The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 31 August 1916

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 5N CENTS SINfiAPOEE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1916. NO. 8,843
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    215 1 Rubber auction prices Page 10. The week's war diary is givsn on page 10. Latest robber dividends ara givou m a special cable- -Pag j 10. Russia records miuor successes ou several fronts— Page 5. The report of Bukit X B Rubber Company is given on page
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    SEEING THINGS.
    1370 1 Private Runnett was deciding for abot-B the hundredth time that •ad never intended bias to be a solan r Si extremely cold aad extremely faout] I his chief: jr his decision about Nature. 6 sail partiea of Arabs had developed a aaa habit of crawling up to the
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      103 1 (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) rTrtP!/ \«^'"-"f^. 50 PAiRS WHITE CANVAS SHOES Sale Price $2. '5 -lEl* qx.-^P^ j rM^riKLL.^ y U bUT SMART SHOES TAN OR BLACK Sale Price $4.25 Jg^*^ quality Boots !n Black Tan PATENT DRESS PUMPS AN EXCELLENT QUALITY pairs «jV/^ Pnirv «7 Sale Price $3.50 Sale Price
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      103 1 LATEST ADVERTISE^FNTS. At the Palladium, The Blind i i fit Pori .ci Page 2. Rabiueon aud Co announce their annual sale Page 5. Notice re special meeting of the Straits Trading Co— Page 3. Notice re Normal Class examinations Page 3. Demarcator draughtsman wanted age s. Shippi .msang for Penang
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      94 1 m, TBE WEEK. Thursday 3 1st. Htgn Waßtt' 11-M a.m., 11-61 p.m. SCC annual meeting, 5.15 p m. Keppei Golf Ciub meeting. 9 p.m. P. tt O. bo-beward m.al closes. Friday Ist Sept. High Water— o-13 Municipal Commission, 2.30 pm. Bt. Giles. Saturday 2nd. High Water-- C-.Ho a.m.. 0 :J6
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    TRAGEDY OF RUHLEBEN.
    257 2 It will be remembered that a correspondent of the Nieuwe Coarant recently visited three camps m which Germans are interned m Britain. It will be remember el that he was allowed to select for himself the camps he should visit, that he offered criticism on one or
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    THE RETURN OF CHIVALRY.
    97 2 Passengers no longer gather posies by the wayside when travelling on the old Chatham and Dover line, but last Sunday, as I wag walking through a village near Loudon, a motor omnibus overtook me and stopped before some cottage gardens gay with flowers. Tbe driver jumped
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      231 2 THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY. LIMITED. (Incorporated m Hongkong). Chief Importers 0 F British Pianos fbenck mm Italian Pianos Victoria Theatre LOOK WHOS HERE! (OR THEY SOON WILL BE THE HOWITT-PHILLIPS REPERTORY COMPANY. OPENING On Wednesday Sept. 6th at 9.15. IN LONDON'S LATEST &GREATEST FAFcCICAL COMEDY "A LITTLE BIT OF FLUFF"
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      701 2 _«3 v _^H ,__M HA BBL**J a^.^J M W *j I".^ Jjffi It WkV> CII 7 THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF THE SEASON TO-NIGHT! OPENING NIGHT TO-NIGHT!! The Greatest Attraction Ever Brought to Singapore The Universal Film Co s Masterpiece The Photoplay adaptation of Autoer's Masterpiece "MASANIELLO." PRESENTING The most wonderful
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      470 2 CHANGE OF PBOGBAWHE TO-NIGHT TO -Main AT THE fl A OTTJO BYTHi :SU DINEMA UilOiiH U OFFBEIOH SECOND SHOW 5.15 PM SKA: Majestic Motion Picture Co P "ARMS AND THE GRINGO A Stirnr,g Secret Service Drama il two pa AN ALL BRITISH FILM THE MAN WITH THB SC a Great
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      136 2 OFFICES TO LET Ist and 2nd Floor No. Raffies Place. Apply CHING KENG Iff 4 L A Large ar.fl Airy Offlc. ai No 6. Malaon Street, cpetait c Immediate Entry Commodious Offices m Or Battery Road. Apply Ia&LISTSRACc Rraihay Nc. II G>. m MM had ofNe* N'.wh pafaaai Mai h<-y
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    THE AMERICAN LEGION.
