Malaya Tribune, 16 March 1915

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  • 22 1 The Malaya Tribune. EVENING DAILY.] AND SHIPPING GAZETTE. [EVENING DAILY. Vol. 2, •No. 62. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1915 Price 5 Cents.
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    • 310 1 PALLADIUM ORCHARD RCAD. ttgaatnfr Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD. TO-NIGHT. Extra Show at 8 p.m. Csual Show at 9? m. TO-NIGHT rK S \v P INTFR D^ eCtive Cinematograph World to-day NICK VI INTER. The greatest Fictional Detective of All times This great sleuth is seen at his host in this
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    • 146 1 6 MIGHTS ONLY. Commeacin* Monday, Mirck 22nd AT THE PALLADIUM Charles Howitt AND A. Phillips With their Powerful London Dramatic and Comedy Company of Picked Artistes WILL PRESENT MONDAY, March 22nd. The World Famous Farcial Comedy WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD~ TUESDAY, March 23rd. Tho Latest of London Successes. MILESTONE S
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    • 227 1 HAPPENED TO MARY r EVERYONE IS ENQUIRING I The story that everybody will want to see, because evsry man, woman, and chili will be guessing "WHAT HAPPENED TO MARY." We leave it to those who have seen the first four part". Aek Them to Reply, Demand of Them to do
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    • 42 1 OCR PATRONS ALWAYS APPRECIATE INCHE SALLEH AND MISS SAHARA who take the leading parts To-night! To-night!! THE STAR OPERA AT THE THEATRE ROYAL North Bridge Road. In a Malay Hikayat play in two parts Indra Bangsawan Part 11. Y. L. TAN, Msnajtt.
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  • 1173 2 Gratifying Results of Year s Business. The followiug interesting remark* of tbe Hon. Mr. David Londale, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the Hongkong an i Shanghai Banking Corporation, at the halfyearly meeting of the latter v body, are additional to those recently published
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  • 197 2 A Simple Means of Overcoming it. The higher the temperature th more the nerves become weakened til blood deteriorates and the power rf forming new and healthy ri->n ecreased. That is why latitude can... much depression, and make, v rji 8 inclined for any mental or phjual exertion.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 233 2 OF ALL 1 Bass's Ale Si Guinness' Stout! E.& J.BURKE'S j I Special Export Bottling I* THE BEST Export to troI" I everything I ruined by bad fiTf^SS^vi| IMf 1 Bottling, Bur- I^^Wt^ U&] j ied the ques- Pu' r tion for nearly -enturyand j ceruinly lead s^fQßPr PRICES ARE
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    • 475 2 I THE Straits Albion Press, Limited. PRINTERS STATIONERS, 20A-20C, COLLYER QUAY. SINGAPORE. WE have just received our fresh consignment of Stationery per s.s. u XAGOYA." With the view of meeting the present cartailed resources of customers, we are prepared to execute orders for any of the following, if accompanied by
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  • 421 3 Deadly Accuracy. Jfncb lurpriae has been expresao it the fact that oar ships in g ij'fl fight opened lire at 18,000 and began to make hits at roughly, 10J and 9J miles •ly, v ritnfc a naval con- the Globe. Nearly every- that Sir Percy Scott has
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  • 314 3 The placing in Japan of largo for Russian army boots has tdy been recorded in this journal. These have naturally inlated the imports of cowhides Korea and of buffalo hides Formosa. The total value of these imports last year was Yen 1,421,441, the last four
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  • 178 3 A Plucky Chincie Kills it with a Cknjkol. Some excitement wai caused at the Central Police Station, Taiping, last week owing to the arrival of a small tiger from Padang Gajah Rubber Estate. It appears, from what the Ipoh Times states, that a Chinese kapala was working
