The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 10 August 1915

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER [B CENTS SINGAPOEE, TUJ:SDAY, AUGUST 10, 1915. NO. 8,515
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  • 96 1 Rubber returni will he fonnd on psgs Oar J^ondcn finaucial letter is' given on page 10. j Farther subscription lists to irar fun is on pn£e 10. i German attacks in the west have proveJ fruitless Paze 5. j An interesting article on war pessimism from Town
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  • 1462 1 Since that aav v. ,e:: Id I H U I B?e diecovered a uaw occupation an! dtli^ht in ciothiug, the importance of dress did not end with the elaboration of the i.g leaf, U became i siattet af paranoia] interest to the racp. The evo'uiicu of
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    • 194 1 .SHI S*iLVJ if I H I vli UHIIHIJLi BAFFLES HOTEL BUILDINGS. j CARS and LORRIES on HIRE DAY and NIGHT. BENZINE. LUBRICATING OIL, TYRES, &c, &c ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED. TERMS MODERATE. ORNAMENTAL TILE WORKS Patent Improved Flooring Tiles PATENTED APBIL 1914.) alien Marble, Egyptian Granite or any Fancy Stone. i
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    • 322 1 L\ ST ADVERTISEMENIS The :<> vt Cirque— Page 3. ~'-i .ii:, Lout Mobiloiic Page 10. Mj icj t the Adeipbi to oighl Page 10. N•* i e Dollar Institution Scotland Page 3. At the Theatre Royal, ;.-> ,.u;off— I's.ze 2. Ualdbeck Macgregor'i f r de }le:/.ke cigarettes Page 4. 4:;'
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    • 124 1 Tosrsotj !2Ji. ¥l'>£'^ Wafc r i i I] ».ns., H- 1 p m L< ctura I Mi w Still an Joarotl I DOeS, tA Y.M. H.>sp.uj. innlvei aryo'Un Set. of 1«d •.-<.' (1783). n. i. homevi trd mall closes Friday 13th. High Wai r (-«;.m, 'l-49p.ni. Sari Bi]a (U hsi
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  • 58 2 By using this method it is claimed Cy tinsVu lubrication cost is reduced 90' in either Steam. Gas, or Oil Engines. Fuel Con- sutuption is reduced 5 f to 10% ftti d Piston ring3, Valves, and Valve gears, are protected from wear. The Borneo Company Limited Singapore, will
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    • 384 2 THE PAIN OF NEURALGIA. Feople think of neuralgia &a a pain in the ead or face, but neuralgia may a i feet any of the body. DitTeient names are given a it when it affects certain nerves. Thus teuralgUo! the sciatic nerve is called sciatica, >ut the character ot the
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    • 217 2 FURTHER SCENES IN THE STUPENDOUS AND COLOSSAL PRODUCTION. Now Showing at the u I 41.1 STAR FEATURES In our con fo c cf Programme at the Th3 Popular cinema Theatre, Beach Re d ANOTHEK UKIVEKSAL '!\-l IN FOUK PARTS. AN EL,"SORATS A:iD LaA^ATiC P3CSENTATIOR. J S visualization of a cliaracter
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    • 312 2 JS ■■^■'■■g» JURCT!CN OFftLEERTi BEKCOOLEH FTi?ffm sz s> J -«s^^^^ l! FOR THE FIRST TIWE TO TKE SIWGtPOFt PUBLIC THE MOST WO>DEBFUL PHOTO PI A SERIAL gUPt^l FROM ING USD ;.L. L il. I*J GT T i 1 AND 2nd EPISODES IN 6 REELS PAKTIi LIKH Rea: Story. Brio! Synopsis
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    • 2087 3 To Let TO BE LET FULLY FURNISHED The ploisantly situated residence known as No. 1-A. Lloyd Road. Suitable fcr a married couple or two bachelors. Water laid on. Immediate erjtry. Rent $60. £pply to POWELL ft.Co., Auctioneer*. 9-8 11 3 FURNISHED HOUSE TO LET. Fmall furnii-hed bouf-e to lrtclo~e to
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    • 559 3 Auctions NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, IN LIOUIDATION AUCTION SALE OF A Kanfcei of Prcpellors, Propeller Shafts, Crane Posts Ac 'To be hflM at thfl N.U.I. Store TANJONG J I .\GAK On Tuesday. 10th August, a 4 10 a.m. CUftIoCBM wi j I t>t i.-saed. Nov. on view. Bj M ler of the
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  • 1433 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, Aug, 10, 1915. H«i B >'• ti: ilie Press the People's rigid: miinirf% Ui awed bj influence .tn.i unbribed by f iere patriot Truth ba glorious pieceptl r..aw. Fie \j 't to lie: Layahi a T.aw. I As gold is tried by fire, so is
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  • 540 4 Mr and Hn Hoed Ilegij arrived frcra Colombo by the P. 1 I Iblf I ♦•sterday. :.i the past Etv Months ten in jculii r paperi of J above ;\ecea&e:l publication nnd one has > een suspend* Tha American Civil V Dp bo ist year, c I tericaa Gov ernmeut
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  • 93 4 THE LATE LT. COLIN W. BURNLEY CAMPBELL. W« extract the foilowinc t~ Lrgy Np« Crf 1 :h: ulto The deepest gl^ Vm the district wn that Lieut. 1 of Ormidals wai tli community are v <' I -H in their •meut, Kind |teous, the late Lieut,: cits with came in
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  • Correspondence.
