceciated j entertainment last n*gbt Pace o. The death has occurred in France of L_. Lane late cf the S. V. A.— Page 4. Little further
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    MEMOIRS OF A SPECIAL CONSTABLE.
    1851 1 11. I have npvpt- envied tbe lot of a sentry, and my experience! on this occasion have Established ray convictions on the subject. My neat was confoundedly dark and lonely tnd the consciousness that I was powerless to resist by force of arms any attempt
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      525 1 A V£RY ATTRACTIVE BILL OF FARE. TH£ PIONEER CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE— BEACH ROAD. riBSl SHOW 7-30 to 9 P.M. SECOND SHOW 9-15 to 11 P.M. A POWEKFI'L SENTIMENTAL DRAMA TIIE SPELL QF DARKNESS IN 3 PARTS. theae, tA oa£ BeOS) B ol en_o.io-al eh.raeter'zation and inten.e Lpiwelon r.\i.t _:o:;.- the lit-
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      182 1 1 ORCHARD ROAD. Singapore's Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD. Last and Farewell Performance\ OF THE LAUGHTER MAKERS including FRED WINN. Iq addition to a full Programme of New Musical Items. T^B GROTESQUES will present TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT Special Farewell Popular Programme.! Complete Chang_ ot Frogran inc and the Performance will be replete
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      216 1 L VTEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Last night of the Grotesques at the Pa ladium Page 1. Special dinner and dance at the Adelphi hotel night— Page 10. Tbe Cold Storage have a Block of Aus- tra'ian apples on sale Page 10 Auction sale of a twakow and building timber ny Ching Iveng
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      68 1 THE WEEK. ITit;h Water -2- a a.m p.m. Ch«nfik_it Serdang, Evatt'-. it. op.m. j 8. I. Outwa-d niiil f xpecieil. Spring Kace_, Tl wd L>i_y. High Water -3-.G *.m., 5 3. p m. High Water !■<c am .-'2 p.m. talis n Grand Opera, Paila^i ru. Italian Grand Opera, Pehadlux. Italian
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      51 2 GRAPHITE LUBRICATION By using this method it is claimed Cylinder lubrication cost is reduced 9o% in either Steam, Oss, or Oil Engines. Fuel Consumption is reduced 5% to 10% and Piston rings, Valves, and Valve gears, are protected from wear. The Borneo Company Limited Singapore, will send particulars to those
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      337 2 JUST ARRIVED. SPECIAL 5 OCTAVE CABIN PIANO ENGLISH MADE Complete Iron Frame, Full Trichord, Overdamper action, Tropical construction. A perfect miniature piano suitable for the smallest room or cabin. (Size only 3ft 4ln. by 3ft. 3in. by Ift. 9in.) Price $250- Net Cash. THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD., FIRST CUSS
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      552 2 Notices FIRE INSURAKCE ASSOCIATION. MARINS INSURANCE AGENT'S ASSOCIATION. It Is hereby notified th t the offices of Members of the above Associations will be olosed f^rtbe transaction of Insurance business on Monday lhe 24th inst., being Public Holiday. By Order, DERRICK ft Co., becretaries. 2?-5 ALOR GAJAH RUBBER ESTATES, LTD.
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      697 2 Notices BEKOH ROBBER ESTATES, Ltd. UNPAIDCALLS. All Shares on which calls remain unpaid at 31st instant will be cancelled. JAMES SNODGBASS, AGENT. .5-5 31 NOTICE Is hereby given that Colin Faasforl Ih no longer in the employ of Messrs F. VV. Barker A Co. of Winchester House, Collyer Vuay Singapore,
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      455 2 I To Let •'OMDrRMAN.- s(Da!v v June, thoroughly renovated with ttparate verandahs an 1 Jfedr < attached, e .awing roou, n .^dtnw h !of^ Tenms court, stabling and garag? r^ Apply to STEPHENS. p AUu it s k rj Ut^ TO LET Compound Ht we No. 4 Dew,, TO LET
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      671 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. WHITSUN DAY. MAY 23RD. ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. 6.30 a.m. Holy Commuaicn. 7. 0 a.m. Hly Commun on (Choral). Hymnß i.7, 15_, 470 163. 1 3 am. C ho.al Matins and Add ess. 11-30 a.m Holy Communion. 4 p.m. Children's Service. 530p m. Feete] Evensong Pei moo. Hymns
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    GERMAN MAP-MAKING.
