Malaya Tribune, 11 November 1914

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  • 23 1 The Malaya Tribune. EVENING DAILY.] v AND SHIPPING GAZETTE. [EVENING DAILY. Vol. I. No 266. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1914 Price 5 Cents.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 279 1 PALLADIUM ORCHA RD ROAD Singapore's Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD TO-NICHT I COMMENCING at 9 p.m.i Sharp. TO-NIGHT H "Singapore Expects that every Man (To-night) will do his Duty." Do yours, roll up and See the L WE ARE SHOWING G I 2 WAR 2 j T FILMS E Procured for
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    • 161 1 G. R. COELHO, 52, Selegie Road. Piano Tuner. Dealer and Repairer. Undertakes To Play at Dances. TERMS MODERATE. 7-8 THE ART FURNITURE DEPOT, 167, ORCHARD ROAD. High-class furniture in Teak and Meranti, at lowest prices :>uperior workmanship. Estimates free on application. Telephone No. 602. 26-10 25-4-15 BUN BEE Co., PROVISION
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    • 237 1 KEEP OR MAKE NO OTHER APPOINTMENT EXCEPT TO-NIGHT! 7.30 SHARP. TO-NIGHT I AT THE "GAIETY" JUNCTION OF ALBERT AND UENCOOLEX STKEET*. Kalem s Powerful Oriental Drama The <>f Th»-Pointm- nagarßetW KHIErS No. I A The Corner House Mystery PRISONER OF THE HAREM AN ALL British dktfctive film ACTED IN EGYPT.
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  • 571 2 Thousands of Visitors. Some literatim Trophies. The formal opening of the International Rubber Congress Exhibition, on Oct 19th, was a success. About 180 attended the Congress on the following morning, and over 121 on the Wednesday, Thurday and Friday. Most of the subjects under discussion were read
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    • 363 2 MOTORISTS APPRECIATE COLUMB TYRES. IN HOT COUNTRIES. THE COLUMB TYRE Co., (Far East.) SI, ROBINSON ROAD, Singapore. Telephone: 1510. Telegraphic Address: PROWODNIK. 2*-A imiiiM KIM COMPANY. I Booksellers, Newsagents and Stationers. c What A Young Husband Ought To Know 2 20 What A Young Wife Ought to Know 2 20
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    • 32 2 TO TRADERS The Oriental Trading Company, Ltd. IMPORT AND EXPORT MERCHANTS, 7, King Street, Cheapside, London, E.C. Write for CLP. quotations for anything for which you have a demand. 22-6 M. 13-9
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    • 387 2 Tuition by Correspondence FOR Oxford and Cambridge Locals, London University Matriculation, Hongkong University Matriculation, Professional Preliminary Examination, S.S. and F.M.S. Medical School Entrance Examination AND ALL EXAMINATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH GOVERNMENT CLERKSHIPS IN THE S.S. AND F.M.S. Prospectus and Scale of Fees on Application to THE SECRETARY, CORRESPONDENCE DEPARTMENT, Ellerslie
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  • 424 3 As Told To Queen Alexandra A description of a thrilling fight in the air, which had a dramatic climax, was given to Queea Alexandra wh«w on 4th September »er Majesty paid a visit to the London. Hospital. Among the wounated eeidiers was a private of the Royal Engineer*,
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  • 131 3 The mills of the Anglo-French Textile Company and Savanan Mills have been closed for the past week, and as at present arranged, it is intended to work only on alternate weeks. Ordinarily the output of these mills went almost entirely to French colonies, chiefly Madagascar. The impossibility
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  • 97 3 Turkey A Belligerent Last week-end it was notified i ll the Gazette that war haviug broke 11 out between Great Britain and Turkey, His Majesty the King on the ">th inst. issued a Proclamation applying to Turkey all the provisions of the Proclamations and < uders in
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    • 507 3 GUAN KIAT Co. Ship-Chandlers, Government and Municipal Contractors, General Importers and Exporters, and Commission Agents, Estate, Rice-Mill and Saw-Mill Suppliers. a?, PHILLIP STREET. Telegraphic Arrets: GUANKIAT Code*- A. B. C*th Edition and A 1 Te*ep*one Xos.-OfFce: 1233 ft U74 (Private I4s<g Sole -Agents for GLOBE BOILER FLUID, THE IDEAL FLUID
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    • 464 3 Success after War. "The merchants who will come through the wartime most successfully are assuredly not those who cease to advertise, nor are they those who advertise in precisely the same manner as if the piping times of peace prevail. Those who recognise that amotions are exceptional and adapt their
