The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 August 1914

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    16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1914. NO. N. 21.").
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    166 1 The Belgian Government, for good reasons, has forbidden further communications regarding the movements of French and Belgian troops Page 7. Ihe Official Press Bureau states the I Germans are endeavouring to envelope the extreme left of the Allied Forces Page 7. Belgian reconnaissances have failed to locate
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    KILTS AND PIPES.
    1041 1 kilt ti of the Hi^iilandens have long been as xynonymous of during con and faithfulness unto death M tin >(!i]»>i and blue nnd rifle green of the 1' picturesque troops of the British Ariu\ h\.t suiue Fontenoy U ill oiiiiiifd l.t Id for the English hi I
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      597 1 ALHAMBRAPALLADIUM «roND S how H q .^°P M E J" 16 1 THE TRE BEACH ROAD. I ORCHARD ROAD Singapore's Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD SECOND SHOW 9-.5 P.*. T.o Sb.« t.r .ne Payme... FIRST SHOW 7-30 PA TO-NIGHT OOMMHCHHO at P.M. BHA». TO-NIGHT!! SEE sD^i i M A r* a-
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      133 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Proof reader wanted by Methodist Publishing Co. Page 2. Notice re Soh Eng Chiang Page '2. Robinson's mariue and field glaBse6 Page 7. Shanghai Life for war risks Page 9. Visiting card 6 from plates Page VI. The Two Dares at tbe Palladium, Alhambra, Marlborough, and Harirna Hall
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      114 1 THE WEEK. Monday 17th. High Water— a-16 a.m., 6-2 p.m. St. Johns Ambulance Corps Lecture Victoria Memorial Hall, 5 p.m. Tuesday 18th. High Water— 9-20 a.m., 7-26 p m. St. Johns Ambulance Corps Practice 5 p.m. Wednesday 19th. High Water— 9-58 a.m.. 8 27 p.m. St. Johns Ambulance Corps Lecture
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    742 2 From head vestryman to bend policen.an all in a moment is sug^ -f a lightning-change artiste, writes a Madras conteii!p° rar y- atul an illustration of the versatility that is expected of an 1C S. It is one thing to de;<! with water pipes, and altOgetbt l iii:. :her tbiim
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      541 2 Notices Change of Management. I. R. LAMBERT Co. Photographic Artists, beg to jmouncc tli< i arrival ol Mr. H. I. Buckeridge, (late Manager r.-. Lafoyetteoi London and )üblin) who lias taken charge of heir Studio at Orchard Road, vhereall clients will be photographed by him personally.! Phone No. 1,000. AUSTRIAN
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      353 2 Notices NOTICE CASH. New Subscribers to the Singapore Free Press, will only be accepted on payment of at least One Months Subscription- $2.50; 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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      602 2 Notices NOTICE. SOH ENC CHIANG is no longer in our employ, and therefore not authorized to collect any monies on our account. CENTKAL ENOlNfc WORKS, Ltd. 17-8 »9-8 E. C. L. All right I understand, communicate V. N. B. W. 14-8 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. KALANG BRIDCE. Notice is hereby given that
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      1142 2 Wanted WANTED Proof-reader wanted apply METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE. 17-8 wf 21 -k GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. Applications are invited for the appointim nt of Superintending Overseer for Road Constrution. Joliore Bahru, salary $100 per mensetu with I ret- ouarters. Candidates must be skilled in levelling and road wcrk
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    PLUMES OF BORROWED SENTIMENT.
    921 3 theory wag ir> I has i M «t,.,i by a \wll- drai!! itic critic, th.it in momenta risk and emotion people of Ibt present i Ml \j>re9B their grief, j >v. indigna > on in spontaneous In nonage, p.irrot like echoes of wh it aai haaa
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    GHOST AT THE BEDSIDE.
    544 3 Ol I BB'fl BXPBBII ■■< i ft, Iv a small room on the second floor ol the Occult Club buildings Captain Reginald niossop, who acted as a newspaper correspondent during the I'uisso Japanese. War. lectured on the psychical side of the war. The audience was not
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    A ROMANCE OF THE STORES.
    267 3 A romance of the Army aud Navy Stores culminated in the marriage of one of the assistants in the department devoted to dressed provisions to wealthy lady customer. Mrs Caroline Henrietta Johnston, a widow now residing at the Euston Hotel, had for long shown a
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    COLOURED LABOUR IN FRANCE.
    661 3 Paris, July 8. While the Hmdu tries in vain to enter British Columbia, the Kabyle from \lgeria is invited to take up his residence any where in France, from the Mediterranean to the British Channel. Already several thousand African labourers are at work in the coal
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    CEILINGS AND PANELS.