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  • 145 3 Tsin&tao-Chefoo Line. The submarine cable laid by Germany in the Far Eaatem and South Seas region after the establishment of her colony in Tsingtau has reached a length of about 4,000 miles, the line extending from Kiaochou to Yap, Celebes and Guam via Shanghai, says the Japan
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 524 3 THE ART FURNITURE DEPOT. ORCHARD ROAD. High-class furniture in Teak and Meranti, at lowest prices Superior workmanship. Estimates free on application. Telephone No. 602 26-10 2 .>4 TO DEALERS, HOUSE-BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. AUCTIOTSALE OF A very large quantity of Kapok, Rasak, Chenghai and Seriah planks ard scantlings of various sizes,
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    • 923 3 AUCTION SALES an, 600 LOTS. RE TAN TAT VAN, i\ BANKRUPTCYIMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF HIGH CLASS RURfPE-MADE OAK, MAHOGANY ft TEXTWOOD HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE; TEAK AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE; COTTAGE PIANO; ANTIQUE CURIOS VALUABLE OIL PAINTINGS; VALUABLE BOOK 8; PLANTS, Ac, TO BE HELD AT No, 1 DUBLIN ROAD, OFF KILLINEY ROAD
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  • 791 4 [We do not neceuariiy endorto the opinion expressed by correeportlenti.] Special Constables. To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune. Sir, —I sfcall thank you for Space for a few words re a permanent force of special constables who, as a bodj have during the late troubles no doubt rendered
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  • 237 4 Tragic Death of Captain. Prohnged Stay on the Bridle The Imperial Merchant Service Guild has been advised from the United States of the death under tragic conditions of Captain G. H. Collie, of the steamship Cragoswald. The steamer left Hull on Nov. 26 last for New Orleans, and on the
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  • 53 4 A recent traveller in Brazil writei:— 44 It is foolish to talk of killing the Brazilian rubber trade. Not a quarter of the rubber bearing area of the forests is at present known to the tappers. The supply of virgin rubber trees is inexhaustible and as time progresses they will
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 484 4 PROCLAMATIONS. IN THE NAME OF THE KING. Arthur Youhg, Governor and Commander-in-Chief. Martial Law is hereby proclaimed throughout the Settlement of Singapore in supremacy of all Civil Authority. Major Thompson is hereby appointed Provost Marshall with authority to act. Dated this loth day of February, 1915. By order of Brigadier-General
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    • 174 4 ——I G. R. COELHO, 52, Selegie Road. Piano Tuner. Dealer and Repairer. Undertakes To Play at Dances. TERMS MODERATE. 7-8 Mechanotherapy. Latest Scientific Treatment. Treatment of Paralysis, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Gout, Nerve and Skin diseases, &c, by Mechano-Therapy and Electricity. Treatment under the guidance of patients' own medical men if they
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    • 157 4 J tßooks of the Moment. I Black Book of the War—German Atrocities in France and Belgium 5 France a Lid the French People _gg Belgium and the Belgian People .gg Russia and the Russian People .gg Germany and the German People .gg I Whittaker's Almanack 1915 (paper cover) -6q KOH
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  • MALAYA TRIBUNE (SINGAPORE)
    • 18 5 THE GREAT WAR. MALAYA TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1915 notes and news. ClX Ittalapa tribune. TUESDAY, MARCH IG.
