Malaya Tribune, 6 February 1918

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1 1 Malaya Tribune
  • 27 1 The Malaya Tribune. EVENING DAILY.] SHIPPING GAZETTE. [EVENING DAILY. Vol. V. No. 31 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1918 PRICE 5 CENTS. Cbt malapa Cribune. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6.
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    • 288 1 |Tay GuanKiatl T 36, Phillip Street, Singapore. 'firewood' Supplier to tiis Singapore Municipality, j Full particulars on application. 'Phone Nos 1361, 1362, 1363 and j I at Private Rssldancss No. 1450, 87 Tank Boad. No 1073. Sunnyslds. Gaylang. No 1824, Tanjong Katong. X ST -^sl Change of Programme "GAIETY" CINEMA
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    • 257 1 Straits Jiotel TANJONG PAGAR ROAD. The only Hotel under StraitsChinese management. Telegraphic Address PRANAKAN." K. TBUTADA JAPANESE DENTIST 74 I 74-1 Bras Bauß Boad, Singapore. (Phone No. 1241.) Begs to inform the public of the arrival of two Assistants, 11. I. HONMMA AND DR. N. OHIISHI Japanese Dental Sargeoas. Extraction
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    • 34 1 Ross's Famous Bottlings 'TRADE MARK Fresh Supplies Mon hly. Bottled I British al best. Insist on being sered with ROSS'S IU. loss Brothers I LIMITED. j I i BOTTLERS i 1 iLondn and Leith.
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    • 312 1 Tay GuanKiatf 36, Phillip Street, Singapore. Government and Municipal Contractor. Phone Nos. 1361. 1362, 1363 and at Private Residences No. 1450. 87 Tank Boad No. 1073. Sunnyside. Baylang j No. 1824, Tanjong Raton g. «■■■la^HaWaYaWMa«raMaWaVaVM Estate Supplies Acetic »9& Acid Veneer Chests j Moml Chests j Latex Cups ETC. Mitsui
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  • 1554 2 Germany's Views oo Peace. Th»» following summary of the j week'd war news is issued by the Bri i 3 h Legation at BanpV-t but l Bat not be considered official. London, Jan. 26. The German Chancellor in th^ Reichstag on Jan 24th anew re; President Wilson's war
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  • 13 2 Vessels in communication at noon with the local Commercial Wireless Station
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    • 326 2 Do You Love Your Hair THEN TRY A PHIAL OF MANI OIL TO-DAY. I ais. oil while beautirying and increasing the growth of the iir, prevent its falling off. restores it to its natural colour, akes it silky, pliant, lustrous, glossy, and keeps the brain cool ..id refreshed no other
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    • 299 2 THE PERFECTED NERVE Tool; I THE IDEAL RECONSTRUCT?.! k ERVE I v*XUABLt °*-STOUT\t is «.MiA?THI.\ MPS' Tempting, Palatable, Wholly Digestible. Earlier and inferior products, repre- producing results which ire seuting the effort to give the nervas remarkable, directly the nourishment they cannot Unlike earlier prod ucti get from ordinary food,
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  • 237 3 Singapore, Wednesday, Feb. 6. Messrs Latha n and Co., the a-lvisf ih* following quotations «llorOajah $4.10 t4 25 AyerKnulng» I.35 5Q AjmUaUk 2.50 2 60 AyerPanaB 10.50 11.00 Balgownie 6.40 6^60 Bukit Jelotou?: 0.70 0.80 Bnkit K-atil 0.871 0 95 Bakit K B 0.70 0.80 CbangkatHerdg.... 8.80
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  • 292 3 Singapore, February, 6. Local and General column. Copm- —No Bupinees. Tapioca. —Weak. Business done. Sago Flour. —Business done. G imhier. —Business done. frepp* r Steady. No Busme&>, Other Products. —Market Quiet. Latat Lou! Market Quorttioas. Natmogs 110 S. per pioul 140.00 Nutmegs 80 S. 43.00 Copra Bali #>>
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  • 68 3 Delivered to London. The following are the dates of departure from Singapore of the European Mail* and their dt-livery in London. MAIL. L*FT. DELIVKBB) Mails F&J Nov. 17 &24 Jan. IS Eg 20 Jan. 13 Mai B Dec 4 JaQ j, Ma. G Dec. 1.1 J aa "1
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  • 55 3 Drill Programme for February. Friday, F. b. B.—Both Companies parade at Bonstead Institute 5.15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11th and Friday Feb 15th.—No Drills. Monday, Feb. 18. —Parades at Pearls Hill and Tanjong Pagar 5.15 p.m Friday, F«b 22.—80 th Companies at Havelock Rd. P Station 5.15 p.m. A.
