Malaya Tribune, 27 March 1915

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  • 22 1 The Malaya Tribune. EVENING DAILY.] AND J SHIPPING GAZETTE. [EVENING DAILY. Vol. 2.- No. 72. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1915 Price Cents.
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    • 526 1 PALLADIUM ORCHARD ROAD. Singapore's Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD. CHARLES HOWITT AND A. PHILLIPS With their Powerful London Dramatic and Comedy Co. of Picked Artistes. TO.NIGHT! Will Present TO-NIGHT!! The Screaming Farce. What the Butler Saw. Monday: Passers-By." Tuesday: David Garrick" Preceded by Waterloo." Wednesday: Nobody's Daughter." Thursday: <c Under Two
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    • 52 1 Melor De Awan A GALA PIECE Will be produced With all New Sceneries and Dresses. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT It THE STAR OPERA AT THE THEATRE ROYAL North Bridge Road. T0 MOMOW! SATURDAY Secure Your Seats Early To-night Hundreds turned away last Saturday 1 That well-known piece OINUFIFAH OF BRABANT Y. L
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  • 712 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) A private telegram from Jaffna, Ceylon, annomees the death of Mr. Bodvfin of the Malacca Municipality, where he has been acting as Town Overseer, and in other posts, for tfie last fifteen years. Deceased was on leave at the time. To his widow and
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  • 18 2 Amsterdam.—Germany is heavily fining Belgian parents whose sons have fled to join the Belgian forces.
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  • 223 2 In a powerful and spirited article Marie Corelli pillories the Kaiser with relentless but unerring accuracy. There can be nothing more terrible, more lonely, cr more accursed in all the realm of factor fiction than the figure of the Kaiser —this miserable man
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  • 71 2 ■MM the French Minuter Referring to the ie German marine blockade of Great v French Miniver of M ar i r lMj viewed, said"lt Wa lnt r Germany is utterly vau l"? aff good the threat. Germany ships now and then, but th of the war will
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  • 152 2 Paris March 7.—Officii detai'. of the Malancourt affair, mpnti( J in the comrnuni 4 Ub on the 27th Feb. ruary, show that the French and Cierman trenches were here vert close, and hidden from eech other by undergrowth. Fighting was co n ducted by sapa, m
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    • 93 2 John Little Co*, Ltd. OPEN THEIR ON Tuesday, 6th April FOR 14 DAYS. Bargains will be shown in all Departments. NO CATALOGUES ISSUED. JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. EMPIRE CARS Entire Shipment of 4 Cars Sold Out Within 3 Days of Arrival. THERE IS A REASON! Orders How Booßed big Julian
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    • 264 2 j NOTICE TO MOTORISTS. WE ARE LARGE SUPPLIERS OF THE FOLLOWING: Benzine, Kerosine, Motor Cylinder Oil, Motor Grease, Lubricating Oil, Tyres, Tubes, Carbide and many other Requisites for Motor Car use. OUR PRICES ARE EXTREMELY MODERATE. Why Not Send Your Orders To Us? No. 955. Chin Huat Lee CANAL ROAD.I
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  • 836 3 An Ordinary Meeting <,f t^1€ Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon at the Municipal oi!ic*s. Mr. F. J. Hallifax was in the chair. were also pri-sent Messrs Cbia Keng €hia, I T. Tessensohn, Dr. X. Veerasamy, I* ng Man Sau, and W. Marsh, Act -retary to the Commissioners.