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    • 841 5 A Calcutta resident sends ns the ig letter from his ion, a nan. The names of places ip« have bean erased, but can be no harm in stating IS, that the operations 1 in the letter relate to the in crniaer Koenigsbeig which 1 in
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    • 163 5 Amsterdam, Feb. 14.—General Eichborn, who v commanding the Germans in East Prussia, was designated to command in the Western theatre, but was suffering from typhoid fever on the outbreak of the war. It is reported that the Kaiser and General yon Hindenburg are in Sterburg arranging the general
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    • 78 5 General-Ob' rs! yon Biilow, Com-mander-in-Chi-f of tl Second Army, has been nominated G neral FieldMarshal and Genera 1 of Cavalry yon Einam, Commander uf the Third Army, has been appointed Gentraloberst. Lieutenant-General Baron ron Freytag-Loringhoven has been appointed sub-Chief of the General Staff in the place of
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    • 304 5 Amsterdam, Jan. 22.—Neutral travellers who have just retarned here from Germany state that a bitter conflict between the Kaiser ari l hia two sons, the Crown Prine« and Prince August Wilheim, is being openly discussed in Berlin, though necessarily nothing shout the matter has appeared
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    • 175 5 One of the British officers wounded in the naval action in the North Sea on Jan. 24 was Midshipman A. G. T. Grier, son of Captain Grier, of Eastbourne. Atliough lie was seriously injured, the midshipman is progressing towards recovery, aud his escape it regarded bv the
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    • 97 5 Leaflets are being distributed among German school children, says the Bern*» correspondent of the Times, urging them to help to bring the war to a succe«-fui end by de. feating England's wicked plan of starving Germany. ChilJreu ere, therefore, invited (1) To beg their parents to buy
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    • 249 5 Details of the manner in which Private Geo. Wilson, of the Highland Light Infantry, won the Victoria Crotjs are given in a letter from Private MacDermott to his wife at Howden on-Tyne. McDcrmott occupied the next bed to Wilson in hospital in France. When the British
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    • 156 5 The Famous Chassears Alpins of France—the Mountain Riflemen— who are among the most picturesque, as they are some of the smartest, troops of the French Army, are well described by a correspondent of the Temps, who dined with their Officers shortly after the Corps had distinguished itself
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    • 78 5 The German Imperial Gazette Announces t jat the Kaiser has conferred upon Herr Ernst Lissauer, the author of the Hymn of Hate against England, the high slec iration of the Order of the Red Eagle of the Fourth Class with the Royal Crown. The German
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    • 79 5 London, Feb. 18. —A subject of a neutral country acting as correspondent Of the Morning Post has completed a tour of the large towns of Austria and Hungary. He states that the conditions are not desperate though the people are disheartened and anxious. M The food question
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    • 271 5 The Havre correspondent of the Nieuwe X <tterdamsehe Courant writes:—Freeh British troops, sent a* reinforcements to the army of the Allies have been landed in France, j The landing Kg done in an altogether admirable way. The enormous transport ships enter various French port",
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    • 234 5 Writing to the Gi angeniouth Herald a correspondent enlightens itK leaders on Treasure Hunts io the Cocoa Idea. He atfya —No more appropriate scene could have been devised forlbeending of the adventurous cruise than the Cocog Isles. Stevenson would have found the surroundings romantic enough for the
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    • 88 5 Vice-Admiral Sir David Beattv, whe has piaved such a distinguished part la the war, was in 1900 commander of the BaiftVur when the Boxer troubles broke out. At Tientsin in June he led 100 British B*ameu and marines in an attempt to capture two Chinese guns, and it
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    • 648 6 It is evident from a letter appearing in a copy of the Times of Malaya just received that at the very time we were writing the leader published in our last issue (relative to the expediency of steps being taken here as speedily as possible with
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    • 435 6 Exceptional Borrowing Powers. The announcement of the Netherlands Indies 5 per cent Internal Loan is an event of the greatest importance as it is the first loan contracted by the Colonies without the aid of the Motherland. It is rarely the ease that a borrowing State CAD
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    • 129 6 Great Improwmeals Effected. The general public will be i treated to know that a new mi of coaches are now operated by F.M.S. Railway*. They are on tho Mail Train leaving Tai Road Station daily at 7." and Woodlands 7.32 MB* connect with the mail train on
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    • 62 6 Next Sunday has been by His Excellency the Govs as Thanksgiving servation in the mutiny. Excellency will officially atten special service which kas fixed for 11 a.r-. at St. A.J Cathedral. Beat-holders wno be nnable to attend the l< asked to inform the Colonial lain. People are ask*
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    • 32 6 In the untitled untitled pears a sharp article from of Professor Hector TreuD, in he protests against the < *P**J' opinion of ex-Miuwit-r Clemen which falsely itated that HoJ had violated her neutrality.
