Malaya Tribune, 22 January 1915

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  • 30 1 The Malaya Tribune. EVENING DAILY. AND SHIPPING GAZETTE. EVENING DAILY. [EVENING DAILY. Vol. 2.- No. 18. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1915 Price 5 Cents. Cbc inalapa tribune. FRIDAY, JANUARY 22.
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    • 833 1 I A WONDERFUL WEEK OF WINNERS To-night! At The U GAIETY Picture Pa,acc JUNCTION OF ALBERT and BENCOOLEN STREETS. AQUILLA S LATEST EXCLUSIVE AN ALPINE TRAGEDY 5 I J££?y E S LID DURATION 7 FEET IN REELS. ABOUT V/ t HOURS. /,<)UU LENGTH LUBIN S WAR DRAMA I Reels A
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  • 550 2 In a recent Buenos Aires message it is stated that the German cruiser Dresden h;is met her fate by stranding on the Argentine coast, near Port Gal legos. It seems strange, were the message creditable, that the Admiralty would allow such welcome news as this to pass
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  • 134 2 It was pleasing to note the prominent way in which the territorial aristocracy was associated with the Congress. A number of Zemindars are delegates and were conspicuous figures on the platform. Equally impressive was the array of Judges and Ex-Judges of the High Court. Dr. Sir S.
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    • 400 2 WHY NOT HAVE The Best BURKES BOTTLED GUINNESS IS BEST FIRST IN 1849 FOREMOST EVER SINCE INSIST ON BURKES YELLOW LABEL BREWED BY GUINNESS AND BOTTLED BY BURKE IN DUBLIN/ Sole Agents John Little Co., Ltd. MOTOR CAR OIL SUPPLIED AT MODERATE PRICES. Motor Oil, Benzine Kerosene Stocked I c«
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    • 167 2 EMPIRE CARS Entire Shipment of 4- Cars Sold U t AYithin 3 Days of Arrival. THERE IS A REASON! •Orders How Boofted by, Julian Frankel Furniture Co, Only Mot) ORCHARD ROAD. (am, «<„ 'Phone 244. Wire "JULIAN." BEER Brewed from only Best Malt Hops. Sole Agents: ANN LOCK Co, Battery
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  • 824 3 BRITISH SUBMARINE'S EXPLOIT. A Turkish Battleship Torpedoed. B 11 Submerged Nine Hours. NOTES AND NEWS. i v of the Admiralty blowing announcement kerday (Sunday) Submarine B nant-Comrnander Norman Holbrook, K. N., entered the Dirdanellloi and, in spite of the current, dived under live of mines and torpedoed
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  • 248 3 According to a Swedish observer, General Yon Hindenburg has been made honorary doctor of all the faculties in the East Prussian Universities. .Music, law, philosophy, medicine, language, engineering have claimed him. He has accepted fifty different degrees. The ruined villages of Prussia are to be
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  • 36 3 According to a despatch from Copenhagen, some German aviators have accidentally dropped bombs on Breslau. The Danish steamer Mary was blown up in the North Sea by a German mine and six of the crew perished.
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  • 828 3 We can be sure that directing circles in Germany are well aware that the campaign is irretrievably lost, writes the Military correspondent of Toe Times. The Germans are reduced to the defensive, anl to making the best fight they can to keep their foes from the door.