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  • 362 3 Attack on U. S. S. Monocacy. Shanghai, January 19.—Sensational news of an attack on the United States gunboat Monocacy in which Chief Yeoman H. L. O'Brien was killed, a seaman named Donnelly was wonnded, and in which the gnnboat replied to the fire ashore, reached Shanghai from the
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  • 185 3 Bombay, Jan 12.—The city Coroner to day in summing; up the evidence given at an inquest over the body of tbe victim of a motor-car ac- cideut said it was bis experience that five ont of every six motor-car fatalities in Bombay were caused by pedestrians suddenly stepping
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    • 383 3 Train Services. Singapore (Tank-Road) Dally. The mail trains from Singapore for the north leave Tank Road 6tation daily at 7.7 am and 7 pm, arriving at Knala L-irnpnr at 7 18 pm and 6.45 am respectively. The through express to Penang leaves Knala Lnmpur at 8 am daily, arriving at
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    • 558 3 The I Amazingly Interesting and Entertaining Dramas Alhambra Is I AT THE bth™''^ where you j tfk 1 L-J Mi ML A %I A get the BEST jMM |fm#l W*Wr M S. exquisite tea Pictures, th. SteOß I *T~\ MWM m\mW I «r""i .tffllce BEST f Orchestra, j lhe ifall
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    • 726 3 Steadiest and Brightest Pictures in Town AT THE POPULAR PHOTO-FLAY HOUSE EMPIRE Tanjong Pagar Road. Trams Pass the Door. To-nlfjbt! SECOND SHOW 9.15 SHARP Tonight! Pathe Present a Good Rooster Play in 5 Acts 5 Shadows and Sunshine S ACTS ACTS Featuring Baby Marie Osborne, the Famoai Child Actress. 4
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    • 114 3 Mails Close. Pemn^tnd 'SLigOTn *A»jou *30 pm Penang Rangoon pm Port Swettenham ,,8 P m Hongkong, Japan, Ip b 1,80 pm taking mails Pulau Batam Pol au H ng Alk 3 P m HoCk Keng 3 P m M£cfi^ n 800,1 Ann 3 P« KoUTU^r n R K r ara
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  • 1102 4 The Supreme War Counoil, that experiment of Mr. Lloyd George's, has held its first meeting at Versailles. Tho proceedings, as is to be expected when military matters have to be discasseJ, were held in private; bnt in spite of its being known beforehand that the strictest secrecy
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  • 653 4 Yesterday's Board Meeting. The weekly meeting of the Rent Assessment Board was held in the Municipal offic9B yesterday afternoon, and there were pret»< at the Hon Mr C J Saunders (presiding), Messrs M Meyer, E (Jaw Khek Kiam, and H Carpmael. An increase of rent was asked In
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  • 105 4 The announcement that the Strand Hotel was to be sold as a going concorn did not come as a surprise to those who had been aware that Mr. Sarkies, the owner, had wished to retire from Rangoon and confine himself solely to his Penang and Singapore properties.
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  • 24 4 The Ipoh Hospital staff gave an enthusiastic send-off to Dr. A. Danaswamy, chief assistant surgeon, who is proceeding to India on seven months' leave.
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  • 34 4 To-Day. Anniversary of the Settlement of B'pore (1819). To inorr w. Maycard Co, meetiug 2.30 pm. Sunday. Quinquagesima—Shrove Sunday. Monday New Moon. Chinese New Year commences. Tuesday. Rent Board, 2.15 p.m.