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    • Page 6 Advertisements
      • 308 6 KOBINSON Co. I NEW SHIPMENT OF PICTURES. A Special Offer of a Limited Quantity Only. v ThreelCelebrity Pictures in. Dark Oak Frame WITH BACK STAND Size 1H x 7 jellicte, French and Kitchener IN ONE FRAME 55 Cts. Price 55 Cts. UN FRAMED SEPIA PRINTS OF H.H. Pope Benedict XV.
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      • 35 6 BIRD S NEST COGNAC. I SOLE IMPORTERS Caldbeck, Macgregor and Co. ADELPhT HOTEL Modern Gonjforf. Electric Lights and Fans I ARE MOW Being Fitted in Every Room Best Table in Town. DAVID BENJAMIN Manager. 11-2
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    • 528 7 •[■■>! b |82 80 to-day— 7/10 down. l>.t smoked sheet rnbber is 2 to 2/5J in London. :o:— considerably damaged our works at Samarang. Turkish vessels figure on the list of captures by British lessasi _:o:—< 1 l-year old Crown Prince Belgium is stated to have left
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    • 91 7 GOOD NEWS Official. The German cruiser Dresden has been sunk. [The German cruiser Dresden was a siater of the notorious Emden She escaped from the British squadron after the battle of the Falkland* Islands, took coal in Punta Arenas and since has the sinking of theßritish barque Conway Castle to
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    • 286 7 la Honour of the Naval Landin* Party and cf the Men of the R. C. A. and R E. In order to give a tangible proof of the gratitude of the Singapore British community for the signal services rendered by the officers and men of the Naval Landing Party
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    • 56 7 For lour days recently a terrific easterly gale ha 3 been raging, The railway pier and harbour works at Algeciras have been damaged, a dredger has been sunk, and several vessels have stranded, the crews narrowly escaping with their lives. The mail steamboat service between Algeciras
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    • 166 7 Mr. S.N. Doust, the well-known Davis Cup lawn tennis international, is now drilling with the Fleet Street Volunteers in readiness to take up position in the motor transport service at the front. —:o:— The half-yearly general meeting of the Indian Catholic Benevolent Society will be held on Saturday, 20th inst.,
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    • 145 7 Plucky Effort Fails. The Hartdale's Gallant Skipper. Reuter's Special War, Imperial, and Ordinary Services. London, Mar. 15. 3.50. a.m. A Belfast message states that the British steamer Hartdale was hailed by a submarine at five in the morning. The crew were given ten minutes in which to quit.
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    • 118 7 London, March 15, 5.30 a.m. The Scottish lady international golfer, Madge Eraser, has died in Serbia, where she was nursing Sir Thomas Lipton, who took a Red Cross party to Serbia. A letter says that the hospitals are full of patients. An Athens message states that
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    • 89 7 London, March 15, 3.50 p.m. A Petrograd communiquo says Fighting between the Niemen and the Vistula is proceeding on a thirtymile front. The enemy's attempts to advance have everywhere been repulsed. Russian counter-attacks on Saturday captured several villages. A violent snowstorm rages in the Carpathians, but the
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    • 32 7 London, March 15, 0.35 a.m. Mr. Edgar Allen, of Sheffield, has bequeathed thousands of pounds to charities, including a thousand to the Mission to Lepers in India and the East.
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    • 147 7 Turning the Garotte. London, Mar. 15, 3".15 p.m. The Gazette publishes details of the measures taken to prevent goods reaching and leaving Germany. It declares that no vene! sailing for Germany after March 1 will be allowed to proceed to Germany, and unless she receives a pass enabling
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    • 193 7 London, March 15, 6-35 a.m. Killed —N. Donaldson. F. E. Feneran, 11. Hayes Xewington, A. Knight Bruce, T. 11. Madden, 2nd lieut. W. Murphy (Leicesters), K. P, Shakerley, C. Vance, A. L. Watt, H. M. Webb, C. K. E. Wells, L. Yeo, P. Young, A. O.