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  • 136 3 Bombay, December 18.—Toe Bombay Government hive published a communication received by them from the American Consul here enclosing another communication from the American Consul at Trieste with regard to Indian prisoners of war there. These are 37 in number, namely 2S from Calcutta and 9 from
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  • 86 3 Bombay, 6th January. —Mr. Sailendra Nath Basu, a well-known sportsman of Ca'cutta and nephew of Mr. Bhupendranath Bhsu, whose unconditional offer of personal service has been accepted by Government, has sailed for the front with his motor-car. Mr. S iilendra Nath was secretary and for
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  • 106 3 British casualties in East Africa ■amber 9<jo. Heavy firing has been heard off the coast of Sweden. The rebellion in South Africa has now practically died out. The enemy is making more strenuous eli'jrts to roach the coast. Germans have well-constructed concrete trenches built on the field of
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  • 525 3 This war is apparently going to have the elFect of making us revise many of our standards. In our school days, for example, we were instructed that Nero fiddling while Rome was burning was the acme of brutal callousness. Rut why should it be so Why
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  • 96 3 During his vist to the front King George conferred the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath upon General Foch, commanding the French Army of the North. Brigadier-General C. E. Bradley, late 2nd Battalion North Staffordshire Kf giment, who was interned in Baden-l&den some weeks ago, it now confined
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  • 1243 4 It has been well said that the great war in Kb rope is going to be won with silver bullets. Many people, however, bave not realised that the enemy carefully prepared for this struggle for more than a quarter of a century and probably
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  • 426 4 Last night of the Crtkma The visit of the Grotesque v abruptly brought to a close C night through the P. Oriental sailing this afterae* As she was the only ai boat to Hongkong which won allow the troupe to m contracts in time, it was sible for
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  • 61 4 The Malay Mail untitled appeal ha* in« n l< lm i L. Bmddon, the decision of M the recent action I Braddon Bgahnjl the I Rnl wrongful teiinin.i!,- ii —m— Java, and in m hall, bal l Bertonalj by drought i month. i and the crop» )m\ i chance, 1
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    • 283 4 ROBINSON Co. THE BIG BEN ALARUM CLOCK In Big ln Bab > Be SiM Be Size HEIGHT HIFGHT I 7 Inches. I lW U m DIAL DIAL A\i Inches. 2 Inches. Price $5.00 DON'T HOARD YOUR CASH. Take out a good substantial policy in The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company,
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    • 42 4 BRITISH BEER WE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED Sole Agents FOB Messrs Allsopp Sons, THE WELL-KNOWN BREWERS OF BURTON-ON-TRENT. THE PILSENER BEER j IS SUPPLIED j Under Royal Warrant to H. I. THE KING. Samples, on Application to CALDBECK, MACGREGOR AND CO. 2-1 31-3
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  • 473 5 Tin, locally, is $7;>j 250 tons 11: •jeet robber is now fetching 214 in London. miM 0. G. T. purpose establishi ianeh at Ipoh. *o: annoa] general meeting of Dg Chamber of Commerce bold next Tuesday after- :o:— I n< tilled that a postal censorbeen established in
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  • 1068 5 Alleged Attempted Murder. The story of how two medical students living at Sepoy Lines attempted to take the lives of two of th- ir countrywomen was related in the Becond Police Court yesterday. The defendants are Sinapoo and Seva Sarnboo, young men, and were charged, that on the
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  • 155 5 {Courteously supplied by French Consul-) Officially Communicated. Paris, Jan. 20, G.lo p.m. The French 3 per cent bonds are at francs 73.40. In the region of Nieuport there has been a violent engagement of artillery. All the attempts there to destroy the bridge at the mouth of
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  • 65 5 By the Norwegian steamer Heim, from Bangkok, returned Willison s Circus and will show on the Kreta Ayer ground for a few days. The show proved quite a success in Siam, and the programme is now filled with new turns. Matinees will be given as usual, and the
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  • 71 5 The Times of Malaya hears that the Hon. Mr. En Tong Sen holds the opinion that most of the Chinese-owned mines are doing fairly with tin at the £70 mark. He, however, thinks that with tin at this figure the output is more likely to increase than decrease as the
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  • 186 5 Allied Successes in the West. Drive- Back Continues Steady. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 21,5 p.m. Paris A communique says that east of Kheims we demolished the German works, obliged the enemy to evacuate their trenches, and caused the explosion of an ammunition depot. We captured, by a surprise
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  • 91 5 London, Jan. 21, 12.45 a.m. The enening official communique states that the enemy in the morning gained a footing in a trench to the north of Notre Dame de Lorette but were expelled by a counter attack, losing a hundred prisoners. An attack in the south of Thiepval
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  • 73 5 Loudon, Jan. 20, 5.50 p.m. A soldier died of wounds at Yarmouth. An intensely dark night wrapped the raid in a profound mystery. Opinion is divided as to whether the raiders were aeroplanes or Zeppelins. The latest idea is that it was an aeroplane dash combined
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  • 50 5 More Cooks London, Jan. 21, *.20 p.m. Amsterdam A Berlin olhcial states that General yon Falkenbayn has resigned his otlice of War Minister. The Kaiser accepted his resignation and appointed him a General of infantry. General Wild yon Hohenborn has been appointed War Minister with the subsidary rank of Lieut.-General
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  • 19 5 London, Jan. 21, 11..'J0 a.m. A grandson of Earl Roberts was born to Lftdf X Mm L-win.