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  • 603 4 Tin h*re is at U37.50 (50 cte up) 100 tons sold. Mr and Mrs PR Pinhorn have returned to Koala Lumpur from Japan. Mr. J. S. Fletcher, of Dnetm Darian h < i joined the Inns of Court 0. T. C. The SettlfLUdiit o; -Singapore came into
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  • 90 4 BAOK. The Great War The Fighting Fronts 5 Russia German Strikes j Naval Matters 5 The Allied Council Prize Court Case j Pamphlet Dropping GENERAL: a Week's Summary Local Share Market J Mail Notices j Straits Produce Civil Guard j Chinese Affairs The Versailles Meeting J Rent Assessments
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 129 4 ROBINSON Co. New Stock! New Stock!! Perfumery Fountain Pens t f "B.B.B." Pipes Toilet Soaps v 11 Shaving Mirrors Safety Razors I j Purses, Bc2i C ;es, Siiiionery. ROBINSON Co. mMmmmmmlmMXWmmmWmm iioßßiciTiire; j Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.), LTD. i Incorporated in England. I Sweetened Condensed HI P« case 11! >Q
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    • 355 4 GUAN KIAT AND Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Strait* Settlements) Head Office: 36, Phillip Street, Singapore. ESTABLISHED 1917 The successful Tenderers to the S. S. Government and Municipal Commissioners for the year 1918 For the supply of Engineering Stores, Paints and Oils, Metal and Hardware, and Miscellaneous Stores, etc., etc.
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    • 132 4 I Bulloch ffl im hgggj WHISKIES of World-Wide Repute 2 c GOLD LABEL Qualities J and I WHITE LABEL. SOLE AGENTS Caldbeck. Macoregor AND Co. wine and Spirit Merchants. JUST ARRIVED SEW SHIPMENT OF Scientifically prepared Indian VERMICELLI (Elephant Brand) 35 cts. 1 iii. Packet. (Special rata, for large purchaser*.)
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  • 135 5 The Fighting Fronts. OFFICIAL C V\IYIthIQUES. Germans Make Raids. REUTER'S SPECIAL SERVICE. London, Feb. 4, 11.30 p m, Field Marshal Sir Donglas Haig ttef A strong party of the enemy it tempted to raid a post northward of Havricourt but were driven off with heavy loss. Another party
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  • 182 5 Weekly Review. London, Feb, 4, 9 35 p.m. Tbe report of th>3 war secretary, Mr Barker, in the weekly review, oiH-'iiliy a-inounc 3 that Americans occupy part cf the actual battle front. The nation is warned not to permit the industrial disturbances in Germany to slacken wir preparations. It
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  • 62 5 The Fo; Repulsed. London, Feb. 4, 4.35 p.m. Froncb. commnniqn" eaya that au-r a violent artillery preparation, the GermanB yesterday evening a;t~'Bptc-d an attack on a sector weat of Fresnea which waa easily rrpulsed. Between Jan. 28 and 31 thirte3n enemy aeroplanes were brought down and fifteen others were
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  • 33 5 London, Feb. 4, 11 30 p.m. i?'r~nch communique There is an ">nse artillery dael north of the iisne, at Mont Cornillet and in the -a;ion of Argonne and Upper Visace.
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  • 30 5 Open Towns Bombed. London, Feb 4, 7.20 p.m. Italian official Eiemy aviators bed Venice, Padua, Treviso and M-scr", hitting the civil hospital at Treviso. Altogether there were eighteen casualties.
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  • 109 5 London, Feb. 4, 1.55 p.m. Outer's correspondent at Paris thai the Allied War Council Versailles a permanent staff which maintains continuity of liai w! work, and is thus able to maintain direct personal contact between the heads of Governments fhis is really the basis of the idea
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  • 45 5 Feb. 4, 7.50 p.m list lam The strike called by >_ ndicalists for to-day was in o wty general, and only a small tags of the employees of the works have hitherto struck. 1 is patrolling h Btr «ets preventing strikers formes' crowds.
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  • 127 5 An rther German Lie. London, Feb. 4, 10.15 p.m. The Admiralty denies the German wireless report that a large Erbium warship, acsompanied by a torpedoboat and chasers, was mined and sank in th* Firth of, Forth. There was no incident on which the statement con Id have been
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  • 27 5 London, Feb 5, 1.45 a.m. Render learns that twelve Norwegian vessels were lost in January through the war, and eiga* Norwegian sailors were killed.