    360 3 Mr Janet O'Donnell Bennett, tbe Ilaefieaa Press Correspondent with the Qecaaa Army ou the Russian front writlag frcm Lowic/ (Russia) on March 26th, ggskt your wildest guess as to the Beast wr of m«pi tbe German Government bus issued to the army since the war _Mn. I Making
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    THE MORGAN COMBINE.
    300 3 istna a am Qse&i Trust. Sbwwlj less dramatic and sensational thaa Iki original announcement thirteen fMtl :i_j_ of the formation of a N shipping combine by the i.i> Mr I Pierpout Morgan is the etate MtDl .:_t received thit Mr P, A. S. j laaklia. \;_e president
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    ARREST OF TWO CHINESE LIEUT.-GENERALS.
    85 3 K«* tne A-ia Jft Pao two 1 Chang H.-ciaiauaui *o arrestee bf the authorities'' Both of them w.ro' sol Kwang nog troopc undei daring bot* wan wtmpaaUd I v. it* Um rebels but the Bd inrtilnUl any inS_j. t f ,nto ll fcOegei iii-lcvalty. i
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    WOMEN RAILWAY PORTERS.
    319 3 rrccEss of Great Central Experimen The experiment of replacing male poi ers who have joined the col .ura by wome ia meeting wtth con .iderable success c the Great Central Railway. Women hav been doing carriage cleaning on this lie for some time, and doing it well,"
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    REMEDY FOR PLAGUE.
    211 3 Some time ago Commissioner Baoth Tucker, of the Salvation Army, brought before the notice of the public the success achieved in tbe treatment of plague with iodine. The experiment has proved most satisfactorily beneficent and the Oovernment of the Punjab has now recogui.ed its efficacy and adopted
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    THE PAPPENHEIM EXPEDITION.
    191 3 I Pekin, April 28tb. Almost as sensational as the presenta tion of the revised Japanese demands is the report that Captain von Pappcnheim, the German military attache to Peking and a party of Germans who are supposed to have left here last month equipped with explosives in
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    206 3 It is annouucfd in the latest edition of the P. and O. Handbook tbat tbe steamer Mata Hari of 1,( 00 tons, recently under construction for the P. and O. Company, will be completed on behalf of tbe British India S.N". Company acd will be employed in that Company's service
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      493 3 Wanted DISPENSER REQUIRED Full particulars from MAYNARD ft Co., Ltd 16, Battery Rd, Sing ipoi 2 .'.fi NURSERY GOVERNESS WAITED. For boys of 5 au 1 3 years for July ne' Apply with full particulars stating salary i quired to GOVERMESS, c/o Free Press M-' tth n 5 WANTED IMMEDIAT£LY.
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      486 3 I Auctions To Dealept, Housebuflders and Contractors. I re. AUCTION SALE OF i One Twakow No. 3989 AND ALSO A large quantity cf Kapok, Basak, Daroo, Mlibau. Tampenis and Ballaw logs of various _izes including those which are lying in the e water. To be held at Chop Bim Seng
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      457 3 I Aue tio n s I REMINDER. j This Day, Saturday, at 9 a.m. AUCTION SALE OF Ships Fittings, Furniture and Stores removed from s.s GLENROY To be held at CODOVN No. 4, SHEERS WHARF TANJONG PAGAR ir n W kB, fihackl <*' thimbles, rowlock*, grips, iron hinges. WtT' 2*W>l»mp«#c.
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      MARRIAGE.
      66 4 De Reis— E/ slam. At the Church of the AsttUß_pti«p, ViQbvgf n tbe 18th May, Hl5, by tre Rev. L. M. Duvells James Leonard Bk Uejs, cf the Per ang fc. welling Woik youngest son of the lat- Mr. S. A. De He's, ;ohief Clerk Po9t Office, IVnaDg, to
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      DEATH.