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  • 297 3 Report of Directors. The report to be submitted to the ninth ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held at the Company's office, the Pharmacy Buildings, Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday, 31et March, is as follows The profit for the year including interest on Reserve Fund and Surplus Investments
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  • 64 3 At the monthly meeting on Monday, March 29, at 5.15 p.m.. the St. John's Ambulance First Aid and sick nursing certificates will be presented by Mrs. Dewar to those candidates who successfully passed their examination last September. The address will be given by Mr. Pringle. There will be tsa
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  • 68 3 So great a respect have the German man infaiitrv for Tommy and his bayonet that they make for themselves thick paddings of straw and newspaper* and such things with a view to lessening the distance by which the hasonet can pierce them. The Belgians, who at the outset of the
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  • 488 3 Decree Against A Straits Official. Mr. Justice Bargrave Dearie proBounced a decree rrisi on February 22 on tbe petition of Gladys Honpool Rod esse, wbcee maiden name was Aid is, for divorce from her husband. Francois Marc Antoine Maurice Rodeese, deputy-registrar of the High Court of Singapore,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 88 3 AUCTION SALE. Mindiy 29th March, it 31 999 Years' Leasehold Land and Houses Nos. 75, 77 and 79 Bain Street. Area 2,531 sq. feet. Annual quit rent "$2, now known as Town Subdivision XI Lot 1353. CtfING KINO LIE Co., Auctionert. 123-3 29-3 MORTGAGEE'S SALE. AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE J
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    • 410 3 MORTGAGEE'S SALE of Valuable Rubber P)a»ta*toM erteated at Oh*n«. Ayer Me**, 9uagei Bahra. and also a piece of valuable Land and brick-built house situated *t ttebacg Kechil, Malacca. TO BE HELD AT Mr. L, ii. ChMty~m Sale-room, Malacca. ON SATURDAY, THE lOth APRIL. 1915, AT 11 A.M. PARTICULARS. Lot L
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    • 557 4 Church Services. S. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. Palm Sunday. (Services as Usual.) Monday 8 a.m. —Holy Communion. (7 T., 7.30 Tb. i Tuesday 10 a.m.—Matins and Meditation. W'ednseday Rev. H. G. Peile. Thursday 0.80 p.m.—(W. 7 p.m.) Evensong and Address. Rev. C. B. Wood. Wednesday B.l* p.m.—Preparation for Holy Communion. Mamndy 7.58
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    • 568 4 PRI2ISHP STREET (BABA) CHURCH I a.m.—Sunday 8«hool. Jam.—(Malay) Mr. Tan Boon Gnan. i p.m.— (English) Lantern Service. A lecture on "The Life of Christ," illustrated by excellent lantern slide*, will be given by Miss Gilbert n Prinsep Street Church on Sunday next at 8 p.m. CHINESE GOSPEL HOUSE. North Bridge
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    • 51 4 EUCALYPTUS OIL Parker's Can be Obtained from Boon Seng Co., 18 19 Robinson Road. PAUL CO., PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS 57, Selegie Road. Children's Portraiture a Speciality HIGH-CLASS WORKMANSHIP. Charges Carte de visite per doz. copies $4.00 Cabinet $7.00 Boudoir $15.00 Special Rates for Quantities. A visit to our Studio will be
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    • 199 4 Provision Merchants, Ship's PurveyorT Estate Suppliers and Commission A genu Will you allow us to make your house-keying efts; Call on us or 'Phone No. 1177 To meet the wishes of our customers wp run a Bneci to Ta jong Katong ;ts f r as he 7th mile <V R<ad)
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  • MALAYA TRIBUNE (SINGAPORE)
    • 19 5 THE GREAT WAR. NOTES AND NEWS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1915 The Malaya Tribune. BATURDAY, MARCH 27.
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    • 37 5 Spring Weather Commences. London, March 26, 4.30 p.m. Paris A communique stateithat it was calm along the greater part of the front. Continuous rain prevails. We have easily repulsed a number of minor attacks.
