The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 10 August 1914

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13 20 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 17 13 Singapore Free Press AN D MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. MORNING EDITION (lOcts) SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1914. NO. N.2OH.
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  • 329 13 The North Sea battle is officially denied and the Press Association desires it* report to be suppressed. Still, the trawling tloet has been allowed to go out. and the rate of discount has gone down to per cent. O! Dig British ships, Lusitania and Maare tania, report
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  • 65 13 Y. W. C. A. A course of lectures on r irst Aid aarf Sick Nursing, St. Johns Ambulance.'will be begun Wednesday, Aug. IS. a*-, s The lecture on First Aid will be given at 5 p.m. by Mrs Amery, and on Sick Nursing at 6 p.m. by Dc Johnson and
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  • 124 13 Aug. 6. Tin Gambier Gambler Cube No. 1 Gambier Cube No. 2 Pepper Black or din. S'poie Pepper, (White fait) Nntmegi (110 to the Ik.) j Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) Mace (Banda) Cloves (Amboina Bali Coffee (4% Black) I Tapioca, small pearl (toil qaaltt* do do flake dc...
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 490 13 ALHAMBRA THE PIONEER CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE BEACH ROAD. SECOND SHOW 9-15 P.M. Two Shows for one Payment. FIRST SHOW 7-30 P.M. Two Thrilling Detective Dramas AND A Sensational Mystery Story The Black Spot IN 2 LONG PARTS Produced by the London Film Co.. Through the Clouds IN 3 PARTS Exciting Detective
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    • 356 13 PALLADIUM ORCHARD ROAD Singapore's Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD TO-NIGHT commencing at 9 p.m. sharp, TO-NIGHT Are we downhearted No, we still have the best orchestra and the best Programme in Town DIRECT FROM THEIR AUSTRALIAN TOUR THE TWO DARES Sensational Lady and Gentleman Equilibrists and balancers. LOVE'S CRUELTY A STORY
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    • 65 13 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Teacherg required for the Governmeu Girls School, Penang Page 2. Straits Merchant Service Guild meet Tuesday night Page 2. Dollar Institution. Scotland Page 2. Dollar institution for S.F. Press PageU. Shipping Notices Ka/emee for New York on 25th Poh Ann and Kuala for B.N. Borneo Ports— Page 6.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 536 13 THE WEEK. Sunday 9th. High Water— o-46 a. tu. Sth Sunday after Trinity. Prinsep Street, Peace Service. ct p.m. Monday 10th. High Water— 0 -44 a.m., 110 p.m. t Memorial Hall, Men's Ambulance. .'.15 p.m. Tuesday lith. High Water— l-10 a.m., 1-34 p.m. Wednesday 12th. fligh Water— l 45 a.m.,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 224 14 Protect your 2E2E M Children against M M Consumption M fjjfVyjl by giving them W/Wi KFPLrK (Trade Marht I Ifil Cod Liver Oil VI WITH \v Malt Extract It provides weakly children (and Vi adults) with strength and stamina to U\ V WAV/ battle with and overcome diseases Wav WAAVx
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    • 520 14 Notices NOTICE: CASH. New Subscribers to the Singapore Free Press, will only be accepted on payment of at least One Months Subscription— s2.so; or by post $3. Telephone Messages, and requests for news on the promise to become a Subscriber, will be disregarded as politely as the recipient of the
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    • 550 14 Jitfto» notice On and after the 6th inst., the following firms have agreed to sell goods for Cash only. Usual prices without discounts, will be maintained as long as possible. JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. ROBINSON Co. KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd. W. J. GARCIA, 219. Orchard Road. Pianos bought, told or exchanged
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    • 877 14 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF Excellent Wax Polished Teak Household Furniture 6, AT No. 28 CAIRNHILL ROAD. ON SATURDAY, 1 5th AUGUST, AT 2 P.M. Europe-made upho]st,i,.i drawing rooiu suite I t«ak glass door*: teak centre table with m*i string Elegantly carved wax polished teak sideboard with mirror panel t.-ak .lining
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    • 271 14 MORTGAGEE S SALE Monday, 10th August, at 2-30 p.m 1. Freehold land and house Wo. 66 1 afl BaJestier Road, area 50,400 if. ft. 2. Twenty pieces freehold land Mtu Gaylang Koad, total area 20,000 sq. ft. For further particulars see Circulars and Plans. CHINC KENC LEE A Co., Aucti--18
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 372 15 §f i>7 CONTRACTORS TO The British War Offic e, India Office, Admiralty, (mm7^V Tr T^i^TlTk 7 W 1 1 h m\L 1 IVI l>r and 11J -'£il>lu£(L' 't/ The S. S. and F. M. S. Government Hospitals, etc. **H-RMAID BRA^^l' MILKMAID |fii| R I W/lMJ&fftk CONDENSED MILK Sj ff f
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    • 26 15 ii ~i Waterbury's j jwjt pineapple \^4sjr DIGESTIVE COMPOUND THE Ideal Digestant i I 1 For Children's Hacking Cough at.Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d.