      32 4 BKI oman On the 20th irt-tart, at the Nn_v log Heme, Ht. Thorns.*' Wa*k, F_-eoerh k Ch.rlks I'.. human the third .on of George Edward ittr^tu.u of Biocdet-bu.y IVik, Lon don.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, May 22, 1915.
    1307 4 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, May 22, 1915. Hers shall tha Press lhe People's right noair.Hffr (Jitawed >i\- influence aod unhrihed by gai* [le.-t- patriot Truth her glorious p.ei.ev>tsdiaw. Pledped to R iiiion. Loyalty and Law. Yet another case of History repeating itself is exhibited in the lifting ol a
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    851 4 Mr A. E. Coope ia now acting aa A. D.O. at Ipoh in the place of Mr F. T. Tree, who iias gone on leave, Kuala Lumpur is sending a big contingent of Freemasons to tbe meetings convened for Satuiday in Singapore. The wedding of Misa Gawler, niece of Mr
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    THE LATE LIEUT. H.A. LANE, S.V.A.
    436 4 THE LATE LIEUT. H.A. LANE, S.V.A. All hi. old Volunteer Siugapore, aud a G reat map-, friends here, will learn witk verv_u!! regret cf the death,, killed ia '■<■ Franco, of Lieut. Harold pore Volunteer Art.;;.— reached Mr C. Evei i.t. cf th v r| Siaeott and Delay, hy cable
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    PERAK'S NURSING ASSOCIATION.
    198 4 PERAK'S NURSING ASSOCIATION. f From Our Ou n C rrn\ seat 1 i report toi IQHoI Hu i ol tha Colonial Sni% pj tt-* nai in consequent i i I tl i Una of the Association Itl pam outlook the pommttti W lh^ tl:.' Ume Ks ao4 peoptl ed WilJ
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      151 4 §TO BE OBTAINED In all first Class Hotels, Clubs, &c, 4c. Always call for "ALLSOPP'S" J_JLi-___fi» In either large or small bottles. Sole Agents CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co. I Johore Agents A. C. HARPER Co. lHMlV_VFl____nn_B___D_M___________R__o _SS_i3___i______^ 7^l^'^Ttt^!. 1 AH the Latest Styles j and Fashions. M_ JO ST ARRIVED \\i/
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      45 4 betdofi d light ta bark saa It pie*s< s them, i al For prohehlj they're greater fi When they bave bad It out And let _a« »is<> bete ren a*i That 1 couldn't ife aaduvs Unless I took in Winter time WcodV Great Peppermint Cure.
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  • ITALY'S CRISIS.
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      AUSTRIA'S HALFHEARTED CONCESSIONS.
      284 5 AUSTRIA'S HALFHEARTED CONCESSIONS. I Scenes in Rome. [By Submarine Cable]. mmrt Servic-'. In—, Mas Stt. —tt Rome message ia B' aetetood thut a bomber tnteei foi service with ours. u x K !v e wiM 5T _.M Green-Book gives .he .the oegotiations with Austria wk a, withoul giving otii tatioo,
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      Socialists Support: Government.
      124 5 21. —In the Italian Cham* shall of the ned th actiou of the Gavercrr.e. w:: faced a war ni defence. ita fa pt 1 thai a renovated 1 achieve diss rmameat. •aid thai Io ths thi historic occasion we j fared tha laith -acred to onr Let
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      A Chiasso Opinion.
      49 5 -au Amsterdam tele- respondent at Chiaaao, *gran tol B r liner Tagebhtfi No 0 i iloubU thut the i ia i to tha Boutbern rad in i thi a few miles of towa Being joai Um Canton mvenient apot atral I w the trans ■he irisdiction
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    GREECE NOW CONSIDERING.
    22 5 na telegram a i neoh nged aside the situation rvantion. -w v thanked Mr on, a isbiug h.m ry.