    504 3 Fhase of the Great War. > learn from the I I il y ew ITotl I Ibers are 16,000 x-nencane*' of tbe United States indian contingent oflbaßritiafa oa f raiga Mm an I t en beibec Ihsse Amt ti J i l 1 aaa I ghtdnfl lot
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    184 3 An Association football matcb between representing Selanaoc and Perak ayed on tbe let al Pauar.-g on Saturday, and resulted la a pointless draw. The match, requires Utile description; it was m every way a poor one. In the first When the around wa s dry, there a certain
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    50 3 m the loungs of a West End hotel woman was seen wearing om "bite aud one black stocking. She wai 10 a white evening gown of ailk anc l *ee which came not too far below thi kQ »c, and with low black satin shoes r atrasted Blockings were conspicu
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      771 3 LAMBERT Go. AUCTIONEERS. 32, RAFFLES PLACE Merchandise/^ every description received lor gale either Privately or by Auction. On r Spacio BS and Bright Hall, situated m the best and most frequented part of the Squat,., is wall adopted for th< effective display aad sale Duder the most advantageous c mdttl
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      1045 3 P.ECE GOODS AGENCY. BRADFORD Merchants requite good Firms ro art as a GENTS for piece goods for Straits Settlements end the East Indies. Hiate fail particulars anl if willing r o pay ens-.h on London against Documents Address 8 2-50, Goldshrough's Advertising' Offices, Bradford, England. j 31 2 9 NORMAL
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      745 3 RUBBER ESTATE WANTED. (Producing.) We have the f unds m hand to purcha-e a first class Rubber Estate. A commission Will be paid for introduction.. Send plan and full report to The Eastern Contractors Syndicate Limited, case of O.K. ji Lnev r. Solicitor, Broad St. House, New j Broad sii«,
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      813 3 ■!■<■■■ —»i 1111 l ■lIUBBII'I II II IM'lli Ih lIISMIiai 'Hl— 1 111 I i ll'l im II t n lit is i\o longer necessary I fo send to Europe I FOR CARD pLATES j 4**%* OR STATIONERY. C. h. RIBEIRO Co., of Raffles Place, Singapore. I are the ONLY
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      117 3 AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Malay Gold and Silver Ware Ac. and a £X)d collection of muffed Birda rf I'iradise At Messrs. CHUG lENG LEE A Co i lileroea No. 3, Raffles Place jOn Toesday, sth Sept., at 10 30 am Comprising 0 %ndnome Malay silver siren box of b autiful
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    Domestic Occurrances. DEATH.
    24 4 Domestic Occurrances. DEATH. Spink. -Killed m action In Franco, the Bey. n»OH O. Spink, Chaplain to the Forces, lato Chaplain of St. Andrew's, Kowloon.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, Art; 31, 1916.
    1106 4 The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, Art; 31, 1916. Sere tb-U rta Priu &C Pnpla't rljht mslataiS* <?»*w«d by inau-nce and orisribtti by r*J« Mw. patriot Troth he\ "lorJoai precepts ircv. *Wjr*ol t_ «t <i«ioa Ur.TaltT »r.-l Lat. The main argument used by a certain class of people who advocate the
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    247 4 Mr Song Ong Siang is to lecture m the YMCA this evening at HAS on Chinese Second Marriages.'' All interested are welcome. The Palladium are again providing the cinematograph entertainment at Pulau Samhoe, given this evening to the employes of the Asiatic Petroleum Co. m honour of Queen Wilbplmina's birthday.
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    "EN TONGO SAN PERAK MALAYA I."