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  • 76 5 Match for Kaisers Hordes. London, Jan. 21, X.20 p.m. A Petrograd communique says we are keeping in contact with the enemy in the Mlawa district whose attempts to penetrate our lines have faihd. We took the offensive at Skemp, which the German troops hurriedly evacuated. Our artillery
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  • 116 5 Germans Mowed Down. London, Jan. 20, IUO p.m. A Petrograd commnniqoe says Our troops in the Bukowina district are advancing successfully. They have occupied villages seven miles northward of Dornawatra, and made prisoners. The Germans in the Hawa region twice resumed a partial offence, but were forced back.
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  • 73 5 London, Jan. 21, 4..' iS a.m. Petrograd An army despatch dealing with the operations in the Caucasus says that there was a series of combats in the regions of Asalik, Lavsor and Kyagani on the Dth, with the Turkish rear-guards, the remnants of which are retreating
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  • 37 5 London, Jan. 21, 12.5 p.m. Amsterdam :|The German Admiralty report states that naval airships attacked fortified places on the English East Coast and successfully dropped several bombs. They were shot at but returned safely.
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  • 42 5 London, Jan. 2<», 6.50 p.m. The Board of Trade has prohibited the export, outside of the Empire, of oils, except linseed oil. The Board has also prohibited export of oil-bearing nuts and seeds, and lard and refined tallow.
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  • 115 5 Bank Directors Charged with Breach of Trust. Boey Lian Chin and Lirn Tian Siong were yesterday charged in the second court with criminal breach of trust as bankers in contravention of sect. 4o'.*, 177 A, 41S and LO9 of the Penal Code Bail wa* allowed in the
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  • 1007 6 Post Office Prosecution. Tlw D«f:r.c!. The case for the defence in the trial of Kee A Seng, the former chief stamp vendor of the Singapore Post Office, came to a conclusion in the Supreme Court yesterday morning before Mr. L. M. Woodward and a special jury. The accused
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  • 85 6 Overjoyed at a Job. A European w r as brought up this morning before the Court for being drunk and disorderly on Johnston's Pier yesterday. Accused said he had few drinks through happiness in hearing that he was going to have a job. He was ordered to pay
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  • 149 6 Mail Car Held up and Looted. Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 21.—Telegrams have been received in Kuala Lumpur confirming the report that the mail car running between Kuala Lipis and Kuala Kubu was held up yesterday afternoon. The outrage occurred 15 miles from Kuala Kubu, where the car WM
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  • 36 6 The Mufti of Orenburg has addressed to Mussulman Russian subjects a manifesto, inviting them to fight against the Turks as against the Germans and Austrians. The manifesto was read recently in 'the Grand Mosque in Petrograd.