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    • 319 15 blife; Jo all whose health is BW;wHpF^ »n peril— banatogen p^^W 1 brings help. TL D- L C L A! lne oisnop or Southampton writes M It fivei me p pleasure to bear my testimony llllS to the value of Sanatogen as an .^ivr invigorating tonu aiul restorative. day, unh
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  • 17 16 Fk< st. Tuly at West Kir by, the wife of Mkapows Frost, F.M.S. Berooe, Taiping, daughter.
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  • 30 16 Taylor— Mason. July 14. at St. Marys. Bryan«ton pquare, SIR William Taylor, k.c m.g., to Mabel Ruth Mason, widow of late J. Scott Mason, of F.M S. Civil Service.
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  • 15 16 11 t r.ilA i*. rbrl-id »7 |ala« torn !-o??;t? *3d L*r.
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  • 917 16 One of the symptoms of war fever is a shriek for what people are apt to call 1 facts.' 1 They strongly object to any discussion on what is going on in a campaign, and think any attempt at explaining the movements of contending armies, as
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  • 221 16 The Ladies of the Presbyterian Sewing Party will meet at the residence of Mrs A. Reid, Braemar," Gilstead Koad, on Tuesday afternoon, 11th met., at 4-30 p.m. The War Office are callin says the I uited Service Magazine, for the names of senior Royal Engineer officers to fill the appointment
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  • 950 16 We are asked to state that letter^- \r for Volunteers will be sent to them at their posts if taken to the Drill Hail. The first of the !:<s>es foi Bandage making and simple Hunt of the hick wan held at the G. F. S. Roo«M on
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  • 203 16 v /^r"M. (hir Oun Correspond*-/-I poh, Aug In T)ie Resident, in the roursp of I. to the Taipeng Plant, precates anything in the natvi :tlld gives ;ni assurance that n g ib being dove bj i meet situation in respect to food If rice, being controlled
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  • 430 16 The ollicial position n present is. German is at war with Km Belgium. Britain, with an ultir Raly. Russia if at war with (it rniaii i France 16 at war with Germany only. 1-ritain is at war with Germany only. J>e!gium it at war with Germany onh.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 151 16 JUST PUBLISHED! JUST PUBLISHED!! THE VALUATION OF RUBBER ESTATES FOR Valuers, Investors and Planters BY F. C. PECK. Price $5.00. A BOOK FOR EXPERTS. KELLY and WALSH, Ltd., SINGAPORE John Little^ C° L M NOTICE. For the present Goods will be supplied for CASH ONLY. Usual Prices without discounts will
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    • 125 16 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS MID DAY EDITION. We n gret to say that we find it absolutely impossible to deliver the Mid-day Edition to subscribers. In each Morning Edition on the last page but one will be found a coupon, any subscriber sending that, signed or chopped to the Office at
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  • 202 17 MULHAUSEN OCCUPIED. dbl«i]. n ft, in p. tn A telegram -tates that the French tro< be frontier of Alsace and sew- i kfffei a tierce battle. They parsu Germans and rontinurd ment in the direction of Mulb.au The tocceM of the troops was illiant. < J. 2.40
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  • 60 17 ion. Aug. 9, 5 30 a.m. The Aus-i-sailor is still ia London and it -tuod that Anglo Austrian relations nMgai pending an act of war on of Austria. > tne latter are regarded as :Tect the position of the eslau, which are now be I to
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  • 342 17 t -:i Montenegro las handed th- U 'aasador his reach Army will be mote than roud of their new Grey uniform dignified action of the British Minister in sustaining the Miss I. aura Wentwortb, of Nebraska, iccwn as the big bat girl," sailed from York in the
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  • GERMANY.