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    33 5 v nm leuouacea una. it u w murders, and say. NB M uo v o. war iu this the Ven Tirpltz out am i i •na eootrary, the submarines --wr:. b:i:tle»hips, cruisers, S»Bttn__,_..
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    RUSSIA'S CAMPAIGN.
    246 5 NEW ATTEMPT IN GALICIA. Germans Try to Turn Russian Right. [By Submarine Cable]. REUTUi-'fc. SehvicePetrograd, May 20.— Official. The battle on the Mt of the upper Vistula and the who'e of the Galician front has attained terrific intensity. On Monday strong; enemy forces in the Opatow region were
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    THE CABINET CRISIS
    149 5 London, Mav 20. Tbe crisis was very sudden, Mr Bona* Law till Thursday shared Mr Asquith's dislike ol coalition. Then the .wi irrel between Lord Fisher and Mr t burchill, ai d threat of the Opposition to raise a debate ea the insufficient BUpply cf high explosive
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    IN THE WEST.
    83 5 Rain Stops Fighting London. May 20. The Paris communi "vr. Baya th.it there is nothing to report London, May 21. The Paria eveuiug communique etutes taat between Nieuport nod Arraa *bc ground remains eoaked aud impracticable. There was a .harp nrtnlery duel wherein two Cenoa:: aeroplanes were
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    OUR ARMY IN THE EAST.
    46 5 London, May 'JO A Cairo message says that Genera] Bridges, Commonwealth Inspector General, died in a hospital ship and hos befit buried at Alexandria. Londoa, May 20. Lieut General K. G. Rroadwood has been wounded at the I w i mellea.
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    THE WAR ON MERCHANTMEN.
    76 5 Cermany s Poor Bag. London, May 20.— A submarine sank the trawlers "Lucem" and "Chrysolite" iu Ce North Sea. Two British merchantman have been torpedoed during ths week ending May 19:h cut ol 1,48! arrivals and sailings. Paris, May 'JO. A law has been promulgated opening
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    SPY HANGS HIMSELF.
    49 5 London, May 20. Kuepferle, one of tbe German Bpiea arrested in London undergoing trial, hanged himself in hia Cell. Me left a letter expressing his appreciation of tbe fairness of tho trial, and aaying he preferred as soldier a self-inflicted death to tbat of the scaffold.
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    26 5 There are said to be clear indications that the Carman Government is preparing for the establishment of a cigarette 1— ±1 it Tn wn nnn«i■ r.
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    THE GROTESQUES.
    320 5 Another large audience areeted this f clever and merry little baud of entertainers, at tbe Palladium last night, when quite a capital all round programme was pu" on. The first half commenced with tbe opening chorus by the entire company, followed by The Farmyard Crawl. Mr Ewarfc Scott
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    A LOCAL MUSICAL. ENTHUSIAST.
    122 5 A LOCAL MUSICAL. ENTHUSIAST. All friends of Hr Alex P;octor will be sorry to hear ho is leaving Singapore for good on .lune 'I'd, when he sails in the Hirano Maru to fake up au appointment in Loudon. In nearly fourteen years, Mr Proctor has been most ready to give
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    THE ITALIAN GRAND OPERA.
    66 5 THE ITALIAN GRAND OPERA. At rive in Singapore and open tbeir sp.'ison at tlie Palladium nn Monday next the 24th inat., with Verdi's greatest Masterpiece I! Trovatore". The booking so fur has been rather good and it is advisable for those that have so far not booked their beats to
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    THE ROYAL AVY.
    298 5 [a addition to the local activity ia the F.M S. and Straits promoted by Mr Alma Baker, of the appeal of tbe Overseas Club to all British Dominions and Dependencies for funds in aid of tbe gift of aeroplanes to what we have Btyled collectively the "Royal
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    THS REAL DARDANELLES PROBLEM.
    345 5 The question surely is not whether the forcing of tho Dardanelles is a secondary operation hut whether the number of men absorbed in doing it successfully is greater .than the forces which success will brin« I into play. This question has no doubt baen thoroughly thrasbedout
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    A TALE OF A TALE.