    452 4 This is what our old friend Stanley Knocker sends us as the inscription on a big aeroplane which came down m front of his battery. B F A, somewhere m France. We rather fancy Stanley trusted to memory and mis-remembered tbo words given above
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    494 4 Mr H L Cogblau presided over the sixth annual general meeting of Marawan (Java) Rubber Plantations, which der'ared a dividend of 76 per cent. Japan papers report the engagement of II 1 U Princess Masabo, eldest daughter of U I H Prince Nashinomoto, to H I H Prince Kon, the
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    "OUR DAY."
    750 4 The Hon HrF.S .lam< Secretary, convaued office at I.M p a SS M i i following paatta A Agmv Hon Mrr [>arb,sb> Faaasasß, I J B Hilton 61 w.Lepeuce. G J B Nicholson w tl Tiong w,,i. and i ratty. <£ gentler,.,. rited nabb present. Mr .Tames Infci
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    43 4 A Gazette Extraordinary MBBBBf day contains alterations to the List of firms m this part cf the Second Lieut. F U Temper>y S T A, who went Home a few months afO. has Been made second lieutenant I ROA Rsssrve. He w«» -i»>
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      153 4 STOCKS NOW OBTAINABLE OF IN QUARTS AND PINTS. CALDBECK, MAGGREGOR <£ Co. THE MEN'S WEAR SPECIALISTS Newest Shirts, Ties, Pyjamas. i^_il§ JL Hats Caps M WL^B^.^ THE SAVOY Fine quality, fast ?^_Ba^oi i^j_i_7 coloured shirt m newest MM- -Ifciftf ~W^zj $3.50 each lp|ff| John Little (8. Co., Ltd., (INCORPORATED IN
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    BALKAN TURMOIL.
    379 5 BgRUN INDIGNANT WITH ROUMANIA v iju and Bulgarian Disscasoin. SBBM Cable water's Service] Li# _Qg, Aog iuree member- of tbe n resigned through aprsaaa sympathies], ig. 3fi A Merlin telegram IBaagSl il the Greek commands jrded aa a:i indication of Greece's join the Kntente. Mag It. -^igiis are
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    RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.
    72 5 t^rad, Aug. 29. The communiqurt fl Th enemy attack m the Taboly •:r,r, west of the Stokhod was repulsed. advanced everywhere on the front (rorak,^n.to west of lake Van, hurling i :z- eci^y to near Ognot. west of which tbe Tarki.-h attack was repulsed with heavy loss. Ifaaas,
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    SERBIANS ACTIVE.
    111 5 London. Aug. 69. Tbe BriUaii coin■aader at Salonika reporco no develop •■•■lson the Stsnaasa or Doiran fronts. Hißfl Bag, If. A French official des itch from Salonika says tbere is nothing •r»fh on the Struma front. There was ry activity m tfc« region of t*fM hoiran and the
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    OBITUARY.
    16 5 Ang 30.— The death is an--aacej of l>r Wane Cornish ex vice ■***** ot Hqb,
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    INDUSTRIAL BOOM IN JAPAN.
    97 5 Jas returns fer the month pt July bring 9 promotion result for the past seven -octha to 2_9,9 27 000 yen, of which 39,075,000 yen went for the pro C f new undertakings, while 1*1,666 yen was raised for the exten- Q of old enterprises. This
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    THE WESTERN FRONT. BAD WEATHER STOPS PROGRESS.
    270 5 THE WESTERN FRONT. BAD WEATHER STOPS PROGRESS. Bit Local Adiaates Continue. [Heater's Service] Paris, Aug. 29.— The evening com rnuniqur- says We recaptured ground j south east of the Thiaumont work. Enemy attacks on Fleury and near the road leadiug to Taux Fort were repulsed with heavy losses. Paris, Aug.
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    KAISER CHANGES HIS WAR STAFF.
    38 5 Copenhagen, Aug 30. An official statement from Berlin says that the Kaiser has dismissed the Chief of the General Staff, Falkenhayn, and appointed llindenburg as his successor. Sudindorf? is appointed First Quartermaster General.