    • 31 17 In the Baltic Petersburg (ierman tleet of twelve batcleqhips of the old type and numbers of torpedoers and cruisers are mobilising with feverish haste at Koenig»herg and I>anzig.
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    • 27 17 London, Aug. h, 4.20 p.m.- A telegram from Home states that the Goehen and Breslau have left Messina, with hands playing and the crews singing.
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    • 42 17 London, Aug. 8, 2.50 p.m. British forces from the Gold Coast, acting under instructions from Mr Harcourt, Colonial Secretary, have seized Lome in German Togoland without resistance, ami South Togoland, to 120 kilometre* north from the coast, simultaneously surrendered.
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  • ITALY S POSITION.
    • 47 17 But Firm. A further telegram states that extraordinary Austrian and (lerman pressure is being continued to induce Italy to fight. She has firmly refused, rejecting promises of territorial aggrandisement, and pointing out that the nation would not permit war >t Knglaud and France.
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    • 67 17 he*pite restrictive measures there are demonstrations everywhere in Italy, where speeches acclaim the union of the Latins and Anglo-Saxons against German brutality. A crowd of five thousand with Knglish and Italian flags cheered the Italian Km bassy in London yesterday. The Ambassador acknowledged the ovation. The Daily Mail and
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    • 191 17 Pkrmaxent M\hkkt Committee. The following circular has been sent out by the secretary of the Rubber <Jrowers' Association I am instructed to inform you that the council have appointed a permanent mar ket committee to deal with all matters in counectioii with the sale of rubber in London.
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    • 175 17 Loss Habdinos and thb Fmxsi it KWKASSY. Allahabad, .July 25. According a Pioneer London cable the Daily Chronicle states that Sir Arthur Nicolson will succeed Sir Francis Bertie at the Embassy at Paris when the latter retire? shortly on pension. It is believed that Sir A. Nicolson's appointment
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    • 60 17 H. M. S. Kinsha, l\ S. S. Monocacy, S. M. S. Jaguar, and Japanese gunboats Toba and Yodo were at Hankow on the 20th ult. I. 8. S. Elcano, H. M. S. Woodcock, and one Chinese gunboat were at Kiukiang on the 2 1st nit. I. S. 8.
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  • 100 17 BELGIAN CAMPAIGN. Stiff Fighting. [By Submarine Cable]. RtnTßE'e Skßvu» London, Aug. 8, 12.30 p.m. A telegram from Paris states that the cavalry have made a rapid advance to the east of Liege. London, Aug. 7 2.25. A talegram from Paris states that the French hay: occupied Vie and
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  • 114 17 (In a London wire of Aug. 8, 2.30 a.m.) The garrisou of Liege retreated in good order od Thursday evening to give the men a rest. They resunnd the offensive yes terday and by a turning movement routed a (ierman cavalry uivision in Belgian Luxemburg. 8.45 p.m). A
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  • 26 17 London, Aug. ."> 8a m. -A telegram from Paris states that the frontier town of Moutbeliard reports that Germans have violated the neautrality of Switzerland
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  • 53 17 Is it a "Swan Song Lordon. Aug. S 6 a. m. The Kaiser has toned a proclamation saying that) in the midst of peace our enemies have surprised at. We shall resist to the last breath of man and horse and tight out the struggle even against a
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  • 21 17 London, Aug. 7, 10.51 p.m. —The Rus siaicus have had neriotU losses. The German cavalry attacked Kibaity, uear Wirballeuj
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  • 102 17 London, Aug. 8, :>.5 p.m. During the month of July the decreases in imports were £2, 399, 891 and in exports £976,889. London, Aug. B, 6.5 a.m. A telegram from Boston states that the Australian Lawn Tennis pair has beaten the British ers in the final of the
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  • 203 17 The following wires are kindly forwaded by the French Consul Paris, Aug. 6. —French mobilisation pro ceeds with perfect regularity. fn Mortfontaine, nearLongwy, in French territory, the Germans court msutiaiied and shot two boys of fifteen who were ac meed of having told the French that the
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  • 74 17 Miss F.M. Hudson, a clerk in the Canadian Pacific Railway Department of Natural Resources has made a fortune out of the Canadian oil boom. A correspondent at Calgary writes that she has just sold 480 acres of an oil lease for 10,800 in cash and several thousand shares in a
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  • 137 17 MONEY MARKET 0. K. Rate of Discount Reduced. [By Submarine Cable"). Kcr-iKR'H Sebvio«. In the House of Commons Mr. Lloyd; George said that' with tbe re opening of the Banks the reports showed that the financial position was most satisfactory. There was no sign of hoarding gold, trade
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  • 41 17 London, Aug. H, 4.20 p.m. The Prince I of Wales as Treasurer of the Nation Relief Fund has made an eloquent appeal for funds to relieve the distress. The reltef fund has reached a quarter of a million.
