Malaya Tribune, 21 December 1915

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  • 28 1 The Malaya Tribune. EVENING DAILY.] AND SHIPPING GAZETTE. [EVENING DAILY. Vol. 2. No. 297. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1915 Price 5 Cents. Cbt iftaiapa Cribune. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21.
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    • 458 1 **ew Change of Programme To-Night AT THE POPULAR CINEMA HOUSE OF SERIALS Picture Palace Junction of Albert and Bencoolen Streets. In the First Sbow PARTS For Another's Crime PA^ €>r an Hereditary Burden A GRAND DRAMA BY THE EIKO FILM COMPANY. >■ Fourth and Fifth Episodes in 4 Reels m
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    • 50 1 |"ONODA"| i Portland j I CEMENT. J j I LTD. I j SOLE AGE JNTS. 8 8 NESTLES BEST FOOD Ĕ^^LJ^B^m W PARIS ftt NESTLES BABIES. 05 US.. |MlliK| PER TIN. .|s,mOI)J EVERYWHERE. So Nourishing that every Tablet Makes a Meal I Nestle Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. (London) Singapore. 1
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    • 199 2 ADVANCE DISPLAY SPECIAL Christmas Goods JUST ARRIVED. Christmas Toys and Dolls Christmas Crackers Provisions Christmas Cards and Books Christmas Gifts of all kinds in large variety AT John Little Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE KUAL4 LUMPUR. i II! NOTICE TO MOTORISTS. SHELL FOR SHELL MOTOR SPIRIT Please send Tour Order to CHIN
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    • 690 2 RUBBER SALE. Paterson, Simons and Co s Report. Singapore, Dec. 15. —The auctions which commenced yesterday and were concluded to-day were the largest on record anr 4?5 tons were catalogued, the greater part of which was sold. During the i.iterval since last week's auction the local market had been firm
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    • 429 2 POWELL CoTT CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER, 1915. [j j 1 i Sun. 5 12 19 o r> MON. f> 13 Igol 27 I ?U€S. j 7 14 21 28 j Wed. i l Sjlsj 22 29 I Thtjrs. I 2 9j1623 30 j Fri *****24 31 I SAT. 4 11 18
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  • 357 3 A Coveted Decoration. The award of the Military Cross to Second-Lieutenant Hana Jodha Jang Bahadur, announced a few days ago, is noteworthy as the firit decoration for personal bravery in the field given to a member of an Indian ruling family during the war. He is the
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  • 226 3 A recent is*ue of the Japan Chronicle contains some interesting statistics showing the average age of marriage for men and women in tke prefectures of K\ushu. The lowest for men is 26 94 in Okinawa the lowest among women is 23.16 in Saga. Kyushu is, generally speaking',
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  • 72 3 It is reported that in preparation for the establishment of a monarchy in China, the Peking Government has privately decided to convene the National Congress in January next, to cause a responsible Ministry to be organized in March, and to proclaim the National Constitution in May. Under the
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    • 308 3 SINCAPORE ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS, LTD. ALTERATIONS TO FARES. It is h:rsjy notified that certain fares on thi Singapore Electric Tramways will be increased from and including Siturday, the Ist day of January, 191*. These fares are as under:— First Class. The present Ist class 5 cent faro will be increased to
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    • 177 3 KOH &Co. Annual Sale Now TProceeding. Toys* Teddy Jfk 80 cts. Bear mm Each. MOTOR CAR small, not exact to illustration. GO cts. each. TRAM CARS $2, $1.80, 80 cts. and 60 cts. each. t .^*^kki3!!B^^I1^I11B^HI*****H IMb Km'it l H H "ls» m FURNITURE SETS, not exact to illustration. 70
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    • 570 4 LEE BROTHERS' STUDIO. ftENOWNED FOR HIGH-CLASS PHOTOGRAPHY. THEREF ORE ENSURING BEST RESULTS. Have your Photograph taken at our Studio. 1-5 v TENTS For Circuses, Cinematographs Shows and*£other[ purposes. CANVAS WORK of all descriptions by skilled workmen BOON SENG Co-Ship-Chandlers, Sail-Makers, Estate Suppliers and Commission Agents. 18-19, Robiason Road. Tel. No.
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    • 343 4 G.C, LEE 158, Prinsep sir eit PIANO TUNER AND 1 REPAIRER. Workmanship Guaranteed TERMS MODERATE 3 11 A*"" I* Best National Tonic j i Our very live RngUd, J 77«> Efficiency Mayazme utters > om tilll J ly 'words in season' under the cart! J 5 No Advertising in Thibet.
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  • 221 5 Notes and Comments from all Parts of THE ARCHIPELAGO. Hull and Java Sugar. <rh e Java sugar market is interl in the fact that endeavours 1 being ma.le at various English orts especially at Hull, to secure a V or r in the import trade of Java
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  • 48 5 At Pangkalan Brandan a gruesome crime was committed which is still battling the»authorities. In a drain, with his hands and feet tied together, a dead Chinese was found. Not the slightest clue to the author of this terrible deed is in the hands of the police.
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  • 71 5 Negotiations are now in progress to open a rubber sale market at Medan and dispose of that product on the spot, instead of chancing the price and the attendant differences on arrival in Holland. It is proposed to work tbe market on the sample principle which will
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  • 40 5 The Merapi Volcano has become active owing to the slight earthquake shocks which have recently been experienced in several parts of Java. The eastern portion of the island experienced its greatest severity anil the villagers were much afraid.
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  • 102 5 Miss Enthoven, the daughter of Heer Enthoven of Messrs Huttenbach Co., Medan, last week laid the foundation stone of the new offices of the company at that town. The designs and execution were made by Heer Metz, who was formerly architect to the Deli Railway Co.