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    ANOTHER P. AND 0. EXTENSION.
    72 5 London, Aug. 29. An extraordinary general meeting of the stock holders of the Peninsular and Oriental S N Co. will be held on Sept. 7, to consider a resolu tion confirming the conditional agrea ment between the New Zealand Shipping Company and the P and
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    STEAMER SUNK.
    12 5 London, Aug. 29. The Greek steamer Leandross has been suuk.
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    A MEMORIAL TO KITCHENER.
    58 5 London, Aug. 29. Prince Alexander ot Teck appeals on behalf of the Imperial Service College, Windsor, for sons and other descendants of British officers and civil servants. It is intended to raise a fund of a hundred thousand sterling m memory of Lord Kitchener and change
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    SUBMARINE WARFARE.
    163 5 (Copyright 1916 by Alfred Noyes.) London, Aug 29. In his second article dealing with British methods of coping with German submarines Mr Noyea tells of a submarine's disagreeable surprise. The commander ordered the crew of an ap parently harmless fishing boat to take to their boat m five
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    94 5 Dr Sutherland, Penang, has gone to Mesopotamia on Army Medical Service. Writing from Kordofan respecting the recent operations against the Sultan of Darfur, a Staff non commissioned officer says "By ths acfuisition of Dsrfur we hsva gsinsd an exceedingly rich and fertile province, and ona that is worth a thousand
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    STRAITS CHINESE AND WAR COSTS.
    1092 5 LEVY OX PROFITS ADVOCATED At the annual meeting of the Straits Chinese British Association, held last evening m tbe Straits Chinese Recreation Club pavilion, the subject of the income tax proposal came forward for discussion. Mr Koh San Hin (President of the Association) presided, and
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    F. M. S. PLANTERS.
    271 5 F. M. S. PL ANTERS. Thefts and Labom From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Aug 80. At the Planters Association of Malaya meeting, Mi Duncan presiding, a long dis cussion took place on the question of alteration of tbe labour code, throwing the onus of prosecuting planters regarding unregistered coolies
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    REFUSED TO DIE.
    211 5 ■an witb no Legs and only one Arm. Mr J D Irvine, m the Daily Express" tells of a wounded sergeant who refuses to die. When I saw him at Clearing Hos pital ten daya after the battle, he says, the surpeons bad found it necessary to
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    THE ROLL OF HONOUR.
    114 5 The latest official casualty liat to hand contains the following names: Killed.— Capt W V T Gripper, B Surreys, Capt L G Coles, 16th R Scots. Capt Giipper was on Bidor Estate, Perak. Capt Coles, late of Third Mile Estate, Seremban, was previously reported missing. Wounded,
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    22 5 She: He never even mentioned ths price of petrol I Her Mother: That's lovs, all right— or slss hs'a ton gus tied.
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      183 5 ROBINSON ®> Co. ANNUAL CASH CLEARANCE lS s-\ I i Hi COMMENCES I To-morrow Sept., Ist. Stelastic Tyres. §mm r r%^| MW' im\ V lhe RA c certificate for 5000 fe^S^- 1 km\ miles without cuts or puncThe two most important factors for Tyre Life 1. Yourself. If you neglect
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      647 6 "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. Pot particular-: as tc rates >i freight and passage apply to ,rVicALfS¥ER &Co., Ltd., KONSRXLiJKE PAKETVA^T^ XAATBCKAPP.J Ro>_l Packet Navigation Co., of Batavl?.. 9-_, OOLXTBB QUAI •j.i RJI C IHTBAOT ayfTH TL-IK "9RTHFRI v>- CX ".HK.ISST, :ng Men] idv Paad >ng«L n
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      796 6 ST m %J m British Indiaj rVpcAe Line Mail and Passenger Services. peninsular and oriental sailings. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about HOMEWARD (FOR EUROPE). OUTWARD (FOR CHIHA) Connecting at
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      547 6 JLV JL JL tJL MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LINE. For CHINA, JAPAN CEYLON and MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD OUTWAKD 1918 IBM Athos Sept. S I Paul Lecal lag. 29 A. Behic Sept. 1I Porthos Bept. 88 Paul Lecat Get. 12 For all particulars apply to J. de COURTCIS, mwbt. BRITISH INDIA S. N.