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  • 95 17 Erin's Sons and Australia. London, Aug. 8, 'i.JO a.m. Earl Kitchener's call to arms was so successful that new recruiting agencies have been opened. Sir Hdward Carson, Mr F. E. Smith, Mr Redmond and Messrs Dillon and Devlin have called upon Lord Kitchener with reference to
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  • 28 17 London. Aug. 7,6.20 p.m. The Prince of Wales joins the Grenadiers on Monday and is doing preliminary service in the Barracks at Brentv^ood.
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  • 33 17 The House of Commons has passed a bill subjecting to martial law, though not including the death sentence, persons communicating with the enemy or interfering with the means of communication etc.
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  • 48 17 HEROES OF THE THAMES. London, Aug. 9, 6.11 a.m. Eight of the wounded from H. M. S. Amphion have died in hospital. Capt. Fox. of the Amphion. has been appointed to the command of the Faulkner, one of the two new battleships taken over from Chile.
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  • 121 17 Not Confirmed. London, Aug. 7. ft.6 a.m. The papers priut tbe South Shields story of a North ■>;tttle. The triwlers of the East Coast are officially pHiiaittod to proceed to the fishing grounds, ircluding Iceland. Tbe botpttali at South Shields, Hull, Yarmouth and Grimtbj have been
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  • 128 17 London, Aug. 8, 12.80 p ra. The Lusitania sends a wireless that all is well. The Cunard steamer Muuretania entered Halifax, Xova Scotia, convoyed by H.M.S. Essex, which was summoned by a wireless message saying that a German warship was pursuing her. > < A complete model
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 110 17 FIRE! FIRE! J^mS^J^ No Building y^I&^ES^X or Dwelling: EXTINGUISHER //WP^^M) Instantly Any Kind ffi/ Mp Complete \:,v Fire ExtinguishOne Gallon Size fer' j ers on the Robinson Co. I THE IDEAL COMBINATION. I SflL^^ r ll( Oll^« best piano play< I K'SfiS AUTO-RACH ALS I I the ROBINSON PIANO <*
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 705 18 Shipp i n g Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) The New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Francisco to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Operating the New 2».O0O Ton Triple Screw Turbine Liners M BHINYO MARU TENYO MARF and CHIYO MARU." the
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    • 597 18 Shipping BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ltd. FOR Penang, Madras and Negapatam. The Company's Stkamkh TAROBA 6,30.) tons, J. H. Addenhrooke, Coiumander, will be despatched for the above ports on Thursday, the 13th instant, at 5 p.m. She has excellent accommodation for first and second class passengers. Terms and rates
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    • 554 18 Shipping m. Mr MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles HOMEWARD UtJTWABD 1914 1914 Amazone Aug 1 7 Polynesien Aug 16 Paul Lecat Aug 31 Magellan Aug SO Cordillere Sep 14 V. delaCiotat Sep 13 Polynesien Sep 28 Chili Sep 27 Magellan Oct 12 Atlantique Oct
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    • 672 18 Shipping N.D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAII LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen. Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau. Nagasaki and Kobe
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    • 590 18 Shipping p. &oT STEAM NAVIGATION COMPAQ For China, Japan, Penang. Ceylt* Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bills of Lading Issued Cot Chi* Coast, Persian Gulf. Continental anC AmeriZ Port" Bteatuen> will leave Singapore on or tbooi MAIL LINES Homeward (for Eckope, From Singapore, connecting Colombo
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 126 19 Buhners Sparkling Cider. Guaranteed to be the pure Juice of the apple only) IS SUPPLIED TO: THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. HOTELS Savoy. Romano'S. Euston. Cecil. Almond's. Gt. Central. Claridges. Hyde Parke. Gt. Western. Carlton. Piccadilly. De Vere. Ritz. Curzon. Berkeley. Etc., Etc., Etc. CLUBS Travellers'. Jr. Athenaeum. Naval Military. Carlton.