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    • 181 4 If you take a pride in the Cigarettes .^ggSECSgS^ YOU SMOKE 1 te^l^RET]^^ is a guarantee of a V>;"l ?V: c Jf iC Tv- v Cigarette at its Dest, FRESH SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED. SOLE i GENTS j !OALDBEGK, MfiUyHEQOR Go= \I it tip 111! U -f v kLHu T «>4
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  • 172 5 GERMANS FAIL TO 6IM UPPER EiOi] hard hit near Riga A 3 -The Etnsaian retreat; ,erv slow acd Ttry orderly, 'ihe Ger-j are mskisg i mo»i desperate I I Mian retn at but i wall ol steel which B >re ai I ia been tiifihtly I I
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  • 20 5 ra G i m offer of it by Ra in ;rad to Dot d •.ejver, I
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  • 80 5 Oi ifaota u of I anc re- as, I I are j i. enl I legram frora Dr. »h says that he i 6tat3Sfall of has I the barriers BeparatI tha Govsrament, and it I ;rpid elei ftoi erlj la defeat ibe .2 absorbing it J eleraeuts
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  • 24 5 London, August B.—A lelegxam from Atber that a lioriuan 6ubu>arin6, ajblad, w:.s towed into the 0 iijru by a Turkish destroyer.
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  • 274 5 GERMAN ASSAULTS SEPULSED. A Bomb Thrower's Death, [By Submarine Cable]. Path, hxkg 8. Tha Germans yesterday launched a fierca attack in Ar^onne. r J'he Grown Prince's army in the evening sueDeeded ia. pauetratiog [vAo r. French work but WBJ driven cut by a counterattack. Then a! nighttime
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  • 223 5 Progress at Carso. Ron Aug. u The battle on the Carso i still mos'. stubborn j-. iiy, 0 evening the Italians i le considerable progrec i, 1 i j number of A cone -oortd th the i riao artillery ;;reJ a_: incea th I] iuto Honfalcone dockyard,
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  • 45 5 G ex-pi lent I I i- i pi lay 8 of the tnising try for 1 i pui entative of all ichinaki, a jow ini.iionnicr', eaid that Ri I would rotirf a .y to the Urala :iud L ght to the last man
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  • 37 5 Paris, 1 Gaa. B.ulload, who la 1 1 och commander in the tating tha r.. A G. Hai on command corps. I I fco fcof ill in Jul 1 1 en. Hani <■ -on.
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  • 65 5 lon, Aug. 8. —Tho Marquis of Lin- o-.v. in a message to Loith, on tho u anul suid, ''l ask Britons tokee] theic eyes ii\?.d on tho German navy. Any terms cot iooladiog the shattering o! ay's sea rer mast be n I >d,'
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  • 22 5 London, August 9.—British Btean "BaTel", the Swedish steamer "Malmland" m khfl trawler Ocean Qaeen" have boau The onm were (Hived.
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  • 36 5 The death occurred on Saturday of Mr F. C. Pectana ol Messrs Kelly and Walsh, loxmerly of the Robinson Piano Con:pauy, and weli-known for many years to all theatre goers. The funeral took placo oa Sunday.