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  • 125 6 The report of the Batu Kawan Bobber and Coconut Plantations, Ltd., for the year ended 30th September, 1914, to be submitted to the meeting on the 22nd Dec, states that there were harvested dnring the year 514,420 coconuts against an estimate of 250,000 nuts. The
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  • 365 6 The Committee beg to acknowledge with thanks the following amounts subscribed Previously acknowledged $8,105.98 Rev. K. Gamier 10 Master and Mrs. Xeo Ong Hee 225 Pegoh Ltd., Chinese, Indian and Malay Coolies 53.40 Collected by Messrs Tan Soo Hock and Leong Tow Toon.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 183 6 j MOTOR CARS ON HIBeI MOTOR REPAIRS ALL KINDS OF TYRES I GREASE Cylinder Oil AND Motor Accessories OF Every Description. Sole Agents For: North British Clincher Motor Tyres Meitz Weiss Oil Engines The Celebrated Star, Mitchell and Paige Cars Pope Motor Cycles I Gasolene Light Cycle Co. j 4/5-2,
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  • 160 7 SHIPPING PRODUCE SECTION. FIXTURES. Friday, 22nd. P. and O. Outward and Homeward Bail. High Water:—2 40 a.tn. 8 ft. 6 ins.; 2.44 p.m. 8 ft 4 ins. Saturday. 23rd. Moon First Quarter. Lodge St. George Regular. 0.15. Lunas Rubber Co. Meeting, Evatt's. IS noon. High Water :—3.12 a.m. 8 ft.
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  • 70 7 Singapore, January 22. On London— Bank 4 m/s. 2/4 13/32 Demand 2/4 1/16 Private 3 m/a. 2/4 11/16 On India— Bank T. T. 175 On Hongkong— d/d 21 :< Ou Shanghai— Bank d/d. Xo2g On Java— Bank T. T. 1 4U On Japan— Bank d/d. Sovereigns—baying rate $g 54
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  • 810 7 Shipping Notes and News. For Western Australia loads the Minderoo. The Barber liner Shimosa from Boston and New York is about due. The N. Y. K. s.s. Iyo Maru is expected alongside the East wharf to-day. The steamer Meteor is due to leave the docks at 12.30 to-day
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  • 106 7 The Board of Trade report for, July- Sept., 1914, says The steady advance in imports from Siam is not interfered with, although our exports to that country fell off in the war months. The actual figures concerning exports to Siam are July-September quarter this year £240,042,
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  • 78 7 (Singapore, Jan. Jfe) Berthage. TANJONG PAGAR. East Wliarf Basin Section No. 1 Quarta, Ranee g-fcjFjg* do No.2Kxford,Sappho Sheers Wharf Albert and Victoria do No. I Patrol Dry Docks do do Main Wharf Section No. 4 j Under oonstrucMain Wharf 6 Kuala VM *t m rv_ a
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  • 29 7 Vessels are warned to keep well clear of Green N Wreck buoy situated in the man-of-war anchorage. Penang harbour, as diving operations are in progress.
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  • 364 7 Messrs Paterson, Simons and Co., Ltd., comment as follows in their Weekly Rubber Circular dated 19th instant on the last Rubber Auction and the export of raw rubber Sale Report. To-day's market was weaker and bidding was slow, especially after the adjournment for tiffin, with the result