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    • 165 19 CA RLSBERG BEER- j^ Better f^W jfi' J f^y.^t^^^ rff or, vy ?^s \jp\ <// XXX World -wide SOLE AGENTS: THE EAST ASIATIC Co., Ltd., Singapore. I FORD CARS' WISE 4^ nrni ™^> WISE MAN $1450. fIND All/lIP $1375. WEARNE BROS, Ltd., peum. SOLE AGENTS S. S. F. M. S.
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    • 238 19 Each i&2rii'js%: the Name X§\jM*GrM<^ L^M/il^Y^M l^ijß imitations WL r /MW%. W 5/e *?e|je| withou, W PARIS. H. rue Sold b;, all Chemlata. Health for Infants I For over half-a-centurv Savory- cS: Moores Food has been in general both at home and abroad. It haf the r.putation of l^imr a
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 526 19 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag andlTons Commanders From Arrived For Wtaasi Sea Belle I \M S. 400 Ahmat P. Sham, 4-8 PJIJ Uncertain Steamers hai. tonnage Master From Consignee* For Aparina Brit 3684 V;;nt Calcutta, .1-8 Boustead Zealand Amiral Ponty Fch 3564 Giraud Saigon, 4-8 M. Comte Co Harve Benalder Brit
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  • 1036 20 I Bli Andrews' Cathedral was very full yesterday evening, many being moved by thoughts of danger to their country and to their own friends and relations. Preaching trom the text In nothing be anxious but in everything with prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be
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  • 418 20 Great r» gret will be felt in Siugapore at the news received by mail this morning of the death of Mr Claude Sugden, one of tbe best known aud highly respected residents of Singapare for over twenty years. The following paragraph is from the L.
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  • 87 20 In the event of special constables being called for service, they will as far as possible be posted for duty in the Districts where their houses or interests are. It might be as well for Special Constables to provide themselves with haversack.-. We understand that a gratifyiu^ result
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  • 311 20 Copt of Gabli Rbguvkd pboh Was OwncE Bth August, 1914. General Officer Commanding, Singapore. 42. Give widest publicity to following Army Order. War Office 7th August 1914. Pardon for Deserters: His Majesty the King has been graciousi ly pleased to approve cf pardons being given to solders who were
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  • 655 20 IfBASUBM m THI GOVUUfMBNT. liy fat t ln* most important utterance 1 tbat has yet been mule on the situation in Malaya was the tpttoh tnade by Mr Oliver Marks, the Acting British Kesideut, i I'erak, to the loum-il of the X M.S. Cham i her
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  • 94 20 Malini the Marvel certainly earns description as such. He is again mystifying Palladium audieuces with his wonderful wizardry and delighting them with his happy personality. The Two Dares also provide an attractive interlude—they are equilibrists of real skill with an eye to artistic effect. The pictures are a
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  • 144 20 The death occurred on Saturday morning last, at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital of an old Straits resident in the person of Mr A. A. Mclntyre, at the age of 67 years. The deceased, who will be remembered as being at one time the head inspector of nuisances in Penang,
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  • 516 20 All r e66elB moored otherwise must comply with this direction at once. Shipmasters are notified that all vessels lying in the outer roads must be moored with two anchors unless permission has been obtained from the Master Attendant &8 Chief Examining Officer to anchor otherwise. The motor ship
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  • 322 20 Any sort of panic among planters in the present crisis is strongly deprecated by Mr A. B. Milne, the well-known visiting agent, Chairman of Central Perak Planters' Association. Mr Milne returned to Ipoh from Kuala Lumpur where he has been conferring with the
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    • 60 20 The actress stood at the manager's door, Her head was heavy, her throat was sore She entered his presence with sinking heart. She had come that day to resign her part. A cold,"' cried the man, Oh, my dear, There's really nothing for you to fear I'll give you a
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    • 343 20 FISH SIBERIAN SALMON, PLAICE, HALIBUT, FILLETS, TUHBOT, HADDOCKS, SOLES, KIPPERS, BLOATERS > < Singapore Cold Storage Co, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCHES. R. A. C. LIGHT CAR TRIAL What the light car makers say about DUNLOP TYRES j^mjkk The 9.5 h. p. Standard lign; car was fitted with Dunlop tyres Ap^l|PP^r JKv
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