    326 5 TflK CONSTIPATION OF OFFICIAL SSCBECT. If we ore to believe tbe Penang corres pondentoftbe Times of Malaya," official retici neo in ore quarter is sometimes compensated for hy official irretention in another. This makes qtrUie agooJ.tjry. so good as to establish a claim to be
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    A WAY WITH STRIKERS.
    176 5 "My own way of dealing with these Clyde engineering-folk would be simp'a I would withdraw from every Btriker his civil right for a term of years, denying him the pricelee s boon of voting at Parli ment and other elections. Thus he would i 10-e till
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      278 5 ROBINSON Co. SOLE AGENTS f FOR THE FAMOUS Jf y" __s___V B&_* %y£. att U lj i_ vk§ s._s JB.M ci >_-_'? l _^3_____H__k ruiiiwtScfti j, {/c ALL SHAPES J^^ BLACK AND BROWN. MBF State Express, there is GO cents.' worth g_W of real tobacco value in every tin of
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      921 6 Shipping HONINKLMKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 3 S, COIiLYER QUAT. HWDFR OONTRArrr WTTH THE NETHERLANDS .HPTA QQVT.RNMgWT Tan Riemsoyk Penang, Lho-Seumawe, Sigli, Oelee Lheue, Tapa-Toean, Si Blgo, Sinabang. Singkel, Sobolga, Goenopng-Sitoli. Lahewa, NakoIslands, Telok Dalem, Poeloe-Tello, Padang and Benkoelen May 22 Singkep Moeara Saba, Simpang and
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      637 6 Shipping ellermatTline. TO MARSEILLES LONDON s.s. "KALOMO" sailing about May 24 s.s. "CITY OF NEWCASTLE" sailing on or about Junc 7 For particulars as to rates of freight and passage money, apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., AGENTS. THE SIAM STEAI NAVIGATION GO., Ltd. SINGAPORE— BANGKOK. FOR BANGKOK DIRECT. Arrival Departure
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      456 6 Shipping 1 MM. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LIME. I For CHIKA, JAPAN, CEYLON ud MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD 1916 OUTWARD K6ra May Sl Chili May ?3 Amazone June 4 I Atlantique June 6 Cordillere June 18 Polynesien June 20 I Chili July S V. Clotat July 4 Atlantique July 16 Magellan July 18
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      492 6 Shipping STEAM NAVIGATION COifip^ For China, Japan, Penang, kJ Anstralia, India, Aden, E^ Mediterranean Ports, Pj,^ and London Throogh Bills ot Lading i SPU6fI Bteamer. will leave Singa*,* oto.^ MAIL LINES HOMBWABD (FOB FCBOPRj From Singapore, connect^ u Coiombo with ma aa Nubia Max 26 n Moolu. BS Oriental Juq<-
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      659 7 I War or Peace, Famine or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth ioo cents on the dollar. I WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. I HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20.00C deposited with the Supreme Court
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      317 7 CHARTERED BANK of India Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY RQ7IL CHARTER. 'AID UP CAPITAL £1,900,000 SE3ERVS FUBD *l,80o!o00 ioc«rra Liability cf Proprietors fIiOO.OOO HEAD OFFICE S3. BIRHOPSGATS, LONDOI, I. 0. -QENCItOe AND BBAMCtISB! Amritsar Hongkong Penang Bangkok lioilo Puke* Batavia Ipoh Rangooa Bombay Karachi Balgou Calcutta Kla_:g Seremban Canton Kobe
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      461 7 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, PiID-QF CAPITAL 115.000.0C0 M-BBBYB FUHDB Sterling €1,500,000 at la.- 115,000,000 t njin 000 Silvet 118,000,000} WS.OOO.OW Baaanra LiabiUty oi Proprietors.- 115,000.000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landaie, Chairman. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Deputy Chairman, 8. H. Dodwell, Esq. P H. Holyoak, Esq. G. T.