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  • 118 5 Case of British Airmen. London, Feb. 5, 7 55 p.m. Reuter confirms that Britain, through Hollan I, has informed Germany that unl s, (he cptured British airmen, Captain Scholtz and Lieutenant Wookey, who have been 8-ntenc-Hl to a Ions; term of imprisonment for distributing leaflets from the air,
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  • 64 5 London, Feb. 5, 7.50 a.m. Wellington: The Cabinet has decided that New Z aland shall be repn-sente 1 at the forthcoming Imperial War CabiDet and War Conference, subject to the approval of Parliamer t. Messrs Massey and Ward will be the Domiiion representatives. A short suasion of
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  • 76 5 London, Feb. 5, 1.0 am The Ministry for Focd announces the early eatabliahment throughout the country of a system of communal kitchena. The local authorities will own and manage them, Government providing twen-ty-five per cenmm of the initial outlay and guaranteeing twenty-five per centum of the initial working
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  • 79 5 London, Feb. 5, 1.45 a.m. In the Honae of Lords, the Electoral Reform Bill was considered and Lord Selbome moved that the Honae shonld not insist on their scheme of proportional representation but insert counter-proposals, applying the principle to all boronghs returning three or more members. The Peers
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  • 48 5 London, Feb. 4, 7.30 a m. Telegrams from Athens clearly indicate that the mutiny was due to civilian agitators. An official degree orders the closing of the Chamber, the reactionary members of which are preparing for a campaign of obstruction and opposition to the mobilisation.
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  • 28 5 London, Feb. 4, 4.5 a.m. Washington The War Finance Bill giving Government the control in financing private undertakings in war time has been introduced in Congress.
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  • 64 5 Military Comro'. London, Jan. 3, 6 40 p.m. Copenhagen: A telegram gays that the military commander in Berlin district has ippued a proclamation declaring that important factories are u«der complete military control. Employes will be court-tnartiall«d unl-sirthey resnme work on Monday morning. Courtmartials in Berlin have been authorised
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  • 108 5 London, Feb. 4, 4.55 p.m. Apparently the strikes in Germany are waning. Reports from the provinces indicate that the movement in most places is ending or has ended. Krupp's state that fewer than four hundred of their workers have struck. Some of these were dismissed, others fined. Troops
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  • 42 5 London, Feb. 4, 9.30 p.m. Amsterdam A telegram from Berlin says the Socialist Herr Dittmann has been sentenced to five years' confinement in a fortress for attempted high treason and also to two months' imprisonment for resisting the authorities.
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  • 195 5 Trial Commences. London, Feb. 5, 1.35 a m. Paris: The trial of Bolo Pasha and others began before a courtmartial, counsel for the defence pointing out that a state of war did not exist between France and Turkey and requeited an adjournment in order to call witnesses
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  • 85 5 Commission of Enquiry. London, Feb. 5, 10.20 a.m. Halifax The Commiasion investigating the disaster of Dec. 6 blames the pilot McKay of Halifax, and Captain Lamodec of the steamer Mont Blanc. Both have been arrested and charged with manslaughter. The Commission recommends the cancellation of Capt. Lamodec's licence
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  • 115 5 Successful Enemy Appeal. London, Feb. 5, 1.35 p.m. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Conncil has allowed the Hamburg-America Line's appeal against the Prize Court judgment confiscating the Kronprinzessin Cecilie and the Prinz Adalbert, two vessels seized at Falmouth on Angnst 5, 1914. The Coart based its
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  • 21 5 London, Feb. 4, 7.20 p.m. Mr W Mac Caw, M P, has been fined £400 for food hoarding.
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  • 15 5 Mr. D V Rawlinson, of Kuala Lampar, has joined tbe Army Service Corpe in Singapore.