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  • 173 7 It is stated that efforts recently made to establish a combination of Japanese rubber manufacturers have proved void of result. A conference took place between seven representatives of the four largest Tokio rubber manufacturers—the Mitatsuchi Rubber Manufacturing Co., Meiji Rubber Works, Nippon Rubber Co., Ltd., and Tokyo
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  • 185 7 (Singapore, Jan I Copra— Market steady I Tin.-Wsi 250 tonsU I brisk demand f CWier Products.— Market jL I Latert Local Market (houH^. Nutmegs 110 S. per picul Nutmegs 80 iS, fcl.'# Copra Bali 3| Copra Gorong Talo Copra Dongalo Copra Kay ong Copra Pulo l| Copra Pontianak
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  • 78 7 Copra £24.10.0. Pepper (black) fair quality m 5 5/3.2 dist. 5j. Pepper: white 9J spot. Gambier 20/6. Gambier (cube) 28/Sago (flour) Sarawak qnalitr., 10/Rubber Fine Hard Para, imvdiate delivery, 2/7 J. Plantation 1st qual. crepe, 2ji Tin Standard 3 m/s. £147.1 Tapioca fair-medium, pearls
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  • 22 7 Grey Yarns Single Twist 4'k8]. Piece Goods: lbs- Shirura 6/- T. cloth, nom. Cotton (American): Middling H 99
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  • 126 7 Frdser and Co s Report. Messrs Fraser Vm\ o*wi their report issue<l yesterday: With the meagre business that been passing of late we conflderfli no useful purpose would bi in publishing regularly oj weekly circular, however. since m last issue the Stock Kichinge opened, and it has
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  • 57 7 The following vessels untitled in the Lagoon Dock this -m -s. s. Laisang, Carivk.l'* and Komagata Maru. The Strait* Steamship vessels move as under Weld sails at 4.30 p.m. t»- Ja Malacca and Muar from the n s.s. Kinta loads from the ri*«* Port Dickson and Teluk 4 p.m. ;s.s.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 79 7 Train Services. REVISED TIMES. Singapore (Tank-Road) Daily. Mail Daily leaves for north at 7.7 a.m. and 7.0 p.m. Other trains leave for Johore at 9.0 a., 10.29 a., noon, 1.30 p., 2.66 p., 4.40 p. Mail arrives from north at 8.16 a.m. and 7.14 p.m. Trains leave from Johore 7.9,
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 226 7 MAILS CLOSE. To-4aj. Penang Glenfalloch 2 p.m. Medan Van Goena 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Telok Anson Kinta 3 p.m. Malacca and Muar Lady Weld 3 p.m. Pontianak Khoen Foeng 3 p.m. Bangkok Boilefos 3 p.m. Batu Pahat Aing Leung 3 p.m. Hongkong Japan Laisang 4 p.m. To-morrow. Pulau Sambu
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  • 133 8 Singapore Golf Club. following are the teams for L artomfl Match on Saturday:— rr'g Team vs. Captain s Team. .45 Winter and R. L. Braddell v I DfBC and Everitt. [utchiaoo and Knox v MacMiliar and Binnie. ,ilbertson and Spriggs v King i Dove. le Paula and Sibary, v
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  • 165 8 allowing are the teams in the «1 Golf Club versus Golf Club, to be played g Lines on Sunday 24th inst., ii 9 am. Keppel Golf Club v Sepoy Links Golf Club. J. Kennedy and H. Irving Jones i ii. R. L Dyne and W. Macmillan. Dr Klder and
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  • 28 8 Buxday, 24th January. Johi Pier, at 9,10 and 11 a.m., ■j-l'.u and $-30 p.m. CUi dow, 9-30 and 10-30 a.tn., 12-15, 3 and 5-30 p.m.