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  • 1248 5 I<y a NfBVTBAL Who Has Seen and Heard, 7'wr views expressed below are those oj one who has recently returned from a trip through J-lnropc, including the enemy countries, In this article the writer suvta up the situation as fie finds if and thai summing up is remarkable
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  • 395 5 The capture by an Australian ezp I ion ol the group or depend.': ea town col< lectively as German New Guinea is cue oi tin minor operations of tho war which does not deserve to bo overlooked in the light of greater events. Although it inv fighting
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  • 103 5 NEAR EXHAUSTION. AU! tMAN AKXIETY. London, July 19. The correspondent oi tho '"Daily Chronicle" at Athena reports that tho scarcity of munitions ia Ti is causing Germany and Austria to take extremely Eeiious Bteps. Unless Turkey secures big consign menta cf ammunition immediately the defence of Gallipoli
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  • 112 5 Mr H. Woodroffe ban received a cable from Home notifying him that bis brothel Lieut. S. C. Woodtoffe, of the Bth Battalion, liiGo Brigade, bad been killed it action in France. Lieut. Woodruff e was only 19 years of a^e. His only a little ovt:r two months ngo that Mr
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    • 188 5 •ROBINSON Co. a i -iimii i i-^ wm nrr 11^— i mi^— JUST RECEIVED 2 a i *C^^^^*^w **3&*rHi? \^r \m£ wjdtt l T-fttos~2&''** -Li m ij'"' w H fine sample of this faxnoiu make has just ani^ed Solid Mahogany case, specially throughtout for the tropics, all over iron frame,
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    • 955 6 S h i p p S ng KONiNKLIJECE PAKETVAART MAATSGH APPI J Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 2—3, COLLTER QUAY. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. Semmt an Eingkawaug Aug 10 Valbkttn Asahan and Pangkalan Socsoa Ang 10 D. van i \vikt Batavia Ang 11 810l r Mantok
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    • 496 6 S hj p p i n g "ELLERMAN" LINE. TO LONDON s.s. BBANKSOME HALL 11 sailing on or about Aug 11. s.s. CITY OF RANGOON sailing on or about Aug 15. For particulars as to rates of freight and passage money, apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd.. Ml 11—11 MIMBi|MHWWWJMimJMMMMMMBMMLIUM]MMMWMWWWIWI»»MI»"i"»iI"™iII«MMiIIII MOOZ.TN
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    • 495 6 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LINE. For CHINA, JAPAN CEYLON and MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD 1915 OUTWARD bh Polynesicn Au;» n ph CutdiU»te Acfi 15 bs Nera Ang 27 n Paul L(.'Cat 4ng 29 bs Amazone BeplO feg Magellan Bep II esCordilleie Bep 24 A Bteam<-r tcp 26 Bfl Paul Locat
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    • 369 6 Shipping STEAM NAVIGATION COMPAQ For China, Japan, Pemang, GByi fefi Australia, India, Aden. Egym Mediterranean Ports, PlvmoMk and London Throagh Ittß of BBflßßj ieeaefl (d n»,, Ooart, Persian Gull, GonttLtDtd anc T x Porte. «*-er^ Steamers will leave Btßgaporr oc ce MAIL LINES Homeward (fob Eubof«|. From Singapore, connecting a;
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    • 146 7 Wah or Peace, Faminf or Plenty, Life Insubance is worth too cents on the dollab. OTHER PROPERTY ISP Oi>lCE: WinclMßtar House, Singapore LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, EX. ItaMßltoa with rhc Bypeome Court oi Engbma, and oompUea with khe British Life Aflsuranoe Companiea Act Iu every particular. ATTR ACTIVE T
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    • 230 7 fed i I alls B£. LI r s I Me I I <; s (Bans Ltd. THB KATIONi j i Hi 1 r. BE per e ba Whoa the I x ithß c not an 0U UlfC I RPORATiGH j Bcicrvi L far 3 i C i r 18.I B.