    50 3 Beautiful and adaptable to any style of Architecture and to any method of interior finish, are the CRANE wonderful Art Metal Ceilings. Cool, clean, white ant, and vermin proof, for Bungalows, Hotels, and Public Buildings. For illustrated catalogue and particulars write to The Borneo Company Limited, Singapore.
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      10 3 Waterbury's .^a^K^ftk X nt Bfjfjjwir DIGESTIVE compound THE Ideal Digestant
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      553 3 p^ You will find Sanatogen splendid for your Health in the Rainy Season. There is no time of the year when you so p "I urgently need a tonic as in this unhe; r^l season, when your vital powers are low atid S^) you are most liable to suffer from
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    THE MONSOON FORECAST.
    374 4 I)|{. WALKBR'B [NVBBTIGATIONB Simla. .Inly 29. A definite discovery of what may be o very material importance iv connection with the forecasting of the monsoon in India is mentioned in a highly technica paper contributed by l>r. (iilbert Walker to the last issue of the memoirs of
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    BENGAL-ASSAM WATERWAYS.
    259 4 Imi'kox ement Schemes Simla, .July 29. The proposals of the Bengal Government are understood to have now reached the Government of India for the construction of Tolly's Nullah navigation canal, a project with which the name of Mr Arthur Poynton has so long been honourably con nected, which
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    VISCOUNT BRYCE'S TRAVELS.
    358 4 Strange Contrasts in China and Japan Iv what be described as a few scattere( remarks." Viscount F.ryce, the new Pre sideut of tbe British Academy, made some interesting reflections on bis recent travels "from China to Peru," at the annual meeting of that distinguished body held in
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      672 4 BY APPOINTMENT TO H. M. THE KING. 'K99^SSSSP'WI^ I®^•^S^f1 •^S^f F M S Governmen < Hospitals THE FINEST, PUREST and RICHEST MILK Used in all the Principal Hospitals throughout the World. NESTLE and ANGLO -SWISS CONDENSED MILK Co (London), Singapore, penang, kuala lumpur, Bangkok Health for Infants F<jr over half-a-century
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    A YOUTH IS A GIRL
    134 5 i \niif I) hf jjii I V irultiirnl B Jurittiou ttf hi«s jii-t iccM^d what has -l in io«bi with the tuthorities. h»- Vntur\ and the lie. skates that a Yoatl is a I pMHi especially a voting i a iltxhire sub committ f hi--
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    EDITOR ARRESTED.
    128 5 Pas Baa Kruno- X Meld, editor of the M :intl Kobert Fowler, Hathei with a photographer and -ted for transgressing the iiihitin^ the disclosure of military \!1 «.Tf released on their own nJiug action by the ul .lury. \pril numc>er oi th«- "Sui. r MB article entitled Can
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    HISTORY ALL WRONG.
    136 5 I ii nivth, according to -ssor Pollard, the president of the \>sociation. In place." he told a meeting :*humptou branch of the society commonly supposhulwark of our lib* VM iw of the land for more than a oftun repudiated it. and it was ->ue of it which
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    PASSENGERS EXPECTED.
    154 5 Ma connecting ;ne mbo. due August 21.— t.alla^hei. W. I 11. Mr A Mrs R. W. A* :I E. Somervillt Namur. dm I i Mr Mi-* Phi ra Booty i/.ard. 1 M. MacKen/ie. Miss Mr .v Mrs Muir and children. Mooltan.'connectint, 1 with the Sop. 4.— V. D.
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    HOMEWARD BOUND.
    56 5 Dtlta, connecting at Colombo sailing August 21— Mrs Perkins 5 r. ince, Alma Baker. T. L. Ryott. W. P. l»r. Baggß. P. O. Nil., sailing August 28.- Mrs -11 and child, Mrs Mrs Miller infant «»d chid, Mrs Miss Wilson, Messrs W. A, R M. Bonfleld, A. Shand.
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      312 5 |....*.'.Y.Y.V.V Neuralgia. Nervous Breakdown NURSE HALL, c/o Mrs. Basse tt, Commercial Place, Landport, Portsmouth, Eng., writes: "I was suffering Irom nervous breakdown with Internal Neuralgia, when 1 began a course of Phosferine. After having t. ken it for three or four months, I felt better than J had done for
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      749 5 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. THE AUTUMN RAGE MEETING (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING) WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday the 6th, Thursday the Bth, and Saturday the 10th of Oct., 1914. i PROGRAMME FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 6th October, 1914. 1. THE PAVILION STAKES. Value $600. a Selling Race. A Handicap
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      938 5 THIRD DAY. Sa'i l kl>M 101 H f> I- iskk. 1H 4. 1& 4. THE STEWARDS STAKES AND PLATE Value $400 each and $100 to ach Kt-cond Horse. A Handicap for Pony E\ -Griffins that have run at the Meeting. If there are mote than Ten Entries. th< Ponies to
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    The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Aug 17, 1914.