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    • 69 5 London, March 2b", 12.25 p.m. His Majesty the King visited Harwich on Thursday and inspected the warshirs, including one of the later submarines and a destroyer which participated in the North Sea battles. His Majesty spent twenty minutes in the destroyer's stokehold talking to the
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    • 57 5 London, March 26, If 30 p.m. Honolulu The United States' submarine F 4, which was submerged yesterday while at target practice, haa not reappeared. A search yesterday night revealed that she had sunk in deep water. All attempts to raise her have failed. It is feared that
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    • 69 5 London, March 25, G. 15 p.m. Killed H, M. Harrison (Glou- stershirea), E. D. Parker. Wounded 2nd-Lieut. T. Gibbs, C. Mokenorrie, C. A. S. Morris, 2nd Lieut. A. R. Wallace, A. D. Hedges, J. T. Sykes. Tnomcially killed A. G. Browne. Died K. Baynes, C. Clough
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    • 31 5 London, Mar. 26, 12.25 p.m. The official German account of the Russian raid on Memel says that the Kaiser's son Joachim accompanied the troops liberating the town.
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    • 31 5 London, March 25, 9.30 p.m. A conference held to-night between Mr. Lloyd-George a»d the Amalgamated Society of Engineers reached a complete agreement as to the output of munitions.
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    • 18 5 London, March 26, 12.25 p.m. The Kaiser's daughter has been delivered of a son.
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    • 234 5 {Courteously supplied by French Consul.) Officially Communicated. Paris, March 24, 6.20 p.m. Yesterday our artillery checked an attempt at bombarding Soissons. At Hartmanns Weilerkopf (a hill 5 miles north-west of Cernay, in Upper Alsace, 3,500 feet high) we captured a line of trenches and blockhouses. The Belgians
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    • 45 5 Allahabad, March 11.—The Turkish Asiatic troops are reported to be retiring on Constantinople with a force moving on Smyrna to oppose any attempt at landing. The Turks are greatly perturbed about the probable invasion of their last refuge in Asia Minor.
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    • 53 5 Allahabad, March 11.—The French estimate of tbe German casualties at three millions is generally accepted as correct. All except the aged are now under arms. Food restrictions have been again increased. Distress is marked in the German country districts. Vienna has asked Berlin for supplies and
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    • 72 5 Lodz is the Manchester of Poland, and in population it equals the Lancashire city. The textile industry is the most important, and as in the English Manchester, Germans bulk largely in the population. They also own a large portion of the capital emplo\ed in the industries of the place, so
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    • 1082 5 Failure of German Shock Tactics. The Next S'a*e of the War. The Petrograd correspondent of the .Morning Post has sent the following message to his paper The progress of the great straggle against the Germanic monster continues on this side, as in France, in a manner
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    • 121 5 The Failure of Hiaieaburg. Allahabad, March 11.—The enemy is engaged upon a vigorous offensive on the Russian centre, in what wiil be a last winter effort to defeat tbe Russians. A dozen Army Corps are engaged in the attempt. Thus the policy declares itself of following Napoleon's method
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    • 178 5 More Frightfulness." termaa Pros Advocate Poisoa Campaign The latest manifestation of German frightfulness is a direct incentive to housewives to supply our soldiers with poisoned food. The Hamburger Fremdenbiatt gives them this advice: The British soldiers at the front cannot fight unleas Ihey are kept well supplied with toothsome dainties,
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    • 112 5 Dardanelles Bombardment to List a Month. Allahabad, March 11. —A special Pioneer cablegram, dated London, 9th March says 44 Turkey has asked again for Military and Naval help from Germany and has been refused. The failure of Krupp's 14-inch guns in the Dardanelles Forts has
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    • 62 5 London Press Opinions. Lahore, March J. —The London correspondent of tho Civil and Military Gazette cabled yesterday —The papers here are impressed with the importance of the Allies' nibblings at the German line, and state that the line, once straight, has now become serrated, which will
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    • 57 5 Teacher—Now children, who can tell me which is the Germans'favourite drink V After a pause—"Champagne," exclaimed all the class excepting Tommy. Teacher—Now, Tommy, don't you agree with the others Tommy—Well teacher, I don't know. lam not sure that the German army are fond of champagne, but all the world knows