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    • 57 4 TSINGTAU HAS FALLEN DRINK the BEER OF THE VICTORS Obtainable From: ASAHI SHOTEN, Stamford Road. Telephone No. 1194. TAMOTO Co., Victoria Street. Telephone No. 412. FUKUYA Co., Middle Road. Telephone No. 1017. And from All Leading Liquor and Provision Stores in S.S., F.M.S. and Also Dutch East Indies. SOLE AGENTS
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  • MALAYA TRIBUNE (SINGAPORE)
    • 19 5 THE GREAT WAR. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1914 NOTES AND NEWS. CiK n?alapa tribune* WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 11
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    • 656 5 \ngers, October 3.—Lying in the tary hospital here, recovering levere wounds, is trie hero of one of the most wonderful stories of -H'-rifice, patient suffering, and rv that this war is likely to ics. His name is Private Jean Berger, 2nd Kegirnent of
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    • 668 5 Standard Corr. Paris, Oct. I.—During the strategical retreat of the Allies from the Franco-Belgian frontier, before the victory of the Marne drove the invaders back the way they came, the Germans had not things all their own way, and suffered some severe defeats, notably at Guise and Sedan.
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    • 382 5 At the end of the fir9t two months of war we find ourselves with plenty of grounds for quiet confidence, say the Daily Mail, and adds —Things have indeed of late been going so well for tbe Allies and our own country is relatively so little
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    • 184 5 Edinburgh, Oct. B.—lt is expected that by to-morrow evening the Edinburgh Battalion of the Royal Scots will be completed along with the first reinforcement. Manchester has offered a further contingent of sufficient numbers not only to complete the establishment, out als > to provide the hundred men
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    • 498 5 Germans Gloating Over Hans Deeds. Daily Mail. Press Bureau, Oct. 2. Among the non-infrequent German pamphlets seized by the Customhouse authorities from aliens at ports of landing some are printed in English (or what is expected to pass for English), others are in the original tongue. Among the
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    • 74 5 A specially prepared list of wheat stocks at British ports on l«t October disclose* a very satisfactory portion, with a total of 2,509,000 quarters, being 132,000 higher than a year ago. Liverpool ha« the largest stock, with 838,000, an increase of 56,000. Bristol, with 810,000, is 70,000
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    • 238 5 The Times Correspondent at Athens writes :—According to very trustworthy advices received from Constantinople, four huge howitzers; said to be of the famous 42 centimetre model (about 16-in.) l»ave arrived from Germany and been sent through the Dardanelles in German merchantmen requisitioned for
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    • 180 5 Tho Daily Mail Ne* York correspondent telegraphed on the 7th ult Off the south-west coast of Cuba a few days ago an exciting chase of the German cruiser Karlsruhe by a faster British cruiser was witnessed by the captains and crew* of several merchant
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    • 135 5 (Daily Mail Special) Milan, Oct. 7.—According to information from Vienna, th*» supreme command of the Austro-< J»rrnari armies operating in Galicia is now ha the hinds of the G> rmnn General Staff. The Kmperor Fran-is Joseph is deeply hurt at the implied interiority of his Army
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    • 1160 6 Many of our readers must have received with incredulity the comparatively recent German report of the fall of Warsaw. It was a lie the wish being father of the thought. It is, indeed, something to be thankful for that the German Navy, copying British methods,
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    • 67 6 Fate Of The Bladen's Crew. Captain and Kaiser's Nephew Taken Prisoners. The following interesting information has been kindly sent v the Private Secretary to His E lency the Governor Doctor Ollerhead who has return ed from the Keelings reports tl. Emden's captain is unwounded and a prisoner. The