    2109 6 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Aug 17, 1914. t -i m i i The wires news published to-day is scrappy hut decidedly enlightening as fitting in with what has gone, and showing what may come. In the first place the Official Press Bureau makes a determined effort to kill the
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    FLEET ACTION.
    48 6 FIRST NEWS FROM PACIFIC l'>v Bill ;nai Hit- "«t»le Kki im >(• L )nii i p in, at 1.:; ij c British Fleet ally cm uuiscnbiug the action t in t» Will It Gome The German! areoOMWDtrutin^ and Yokohama prepai owing to th- i Japi.n and OcnMUi]
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    THE MISSING CRUISERS.
    102 6 London. Aug. 14. 4.20 p. m 'It,, that tlie Goeben and the Hreslau \«-t disannul jk regarded ah it gra\ tion of Turl trality. The Allies aud considering what c secure Turkey's strut ii^utrul it > London Aug. 16 4.15 a.t: correspondent has arrived the Dradanelles an
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    LOCAL "WAR" NOTES.
    250 6 LOCAL "WAR" NOT ES IHI KAMTOMG I Two interesting diecovt during the MMiiogf vs it b kb« It Bhip6 which were in port, and whu h been operated upon here by MMMMf officers Dismantling vul juriou6 to tbe bats of polite offi is au essential for removing the punt fi
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    249 6 t archlight has been ad Volunteer Camp at l'enang under the direction of Mr U His friends are wonder. Colonel A. B. Hubhack will I i commission in Territorials. He is <« ;i;i some active part m the i The n.essage sent throng that communication v between Europe and .Tapati
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      287 6 JVST 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 1 F NOTICE. For the present Goods will be supplied for CASH ONLY. Usual Prices without discounts will
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      100 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS! MID DAY EDITION. We regret 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 noon
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    COCKPIT OF EUROPE.
    62 7 THE BELGIAN PLAINS. Less News to Come. 14, 11 ;*0 p.m. Tl i tovernment -fates •h are will be no further !nnic:u ions issued regarding \\f movements of Belgian and Prencb troops. l.oml i: Aug. 1 "<, IS.U p. id. The o«M of the area^of operations and
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    THE GERMAN MOVE.
    48 7 How the Opponents Shape in. Aug. 1 |p in The I announces ihat there are indica he (iermans are endeavouring lopi the extreti»e left of the Allied There have been one or two it mainly outpost affair rtillery con iperior, while tbe <ierm:in iufan'le bayonet.
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    THE DEFENCE OF LIEGE.
    39 7 French Help. 14 I'■ pin Tbe <if>r ltrating for an attack on Ahicb are on tbe right Ibi ?ian »s>ers annouuee that a nation of French ft oops to -> is complete and the Ul alvan;
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    The German Right Wing.
    31 7 5.20 p in. The Press mnces that the Belgians have I the enemy eastward that no Ger man cavalry ween HmmH and i*- Liege are plentifully sup
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    THE LEFT BANK FORTS.
    90 7 Or the Right ion. Aug. I-, }.5 a.m. The report uermans are inarching ou Autwerp 'cially denied at BnMM Belgian headquarters announce that there wm no righting yesterday. Belgian onnaiMances failed to discover the s forces, and they are believed to ired on the main body
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    FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS.
    151 7 Th*N has been serious nof Diest, between a German ivalrv Division strengthened by J artillery and a Belgian division reinforced with a mixed 11.I 1 The dermaus were repulsed with ilong tbe ntbain south -terday. A i t- r> took by surprise the 2(Jth n i un
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    THE SIAM BANKS.
    132 7 M een much conjecture as to Jbition of the local banks and fal the present "crisis, and we enquiries at the Treasury as to what -rnmeut might do. In reply we :ie following authoritative stateIn ordinary circumstances the Banks themselves with funds locally by T. T. on
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    THE GREAT BEAR.
    65 7 SHROUDED fN MIST. [By Submarine Cable]. Rigteb'? Sbbvigi. London, Aug. 14 4.20 p.m. -The Russian mobilisation has been unexpectedly expeditious. Naturally the movements are carefully veiled but there are indica- tions that the masses 1 of Russians are beginning to move. Paris Train May be Late. This
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    ON THE DNEISTER.