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      507 6 N. V U JAPAN HAII STFAMtm? v. a_ iTBBOtfMaI I ie Japan EUROPEAN UNI A -i rrtei hi BM-Btk-sad k c ports to jgarasM tract with tL( In (N ria n. Cbs N* m rln la tiring ttris sst~ Urn .>._% Ik SlgBM 1 ar.d o with all the U
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    Our London Letter.
    1292 7 Frwm Our (>txn Cmrrtippndtni The Irish Question London, July 26. j During tbe present week the Irish question may appear from tbe cable messages to bave revived, and become acute. As v matter of fact, it has not become vary acute, bat you have to under- I
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    JOHN MILTON'S BIBLE.
    196 7 Buried m a ton or two of old bookl and papers which were about to be destroyed John Milton's Latin Bible bas 8800 dis covered iv a I'ivonehire lofc. itiss thick foolbcap quarto 6i/.e volume. biwd il brown calf, and was tBBSM i jointly fiom the London
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    BRITISH BORNEO EXPLORATION.
    176 7 Tbe Surrender of the Concession. The directors of the British BOCBBO Exploration Com pany state thai, the negotiations with the l.ntish Ndctb BOCBBO Company for tbe cancellation of Mis con cession, which have been m abeyance for some time, were recently reopeneu and have now been brought
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      441 7 i VVar Peace, t amine or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth too cents on the dollar. WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP iTHE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (INCCUPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). ■o*o OFTICE: Wlnciiester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, EX. *h £20,000 deßOßlted witb Sbe Su»femo Couit ol
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      432 7 SOOTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO., LTD. (IccGrporrUed In New Zealand.) PIBI lasnrancos eflSOSed ou Buildings, Kent and _lerch__di-<e ol every description. MARIN bBBSSBBOSS accepted to all pans of mmt v.ocui at IoiSOSI rater.-. WAR RISK ,c^.t.atoai: r art^ J. HENRY, Local _lana_..r. Dffleag 2, Finlayson Green. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE Go. Ltd.; (Lm
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      244 7 1 Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, j (INCORPORATED IS CANADA) I A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE. 1 According to the official statement of the Superintendent of Insurance for the Dominion of Canada. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Is one of the larger Canadian Companies, strong, well established and prosperous.
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      72 7 NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE Co., Ltd. FIRE AND IiARINf. (i-c-perat el In Ke« Em and.; YANC-TSZE INSURANCE ASSOC, ltd. MARINE. (Incorporated Id Ibngkong... L CHINA FIRE INSURANCE Co., Ltd (locorpora'od lc Uongkoog.j LONDON BUARANTEE A ACCIDENT Co Ltd GUARANTEE. (Incorporated Id England.) Fire and Marine Risks of every doecript'os ondarwrltteß at
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    MULTIPLE FACTORY SYSTEM ON ROBBER ESTATE.
    496 8 Mr L F W Davidson Managing Direc-j tor of the Mooply Valley Rubber Co.. made the following reference, m the course of his speech at the annual meeting to the new factory system on the group I ara very much interested m the system
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    RIM RUBBER ESTATES.
    284 8 The report of the above Company, of which Roustead and Co are local agents, states that The result of the year's trading shows a net profit, after providing for the manager's commission and allowing for 10 per cent, depreciation on buildings, plant, machinery, etc., of J.ll 661
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    A BREACH OF FAITH.