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    • 225 6 Suez Route Clear. Bank Rate Again Lowered. Tin op to £139.5 With the Suez Route now eleai as the result of the destruction the Emden by H. M. S. Sydney ai the "bottling up n of the Koenig* berg in the Rufiji river (Gen Central Africa) trade v
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    • 86 6 The United Sumatra Rubber untitled tates produced 3&000; 11,000 39,500 lbs. of rubber in the mo' of August, September and Octo respectively. This brings t! output for the current year tto MOJM lbs. According to a correction Ti through Reuterof the vanbipf posing the German squadron ged in the recent
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    • Page 6 Advertisements
      • 347 6 Robinson Coy. The 7 O'Clock Safety Razor Set Simple, Effective and Cheap. The only Safety Razor selling at less than $9 that can be stropped without removing the blade. Contains Silver Plated Razor 6 Tested Blades, Complete in Case with Special Strop in Hinged Compartment. DON'T HOARD YOUR CASH. Take
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      • 70 6 Chief Wbif Cigarette I A GOOD CIGARETTE AT A MODE KATE PRICE. CHOW KIT CO., Singapore Kuala Lumpur. AMERICAN DRESS-MAKING AND LADIES' TAILORING. Feathers of all descriptions dyed, cleaned and curled. GOOD WORK GUARANTEED. THE STRAITS Dry-cleaning Emporium. 27 SELEGIE ROAD. 11-11 10-12 TAN SENG CHONG GO. ARCHITECTS AND GENERAL
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    • 554 7 liar Silver is at r2J. I— mil The next local Robber Auction be held on tbe ltfth inst. —:o: Bereaved Shantung Man You bare failed to enclose your card or supply us with your full name and address as evidence of good faith, ■mi :mx The Anglo-Sumatra
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    • 325 7 A STORY OF BRITISH HEROISM. Courage of the British Extolled by French Officer. The Thin Khaki Line. How the Indians Showed their Mettle. Reuter's Services. London, Nov. D.lO p.m. A French officer attached to the Indian troops, describing the battle in Flan ders in the lays emphasis
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    • 245 7 The Sinking of the Emden. Story of Her Last Fight. The following further information regarding the Cocos Telegraph Station and the Sydney-Emden fight has been courteously supplied by the local Manager of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Coy., Ltd. and is forwarded by the local Government for publication. The Emden
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    • 83 7 The End of the Koenigsberg. Another of the Kaiser s Elusives Accounted For. London, Nov. 10, 2.55 p.m. Official: The German cruiser Koenigsberg has been imprisoned in the Rufigi river, in German East Africa, by sinking'colliers at the mouch of the river. Bottled-Up. The cruiser Chatham which bottled-up
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    • 103 7 Destruction of the Emden an Important Factor. London, Nov. 10, 2.55 p.m. The Emden arrived at Keeling, Cocos Islands, and landed an armed force with the object of cutting the cable, but the Sydney arrived. With the exception of the German cruisers participating in the Chile
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    • 1290 7 Some Important Speeches. Mr. Churchill on the Navy. London, Nov. 9, IL.'JO p.m. Mr. Winston Churchill said that eighty miles away the world's greatest battle was raging. Here we sat in the old Hall as usual. That was due to the Navy (loud cheers). The Navy was
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      • 52 7 END OF THE KOENIGSBERG. Bottled-up in South African River and Bombarded by British Cruiser. Story of the Emden's Last Hours: The Captain and Kaiser's Nephew Mot Killed. The Guildhall Banquet: The British Premier and Lord Kitchener on the Great War. Great Boom in Recruiting. The Eastern and Western Campaigns Allies'
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    • 87 8 Military Pageant by Day and Brilliant Gathering at Night. London, Nov. 9, 8.35 p m. The Guildhall banquet to-night, like to-day's pageant with the Dominion troops, assumed an essentially military aspect. It was a brilliant gathering representative of the Allies who were specially toasted. Besides
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    • 48 8 K. of X Congratulates Japan. London, Nov. 10, G. 40 a.m. Earl Kitchener has telegraphed to the Japanese War Minister his warmest congratulations on the capture of Tsingtau. The British Army was proud of being associated with their gallant Japanese comrades in this enterprise.