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    • 63 7 London, Mar. 15, 415 p.m. A Paris communique states that tie Belgian Army continued fen progress along the bend of the Yser and southward of Dixmude. The British WSra very \iolently attacked yesterday night at Saint Eloi, south at Ypres. They were, at first, slightly pushed back, but
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    • 380 7 Allies Continued Progress. London, March 15, 2 p.m. Paris, official The capture by the French of the plateau and half the village of Yanquois, in eastern Argonne, after days of desperate fighting, gives them an Important position which the German had occupy,l since September when they tried
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    • 43 7 London, March 1 (L 35 a.m. The Daily Mail hai a message from Sofia stating tiiat Kalil Hey proposed to Bulgaria that she occupy Turkish territory north of the EnOSMldfe* line on condition that -he aimaltaneouHly occnph-d Macedonia. Bulgaria hn« declined.
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    • 43 8 London, March 15, 6.35 a.m. The Daily Telegraph, in an article on the effects of the war on manufacturing centres, says that the impression in the Lancashire cotton industry is that the immediate worst is past and an improvement has begun.
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    • 8 8 (Courteously supplied by French Consul-)
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    • 168 8 Paris, March 13, 0 p.m. On the east of Lombaertzyde we captured a German blockhouse one hundred metres from our trenches. The Engl is!) continue to progress in the sector of Nenve Chapelle (a village in the department of Pas de Calais, 9 miles north-east of Bethune and
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    • 46 8 Athletic Meeting. An athletic meeting for the Japanese sailors will take place at Draycot from ,'3 p.m. to 0 p.m. on Wednesday. The national year of mourning for His Majesty the late Empress of Japan not having as yet passed, no invitations will be issued.
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    • 32 8 The March monthly medals will be played for as under The Ladies' Medal on Thursday, 18th inst.; the Men's Medal on Saturday and Sunday next, 20th and 21st inst.
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    • 47 8 The Ladies' Spoon Competition for March was played yesterday, and resulted in a win for Mrs. Lyall who returned a net score of 42. The following cards were returned Mrs. Lyall 52 10 42 Mrs. Hallifax 51 4 47 Mrs. Scoular 53 3 50
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    • 79 8 Donald Carrol, a Kuala Lumpur boy, iasnei a challenge to any of his weight, Bst. 9., to box the best of 15 rounds for a cup value $100 with added purse, offered by the management of the La Scala Theatre. This challenge remains open until Saturday, March 27, and
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    • 45 8 A rumour appearing in the Dutch Press says that the Germans are making use of a new automatic submarine, which requires no crew. These machines run for a term of 14 days, in a wide circle. Should they strike anything, a torpedo is automatically discharged.