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  • 110 5 Ukraine Situation. London Feb. 4, 4 40 p.m. Light is thrown on the hitherto obscure situation in the Ukraine by the speech of th« represent»*ive of the Radaat Brt-st-Luovsk. He seated tb*t ninety per cent of the Rada cu> dioates wtre f leeted to the Constituent Assembly compared with
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  • 129 5 London, Feb 4, 6.10 p m. Rumanian official telegrams state that tl e great part of the Rumanian army i now fighting and disarming the Runsian troops. The disintegration of the Russian front in Moldavia is increasing daily, whole units proceeding to Russian attacking the Rumanian towns and
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  • 73 5 Lonion, Feb. 4, 7.30 a m. Barou Koehlman and Count Czernin have suddenly returned to Berlin from Brest-Lit >vsk, ostensibly to participate in the deliberations regarding the political, economic, and territorial questions affecting the Central Powers.. The precise meaning of this sudden interlude is unknown, but it seems
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  • 195 5 IN THE COURTS. Companies Fined. At the instance of the Hon. Mr. C. J. Saunders, Registrar of Com. panics, fines were imposed by Mr. Langham Carter in the District Court this morning, for breach of various company regulations, in the case of the Snngei Perling Rabber Estates Ltd
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  • 146 5 A few days ago we (Straits Echo) mentioned a rnmonr that four Chinese corpses had been nnearthed near Lunaa and that an enquiry was being held on the spo* by the Sooth Eedah Medical Officer and the Police. We learn to day that, as a result of these
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  • 28 5 Kampong Kamunting TinOutput for the month of January, 1918. Both Dredges. Honrs run 1,210 Cubic Yards treated 153,700 Total Pico la 1,014.99 Realised on sale $76,641.53
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  • 338 5 January Cup Returns. Messrs McAuliffe, Davis and Hope Sees. Snngei Patani, 19,500 lbs. Messrs Chan Sze Onn and Co. Sees. Scadai 20,000 lbs. Total for 10 months 206 000 lbs. Messrs Paterson, Simons and Co. Agents. Trafalgar Limited, 4,050 lbs. Total to date 38,797 lbs. Trafalgar Limited 17,551
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  • 182 5 In Ipoh, on Jan 31, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, one of the pioneers of automobilism and aviation, interviewed by a representative of the Times of Mala-, a. said that he had been sent by the Air Ministry to Canada and other places, to stimulate r»-crniting and interest
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  • 79 5 The Committee acknowledge with thanks the following subscriptions to this Fund Previously acknowledged $10,288.51 E D Bntler—-Malacca 5 F H Simpson—Palo Sunboe 100 Collected by G X Pillai on Kwala Geh Estate Kelantan 52 Station Masters and Clerks on F M S Railway in Johore 31
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  • 27 5 Mr. Clarence Percy, of Sagil Estate, Johore, has been granted leave to join the Army and is pro. oeeding to Australia about the middle of the month.
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  • 391 5 Rizal Day Celebrated. The following is from the Manila Times of Jan 17 On the 30th da' of Dec. the Filipinos celebrated Rizal Day in Hongkong as usual. Tbe celebration was he'd in tbe home of Dr. T H Pardo de Tavera, former Philippine commissioner. Dr. Tavpra delivered
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  • 72 5 Golf. The men's monthly medal 3ogey) competition of the Garrison Golf Clnb will be played on Saturday and Sunday 3th and 10th inst. The result af the replay for the January Medal at the Keppel Golf Club was as follows H A Davison 1 down P Lowndes 3 The
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  • 91 5 [The Editor of the Malay Mail.] Sir,—May I encroach on yonr valuable Hpacd iu congratulate those ladies whose dresses were so admirably described in yonr issue of Saturday. The description looks well alongside your acconnt of the torpedoing of the transport Aragon and the destroyer Ostnanieh. I wonder
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  • 192 5 As British Vice Consul The history of Heinrich Odomar Wiskemann, an unnaturalised German, and his son, George O lomar Wiskemann, the acting British Vice Consul at Archangel, has created a good deal of comment among those who are jealous of the good name of the British
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  • 1027 5 By Lieut. F. J. Sleath. It was tbe recruit's first experience of mi ht wok between the lines. (His home was in a Sorry village thirty miles from London, and be had been not many months in khaki.) He was one of a fatigue party sent from
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  • 266 5 Sacred visions," frequently seen in the night skies during the siege of Przemysl by the Rnssians in 1915, had a considerable effect in tucking up the defending Austrians and disgruntling the Russian artillerymen. The explanation really refiVc 8 credit on the ingenuity of our friends the enemy.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 240 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Our lew Actors and Actresses Have Arrived AND WILL APPEAR To Night To-NJght 11 AT THE FAMOUS STAB OPERA At the Theatre Royal North Bridge Road In a well known Fairy Play Indra Sabha V*iBB Mohani, our new actress, and Nani take the leading p u-ts. K. H.