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    • 92 8 Men Not Wanting. London, Nov. 10, 6.40 a.m. The War Office has been reproached with failure to stimulate recruiting by means of parades The appearance of the Colonials at the Lord Mayor's Show has had an immediate effect and a fresh boom in recruiting started yesterday. Another
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    • 48 8 Further Russian Advances. London, Nov. 9, 11 p.m. Petrograd A communique says that the battle continues in East Prussia. The Russians have occupied Soldau. The enemy beyond the Vistula is still retreating, while to the south of Przemysl the Russians have captured another thousand.
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    • 62 8 Further Progress Made Paris, evening.~A communique states that there is no notable modification in the sitution, in consequence of the difficulties caused by the fog in operations of some magnitude. In the north the day has been good and we have maintained our positions between the
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    • 111 8 {Courteously supplied by French Consul-) Officially Communicated. Paris, Nov. 9, 1.30 p.m. We have repulsed every where the attacks of the Germans and we have resumed the offensive between Dixmude and in the direction of the south-east of Ypres. We have made some progress on the greater
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    • 216 8 Mrs. H. B. Salmond (the Cable Depot, Keppel Harbour) begs to acknowledge, with thanks, the following further subscriptions. Previously acknowledged $12,348 65 cts. Galang Besar Rubber Plantation Staff :—Cte d'Yore de Baray 50, Mr. A. J. Roels 40, Mr. A. P. Cranna 35, Mr. B. Lion 25,
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    • 138 8 15 Per Gent Dividend: Bonus for Staff. Our Penang correspondent reports by wire that at a meeting, yesterday, of shareholders of the Rahman Hydraulic Tin Mining.Co., Ltd., Mr. Macßain, who presided, said the nett profit was $51,826, which, with the balance brought forward from last year, aggregated
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    • 36 8 Garrisoa Golf Club Comoetitioni: November, 1914. The Competition for the Ladies' Medal will take place on Thursday, 12th November. The Men's Medal will be played for on Saturday and Sunday, 14th and 15th instant. —:o:—
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    • 71 8 2 Day s Races in Januuy Presiding, yesterday, at the Penang Turf Club's meeting the Hon. Mr. Adams said both of the two days' meetings had proved financial successes. He proposed a two days' race-meeting in January 19J5 and that the whole of the profits should be donated
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    • 500 8 The Assizes. (Before the Acting Chief Justice,) Mr- L. M. Woodward.) Alleged Forged Currency. Lim Vow Ngan, a Teochew, had to answer a charge of having uttered a forged currency note. The charge was read over to the accused who in reply as to whether he pleaded M
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    • 159 8 (Before Mr- Justice Earnshaic.) The case in which Messrs Finlay Duff Stewart and John Swan Wilson, trading as Stewart Wilson and Co., of Kuala Lumpur claim $972 from the Muslim Mutton Trading Company, as being balance of a transaction connected with the sale of sheep was commenced this
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    • Page 8 Advertisements
      • 232 8 Prt NORTH BRITISH CLINCHER MOTOR T^RES THE TYRES 1 HAT ARE SUPERIOR BECAUSE They are made of Plantation Rubber. They cannot, Saw with the Wheels' Motion. You have longer Tyre Life and Less Punctures. You become a stranger to bursts and wayside worries. ASK FOR OUR PRICE LISTS. GASOLENE LIGHT