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  • 55 5 Awo .Malays in the Singhara disjnet refused to pay their taxes when collectors came, and threatened l kill them. The collectors later w «£t for help to Solok, where--2S? the two refractory Malays took in a mosque. They were nr *l npon by the police, one of Qem
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  • 83 5 lie plateau around Padang ap- rs > to abound with tigers, several having been made by low r eceml y in this district. A went- B a^ r txvu wood-cutters did I l nto the jangle to work and v n °t return. When searched for the
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  • 267 5 borne time ago street robberies by boys were rife at Sourabaya, but the arrest of the leader and his subsequent punishment with IS months imprisonment put* stop to it. Now there is a recurrence of street thefts and robberies, mainly committed by Chinese peranakans. On* of their recent
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  • 53 5 Owing to the rebellion which recently occurred at Macassar, some fifty prisoners were sent over by a steamer to aid the Dutch troops in transport work. On board the vessel the prisoners commenced a battle royal amongst themselves, with the result that one was killed and
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  • 148 5 The Journal of Commerce of Nov. 9 states Krupp has just obtained from the Dutch Government (says a Paris correspondent) an order for two cruisers intended for the defence of the Dutch Indies, which will be built by the Germania Company, of Kiel, and the subsidiary concern
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  • 77 5 The Foreign Office, Peking, has received Presidential sanction for opening Chinese Consulates at Irkutsk (Siberia) and Milan (Itah). A large iron mine with an area of about two miles square has been discovered on Quelpart Island south of Port Hamilton, Chosen. It w thought probable that the marine mishap*, which
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    • 301 5 Our Bedding is Noted for Purity and Reliability. 1 4 cleaned and well picked coir. Price 70 cts. each. Estimates Quoted for Promptly any Sizes Mosquito Curtain, and Without Charge. Coir Bolster or, Dutch Wife. Price $1 eachC 5 See these Bargains in Bed Quilts. VUI *WM'e Honeycomb Bed Quilts,
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  • 794 6 Prices Quoted in the Market this Morning Singapore, December 21. Messrs Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotation*:Rubber Shares. iNom. Value. Buyers. Seller*. 2/- Allagar 1/3 1/11 1 Anglo Java 116 13/6 21- Anglo-Malay 10/- 11/6 1 Ayer Kuning 12/- 14,6
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  • 215 6 The Cultured Tommies. 4 The new style of lieutenant must be rather puzzling to the old Tommies. I heard of one—an ex-public schoolmaster—who read Spenser's Faerie Queene," of all things in the world, out loud in the trenches to keep his men diverted under shell fire,"
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  • 134 6 In his report on the Consular district of Tengyueh for 1914 the British Acting-Consul makes some interesting remarks with reference to the growing insistence on the imperative need for increased facilities for the movements of commerct between Burmah and Western Yunnan by the construction of a line of railway between
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    • 966 6 BUSINESS IN WAR TIME. I It is our intention to continue to advertise our various ape- cialities with unabated vigour, and our appropriations are already planned for extensive campaigns. It pays to advertise, I advertise,advertise. The North British Rubber Co., Ltd. The Malaya Tribune. Can be had at the following
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  • 193 7 (Singapore, December 21.) 100 tons sold. fap/^-- Steady Safjo F!»ur. -Weak. Pepper—WemV. Other Products*— Market Steady. Latest Local Market Quotations. Nutmeg, HQ S. per picul fl7.tfo Kia„ak Saltan 10.00 Copra Singkawang 10.10 S Flour Singapore Ist quality 4* 0 Flour Singapore fair 4.20 Co Flour Sarawak Ist quality
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  • 68 7 On behalf of Mrs. H. B. Salmond, Mr. D. R Kinloch, care of Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, Singapore, acknowledges with many thanks the following further contributions Previously acknowledged on Sth December... $37,324.14 G. P. Hill. Sourabaya (December) 36.76 A Christian Scientist" 50.00 Chas. N.
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  • 132 7 Hardly anything fs more talked about in commercial circles in India at the present time than ways and means for the permanent exclusion of German trade from the country. The British India Mercantile Bureau just established at Calcutta has this consummation as its definite object: while,
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  • 83 7 The Chinese Ministry of Education issued instructions to the authorities of the various provinces 0 niak« an investigation into the conditions of primary schools according to the following:— (1) the of private and Government prim arv schools in each (2) number of students e *ch school, (3) the number teachers,
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  • 48 7 It is annonnced that the Rev. of p ack who has been Professor Th Ji act cal T heology in the Union t 2 i? leal Seminary at New York nice VUu\ i i *cf I °een appointed to (amC Ktv J. Campbell rof th City Temple, London.
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  • 233 7 Chinese Troops Defeated in Wuchurnuchin. Reinforcements hurrying to the relief of General Shih's retreating forS Utest u»m about the uprising in ranous parts of Mongolia which the UhiMes-, Government i. endeavouring to suppress is as fellows Maj-Gen. Shih, of Chengchiatun who was sent against the Mongolian insurgents
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  • 270 7 V. C. for the Reformatory. Boys are not bad by nature, is the conclusion of the Chief Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial Schools in his anual report published recently. He states that opportunity has been given by the war to show, as in no other way
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  • 50 7 Ten thousand goods cars together with 400 locomotives, as ordered by the Russian Railway authorities from the United States, lave been arriving at Vladivostok in parts. The arriving rolling stock is being re-erected at that port and sent to Harbin, where the engine sheds are filled with the new arrivals.