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    • 69 5 Two sailors from the little village of Fourcrosses, near Pwllheli, David Hughes and Griffith Jones, were on board the Km den when she was run to earth by the Australian cruiser Sydney. They were in separate ships sunk by tbe Kinden, and met for the first time for years as
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    • 883 6 I It is not at all surprising to find I that a number of British and other I journals recently lifted up their I voices in loud protest against the glaring failure of certain GovernI ments to realize their plain duty to I their fellow-countrymen and to i
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    • 87 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, March 2ti, S .5 p.m. Sungei Buloh Mines. The Sungei Buloh Hydraulic Mines have declared a first interim dividend of 2\ per cent. Penang Golf Club. The Penang Golf Club's annual report shows an eminently satisfactory financial position. a balance to the Profit
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    • 69 6 Dan Dan Stiah, a four parts Mali; play, was concluded last night, to crowded house including a g many Chinese nonyas. The pitce from the start was a comical Inchi Salleh, who took the part Dan Dan, quite suited him. while Miss Sahara in the rdle of
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    • Page 6 Advertisements
      • 295 6 KOBINSON Co. NEW SHIPMENT OF PICTURES. A Special Offer of a Limited Quantity Only. Three Celebrity Pictures in Dark Oak Frame WITH BACK STAND Size 11J x 7 Jellicoe, French and Kitchener IN ONE FRAME 55 Cts. Price 55 Cts. j UNFRAMEI) SEPIA PRINTS OF H.H. Pope Benedict XV. SIZE
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      • 93 6 FRESH STOCKS OF Allsopp's BRITISH PILSENER BEER bave dow arrived. QUARTS PINTS. BY ROYAL WARRANT TO H. M. THE KING. SOLE IMPORTERS i Caldbeck, Macgregor Co. ADELPHI HOTEL MUSIC DURING DINNER -To-Night!--7 30 P.M. to 9 30 p.m. TRY OUR AMERICAN MIXEI DRINKS. AMERICAN BAR TENDER in charge of th
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    • 1068 7 Tin is $*I—|1 down. —-:o:—The Penghulu of Setipak shot a tiger last week. —:o:— Training on the racecourse started c :;.r.rning. —ratTin is quoted at £104 in London to-day. being done in London il £25. 7. 6. at present. —:o:— i Flour has gone up to 14/4$
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    • 90 7 The Czar's Forces. Another Great Success. Reuter's Special War, Imperial, and Ordinary Services. London, March 25, 8.35 p.m. Rome It is reported that the Russians have won a great victory at Starostyna in Hungary, between the Lupkow and Uzsok Passes, after a battle which lasted three days. Simultaneously
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    • 51 7 London, March 25, 9.30 p.m. Lemberg: The Russians on marching into Przemysl found all the shops closed, except one caf« where tea and coffee were obtainable. The Russians, however, brought Jn much provisions. The prisoners are being despatched in three directions, thirty thousand being sent towards Lemberg mostly
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    • 162 7 Better than Ever London, March 26, 5.15 a.m. The French official review of the war says that the French army is now markedly superior to what it was at the beginning of the war in numbers, quality, and equipment. The higher command has been rejuvenated and all
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    • 46 7 London, March 25, 7.35 p m. Cairo The American cruiser Tennessee, whish is expected at Alexandria at the end of the week, will not, it is believed, bring refugees, as the attitude of the Turkish Government towards the Entente Powers has somewhat improved.
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    • 36 7 London, March 20, 1.35 a.in. A Parii evening communique' gays that the day haa been qaiet. The only thing that ia noteworthy ia the repulse of a German attack on Notre Dame de Lorette.
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    • 335 7 Destroyer of Cressys Soak. London, March 25, 10.50 p.m. Press Bureau The Admiralty haa good reason to believe that destroyer C 2f has been sunk with all hands. U 29 was recently active in the Scilly Islands. It was commanded by the notorious Weddingen, who sank three Cressy
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    • 51 7 London, March 20, 1.35 a.tn. A Paris telegram states that a court-martial has sentenced Principal Army Paymaster Desclanx to seven years' imprisonment, military degradation and expulsion from the Legion of Honour, for misappropriation of army stores. His mistress has received two years' and a private soldier one year's
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    • 24 7 London, March 26, 12.25 p.m. Venice The civil population of Cracow has been or-l-icd to leave immediately, in exudation of a siege.