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  • 812 6 Prica Quoted ia Mat Market this M.raiag BI.VQAPOBK, FKBBCABT, f. Mean Lyall and Bratt, Exchange and Soar* Broken, taaae the following list of quotation*: Kobber Shares. Nona. Value. Bnren. BcUar». I/. Allagar 1/8 1/9 1 Anglo Java 6/- 7.--1- Anglo- Malay 11/- 16/--1 Ayer Boning 40/- 60/--1/.
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  • 504 6 The following new books will be ready for issue to-morrow (Thursday) February 7th: Bruce, Henry, The Wonder Mist, (n. d.) Castle, Agnes and Egerton, Wolf Lure, 1917, Churchill, Winston, Tbe Dwelling Place of Light, 1917. Cleaver, Hvlton, Tbe Tempting Thought, 1917. Colmore, G., The Guest. 1917. Croker, B
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  • 67 6 Singapore, February 6. n LondonBank 4 m/ s 2/4 13/32 Demand 2/4 1/16 PriTate S m/s. 2/4 9/16 On IndiaBank T. T. 157^ On Hongkong— Bank d/d 29J% prem. On ShanghaiBank did. 52$ On Java— B»nk T. T 125J On JapanBank d/d. 107$ Sovereigns—baying rale 18.54 India Coll Bills
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 203 6 There is no Better Ale Than BULLDOG ALE ON SALE AT The Leading Hotels AND Principal Liquor Dealers. New Shipments constantly arriving Arnoits Biscuits The Famous Milk Arrowroot (Invalid and Baby Food) Batter Cream, Marie, Cabin, Lawn Tennis Soda Adora Cream Wafers, Creamy Chocolate Currant Luncheon, Thin Captain, Plain Wafers
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    • 123 6 KNIFE-LIKE PAINS. The sharp, shooting pains, the intense agony of Sciatica, often make death preferable to life. The fiery darts that run from hip to heel, the sleepless nights, the cheerless days— why not stop all these and get back to health and comfort again Little's Oriental Balm it the
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    • 625 6 The Sze Hai Tong Banking and Insurance Co, Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) Statement Under Section 109 of the Companies Ordinance 1915, as at 31st December, 1917. (Form C") The SHARE CAPITAL of the Company 13,000,000 divided Into 50,000 shares of $100 each. The number of shares issued is
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    • 327 6 The Ho Hong Bank, Ltd. Statement Under Section 109 of the Companies Ordinance 1915, as at 31st December, 1917. (Form "C") The Capital of the Company is $8,000,0 JO.OO divided into 80 000 -hares t $100.00 each. M The Number of shares issued is 35,000. Calls to the amount of
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  • 1549 7 Behind the Lines. Says the writer Winston Churchill in an American contemporary: The more one aces of this >var, the more one is incline rl to the belt! that its real significance lies behind battle rather than on Like iho gr-.tt. war that followed the French Revolution, it has
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 294 7 NOTICES BANK HOLIDAYS \i \s hereby notified that the Exchange Banks will be closed 011 Monday, February 11 Tuesday, 12 Chinese New Year Holidays. 4 2 92 Tbe Un-t«d Malacca Rubber Estates Limited. in the Strait.- Settlements). 5 c is hereby ;iven that the i isi i red an Interim
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    • 343 7 _WANTED CLERK-DRESSER. Wanted a man to act as clerk and dresser on an Estate near Kuala Lumpur. Apply to Barker Co, Ltd, Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore. 22 6 2 TYPIST WANTED. Young lady to do copying work; shorthand not required Good opportunity for beginner. Permanent position for right person. Apply
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    • 618 7 BANKS CHARTERED BANK 3F INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. IHCORPOuATEP IN ENGLAND BY ROYAL CM ART BR. Paid up Capital in Stares of £20 each £1,200.000 Reserve Fund J\,9(X\oo< Liability of i rifturs BANKERS. The Bank of England, The London City and Midland Bank, Ltd.. The London County and Westminster Bank,
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    • 132 7 I Distress after eating Nature's wav of telling you that your digestion is out of order. Proper diet and a good tonic will correct most cases. Like every other organ the stomach depends on the blood for its energy and its action is coutrclled by tbe nervous f-ystera. Dr. Williams'