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    • 447 7 THE CAPITAL fiUTHORISED M~-W,m u BU3§ £1(129,901 r;-D r £56SUHN JgSSSRYE £uv( BOARD OF DIRECTORS R. J. Black EfiQ M Chairman. UEsq •U] BimocsEfiq lyrle £&q» ojt uavid Yule. r Percy Mould Esq. r Jas. Steaari E■; LONDON BANKERS, E*:::: OF E] 3LAND. wt Stock Bask li-xo. DRASCEES A!-:D AOEIICIZ3
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    • 377 7 ROYAL EKGHANGE }j The tindei signecl having been i appointed Agents of the 1 j Company are prepared to a ;I'ii-G, Life, j.jarino, Hoi.f C Personal Accident, and Fidelity .J.pj ika at cui 1 er:t rates. j WEARE CO., Ltd., Acents. 2t-7 BOBINSOM ROAD. ROYAL INSURANCE Co. Ltd. FiRF P;m
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    • 335 7 IMPORTANT TWO DAYS j Auction Safe of ATTRACTIVE WAX POLISHED TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE COTTAGE PIANO, LINEN, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, PLATEDWARE AND A GOOD COLLECTION OF WELL GROWN PLUTO To be held at BUverbank Nos. 107 and 103 Oratard i COMMENCING ON BATUBDA.I UTB Al ».M P.H /!.^icf Saturday, 28ih August, fit
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  • 1541 8 HOW THEY ARE BUILT. In July, 1912, the writer had the good fortune to sea the naval review, part of Portsmouth dockyard, cud sor.iG o? the shops in the Armstrong gun factory at Newcastle, and now that everything bear* in« on warfare is eagerly read, a description cf the
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  • 186 8 1■! A number ol cialists, merchai te and ol 1 business \vor!d met in Vienna to dii the possibility of a I t econora nni □of the t in as Dr P.jupche, Vice lent of the Sei Reichstag, who ted in < cmau colonial Dr. -H-red tc
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  • 151 8 Rai Shouldeb i in Soldier's Skull. The Paris Journal states, fays the Times," that at a meeting cf tbo Acs demy of Medicine, ]>r Reynier presented a ca^o of ti air of the !o;s of bone of tfa skull by means cf the blade bone of a
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 322 8 pcool Ktation in taking a dozen bottles of medicine in liquid jg >N 1 doctor, but view with alarm the suggestion to M f^^i i--\ pills. This misapprehension is no doubt due to the L| c f pills arc merely purgative, which may be correct in W ""7 Dr. Morse's
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    • 284 8 THE BANGKOK TffK 1 -hcd Ist: m ir',riKGPAP EEm DAILY AND WEEKLY I ENGLISH AND SU^§ t I IA: GEST OHSBUTW. I KELLY j AMERICAN INDUSTRY STRONG AJOBBICAM CORPOBA.TfI j prepared to replace any a.rticle heretolore made In other countries. Send as samples c. tlculars your requirements and we will
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  • 1685 9 Issued by FRASEE Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, Aug, 9th, 9 All quotations of Sterling Shares most bo regarded as purely nominal for the present. Cap, i_-.ua Paid. LAS- DIT. i-UT-RB. BJSLLLTta. 85X00 2a 2a Aliagai 5* 1 11 2 X 800,000 l 1 Anglo-Java mm. 6
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  • 63 9 Corrected df to Aug. 9) Bank 4in a 3-4 6-16 11 damacd 2-4 1 Private credits Bm a 2-4 29 92 France demand Ban!; 804 India, T. T, „,176 HONOEOKa, derr^i d SB| Yoeoeama, denial d „s 1181 Java, demand M 140. EA^ciKOE, demand r.. t 86 i SotbbkzssiS]
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  • 150 9 Tin (53 tons) buyers $73.75 Qscxbier 1100 ■jr.ra'vier .e !•>.? 1 18.4 I Gambler Cube No. 2 12.00 I Pepper Black ordis b'pore 19.00 Fes«p6i' (White fair* BG.OO Netmezs :1 20 tc tie ib, 21. t0 Kutmc ;a ('2O bo tie lb 22. C0 il&ce (Bands) 80.ro Cloves I'Amboina)
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 117 9 #3 which do away with the necessity of i i i i i^^^ i i > I v-* "*%r*f V** i* "V [K^r V .."^j 1 G.^!XASCO is the result of over 30 yeai^s experience in the manufacture of 0 tiir market. v gnaranteed for LO years in this climate.
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    • 16 9 Two Special Lines in Note Papers. STONEHENGE HAND-WADE AND JACQUES CALLOT WHITE LINEN. FRASER NEAVE, LIMITED.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 405 9 -^>— NEXT MAILS DUE. From Europe. Per 8.1. cutvraid mail tx ptcttd on !i. From China. Per M. M. Polynesian *expec ted a IS. i Left Cue Irrifed Jxmi it B. 1. Jnly 14 Jl Jacc 19 M M. 16 1? j Jane ?4 P. 40. SI July 28, I.