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      368 7 1 1 MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE Co. OF CANADA. ESTABLISHED 1887. Policies are "WORLDWIDE,' "UNRESTRICTED." INDISPUTABLE and "NONFORFEITABLE." Claims, loans, cash-surrenders, iie. are promptly settled by the General Agents at Singapore without the delay of reference to Head Ofiice. The Reserves for protection of Policy holders are over £3,500,000. The Accounts
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      260 7 Mobiloils A GRADE FOR EACH TYPE OF MOTOR." OILS THAT LUBRICATE MOST." -CARBON DEPOSIT-HOW TO REDUC3 IT." (Continued). If ycu are particular about your fuel, and your carburetion and ignition, the grade of Gargoyle Mobiloil specified for your car will put an end to unnecessary carbon troubles. Motorists often select
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    MODERN EXPLOSIVES.
    1614 8 And the Part They Are Playing in the War. Professor Vivian B. Lewes, 'Professor of Chemistry at tbe Royal Naval College, Greenwich) writing iu the "Daily Chronicle" says The history of tho modern explosives used in the Great War dates back to 1888, when smokeless powders for Service
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    145 8 Here is a delightful little sketch of a British "Tommy" purchasing "fags" in a huckster's shop "somawhers in Flanders." The correspondent writes I was in a tobacconist's the other afternoon and a soldier came in. He put down a 10 centime piece on the counter and said, as though be
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      371 8 WITHOUT PURE BLOOD HEALTH 18 IMPOSSIBLE. VETARZO BSSSU Never before was there anything like it, nor can its marvellous properties ever be equalled in all cases of poorness, impurity, or other imperfection of the b'ood from whatever cause a rising. No soouer is it imbibed into the system than it
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      347 8 Wolfe's /.romatic Wjfc* _^B| Et^ I_M_____ A .i.tra.'ta ttlv*U (HOLLANDS Gin) _m JL ptmememed nearly ,000 ,000 80t- "The Beverage that Benefits" Iffl j^ Not simply a thirst quern Wm r 0 _\}lJnl mere! r f b,,t J t'" l'ur,M _^»3______*^ l__N infusini! >|_| aw '"is Avi ever ,),,n produced.
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1484 9 Issued by FRASER Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, May 20th. All quotations of Sterling Sham moil bo regarded m purely nominal for tba jifiaiti Ojl». Iifloa. Paid. Lam Dit. Bunas. Bblleibb. 85,000 8b 2b Allagat 5 4 1 10i a b 500,000 1 1 Anglo-Java 4 3
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    EXCHANGE.
    57 9 i Corrected up to May 21) Bank 4ms 24 532 i, demand 2-4 Private credita Bms 24 15 82 Ihdia, T. T. 174 1 Hongkong, demai d 20f Yokohama, demat d n_ Java, dem aad 14 if Bangkok, demand 66 i SOVBBIIGNB, Bank Buying $8.64 Bank of England ha
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    PRODUCE.
    155 9 May 21. Tin 150 tons $80.85 Gambier 11 00 Gambles Cube No. 1 14 75 Gambier Cube No. 2 12 oi Papper Black ordin. 'pore 18 75 Pepper, (White fair) 86.50 Nutmegs (110 to tie lb.) 21 CO Nutmegs '80 to tie lb 22 CO Mace (Banda) 8D 00
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      468 9 GUINNESS'S STOUT k "GREAT AUKS HEAD" BRAND. BOTTLED BY W. A ROSS BROTHER, Ltd., LONDON. LIVERPOOL BELFAST. $15 per case of 8 doz. Pints. $14 10 doz. Splits. WHAT IT IS. tesSg IT IQ The Bottlers of tbe GREATj AUK'S 1118 nrilllllir HEAD brand are under AGREEMENT with GENUINE. Messrs.
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      149 9 OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA (Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co., Ltd.) KOBE-BOMBAY LINE. The Company maintains a regular cargo .ervice with stz steamers calling at Moji, fokkaichl, Hongkong, Singapore, Port Swettenharn, Fenang. Colombo and Bombay and on .ae return voyage calling at Tuticorin, Singapore, Hongkong and Moji. For Port Swettenharn, Penang, Colombo and
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      332 9 NEXT MAILS DUE. From Earope.— Per B. I. Packet Tara expected tbi« morning. ler M. M. Chili expected on Monday, tbe 24th instant. From China.— Per P. AO. Kabia expected on May 23. London Malls Despatched. Lift. Das. Arrived. April I P. 40. May S M.y 3 Aoril 8 B.