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    • 60 7 Enormous Damage to Defences. London, March 25, 7.35 p.m. Tenedos According to information given by refugees from the Dardanelles, the Turks sustained enormous losses during the bombardment on the 18th inst, the greater part of the fortresses having been reduced to ruins. Two destroyers are reported to have
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    • 146 7 London, March 26. A Petrograd communique says We continue to make progress on the west and middle NiemenOur offensive in the Carpathians between Bartfield and Usjok pass is developing with complete success. We have gained a decisive victory in the region of the Lupkoff pass, where we
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    • 55 7 How the Bosvet Sank. London, March 26, 12. 25 p.m. When the Bouvet sank the Commander and Officers stood most bravely saluting the flag and the whole crew shouting Vive la France as the ship sank. The destroyers had exploded two floating mines near the Bouvet just
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    • 121 7 London, March 26, 12.25 p.m. Amsterdam: Tho Netherlands newspapers state that the bravery of the British airmen has won the sympathy and admiration of the inhabitants of Antwerp as, faced with a terrible fire, they cruised calmly above the works and did no harm to the
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    • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 408 8 Howitt-Phillips Co. at the Palladium. Last night, at the Palladium, the Howitt-Phillips Co. scored a marked success in their staging of Mr. E. W. Hornung's world-famous detective drama Raffles. From start to finish things went with a swing, and the enthusiasm of the audienee was shown in wave after
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    • 225 8 Successful Pioneer Work. The enterprise which the Danish company has shown in the utilisation of the Diesel motor as a means of propulsion has been amply crowned with the success such pioneer work justly deserves. The string of fine liners which has passed through this port
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    • 23 8 Mr. F. Mactarlane, formerly of Kamuning Estate, one of the Malayan Contingent, is now posted as StcondLieut. 7th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.
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    • 470 8 License Again Refused, The Singapore Board of Licensing Justices sat again yesterday afternoon to reconsider their decision with regard to the renewal of the Army and Navy liar's license. The Board consists of i Mr. A. V. Brown (Chairman), Commander Ratclitfe, Ji. X., Dr. Middleton and
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    • 100 8 This Cinema show announces auite a "startler" in to-night's change of programme, in a sporting film exhibiting a boxing contest between Jack Johnson, the boxer, and Georges Carpentier, the renowned French boxer. This picture will doubtless interest all lovers of the fistic art. An excellent comedy drama, The
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    • 30 8 Sunday, the 28th Instant. Johnston's Pier at 7, 9, 10 a.m., 2.30 snd 3.30 p.m. Club Bungalow, at 8.30 snd 9.30 a.m., 12.15, 3 and 5.30 p.m.
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    • 32 8 A Kuala Lumpur postman has been arrested owing to the discovery being made that he had in his possession a number of undelivered letters, some having been retained for nearly two months.
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    • 323 8 As hotels go in this town, where the ever-changing host of tourists looks for the same standard of comfort which they are accustomed to in the lands whence they emanate, there has been but little done to satisfy the craving for Carlton dinners or the Waldorf Bar.