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    • 249 9 LATEST ARRIVALS List of veess's in pact at II a.m. on Aug. 9, 1915. Efimsn. Name Date of Arrival iiu.:Ls Kaka Ang 7 I'll* OO I >kJ C 111 UIXLh f *T\ U k -i m -f y^ Piug Sucy Mexican Prince Bcoan Mara6 i '-lock Mtlcboir T. ug 9
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  • 1673 10 Plantation Rubber's Strength— The War Loan's Influence UAit Mertitjani Dividend—St aits Berta a Figures— A Mexican rnfortunate— Strain' Colonial Secretary's Report. {From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 9, The plantation rubber market in London continues to display great strength. Smoked sheet and crepe have both pa&snd the
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  • 84 10 'i'l:'! Ladies' spoon competition for august was played y< storday and r»«pu!ted in ii win for Mrs Ciattf y. v. ho returned B iit score of 88. Tlio following rar<N v;e\e. returned Mrs Oattey 58 Ifi 88 Mrs Nichclson 48 89 Mies Kerr 00 7 48 Mrs
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  • 67 10 Ranqoon Merchant's Generous Gift. Rangoon, July 29th.— In response to the recent ;!;>;> ial by Tit Hits'' for walking sticks f^r wounded soldiers, Mr Oppenheirucr, a merchant of Rangoon, baa taken j the mutter up and with tl'o help of the Chief Conservator of Forests forwarded
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  • 46 10 The Shipping and the Import and Hsport Offices will be closed on Friday the 13th, August 1915. Agents are required to instruct Masters of all ships arriving at the port to provide the Examination or Boarding Officer with an extra list of passengers, giving their nationalities.
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  • 705 10 DANUBE TERROR." DARING EXPLOITS OF A PICKET BOAT. (From Times Special Correspondent.) Belgrade. The present situation iu !3algrade is almost more than Gilbertian. After lunch, when you are idle, you go out into the street and look at the enemy and yawn and wonder when he is going to begin.
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  • 138 10 Friday, 18th v.i> Sunday, 15th Lvq, Johnston's ii».'r 9, 10 and ll a.m., 2 30 and B BO p m. Club Bungalow at 9.80 and 10.30 a.m 12.15, 3 and B BO p m. Diving Competition and Team Racb.— These events will take place on Sunday after
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  • 78 10 The entries forthe Raffles Hotel Billiard Tournament close to day. Superintendent T. Leonard, in charge of the^ingapore Harbour Hoard Police, in the second police court yesterday, charged Kathi Perumal, a Tamil, with the theft of tbreo tins of condensed milk from a godown at the Lagoou Dock. Accused was convicted
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  • 231 10 la the Senior Magistrate's Court yesterday rnornicg, a farther batch cf summonses for offences ogainst inotcr car regulations, were disposed of, Mr A. Wi F. JJriakumnn was fined $3 and co6ts for overcrowding a five eeater car with eight persons, and was fined a further $5 and costs,
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  • 197 10 On behalf of Mrs H. B. Salmood, Mr I>. li. Kinlock, care of Chartered Bans cf India, Australia, ind China, Singapore ackiiowled^es with ur.iny thanks the following further contributions Previously acknowledged on 17th July *31 8574 B Anonymous Donor i.:o G. K. L. £00.00 Proceeds Sale cf
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  • 86 10 i in 1 Hon. Treasurer, Mr John Greig, .Manner, 'bartered Baukof [ndis>, A istra lia and China, Sinsjapore, begs aci ledge with many thanki receipt of the Following further contributions: Amount previously acknowledge 1 iv.u. i: Adam (2nd) 200 <;. 8. C in ft- 109 w.
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  • 71 10 The Final Ties in the A Class Single Handicap and the B class Double Handicap, will be played off on Tuesday, the 10th instant. The Final Tie of the Championship, j L. B. (Jaunt v M. j. (Jpcoit, will be played ;ou Wednesday the 11th
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  • 29 10 Athens, July 19th.— Germany bat i:iformed the Porte that it can guarantee that Great Britain will pay Turkey a war iudemuity of X'200,000,000. (A German j Guarantee.)
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    • 483 10 I BAY RUM AND CANTHARIDINB I PHI I>] l] i; v- ft THE TttO COOLING. REFRESHING AND HfVIOOEITIMQ I It nonrishei and Stre Polliciet. It eradicate! Seorfl and Dmadrulf, It relieves the scalp oi Ithy accumulatloi u Kim lellcioi scalp. v. Lmprovei the Hs i In Stature, i&pearanci CHEMIST?, PHARMACISTS
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