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    • 468 8 Court-Martial Proceedings. Yesterday afternoon was occupied by the Military Court in bearing the charges (1) of mutiny and (2) of firing upon a picket against Ila vildar Rahmat Ali and Sk»poy Fa rid Buksh. Subadar Roshan Khan and other witnesses stated that while they were on patrol
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    • 164 8 We have received from the F.M. S. Government printing department a very interesting pamphlet by Mr. W. R. Jones (assistant Geologist) on the Clays of Economic Importance in the F. M. S." It is evident from it that there is an abundance of fine pottery clay in Malaya which could
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    • 354 8 Protective Measures. The past year was notable for the serious consideration given to the cause of ponaormtiou tS related t> human life. The US. Bureau of Mine! was nrtUMially active in ihis i espvd. The conservation of hninan life is, on the whole, lit* most important phase of
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    • 228 8 London, Feb. 10. —For some reason or other there is a marked increase of activity amongst the numerous gentry who have dubious coconut positions for sale. That the public aie willing to incline a favourable ear to the industry is obvious enough to those who have
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    • 88 8 A Straits-born Chinese, Kwek Geok Van, was yesterday charged in the Second Magistrate's Court with having, on Saturday night, used criminal force to two women in Fraser Street. Accused was convicted and ordered to find a surety in the sum of $50 to keep the peace for three months,
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    • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 147 9 Tuesday, lltk. do. :0 4* a.m. I ft. 4 11.18 m Wealthy, 17th. J PI S -11." 3 i". I ItM mm. Thursday, lltk. q jT .f .ward mail da*. a,, -1 mail dv*. arch Society, V.M.C.A. 8.8« l f( *atM -H.M 1 inFriday. 19ft. tMr F. G. Bterenit,
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    • 60 9 Singapore, March 16. Bank 4 m/s. 2/43/16 Demand 2/4 1/32 Private 3 m/s. 2/4 19/32 tnk T. T. 174J uOBgKOBfJ— J:i Shanghai— Bank d/d. 98J f Ja Java— Bank T. T. 141^ )l J'ipan— Hank d/d. 114 i haying rate $8.54 1 Cci] Bilk last issue 1/4 T.T. 1/4
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    • 936 9 Shipping Notes and News. to-cUy B L Utward v* ll ar riv*l The M. M. Atlantique is timed t» sail homeward on March 26th. The P o. Nubia, ontward bound, is due on the 20th inst. For London, the Ocean line s.s Jason is due to sail on
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    • 93 9 Kingston (Jamaica), Jan. 20.—Planters ars offered good prices for grocery, sugar, cocoa, and rum in England, but no ships are available to carry produce. The Government has been asked, therefore, to use the prise ship Bethania to take cargo to England, and to request
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    • 290 9 Prize Court Proceedints- On Friday (12th Feb the officers and engineers and the single passenger (a German) of the Christian Bors, the Norwegian steamer recently captured at Kobe, were examined at the Sasebo Prize Court According to a Mainichi dispatch, coal, flour, maize and other foodBtutl's on
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    • 134 9 The Board of has issued the following instructions to surveyors with reference to the subdivision of passenger steamers M With reference to Circulars 1551 and 1552, relating to the abovementioned subject, surveyors should note that it has not been found possible to prepare detailed instructions regarding sub-dixision
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    • 101 9 The captain of Messrs George Gibson and Co.'s steamer Mascotte, which arrive] at Leith from Harlingen, Holland, reports that on the outward voyage at four o'clock in the afternoon, a Gorman submarine was sighted on the surface. The submarine was at once submerged, apparently to make an unobserved
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    • 111 9 H. M. Consul-General at Batavia reports that, in view of various harbour improvements and extensions at the principal ports in the Netherlands Indies, the Government decided to impose a new tax on all shipping, in the form of port dues, which are additional to the existing anchorage
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    • 26 9 (Singapore, March 16) Tin.— lN2-S0 135 tons told. Copra. —Weak. Tapioca. —Weak. Sago Flour. —Weaker. Oa miner and Pepper. —Steady. Other Products. Market steady.