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    • 245 8 The Indiarubber Journal (Feb 20) says :—Plantation rubber companies have since the war commenced disposed of all their crops by private treaty. Prior to the war many companies dealt privately with their rubber for spot and forward delivery, but the majority preferred public auctions, and believed that the
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    • Page 8 Advertisements
      • 62 8 CANE. Exporters who ca.n deliver CENTRE FLAT CENTRE ROUND AND LAPPING CANE Ready split, peeled and graded, of consistent all-round quality, cif London, are invited to send'parti 1 culars and quotations to IMPORTER, C/o The China Publicity Bureau, 42, Great Russell Street, London, W.C. The advertiser is in touch with
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      • 205 8 j MOTOR CARS ON HlRe] MOTOR REPAIRS AU KINDS OF tL GREASE m 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 Cart Pope Motor Cycles [Gasolene Light Cycle Co. J 4/5-2, BEACH
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    • 76 9 REVISED TIMES Singapore (Tank-Bead) Daily. Daily leave for north at 7.7 a.m. and 0 p.m. Other trains leave for Johore at IS v noon, 1.20 p., 2.56 p., 4.40 p. Ma arrivei from north at 8.1« a.m. and 7.14 p.m. i ntin« leave from Johore 7.9, Ml, 10.15,
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    • 71 9 Singapore March 87. On LondonBank 4 m/s. 8/4 7/32 l)eujand J/4 1/16 Private 3 m/». 2/4| 1 ii ln<tia— Bank T. T. l 'Mi Hongkong— R.nk rl/d 2 H 1 ii Shanghai— Bank d d. 99| 'ii J W$M Bank T. T. 'ii J a pan— Bank d/d. gna—buying
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    • 83 9 The Great Northern Pacific SteamCompany a mem triple-screw ton liner Great Northern, i 1 cost of £600,000, taft >an Francisco recently on her len \<»vage. Six Kg making a ia] trip to Hawaii with a party .«ursionists, who are being on a fortnight's cruise at fares g from 150 (toll-
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    • 1027 9 Shipping Notes and News. F« Shanghai on April sth tail. tL ocea n hne i. KumMu. The outward hound P. and O i M Malta tail* on April 3rd. The Atsuta Mam (N. Y. X.) aaili homeward on or about April 14th. TheKoningin Emma (S.M.N.) is due on
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    • 458 9 A description of a naval battle off Grenada, British West Indies, is fiven in a letter received at Montreal from a correepondent who assert* that he was an eyewitness, and that, in his opinion, the German cruiser Karlsruhe took part and was sunk. The letter was dated Grenada,
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    • 196 9 Ey the Blue Funnel Line. It is reported that three distinct steamship lines, embracing a round-the-world service, are planned by the Blue Funnel Line of Liverpool. England, and become operative this year. Victoria B.C„ will greatly benefit from the service, the initial sailing of which will be
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    • 20 9 The s.s. Sri Borneo will arrive hereon Ist April, and departs en 3rd April for Bandjermasain, Kota Faroe and >arnarin<la.
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    • 229 9 (Singapore. March 97) Tin.— To-day, $*1 j 200 tons sold. f 'oprn- —Very weak. T<ip\oca —Stead y. Sago Flour. —Brisk demand. Gamhxer. —Wtmk. Pepper. —Steady. Other Producte Market §Xt*ry. Lstnt Local Market 0—titisas tfotuaoff» 110 8. por piooi t?> <* N turner* S ft.OO Copra Bali SSo Copra
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    • 235 9 We learn from the Shanghai Daily News that considerable interest has been aroused in China by Mr. Walter Runcimans statement in the House of Commons to the effect that the proclamation relating to trading with the enemy does not prohibit trading with German firms or
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    • 87 9 Messrs W.O. Hale Bad Co., in a circular, dated LStfa March, report on the Saigon Rice market In the following terms: —"Owing to larger arrivals or grain and to slackness of demand from buying markets our prices close easier. The export of white rice, cargo rice, and paddy to Singapore
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    • 95 9 The death is reported of Mr. Waiter H»*ckford. < hief officer of the In 10-China BL X. Co s steamer The dgoened officer, whose deatli WH rej>orted by the Captain of the teasel upon her arrival at Hongkong, is prefßUied In have Jomped overboard ah the teasel was making h'-r
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    • Page 9 Miscellaneous