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  • 36 7 The new Japanese Exchequer bills of Y7,ooo,o(><> bearing 0/10 sen per diem interest were issued on the 26*h alt* to convert the Exchequer bilk felting due. The new bills ate redeemable on February 25th next year.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 483 7 Latest Advertisements. Useful to Planters. matrimonial. OUR GROMT CAKE, JS2&Jtt£A*&. which is only once pressed, is of the aged 18 or less with a email dowrj high quality, and we have no with a view to marriage. Advertiser, aouDVwlil pr ye \>ry benehcial for who is a respectable Tamil, aged
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    • 557 7 Latest advertisements. MASSAGE. {Japanese A specialist in the art of massage has just arrived from Japan and is pre, ared to attend at residences o* to calleis on him. Adiress —H. MOT© c/o SUWA HOTEL 164 Middle Rotd, Singapore. 6-12 v CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE ADELPHI HOTEL CHALLENGE CUP. Value $100.
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  • 1156 8 Elsewhere in this issue will be found a mes3sage forwarded from London by Renter's agency giving a digest of an exchange or' views between Great Britain and America on the burning question of the almighty dollar. If we are to judge by the expressions of opinion which
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  • 103 8 The rules published as Notification No. 2565 in the F.M.S. Gazette of Sept. 12th, 1913, are amen led by the General Manager, F< forated Malay States Railways, with the sanction of the Chief Secretary to Government, by the addition at the end of rule 40 of the
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  • 143 8 The Great War Page. In the Balkans J The Western Front From Kiel 9 In the Dardanelles 9 Lord Derby's fcchetne 10 The Ancona Xote Germany War Debt W The War on Shipping I' l Affairs in Persia W Rubber Sale 2 Baltic Bugbears J Indian Prince's Bravery
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  • 14 8 The Panama Exposition was closed on the 4th inst. Theaggrtg number of visitors 15,000,000.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 128 8 ROBINSON Co. NEW SHIPMENT OF Fullers' Gboeolates and £weefe, etc ROBINSON Co. 00 YOU USE A BLUE-FLAME OIL STOVE? THEN BUY "C^"r~VXross'' Kerosene L Kerosene EFFICIENT—ECONOMICAL. 1 WHY BURN EXPENSIVE OIL IN YOUR STOVE: WHEN f CROSS 99 WILL GIVE YOU EQUAL SATISFACTION At Less Cost Obtainable from all Dealers.
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    • 130 8 ALLSOPP'S BRITISH PILSEMER BEER. ITHE BEST AND HEALTHIEST. ALWAYS 9HB ASK FOR EH ALLSOPP'S. SOLE IMPORTERS: Caldbeck Macgregor Co. I AdelphiH oM XM4S EVE I I Special Dinner j and Ball j Christmas Day Sports on the lawn for Residents of the Hotel. I «i I Christmas Day, 25th December,
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  • 1081 9 art9o—s2iH cts. down. Tin is L _J__i teSt "7dvertisements are inserted pi*& L-—■ r- v ff n B. Ellerton has been 1* Dte d District Officer, Krian. The Dutch Supplementary Naval gndg et has be<madopted. The composition of the Kuala ilour Sanitary Board will be un- •>
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  • 88 9 Judgment in the case brought forward by Sir George Makgill, baronet, to test the right of Sir Ernest Cassel and Sir Edgar Speyer to remain Privy Councillors, ha been reserved. Mr. Powell, K. C, in support of the case put forward by Sir George Makgill, referred
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  • 91 9 Professor W.H. Bragg, formerly of the Adelaide University, and his son, Mr. W. Bragg, of Cambridge University, divide the Nobel prize for physics, their work being the X-ray examination of the formation of crystals. A theft of R 8,300 in currency notes is reported from the office of the Private
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  • 546 9 Ceylon's Splendid Lead. Following are the interesting details relative to the establishment of a School of Tropical Agriculture in Ceylon which the exigencies of space and time precluded from publication in our issue of Saturday last:— In the course of his address at the annual general meeting of
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  • 55 9 London, Dec. 20, 4.40 a.m. A bonded warehouse at Leith, whose contents were chiefly tea, coffee, tobacco and whieky, was destroyed by fire. The damage Is estimated at £130,000. Simultaneously a whisky store at Glasgow wss gutted. The damage was £150,000. The neighbouring canal was converted
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  • 25 9 The total gold exported from the F.M.S. daring the month of November was 1,183 ozs., making a grand total for the year of 13,880 ozs.
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  • 80 9 From Kiel. Our Place in the Fog." The Periodical Puff. REUTER'S SPECIAL SERVICE. London, Dec. 20, 6.25 a.m. The German Admiralty announces "Our fleet last week searched the North Sea for the enemy, and then cruised in the Skugerock, watching shipping and examining fifty-two vessels, seizing one with
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  • 76 9 Eager Recruits. London, Dec. 20, 6.35 a.m. The calling up of recruits is generally welcomed in all quarters. There is no indication of the numbers available at present, but it is pointed out that while Britain is now calling up her four youngest classes Austria is already
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  • 102 9 Enemy Attack Fails. London, Dec. 20, 1.25 a.m. The British official communique says: The enemy on Sunday morning gassed the British lines northeast of Ypres, accompanied by a heavy bombardment. Except at a few places where they were repulsed before reaching our lines, our fire prevented the
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  • 50 9 London, Dec. 20, 1.10 a.m. Paris A communique confirms the British communique regarding fighting in Belgium. The French artillery was likewise active in Artois, between the Somme and the Oise, and Champagne, destroying trenches and scattering working parties. There has been a lively artillery duel at the Dardanelles.
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  • 36 9 London, Dec. 20, 5.30 pm, Petrograd Colonel Schumsky affirms that any considerable German offensive in the west is impossible as the Germans are unable to detach sufficient troops from the Eastern front.