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  • 94 8 ua accident occnrred to one Siamese military aeroplanes the Bangkok racecourse, but fortunately unattended by loss of Prince Erik of Denmark was ng given an exhibition and some tutifui Big] tfl were made. One an< however, in charge of a blight-Lieutenant, when descendI a complete somersault fell heavily
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  • 116 8 At Berlin 172- Protestant clergymen signed a protest against Art 5 of the Army Law, forbidding then, to serve their country inarms. acknowledging that their luty in time of war is the fulent of their clerical office, they sfa to have an opportunity of ping in the defence of their
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 154 8 IV6v Pay &t*& We can supply all your requirements in the Furniture line. on Our HIRE-PURCHASE SYSTEM The pioneers of this system in the i Furniture line. A. FRANKEL Co., VICTORIA STREET. (ESTABLISHED 1887) Tuition by Correspondence FOR Oxford and Cambridge Locals, London University Matriculation, Hongkong University Matriculation, Professional Prelim
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    • 321 8 A Director's Praise. At the general meeting of the Alor Gajah Rubber Estates, Ltd., held recently, the Chairman reported that Ribbed Smoked Sheet was manufactured on the Estate with the aid of Jackson's Patent Rubber Curing and Drying Apparatus. The London Brokers had a high opinion of the Rubber of
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  • 842 9 Fifth Annual Report. ring is the report to be pre- at trie meeting fixed for the nr Directors submit herewith a I lited .Statement of the Ac- of the Company for the fifth ncial year ended 31st October, —The profit earned by toxc nnootschap Explotappij Soengei
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  • 251 9 v Malaria is now believed to have had more to do with the decline and fall of Greece than the swords of the Romans and invasions of barbarian hordes says a well-known writer. v Introduced into the great country over twenty-four centuries ago. it weakened the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 381 9 J. I. JAYATILASA, :0: Licensed Surveyor OF VAST EXPERIENCE Counting over 35 years' service in Ceylon and the Straits Government. Work Under Personal Supervision CHARGES MODERATE. No. Bf, Tank Road. 10-7 JU-JITSU I Apart from being an art of Self-Defence, it is also a system of muscular development, and remarkable
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    • 308 9 NOTICE *SHELL' MOTOR SPIRIT, AND PURE METHYLATED SPIRITS In Large Quantities. HIN WATT& CO., 'Phone No. 428. 102, Market Street. KIAM KIAT CO., 108 109, MARKET STREET. Telephone No. 421. Shipchandlers, Government and Municipal Contractors, Estate Suppliers and Commission Agents. Sole Agents THE MULCOTT BELTING Co., Ltd. Best Multiplar Brand
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    • 455 9 The Malaya Tribune, EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. This Bureau will furnish employers—free of charge—with full particulars wi the qoalitcatisns and experience of suitable men for any position th» v have vacant. Employee* desiring apf-un-M:• ■Ei can have their applications filed on the Register for a fee of $5. This includes:— 1. The
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 373 10 SHIPPING^ Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 2—3, Collycr Quay. Under Contract with the Netherlands India Government. The undermentioned dates of departure are only approximate. Van 0001 Belawan-Dcli Jan 22 KlSfiA RAIMA gj*mni, and Batavia Jan. H Pontianak an rSnTHOOEH Muntok,Dj BlinjoffPangkal-Pinang. Koba and Tand-j.,ng-Pandan J an
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    • 150 10 The Eastern Shipping Co., Ltd. FOR PORT SWETTENHAM AND PENANG. s.s. OMAPERE For above ports will be despatched from the Roads on Tuesday, 1 p.m. Expected to arrive here on every Sunday. For freight, etc., apply to EAST INDIES TRADING CO„ Agents, 37, Robinson Road. or S&rkies Pros, (for first-class
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    • 186 10 SHIPPING P.&O. I Steam Navigation Company. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. For Freight, Passage and Further Information, to: H. W. BIMAND, AGENT. INSURANCE The Eastern United Assurance Corporation, Limited. HEAD OFFlCE—Singapore. INCORPORATED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS) BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tan Chay
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    • 408 10 GUAN KIAT GO. J 37, PHILLIP STREET. Telegraphic Address: GUANKIAT. Code? A.B.C. oth Edition and Al Telephone Nos. 1233 1174 (Private 1450.) GOODS READY IN STOCK HOW 11th January, 1915.) 4,000 Kega Hnbbnck'i Coloured Paint, 03 and Sun.lri.-*. 11,200 Ilia. White Cotton Waste, a,OOO lbs. Insertion doth, 15,000 ft Balata
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    • 313 10 RANEECUNCEI Drainpip es l AND W Channels I SOLE AGENTS; I INDO MALAY GO, I SINGAPORE. 1 PAUL CoJ PHOTOCRAPHU A3TSSTSH 57 Selegis Road. Children's Portraiture a P HIGH-CLASS v I Charges H Carte de visite per doz. copies $4 Afl I Cabinet I Bondoir I Speeifl Rates for Quar;
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