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    • 190 9 Messrs Barlow’s Report. Singapore, Nov. 10.—The quan- at to-day's auction— t i;;0 tons —met with a good especially for the Standard and the prices realised for ].ge grades show a substantial adUp to $130 was paid for 4 Fine Ribbed Smoked Sheet fine Pale Crepe. Fine Plain
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    • 219 9 H'/ courtesy of Messrs Guthrie Co.) Singapore, Nov. 10. —At tin uction Siile held this morning there >.«*: again n large quantity on oflei tons being catalogued. In spite i easy advices from London kuiitud was extremely brisk and wires showed an all-round improvement. I Kin* Pale
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    • 194 9 London. Oct. 10. plight ot Antwerp will arouse nowhere more poignant in ommtrcial circles than in Mincing Una. Antwerp for a long time past uag been the centre of the rawindustry on the Continent, igfa her vast wharves and owm there passed the quantim f raw
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    • 62 9 It ia notified by the F.M.S. Government that from the l.'kh to 19th of November, inclusive, the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at 2/o per lb., and the duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an ad valorem basis will
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    • 151 9 Messrs Barlow and Co. report in their Weekly Circular yesterday as follows COFFEE.—A sale is reported of No. 1 Liberian at $32 per pkl. and a small quantity of No. 2 has been sold at $24 per pkl. At the moment there is no further enquiry. COPRA. —Since
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    • 68 9 Raub Gold Output We are indebted to Messrs Derrick and Co., the Local Secretaries, for information to the effect that the results of crushing operations at Raub for the four weeks ended 7th inst. were Bukit Koman :—Stone crushed 4,338 tons, Gold obtained 689 ozs average per
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    • 188 9 Robbers Raid Opium and Spirit him. Well-known Towkay Shot and Another Wounded Ayam, a village near Seruiling, Kedah, was the scene of a dastardly affray last Thursday at about 6.45 p.m., says the Straits Echo. Mr. Khoo Kheng Seng, of 381 Beach Street, with his brother-in-law Mr.
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    • 204 9 German Hopes Blasted. Writing from London on the 10th alt our Special Correspondent asserts that a serious result of the present great war to the Germans will be the smashing of all their schemes for the development of steamship lines in the Pacific, including sailings between New
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    • 83 9 REVISED TIMES Singapore (Tank-Rud.) Mail Daily leaves for north at 7.9 a.m. and 7.15 p.m. Other trains leave for Johorc at 9.0 a., 10.30 a., noon, 1.30 p., 2.53 p., 4.50 p. 4.30 p. Sundays. Mail arrives from north at 8.1fi a.m. and <.14 p.m. Trains leave from
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    • 155 9 Important Notification. We learn from Mr. W. Hy. Barnard's Metal Market Keport of 10th ultimo that a notice reading as follows was posted up in the London Metal Exchange during the forenoon of Oct. 10 On and after this date no dealings of any kind are allowed
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    • Page 9 Advertisements
      • 123 9 K. TSUTADA. Japanese Dentist. 74. BRAS BASAH ROAD. Telephone No. 1245 t Extraction Painless. Z. Work Guaranteed. 3. Charges Moderate. 4. Can be consulted in either English or Malay. Office Hours FROM 8 to 5 WEEK DAYS. FROM 8 TO NOON SUNDAYS. EXCEPT URGENT CASES. J. I. JAYATILAKA, :o: Licensed
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    • Page 9 Miscellaneous
      • 327 9 FIXTURES. Wednesday, 11th Martinmas. Moon. Last Quarter. High water 4 21 a.m. ft. 9 in*.; 3.3 p.m. 7 ft. 8 in*. Thursday, 12th. 0 .Solemn H. <jui» in High Mas* for the Officers and w Men of the'Mousqnet." 7.30 a.m. Cathedral of the Good.Sheph> 1 IK Y. M. C. A.