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    • 494 7 THE Malaga Tribune AND SHIPPING CAZETTE. (Evening Dally.) 'Phone No. 171. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable in Advance. Per annum $14.00 Half-yearly 7.25 Per quarter 3 75 Per mensem 1.25 Single Copy 5 CtS. Postage Extra 50 CtS. per month. All communications relating to editorial matters and news should be addressed to
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    • 252 7 ITHE ORIENTAL Government Security Life Assurance Co., Ltd. Established 1874. Incorporated in India. I FUNDS exceed $30,500,000.00 Absolute Security. Income in 1916 -$4,309,517.50 Total Out-go In 1916 $2490,418.50 j Assurance effected In 1916 $4,230,542.85 Increase in Funds -$1,819,099.00 I Total Policies in force 65,842 assuring, with Bonus aditions, $72,522,348.14. I
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  • MALAYA TRIBUNE (SINGAPORE)
    • 24 1 Straits Shipping Gazette. Issued Oally.] SUPPLEMENT TO THE MALAYA TRIBUNE. Issued Dally.] Vol. V. No. 31 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1918 PRICE 5 CENTS.
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    • 337 1 Speaking generally, concrete is practically incompressible, but offers little or no resistance to ''pulling" or tensile strains. The steel reinforcement is so designed as to take up all strains of the latter kind that are or might be met with. Th I concrete itself looks
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    • 44 1 According to the Norwegian paper Skibsbygning" Swedish owners have on order at Norwegian yards 65 steamers, aggregating 142,000 gross tons. Six of thpse are twinscrew motor -hips, fitted witb Bur. meiater and Wain Diesel motors, and three are twin-screw ships fitted with Ljungstrom's turbines.
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    • 71 1 At the end of August the number of "ahagaisen," or vessels other than those owned by the Nippon Tusen, Osaka Sbosen, and the T >vo Risen Kaisha, in Japan, was 308, aggregating 805,405 tons. Of this fleet, 78 vessel*, of K5.038 tons, were being operated by the owner*; while the
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    • 111 1 The output of coal in Japan in 1916 waa 22,901,000 tons, valued at 80,625,000 yen this waa an increase of 11.8 per cent, in the volume and of 23.9 per cent, in the value as compared with the preceding year. This year is expected to show a further increase of
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    • 116 1 The British Minister at Buenos Aires has requested the sanction of tbe Argentine Government to lift the 128,880 tons of wheat purchased by the British Government before March 26 last, when the export of wheat was prohibited, and which amount has not been previously snipped, as the London authorities diri
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    • 191 1 Worth £1,000, Realises £8,050. A derelict and half-submerged schooner, of only 107 tone gross, roughly repaired so that she would float, has been sold by auction at an Irish port for £4,050. In her condition before the war she would not have fetched £400, says an expert
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    • 116 1 Foul Play Suspected. A fire broke out on tbe Danish ship Columbia, while lying in Kobe arbour on tbe 11th ult. Twenty tons of lubricating oil, 988 bottles of acetic acid and other cargo, were destroyed. The damage, says tbe "Kobe Herald, is expected to
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    • 23 1 It is reported that a Japanese shipping company may shortly enter into competition with the Straits Shipping Company in the Straits of Malacca.
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    • 36 1 Information has been received that the wreck of the c c. Hong Wan has been located and lies in a position with Polo Undan bearing W by N, distance 2} miles, in 12} fathoms of water.
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