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    • 201 9 Nutmeg* 110 S, per picul fJI.OO Nutmeg* WB, 21.00 Copra Bali 10.40 Copra Gorong Talo 10-56* Copra Dongalo 10.54* Copra Kay ong 10.30* Copra Pulo 10.10* Copra Pontianak 9.80* Copra Siantan I<\2o* Copra Singkawang lo.Jo* Sago Florr Singapore Ist quality 4JS* Sago Flour Singapore fair 4.10*
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    • 102 9 Id Re German and Austrian Goods- The Batavia Handelsblad report* that on Thursday last the Escompto Mij. and several Batavia import firms received telegrams from Europe advising that the despatch of German and Austrian goo<ls would now probably be an impossibility. The same journal also statea that
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    • 107 9 The Chinese Government has, according to news from a reliable sonroe, decided upon a uniform standard of currency. Instructions; have been issued to the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications to circulate the new dollar. The two banks are al*«o ordered to purchase all other old
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    • 26 9 Messrs Katx Bros, have reported the following February outputs Bakap Plantations..." 23,050 lbs. Batn Matang V.U 1 Jong Lan<lor Estates 33,346 Kedah Rubber 25,141
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    • 67 9 At the wool sales at recently the aucti >neer refused to take bids made by German buynrs. A dispute followed, and the lot in question was re-submitted,* and finally knocked down to a French firm at the price bid by the (Germans. Subsequently other »opposed German bids
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    • 29 9 The Panama Canal authorities decline to hold themselves responsible for demurrage tn connection with the delay of steamers due to temporary obstructions occasioned by landslides or other natural causes.
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    • Page 9 Advertisements
      • 49 9 Train Services. TIMES. Daily. M Eoi north at 7.7 a.m. and is for Johore at !..':> p., 2.66 p., 4.40 p. i from north at 8.16 a.m. and 5.14 I Johore 7.9, 8.42, 10.16, l.'.'a and 6.5. J Train :—Leaves Johore 5.22 p.m. The train journey ,4 ccupies an hoar
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    • Page 9 Miscellaneous
      • 247 9 MAILS CLOSE. Tj-daj. g.j.w G fcbilt Kuching 2 p.m. i Muar *Lady Weld 2 p.m. pj.t Dick*-)ti and I',:t *5« 'tenham *Poh Ann 2 p.m. BiiPaha» Hong Wan 2 p.m. K Tanjong Sura* 4 p.m. M*riia(. Ktmaman, Kua'.a iKugun »..d Tre: n»uu Will o' tha Witp 4 p.m. To-morrow. P,-:
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    • 603 10 Speaking at the annual meeting of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce last month, the Hon. Rupert Beckett dealt with the financial position created and likely to be created by the war. It had become a commonplace, he said, to say that England
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    • 149 10 Four German residents of Yokohama and one British subject h«re received orders from the Japanese Government to leave the country within a week, says the Japan Chronicle of February 17. The persons concerned are G. Boden, manager of the Yokohama brauch of the DeutschAsiatische Bank, and
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    • 53 10 A telegram has reached Macao giving the appointments in the new Cabinet as follows:— Premier and Minister of War. General Pimenta de Castro. Foreign Affairs.—Col. Tda Trindale. Interior.—Colonel Pedro Gomes Teixeira. Justice.—Guilherme Moreira. Finance. —Capt. Herculano Galhardo. Marine. Admiral Xavier de Brito. Colonies. —Admiral T. Gnimares. Education.—Colonel
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    • 44 10 A despatch from New York says that more than 1,000 New York churches combined to meet the problem of unemployment in the city during the winter. They cooperated with the public authorities in establishing employment agencies, and also with business, labour and charitable organizations.
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    • Page 10 Advertisements
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      • 168 10 4% Brewed from only Best Malt Hops. in Sole Agents: ANN LOCK Co., Battery Road. Sub-Agents: TAI TO Co., j Beach Road, Singapore. E—— Mill I _——■—m— NOTICE. We hereby give notice that for a period of one month from the date hereof we are prepared to exchange our empty
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    • 616 11 Chief Secretary's Speech. Battalion to be Increased The contingent of the M.S.V.R., who did such good word in Singapore during the recent trouble, returned to Kuala Lumpur last Saturday morning, after an absence ot five weeks, and they were given a very hearty reception.
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    • 98 11 In the Bank-note forgery cage against Phoa Ban Siok, Tan Soen Liang and a Loen. who were convicted in Ja*a and eentenced to 10, 0 and 7 years' imprisonment in chains respectively and fined in varying sums, the appeal court ha* now revised the sentences of the fa
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    • Page 11 Advertisements
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