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    • 1492 10 HIGHLANDERS' GALLANTRY. Scenes of Carnage. INFERNO OF SHOT AND SHELL. Stirring Incidents of toe Great Battle. In the courtyard of the Central School, Aberdeen, which has been temporarily transformed into a military hospital, there are daily to be seen several of the heroes who have
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    • Page 10 Advertisements
      • 338 10 F. S. RATNAYAKE Late of the Ceylon Survey Department and F.M.S. Survey, Licensed Surveyor and Leveller, S S., undertakes surveys of every description. Has considerable experience in extensive surveys in Malaya, holds diploma and first class local references and possesses full equipment of up-to-date instruments. Satisfaction guaranteed. Office No. 56,
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      • 201 10 JOHN LITTLE Co.'s SPECIAL SEWING MACHINE. Complete il*o/\ Fully Guaranteed in JhzU UU k < Every Detail Fiy( Years With Cover, Extra Needles twenty Special Parts. WHAT A FRIEND— steadfast and true—is a J watch you can depend upon is a real treasure. '^/w THE TAVANNES WATCHES which gained the
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    • 806 11 A correspondent sends us the following letter which he has received from a German now resident in America. It is a significant expression of the German spirit when released from the grip of the Mailed Fist My Dear Friend, —It will most likely surprise you
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    • 500 11 Story Off His Life. For their record of spirited adventure and hard fighting and for their multitude of entertaining stories Lord Charles Beresford's Memoirs, just published in two volumes (Methuen, 30s net), will not easily be surpassed. The author's fame is as great as his courage, and nothing
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    • Page 11 Advertisements
      • 192 11 GOODRICH TYRES I AMERICAN TYRES I FOR I AMERICAN CARS I Obtainable at all Garages II RAVENSWAY S* Co., I No. 187, ORCHARD ROAD, Singapore. I Telephone, No. 717. I UNDERTAKERS, MARBLE MERCHANTS I AND I MONUMENTAL MASONS. 1 The Only Japanese Hotel for Foreigners I MIYAKO HOTEL. I BEACH
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      • 15 11 aMMMMWBMto— A- ~gTc. lee, 158, Prinsep Street. PIANO TDNER AND REPAIRER. TERMS MODERATE. 2-11 1-10-15
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      • 381 11 Notice MAM HAT CO. 108 109, Market Street, Telephone No. 421. Shipchandlers, Government and Muaicipal.Contractors, Estate Supplier* and Commission Agents. Sole Agents Tbe Mulcott Belting Co., Ltd. Best Multiplar Brand Hair Beltings. 18-7 CREDIT! CREDIT! CREDIT I If You Want Credit Come to os. WE STILL BELIEVE IN CREDIT. HIN
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      • 563 12 Shipping Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. I— J, Collyer Quay. Under Contract with the Netherlands India Government. The undermentioned dates of departure are only approximate. 0 SIN'GARADJA Muntok and Palembang Nov. 11 VALENTYN Pontianak Nov. 12 V. HOGENDOBP Tanjong-Mengeidar, Tanjong-Lddong, Berombang, Paneh, Asahan and Belawan-Deii Nov.
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      • 168 12 Shipping E&O. Steam Navigation Company. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. For Freight, Passage and Further Information, j H. W. BUCKLAND, AGENT. TO LEL A newly-built House at No. 8/9 Kerpel Road (late Krian Street). For further particulars apply to THIO SOEN
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      • 429 12 I Banks CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid up Capital in 60,000 Shares of £20 each £1,200,000 Reserve Fund £1,800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1,200,000 BANKERS. The Bank of England, The London City and Midland Bank, Ltd., The London County and Westminster Bank, Ltd.,
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      • 330 12 XTrfbune EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. This Bureau will fuxnJ employers—free of cl —with full particui the qualifications an perience of suitable for any position they vacant. Employees tW ing appointments can h,,--their applications fil< the Register for a fee of n This includes 1. The retention of the» qualifications on the 1
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