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  • 55 9 London, Dec. 20, 5.30 p.m. In the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil stated that certain vessels the of Rotterdamsche Lloyd are proceeding East via the Cape, whilst the remainder were sailing alleged via the Suez Canal owing to the uncertainty regarding the quantity of bunkering space
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  • 34 9 London, Dec. 20, 1.10 a.m. Petrograd A communique states that an enemy detachment has been severely punished on Lake Mendziol. Big enemy forces were repulsed at Kuchkek, between Teheran and Hamadan.
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  • 61 9 Greeks will Fight with French. London, Dec. 20, 3.20 p.m. Paris: A curious moral development is reported from Salonika. Greek Army Officers who hitherto were Loyalists now declare that if the Bulgarian troops cross the frontier they would join the French and fight them. It is stated
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  • 81 9 London, Dec. 20, 3.20 p.m. Athens: A telegram from Germany, in reply to the Greek protest on the subject of the Bulgarians and military necessities which Germany alleges compel her to pursue the Allies, declares that she has ordered the immediate stoppage of the Bulgarian and Austro-Germans
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  • 43 9 London, Dec. 20. 4.35 p.m. Zurich: A Bucharest telegram states that the Russians have apparently abandoned for the present their plans of attack against Bulgaria The movements of their troops indicate that they intend to renew the attacks on Bqkowina,
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  • 30 9 London, Dec. 20, 3.55 p.m. Athens It is unofficially announced that the results of the elections give M. Goumaris the majority. The Venezelists completely abstained from voting.
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  • 33 9 London, Dec. 20, 3.15 p.m. Rome: The Tribune says that the Serbian refugees have arrived In the villages of central Italy and were sympathetically received. Many more are expected.
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  • 39 9 Operations Transferred. London, Dec. 30, 2.55 p.m. The War Office announces that all troops at Sutva Bay and Anzac with their guns and stores have been successfully transferred with insignificant casualties to another sphere of operations.
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  • 97 9 London, Dec. 20, 4.10 p.m. The transfer of the British troops from Suvla Bay and Anzac under unexpectedly successful circumstances has given great relief. It is regarded as an eloquent testimony to the skilfulness of the military leaders. Under the perfect guardianship of the Navy the withdrawal
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  • 42 9 London, Dec. 20, 5.30 p.m. Ottawa- The Parliament has been summoned for January 12. The speech from the throne wiTl foreshadow the measure to lengthen th* term of the Parliament, the war appropriation of 50 millions sterling, and new taxes.
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  • 33 9 Mr.H.J. Tennant (Under Secretary of War) announced in the House of Commons that Russia's supply of men of military age at the beginning of the war was 21,400,000. E. C, Programme Page 12.
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  • 205 10 A Liner's Experience. London, Dec. 20, 2.35 p.m. Three officers of the Umeta which was sunk on Dec. 7 reached Plymouth on Sunday after being four days in a lifeboat with 26 lascars. They state that the Umeta was attacked* by a German submarine in the
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  • 57 10 Will it be the Last London, Dec. 19, 11.55 p.m. New York A forecast of the second Ancona note is that it reiterates the American demands based on the admission of the Austrian Admiralty and leaves no doubt that Austria will have to reply promptly. Rupture or
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  • 68 10 London. Dec. 20, 4.40 a.m. Washington Great Britain has submitted a memorandum to America, denying the press statements that British merchants are profiting by the war restrictions at the expense of American trade, and show ing that the British trade with neutrals is infinitesimal as compared with
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  • 110 10 London, Dec. 20, 3.15 p.m. Reviewing Herr HelYerich's speech, the Vorwaerts urges the Government to declare how money for the payment of interest and redemption of war debts can be raised and says that the German war debt is now 2,000 million sterling, the interest on which
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  • 44 10 London, Dec. 20, 2.35 p.m. The Panama Canal channel is opened sufficiently to warrant waiting vessels preparing to pass The permanent opening cannot yet be guaranteed, and hence it is inadvisable for shipping to arrange via the Canal until further advices.
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  • 71 10 It is understood that December 23 has been appointed by the Governmert as the day for t!:n Worship of Heaven. The d.iy been proclaimed n> a holiday for the different Government offices and schools. A grand will be < ffen dat the 'iempie of Heaven, where the Presiliont himself will
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  • 287 10 BILLIARDS. Adelphi Challenge Cup. The Draw. A capital entry of 34 has been received for the Adf>lphi Hotel $100 Challenge Cup tournament which is due to commence this evening. A committee has been elected to manage the tournament and will adjudicate upon all matters not provided for in
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  • 108 10 On Dec. 2, before a very large gathering, including the LieutenantGovernor, the Rangoon St Leger race (of the value of Rs. 3,350) was run in excellent weather. Mr. Burjorjee, who has distinguished himself by winning the Civil Service Cup, India, and for many years winner of
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  • 207 10 Long Distance Race. On Sunday last the long distance race from the Swimming Club to the Sea View Hotel was decided and resulted in a win for H. Karsten. Six started and five of them finished. Karsten went ahead from the start and at the long pier
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  • 198 10 Mr. George Edwardes, of the Gaiety and Daly's theatres, left £49,780. He bequeathed to his son D'Arcy the freehold estate at Ogbourne, expressing the wish that the racing establishment there should be carried on in conjunction with P. Hartigan, so long as this can be done