      • 322 9 FIXTURES. Sat.'rdiT, 2Jii. r P) 1 rni Company. Pali**!*». t ih Monthly MMai. Mr.' hia Joo Ko<»k and Mi»,.« ("h';ng 1 "j p.m. St. Andrew's Cathedral. j m «a*r. 27 a.m. 7 ft. t »1 pm. 4 ft in» Sunday, ?Stk. c nd**. Club Monthly Medal. g 41 a.m. 7
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    • 705 10 A Matter that Concerns all Business Men. Just as the Electric Light is vastly superior in every way to the mediaeval Rush Light, so is the latest method of taking press-copies of letters and documents far ahead of the old fashioned screw-press and wasteful and troublesome carbons. Owing
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    • 98 10 The Aviation School at Nan-yuan which has been established under the auspices of the Ministry of War, held its first graduation exercises a few days ago. There were thirtythree students who received diplomas. It is said that these graduates have shown great efficiency in the science
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    • 64 10 England's oldest industry, the flint knapping business, which is still carried on in Brandon (Suffolk) is experiencing a brisk business as a result of the war. Although the war has stopped the export of flint i implements to West Africa and South America, the flint knappers are busy in their
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    • Page 10 Advertisements
      • 388 10 Vichy Celestin Beit Tabic Water This Water known ■H and used over a 1000 I I years by all kinds o M W invalids. jM ft A pint taken early ft >n the morning will Bmake you fit for the Gaggino&Co M Agents. So, 6, Raffles Square* Banham Street The
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      • 310 10 I LISTEN FOR YOUR HEALTH'sIakT IF you have no appetite, **i4t IF you are reduced to skin and bone, IF your eyes have sunk into their sockets. IF your brain is weak, IF you feel an aching sensation all over your bod Try a Tin of Mank ffigral) 9i\h. It
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    • 1241 11 Professor Morgan has done the cause of the Allies and the cause of civilization a great service by translating into hnglish the German Kriegsbrauch im Landkriege." The importance of this book is that it the highest official sanction t; e sanction of the German General Staff—to
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    • 71 11 Rome, Feb. 23. —A special meeting of the Italian Cabinet is being held to inquire into the reason why three Austrian torpedo-boats entered Antivari harbour, a Montenegrin port on the Adriatia, and fired on the Italian schooners Crucifisso and Saturno, and why Austrian aeroplanes simultaneously dropped bombs
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    • 84 11 In Napoleon's wars a bullet seldom hit an enemy more than 200 yard* «JiMtant. A marksman with the L*eeKnfield or Lebel rirl« can bring down man after man at 1,000 or even 2 000 yards under favourable conditions—but the conditions seldom ar* favourable. Napoleon's Old Guard considered twenty-five cartridges a
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    • Page 11 Advertisements
      • 403 11 PROCLAMATIONS. IN THE NAME OF THE KING. Arthur Youbg, Governor and Commander-in-Chief. Martial Law If 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 15th day of February, 1915. In the name of
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      • 437 11 NOTICES 'SHELL' MOTOR SPIRIT, AND PURE METHYL4TED SPIRITS In Large Quantities. HIN WATT GO., Phone No. 428. 102, Market Street KIAM KIAT CO., 108 a 109, MARKET STREET. Telephone No. 421. Shipchandlers, Government and Municipal Contractors, Estate Suppliers and Commission Agents. Sole Aoents: THE MULCOTT BELTING Co., Ltd. Best Multiplar
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      • 462 11 The Malaya Tribune. EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. This Bureau will fa rain b employer*— trtm of charge— with fall particular* of tbe qiwlilw tion* and experience of suitable men for may position they hare meant. Employee* desirin* appointments can hare their applications file* on the Register for a fee of $5. This
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    • Page 12 Advertisements
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      • 185 12 SNIPPING P.&6T Steam Navigation Company. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. For Freight, Passage and Further Information, Hppty to: H. W. BUCKLAND. AGENT. Mechanotherapy. Latest Scientific Treatment. Treatment of Paralysis, Lumbago, Rheumatism. Gout, Nerve and Skin diseases, &c, by Mechano-Therapy and Electricity.
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