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      462 9 LATEST ARRIVALS < List of vessels in port at 11 a.m. on May 21, 1915. British. Name Date of Arrival Remarks Banlomnnd May 20 No. 7 Wharf Glenfalloch Outer Roads Seoegambia May 21 P. AO. Wharf Hainam Inner Roads Sri Patana Dutch Singkep May 20 Inner Roade Melchior Treub Vulcanus
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    THE RACES—SELECTIONS.
    453 10 THE RACES— SELECTIONS. There have been as always a good many scratchings for tbe last day but there are enough left in to ptovide a good afternoon's sport and there are no two horse races. One race has beeu altered as will be noted below. Racegoers will learn with regret
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    RACK HANDICAPS.
    298 10 Race No. 4i. cancelled (i.e. The Lawa Stakes) v.bich was a Race for Horse., tbe entries not being sufficient to make 6 Races Nos. 2 3, A4. The Race No. 4 now becomes a Race for Poaies and will be called The Extra Ladies' Plate'' same! conditions as
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    20 10 Teo Hoo a bullock ear. driver, who had one previous conviction recorded against h;m for cruelty was sent to prison
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    THE DEADLIEST OF LIVING THINGS.
    564 10 The most dangerous of living things are 'commonly accepted to be tbe tarantula, the lance-bead snake, and the cobra. But in Eastern Turkestan, and, to speak strictly, especially along the Talas River, there is a fourth, which gives tbe preeminence to Central Asia r,s the
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    LADIES' LAWN TENNIS
    42 10 Ladies' DOUBLBS. Mrs Cantrell and Mrs Vowler owe 2 heat Mrs Gattey and Mrs Gan_.lo.rr rec 2 B—4, 6—4. Mrs de Ccurtois and Mr Seeward 15.2 beat Mrg Bartnell and Mr Sopor owe 2 6— 4, 6—B, 7— 5.
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    PRINCE OF WALES WAR RELIEF FUND.
    85 10 The linn. Treasurer, Mr John Greig, Manager, Chartered Rank of India, Australia and China, Singapore, begs to acknowledge with many thanks receipt of the following further contributions: Amount previou. ly acknow* lodged t829.577.74 j Messrs Smith, Macindoe, Hendrie, and Curr, Sourabaya (May con- L.
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    67 10 Tan Tnan Hian, of 71 Boat Quay, who was charged in the third police cent last week, came before tne same court yesterday morning. The hou'bie Mr C.I. Carver represents accused, aud tho charge preferred i_ one of being iutere.ted or concerned iu the exportation of opium. After some diecustion
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    THE IMMORTAL PAGES.
    1641 10 FRENCH SINGAPOREANS AT THE FRONT. By the intermediate mail steamer Haiphong," Mr G. Reverger, musician at Raffles Hotel, left on Monday 17th to join hia regiment in Saigon from where be will probably be sent back with a contingent of other Indo China reservists, eilher to Fiance
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    47 10 A .Malay named Aman was charged in the second police court yesterday, with housebreaking by night and stealing property value 5206 from a house at Siglap, on Tuesday evening last. The ca.e was postponed until the 28th inst, bail being offered accused in the sum of $75.
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      493 10 IJ.,.ii.iill!^^ Z. I However Sick Baby may Cl s= do not give up hope— more often than not the cause is m —if you will only get thc right food for babv, vou will soon"/. n on the road to health. A m >ther with .1 *a6ting babv 5 .ss
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      57 10 SWIMMING CLUB. Johnston's Pier at 9, 10 and 11 am 2 30 and 3 80 p ni. Club Bungaiow at 9.30 and 10.30 a m 12.15,3 and 5.30 p.m. Monday, 84th May. Johnston's Pier at 7. 9 and 10 a.m. a :0 and 3.30 p.m. Club Bungalow at 8.30 and
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