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  • 166 10 The Evening News of Nov. 23 states that Tod Sloan, the erstwhile jockey, and a French actress were arrested in London on a deportation order by the Home Secretary. The order was issued under the Defence of the Realms Act. It is stated that Sloan was arrested
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  • 83 10 The December Spoon of the S.L.R.A. was shot for at Balustier range on Thursday last, Mrs. Payne being the winner, with the excellent score of 01 net. The leading scores were r v h Mrs. Payne 32 29=0*1 7.52=G8.52 Gattey3l 30 61 6.03 67.03 h Howe 28
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  • 184 10 The appeal of Phang Teck Joon against the decision of Mr. Justice Woodward in favour of Haji Asra binte Mohamed was heard by the Court of Appeal (consisting of their Lordships the Chief Justice and Judges Ebden and Earnshaw) who unanimously allowed the appeal with costs. It
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  • 56 10 The Ministry of the Interior, says a Peking paper, has given instructions to provincial authorities that investigations should be made into the foreign post offices in the interior, so as to enforce the abolishment of such institutions because China has already joined the International Postal Union and there is no
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  • 115 10 First Court. (Before MR. H W. F Rm^¥ Municipal Cases. inere were about in and ten fresh cases un.j,., v' 8,pon «l regulations this mornil awe of one, accused of ex," himself .n public whilst IT" 1 from small-pox.a fine of was .nflicted I„ all others ail T'
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  • 64 10 (Before Mr. C. H. G. Cutm Three Chinese ware charged with cruelty to animals and were 2 $5, $3, and .$5 respectively a Tamil was fined 815 for a offence with the alternative of Z month's hard labour. one A Chinaman was semenced to one months rigorous imprisonment
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  • 23 10 (Before Mr. N. D. Mi die.) The case against Kalaitxkivekw the moneylender's clerk, was heard partially yesterday afternoon and again adjourned
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  • 143 10 London, Dec. 20. The death is announced of the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe. —Renter. [Sir Henry EnfieM Roscoe, F.R.s, LL.I)., D C L., who was horn on Jan. 7, 1<>33. was elected a privy councillor in 1909. He had been Emeritus Professor of Owen's College, Victoria University,
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  • 124 10 Two Coolies Killed. A gang-robbery is reported to have taken place at Politang, a village abort nine miles from Bentong. on the 17th inst., says the Malay Mail. It appears that, as fonr Chinese coolies were carrying tin-ore from that place to Bentong. they were waylaid by
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  • 46 10 Since the untitled of untitle Commissioner Cheng Rt Sh»nfl a Chinese police at Chefoo btv« ei.fo.cing n wo*i strict looko* mischief-makers. The cen*o r telegrams and mail icatters 11 commenced for BO«« tm f". tj i are fire warships, Haiw, Yunghsiaog, Chochien, and'Feiving, in the harbour.
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    • 227 10 I 5 for the price of 4 I 1' Ist Motorist (pointing to burst tyre) "Hullo, old chap, I'm in trouble one of my confounded S H tyres has burst, and I haven't a spare." S3 gj 2nd :M No spare and I always looked on you as an experienced
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  • 335 11 To describe the feeling which the ordinary Englishman now has f or t*erman as hatred is surely a psycho logical infelicity. It would be more nearly detcribed in German by Ekel than by ff ass A man shrinks fIW a being whose moral constitution ii diverse from his
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 155 11 ensure! GETTING 3 ;The Best Bottlings! OF— jf PURE BRITISH PILSENER I BASS'S ALE v 1 SCOTCH ALE 2 I S# I AND! I GUINNESS'S STOUT I The Auk's I Great Head I is the guarantee of the highest quality and 3 j absolute purity of our bottlings. Present prices
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    • 25 11 Standards of Glory \V"* 87ICECIL STREET *W| .Z= Like the British Army ZZ= OUR AERATED WATERS MAINTAIN THE Highest Standard AND ALWAYS WILL. FRAMROZ Co.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 59 11 Singapore Volunteer Corps. Orders for the week ending Friday, December 24 To-day. 5.15 Drill Hall Chinese Co. 4.30 Govt House S.V C. Ban I. 5.]5 Bras Basah Rd. Malay Co To-morrow, Dec. 22. 5.15 p m. Drill Hall Maxim Co. do S.V.R. Thursday, Dec. 23. 5.15 p.m. Bras Basah Rd.
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  • 144 12 (Exclusive to Malaya Tribune) Messrs Latham and Co., the Arcade, advise the following quotaKions for to-daj: Quotations. Alor Gajah $2.75 $2.85 Ayer Hitaixi 24.00 20.00 Ayer Knnings 1.00 1.10 Ayer Molek 1.95 2.10 Ayer Panas 7.00 7.25 Balgownie 3.40 3.60 Bukit Jelotong 0.50 0.55 Bukit Katil 0.77.V
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  • 196 12 A Retrograde Step. The Bombay Government recently issued the following cincular In view of the special circumstances arising from the protracted duration of the war it is imperative that the strictest economy should be observed in public expenditure. In accordance with this principle all proposals for fresh expenditure
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  • 77 12 A new agricultural experimental station has been opened at Port Arthur with a view to taking up vine culture aud wine brewing. The British Consul, at the request of the Chinese Bureau of Foreign Affairs ha* notified British and American subjects that owing to the present exceptional prevalence of brigandage
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  • 114 12 To-day. St. Thorn**. Full Moon. Emulation Lodge, 8.80 p.m. Simpam Valley Tin Meeting. Wia Chester HoQM, MOB. P. A O. homeward mail exported. Municipal OommiMion Sp. id I netting 2.30 pm. To-morrow. Alor ftajah meeting. Derrick s noon. Pajam meeting. Derrick's 2..'10 p.m. P. O. homeward mail cloaes 0
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  • 70 12 Singapore, December 21On London— Bank 4 m/s 2/4 9/16 Demand 2/4 7/32 Private 3 m/s 2/4£ On India— Bank T. T. 175JOn Hongkong— Bank d/d 17J On Shanghai— Bank d/d 98} On Java— Bank T. T. 132), On Japan— Bank d/d 109 i Sovereigns—buying rate $8.54 India Ceil Bills
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    • 234 12 I TO-MTIOHT. I 1= Empire Cinema TANJONG PAGAR ROAD, OPPOSITE THE KRETA AVER POLICE STATION. I COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME I 1 FOR THREE NIGHTS ONLY.—Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. a 1 CONTINUATION OF THE GREAT UNIVERSAL SERIAL I i THE "BLACK BOX" 'L 3,° I g Featuring Herbert Rawlinson, Wm.