    79 8 We notice that tbe mischievous idea of federating British Malaya that is to say, uniting the Colony and the Native States, is again being mooted m one of the Singapore newspapers. It is doubtful whether the writer wbo this time brings it forward is acquainted with
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      843 8 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. THE AUTUMN RACE MEETING UNDER 8. R k RULES OF RACING) 1 DUL Bl HELD OS Tuesday the 17th, Thursday the 19th, and Saturday the 21st o! Oct., 1916. PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. ".A ;tHE.VI3ITORB BTAKES AND PURSE 2-4t> p m. and 3-45 p m. e«ch >take 5600
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      712 8 3 A 5. THE DIVIDED PONY GRIFFIN HANDICAP--345 |v,n, ao_ 5 p.m. I Value of each SUfee HOO and $100 to each Hecond Pony. A Handicap for all Grinins that ha\e run at the Meeting. The Ponies entered may be divided by the Handicapper into two Classes, i c A
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      347 8 THE MIRROR SHOWS PLAINER TH_N WORDS WH_.T A WONDERFUL DfPROVEMENT MAY BE REALISED Br A GAIN OF EVEN 10 OR 13 POUNDS. We strongly recommend every man and woman reader of this paper, who is thin, pale, weak or run down, or who has lost his or her buoyant, youthful
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      158 8 \V __r /V _X -__-r _r_. ran v _n _r^ N OTICL NOTICE is hereby given thai la* tcafl< mark consisting i -dci. i Bhewn above and the word rock is the joinl propertj ol th< Asiatic Prtroiearc Cor (Straits Sett ements) Limited and Asiat. Peteotonm Oompenj (Federal I Mals«
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1563 9 Issued by FRASEK Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, Aug. ::< »tb. •All taotattoes at Sterling S-svss most as rogaroei as sorely aomlaal lor tbe yreaeal Gap. I3as». Faid. f <>Ara Div Bciiae. Bsllbrb 100,000 SB 9? Allaf&f 124% -23 2 9 379,833 2s 2a Anglo-Java 30% —40
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    EXCHANGE.
    63 9 iCOBBKOTttD DP T3 Aug 80. J Bani Im t 2-4 19-32 flanta&d a-4 7-32 isii&ta ersdfls fi m i 14 13 16 Francs demand Ban- 826 Ibdia, T. T. lv4^ Hob oeoh a, demand 7] Yokcei-ia, damand UOi J_va, damand 185 B_.S6KO_ demand 66 3ov_bsig_% Bank Bnylng 88.54 Back
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    PRODUCE.
    136 9 Tm (125 tone) 168 7." Gambles 10,75 Gamble? Cuba No. 1 20.00 Gramkie* Cr.bo No. 18.00 reaper Biac ordin. S'poxe 27. Tf Feppa., (Wfi'te fair) buyer? E4.fo Natmesa (110 Lathe lb SO. OO Nntmega (80 to She Ik I nom. Ma. c (Bauda) 75.00 Cloves (Amboina' oom. Bali Coffaa
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      37 9 3_^__ fIP& __k I __Ptt_ B| |i £j& sPB '(IN IRON DRUMS). j^mJfl^mS^^^^^^m^r _^fc\ \t4 A i lo UL ■gS^JB >^\brand /^w (IN WOODEN BARRELS). PI API A I AfFTIf Aflft BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED. (IIfCORPORATBD IN' BNOLAND)
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      357 9 WANTED. Demarcator Draughtsman. Apply HOTEL ran WUK, hetweeu 12 tnd 5 p.m. Room B. 81-8 1 8 WANTED. Tenders, for 600 tons Best Mauritius Pinstone ballast. Prompt delivery to he tak* c ex s. r. DEE m Roadstead. Apply Master s. T. DEE c/o B3USTEAO Co. 80-8 31 8 WANTED
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      33 9 W.J. GARCIA, 219, Orchard Road Pianos bought, sold or exchanged 3ood prices allowed for old m siruments. Cheapest and best stock of Music and small musical goods m Singapore, Piano, Organ Musical Instru
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      724 9 DAILY SHIPPING REPORT Chamber of Commerce (tc 1 1 am Ao_ 29 ARRIVALS. Aug 19. Cdaodala, Koala, Daatodocos Hong V.'an (i'.rit Fashissl Ham H fcseli Ham, Shinkoku Maru (J TOBg NKal (Chi). log r sri Hoar, Kaka. Oosslallsld Han Etio (man, Briabaoa Paoai rotoi Harao Bril \so DfcMOM b (hut?.