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    • 46 12 I ALL-BRITISH j I Rom Ty^esH Used by the British War Office. S I I DURABILITY. 1 The Rom Tyre and Rubber Co. 1 Contractors to H. M. War Office, Kolborn. London. E- I MEYER BROTHERS, Smgap°' e I Sole Agents for Straits Settlements and F-^^J
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  • 1179 13 The Humorous Side. Preening its feathers and curtsying to the waves, a sea-bird perched on a floatiig mine calmly watched the busy traffic of the North Sea, writes the Am«ter<lam correspondent of the Daily Mail. Up and down the narrow tortuous channel which the British
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  • 72 13 The following Coronation peerages are officially gazetted Hozumi Yamakawa, of the Imperial University; Shoichi Omori, Governor of Kyto; Kuniomi Yokota, the Chief Justice; K. Morimura, of the Morimnra Company, K. Okura of Gkura <fc Co; T. Furakawa, President of the Fnrakawa Mining Co. and T. Mitsui, President
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  • 71 13 Mr. Arthur Christopher Benson, who was president, fellow and lecturer of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and has been appointed by Lord Braybrooke to the mastership of the college, vacant by the death of Dr. Stuart Donaldson, is the oldest surviving sou of the late Dr. Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury. He is
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    • 484 13 I STAR PROGRAMME AT THE g ALHAMBRA f I HIE PIONEER CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE. BEACH ROAT). I TUeSdai w Th.rsd» y 20th, 21st, 22nd M d 23rd Dumber, 1915. 1 g Second Show at 9.15 p.m fij rib) Fipts Show 7.30 to 9 p.m. B An Emotional Drama in 5 Parts
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  • 939 14 Tin has a wider distribution in India than is generally recognised, and its minerals are often overlooked through the difficulty of distinguishing thein fropi other heavy mineral*, says the Mining World and Engineering Record. Isolated crystal of caesiterite or tin-stone have been found in pegmatites
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  • 330 14 Every Available Man Fighting. I have been making inquiries as to the part the British Missionaries of Manchuria have taken in war and find that there is not one son of any Manchurian Missionary, who is of age, who j has not gone
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    • 545 14 IT n g 1916 A few high Efficiency features w w «h» w gg-iq, I g ind 'Vidual to the Si*. ■T I/ A T\ f\ 8 I V s^, ,i DvlvlV V//lLlvOl Kg Bp >Jl Six Cylinder Valve-in-head type 3 ins. x 5$ fc&j 4 A ins. Four bearing
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    • 82 14 |1 MINERAL WATER (Nunobiki Tansan) I BOILED SALMON (Net Weight 14} oz.) SUGAIiARA Co. 332 334 North Bridge Road. jj 'PHONE 1333 a————————— ,m Your Morning Headache will disappear after a dose of the tiny laxatives which to not gripe. Of chemist?, 50 cents per post free from the Dr.
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    • 276 15 TO BE LET TO LET OR FOR SALE. m f or tab'e Bungalow No. 39, St. i>h«l Road. off Serangoon Road, lCn tin( 0 f verandah, 4 bedrooms, Souses and stable. Apply K. Sajan Co., 28 Malacca v TO LET. N 1274 East Coast Lane off J W«t Coist Road.
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    • 428 15 Bank fttMidaysT It is hereby notified that the Exchange Banks will be closed on SATURDAY, 25th Dec.") Christmas MONDAY, 27th Dec] Holidays. 2Q 12 24-12 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Til^ c f reV ir Slon 0f the Assessment Lists for Houses and Lards within of the Town and ort of Malacca, for
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    • 364 15 _WANTED_ wanted! Second-hand cameras, half plate or post card size, in good order. State price and name of maker and lens to Box 202 c/o Malaya Tribune. n WANTED. A Position in a Mercantile Firm or Rubber Estate as Book-keeper, General Office Assistant or even as a i^ lth P
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    • 459 15 BANKS CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Pa i!?A Up Ca P ital m 6 0,000 Shares of £20 each £1,200,000 Keserve Fund £1,800,000 Keserve Liability of Proprietors £1,200,000 BANKERS The Bank of England, Th* Londoc City and Midland Bank, Ltd., The London County and
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    • 422 15 INSURANCE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO- LTD. FIRE Insurances effected on Building, Rent and Merchandise of every description MARINE Insurances accepted to »11 parts of the world at lowest rates. EARTHQUAKE Risks accepted. J. HENRY Local Manager. Offices: 2, Finlayson Green. The Eastern United Assurance Corporation, Limited. HEAD OFFlCE.—Singapore. INOORPORATKD IN
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    • 758 16 iGUAN KIAT Co I Head Office 37, Phillip Street. J BRANCH STORES A T .'—Phillip Street No. 14, and Tank Road Nos. 14, 100 and 102 1 i g j Telegraphic Address Telephone NOS. 1174, 1233, Codes U s «h 8 I GUANKIAT. I (Private 1450). A.B.C. sth Edt. and
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  • The Malaya Tribune.
    • 19 1 Straits Shipping Gazette. Issued Dally.] Supplement to the Malaya Tribune Issued Daily.] No. 8 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1915
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    • 151 1 NOTICE RE CHANGE OF ROUTE The mail steamers of the Nederiuud" and Rotterdam Lloyd Mail Lines will, until further no'ice, proceed outward and hoinewa*d via the Cape of Good Hope, the service maintained by these lines thereby becoming a ten daily one. The first homeward mail steamer
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      • 461 1 P.&O. British India AND Apcar Line Mail and Passenger Services. Peninsular and Oriental Sailings (Under Contract with Hi- Majesty's Government). For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. Steamers will leave Singapore on or s aboufc Mail Lines. Homeward (for Europb). Outward (for China). Connecting
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      • 130 1 YINC FAT S.S. CO. For HONGKONG, JAPAN, HONOLULU AND MEXICO, The s.s. ASIA MARU, 2,5*1 tons, reg., arrived heiv from Hongkong on December 4 and will have prompt despatch for the above —mentioned ports on December 21st For Freight or Passage rates apply to NG HOP CHOON, Manager. KEE SING
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      • 577 1 N.Y.K. tNIPPON YUSEN KAISHA (JAPAN MAIL BSB 'STEAMSHIP CO.) Q EUROPEAN LINE. -am service between Yokohama via ports ft*. Marseilles and London, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese' Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this serrice have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all the latest
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    • 377 2 Europe. Fob London Kamo Maru. in port Namur. December 23 Cyclops, December 27 Lycaon,December 28 Kioto, January 4 Kashima Maru, January 5 Nankin, January 6 Sutton Hall, January 8 Antilochus, January 15 For Liverpool Kasenga, in port Glaucas, Deoember 25 Peleus, January 1 Tydeus, January 25 For
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    • 311 2 (Vessels in Port. BritisL Magnet Inner Rds 12-11 Ranella K. Harbour 11-12 Brisbane do 1-12 Sandakan do 2-12 Irismere T P Dock do Kau*a Outer Rds 12-12 Benlomond do do Charon do 14-12 Chowtai Wharf 16-12 Zaida Inner Rds 17-12 Penang do do Pyrrhus No. 6 Wharf 18-12
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    • 117 2 Mersing for Batu Pabat. Quorra for Prigi Rajah, Tembilahan and Indrsgiri. Kuching for Sarawak and Qoebiit Laisang for Penang and Calcutta Krian for Port Dickson and Port Swettenham. Asia Maru for Hongkong and Japan. Porthos for Saigon, Hongkong, Shan gin i and Japan. Lady Weld for Malacca an
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    • 602 2 Bangkok-Singapore freight is quoted at 35 cts per picul to-day. to: The 8.1. packet Tara will mails from London is due hare on Friday. The P. and 0. homeward bound mail per Namur closes at 6 p.m. tomorrow. For London and Hull is due to load here the
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    • 63 2 The K. P. M. liner van Hogendorp has brought into the port of Sourabaya twelve men, the crew of a pranw wrecked to, North of Samarang. The vessel was driven ashore during a violent squall and broken up. The survivors were in the water for 17 hours. So
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    • 64 2 The boisterous weather experienced in the China Sea recently seems to have also been general in the Pacific Ocean, for the O.S K. steamer Canada Mara, which arrived at Yokohama recently from Seattle, seven days overdue, experienced extraordinary stormy weather on her voyage across the Pacific. Captain
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    • 81 2 Rubber freights from Java for Pacific Ports by the vessels on the new service of the Java-China-Japan line will be charged as follows For Seattle and Tacorua, one dollar gold per lon above the rate ruling for San Francisco. For Vancouver, Portland an I Tacoma, $1.50 above the
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    • 131 2 American merchants interested in the Transpacific trade are rather perturbed at the reported refusal of Britisli shipping co mpanies to accept shipment to or from German or Austrian firms in the Far East. As the vast bulk of the trade between the Far East and
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    • 127 2 All the foreign an 1 Chinese steam •hip companies working the South China-Shanghai-Tientsin service are inclined to continue their services throughout the winter months, and have conjointly announced a rise of steamer freights by 20 per cent for the transportation of cargo on this line from December 15th
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    • 93 2 Total Number and Tonnage of Foreign steamers and sailing-ships which have called at the Port of Bangkok during the month of November, 1915. Nationality Steamers of Flag. No. Tonnage. Norwegian 30 24,213 British 15 13,308 Japanese 2 2,125 Chinese 4 3,067 Dutch 3 1,034 French 3 1,128
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    • 26 2 lip to Noon To-day. The following vessels Werv communication at noon with tl local Commercial Wireless Station^ N. Y. K. liner Hokoku M iril
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    • 136 2 The Preventive Department of tin Bombay Customs recently eft'ecte I the smart capture of 10,500 grains of illicit cocaine valued at about 1 J 4,000; while it was being cieverir smuggled into the city. Enquiries show that while the baggage of passengers who arrived by the Italian Mail
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    • 97 2 Dec. 21—High water 9M a.m. 9 ft. 3 ins. 11.27 p.m. 8 ft. i ins. Dec. 22.—High water :—lO.ll am 9 ft. 4 ins. Dec. 23.—High water :—O.OO a.m. <s ft. 3 ins. 10.46 p.m. ft.ins. Dec. 24.—High water :—O3O a.m. J ft. 3 ins. 11.20 p.m.
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    • 108 2 Vessels Expected Hyson (Holt) 21st December, from Europe for Singapore, China Japan. Agents, Messrs Boustead. Hampshire and Co., Ltd. Pyrrhus (Holt) 23rd December, from Singapore for Colombo and London. Agents, Messr» Boustead, Hampshire ami Co.. Ltd. Lycaon (Holt) 1st January, from Singapore for Colombo and London. Agents, Messrs
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    • 209 2 Per P. O. steamer Moldavia.Mr. W. H. Hughes, Mr. A. H.ToJd, Mr. A. Ramsay, Mrs. Mortimer. Mi. F. X. Costello.* Mr and Mrs. Kennie. Mrs. Hillstone and child, Mrs. A. James and child, Mr G Stand. Per P. <fc 0. steamer KariLa.a.--Mr H Freeman, Mr A B Hunter.