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    LATE MR F.M. CHOPARD.
    1119 10 BAR'S FINE TRIBUTE The members of the local bar assembled iv g ood naatbOfl io the Supreme Court, yesterday morning, to honour the memory Of Mr f M Chopard. out 1 of the senior members of tbe profession m Singapore, who died on Monday evening, after
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    BUKIT K. B. RUBBER.
    326 10 The following is the report by the direetore to the Bixth annual general meeting ol the members, to he held m the Exchange Buildings, ca Saturday, Sept. 9, at noon The directors beg to submit her rvith a duly audited Balance Sheer, and Profit ar.d Loss
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    RUBBER DIVIDENDS.
    27 10 Fr .m ihir OvMI Correspondent London, Aug _9. The following dividends are announced Rubber Trust V. per cent Mergui Crown 10, >ungei Way interim 20.
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    BARLOWS PRODUCE REPORT.
    140 10 Rummer l\,r this week's auction about 740 tons were catalogued. There was a good de- I ab nt last week's rates for ndard'Grades, butlarge quantities were withdrawn from the sale. Ribbed Smo'avd Sb«et sold up to 5118 au advance of |1. Fine Paie Crepe a: 5117 shows
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    GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REPORT.
    102 10 Singapore, 20th August. A commencement was made to day with the sale of the record quantity of 726 tons catalogued for this week's auction. De mand m the forenoon was good but it fell away considerably m the afternoon Standard Sheet was M higher and Standard Crepe
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    62 10 We welcome to the river [Kinabatang anj Mr F M Still, who, has come as an Assistant on Lamag Rubber Estate. Mr Still has seen a good deal of fighting somewhere m France with tbe Somerset LI. He was invalided borne on account of shell concussion. Tbe qoiet life on
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    THE WEEK'S WARRING.
    597 10 The dates given are those of the dee- j patch of the telegram from London j i Aug. '24. (continued). Russians reoc- j cupy Mush, taking 2,300 prisoners. Of- n fensive west of lake Van developing. Two < j Turkish regiments, with guns and ma- j chine
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    S.V.C. DRILL PROGRAMME.
    85 10 TO DAY. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall Maxim Co 7to 9 a.m. Balestier Range Malay Co 6.00 Sepoy Lines SFA Co Friday, Ist Sept. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S VA t, SREv ii ii Maxim Co SYR Fire Stn, T P. 8 V R, T P Platoon Drill
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    46 10 When a little Belgian girl laid, Will yon please shut my dress she was gently corrected and told thai tha word to nee was fasten." A day or two after* wards this little girl while quarrelling with another little girl exclaimed, Oh, fasten your mouth I
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    358 10 The P O Mongolia arrived m Londou oa Monday. j i The Nore leaves this afternoon for Penang and Colombo, taking mails for Europe, for transhipment at Colombo into the P k O steamer Mooltan for Marseilles. All efforts to salve the P and 6teamer j Nile, sunk
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    FEENCH RED CROSS FUND.
    25 10 M J de Courtois acknowledge with thanks the additional subscription. Previously acknowledged 118,003 The Jelebu Club Jelebo (N'egri Sembilan) 0 518,038'
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    FRECH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS.
    290 10 [By Courtesy of the French Consulate. Paris, Aug. 27 6.50 p m. Yesterday, there was violent lighting to the poatb of TLiepval. Too* Belgians repulsed an! attack near Hetsas, inflicting heavy losses. Today, w*e inflicted a saogaioary check to the Germans attacking on the right bank of
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    76 10 The other afternoon at a place where there was tea and talk and a certain amount of Tchaikovsky we beard a very amart young gentleman with two stars on his cuff say to his sister Yes Second Lieutenant is pretty nearly the limit. Last night at Quinto's he dropped bis
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