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    • 253 3 wounderful Dtvelopraent of Archangel. United States Commercial fh6 he at Petrograd, in a repart says: c has probably never been 1 noteworthy expansion in t: Zto of particular port in he «hort life than has occurrlHit Archangel during the last ■So* a comparatively unimporrJoort about a year
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    • 213 3 Sale to Neutrals Forbidden. According to official advices received in London, a law was passed daring the recent session of the ItkksUg, and is now promulgated, itri idding German citi/ens who own or itre a share in any merchant ship from selling it or in any
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    • 162 3 At the invitation of Lieut.-Colonsl Z anje<? Newton Moore, tht Agent *»eral for West Australia, a nuin- ut &*«ts, who included Lord on Nov. 17 inspected the r** *f"P Kangaroo in the West Nil Duels. Kangaroo, which has been -luiredhy the West Australian Go'•"t for service between
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    • 61 3 The following casnalti.. to .hipping through ho.til. act. ha*, been reported during the past w.«k Ship a»d Owner*. Flag. Tons. Dlmage N,C (Nico 88. Co N rW giim 712 Sunk. Kleven Wiborg.) snmvors landed (Dec. fSSTiI Sons, BrUUh W. Hartlepool.) Ort F eria id %STu im
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    • 361 3 In the report of the United States Vice-Consul at Shanghai it is stated that the dry docking facilities at Shanghai appear to be quite arnpl* to accommodate the vessels entering that port. On account of the narrowness of Shanghai's upper harbour and the lack
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    • 175 3 Capt. Jens Folkmann has purchased the steamer Vindeggen, of abont 4,000 tons, and with her has started at Skien, as the head office, a steamship business nnder the name and style of M Jens Folkmann's Steamship Co., Ltd. 1 The paid np capital is 550,000 kroners. The steamer
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    • 73 3 Delivered in London. The following are the dates of departure from Singapore of the European Mails and their delivery in London. MAIL. LEVI. DELIVERED. B I Nov. ;> Dec. 1 MM Nov. x Dec. 1 PAO. Nov. 11 Deo. 9 a j Nov. 19 Deo. 16 M M
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    • 63 3 The following approximate return, received from the Siamese Customs Department, shows the values of Imports and Exports during the month of November 191f> Imports. 3 per cent. Goods Tcs. 5,bY,0.24* Wine, Beer A Spirits 14b,b94 Gold leaf Tcs. 129,500 Bullion Coin 134.473 Opium 309,694 Total o\25U 09 Exports.
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    • 160 3 Graphic Story. A Reuters telegram published in to-day s Tribune gives a graphic story of the adventures of a postion of the crew of the sunken B.I. Three officers of the sunken B.I. liner Umota. Three officers reached Plymouth on Sunday after four days in the lifeboat
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    • 54 3 A vessel which arrived at Hongkong recently reported striking an uncharted rock or heavy wreckage In Latitude 0 deg. 46±. min. S. Longitude 104 deg. 11 min. E., with Muchi Light bearing N. 33 deg. W. and Berhala Light China Sea S tiT. 1 deg. E. Admiralty
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    • 35 3 The Japanese steamer Iro Maru which was arrested by a French destroyer and brought to S ugon on suspicion of gun-running, has been released by the French authorities, and sailed for Japan.
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      • 172 3 M. M. MESSACERIES MARITIMES. Mail Line. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, CEYLON, MARSEILLES. Homeward. outwakd. 1915-19W 1915-1916. Athos Jan. 20 Cordillera Jan. 3 Purtho> Jan. 28 Andre Lebon Jan. 17 Cordillere Feb. 11 Andre Lebon Feb. 25 For all particulars, apply to J. De COURTOIS, Agent. SEANG LINE OF STEAMERS. s.t>. Glenogle
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      • 454 3 Australia By Burns Philp Line. Singapore to Java Puitf», Port Darwin, Thursday Island, Brisbane and Sydney, via Torres Strrits. Also taking passengers and cargo with transhipment for other Victorian, South Australian and North Queensland Ports, British New Guinea, New Britain, Tasmanian and New Zealand Ports. Smooth Passage Superb Scenery. A
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      • 357 3 Mails Close. To-day. Bat* Pahat Marsing 2 sm Prigi R*dia, Tembila ham and Indragiri 'Quorra 2.8o »ni Sarawak irGoebilt Kudnng 2.80 Penanj* and Calcutta taking mails for Dur*>b?rk- i j Laisang 2.30 pm Port Dickson and Port Swettonham *Krian 2.80 »m Hongkong Japan Asia Maru 2.SO om Malaeoa and Muar
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      • 642 4 Mitsubishi Dockyard Engine Works. A A 1 A.8.C., Western Union, Engineering and Kentley Codes Used. Baildere ami Repairers of Ship., Engines and B ilers. and Electrical Enrinf era, Manufacturers of Central Condenser-, Stone* Manganese Bronze Citing, Parsons' Steam Turbines and Turbo-Alternators, etc., GtC GtC NAGASAKI Tel. Address DOCK —Nagasaki. Graving
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      • 543 4 Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd. {Contractors to the Imperial Japanese Army and Nary and to Foreign Government*.) Codes I'sbd Caulk Addresses l^Wbw Al, A.B.C, DOCK\ARI W Western Union KOKK I Scott's, Lieber's and "DOCK-Daikex. Engineering. KOBE Shipbuilders, Engineers, Boiler and Locomotive Makers. All sizes and descriptions of Boilers, Marine and Land
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      • 402 4 Ocean Steam $hj Company, it 1 China Mutual Steam av Co., Ltd. W The Companies' steauien i, R patched from Liverpool out j ""W the Strait., China and J r B week and from Japan '-X London, Amsterdam t Wt every fortnight for «k n a y" P B le
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