    59 7 London. Aug. 15, 5.15 p.m. -A French official despatch states that the Russians have been victorious on the I Minister. The Fourth Austrian Infantry regiment and the First Austrian I'ava'iv bftTfl been annihilated And at Memel. The Russians h:nc i— troyd the rail way and telegraph lines
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    POLAND THE HOME OF FREEDOM.
    104 7 London. Aug. 1">, 1 2 :i 5 p.m. The Grand Duke Nicholas has issued a stirring manifesto foreshadowing Home Rule for Poland. He says that the hour bus sounded when the sacred dreams of the Poles may be realised. The Army brings you the solemn
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    THEN-AND NOW!
    562 7 THEN- AND NOW! The following extracts from a speech delivered by Lord Brassey, G C 8., as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports., at Cape Town, on December 22nd, 1909. is of interest at this juncture, if only on account of the unbelief shown by the speaker in the pos
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    AUSTRIA AND SERVIA.
    82 7 A CRUSHING ARMY. Might be Withstood. By Submarine db)»i]. Rioter's Bwvci London, Aug. 15. 9.50 a.m. A telegram from Nish states officially that on Thursday 400,000 Austrian* made a concerted night attack all along tbe Servian frontier and were repulsed after the fiercest fighting with conMderable lnst-e*.
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    EAST OF BOSNIA.
    17 7 London, Aug. 16*12.85 The Austrian^ crossed tbe. Ihina at Lodsnitxa which is till resisting.
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    THE IMPENDING RATTLE.
    112 7 France's Appeal. London, Aug. 16, I? I.V, 5.55 p.m. The French Government has issued a communique preparing the public for an impend ing great battle. It says that owing to several millions of men being engaged and the front extending over "250 niiles, no definite result can
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    MORE FRENCH VICTORIES.
    85 7 London, Aug. 16 4 15 a.m.— The French ha\e brilliantly defeated the Bavarian Army Corps at Avrieourt and Circy, on the borders of Lorraine, east of the French fortresses of Luneville and Xaucy. The enemy fled leaving many dead, wounded and prisoners. The French continue to advance
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    THE TERRIBLE TURKS.
    15 7 There is bitter anti British feeling on the part of the Turks.
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    LATEST TELEGRAMS.
    35 7 FrfENCH ON THE OFFENSIVE. London, Aug. 16th 12.45 p.m. Official The French began the offensive in force on Friday night along the line of Saarbourg and Luneville. The movemeut was sucessfully continued yesterday.
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    THE GOEBEN AND BRESLAU.
    28 7 London, Aug. 16th.- A Paris telegram <;iys tne Allies will demaud that Turkey disarm the Goeben and Breslau. It is anticipated Turkey will agree.
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    THE MORE THE MERRIER.
    23 7 London. Aug. ltitta. Greece is demand' ing explanations regarding the Turkish mobilisation. <ireeee tuchilises if the reply is unsatisfactory.
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    VIVE LA FRANCE !
    227 7 VIVE LA FRANCE Another party of Frenchmen -mnoy of them clerics are leaving Singapore by the Japanese mail which arrives to-day and departs some tirue to morrow. They are a contingent from Bangkok and .lava. A repetition of Friday's stirring seems is anticipated. Amongst tha French subjects to leave Singapore
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    GENERAL NEWS.
    52 7 WINGING THE CANARD. [By Submarine Cablt«]. RfIVKR'H SBR7IOB. TheOllicial Press Bureau warns the British public against rumours of the arrival of wounded men or disabled ships in Great Bi'itain, which are without exception baseless. It says that successes or reverses of the British arms will be announced officially
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    SURPRISE FOR GERMANS.
    52 7 On Lake Nyassa. London, Aug. 14, 11.30 p. m— It is officially announced that the Nyassaland Government armed steamer Gwendolin completely surprised tbe German Government armed steamer Wissmann on tbe eastern shore of the Lake. The engines and guns were removed and the captains and engineers were
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    SOME SCRAPS.
    71 7 London, Aug. 14, 8.35 p. ni.— Great silence prevails iv the main war theatres. Only scraps of news are filtering through. Liege is etill intact aud after five days' fighting France maintains possession of the crest of the Vosges, repulsing well directed German attacks. Belgium has asked France
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    GOLD FOR THE OLD LADY.
    20 7 London, Aug. l.">. p.m. The Bank of England gold influx during the week was millions.
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    AID FOR THE DISTRESSED.
    20 7 London. Aug. 14, 4.20 p.m. The Prince of Wales' relief fund has reached a million sterling.
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    IMPORTANT.
    9 7 London. Aug. 1">. Carrauza lias entered Mexico City.
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    21 7 London, Aug. 16, 15), 5.55 p.m. Australia has won the Davies Lawn Tennis Cup at Forest Hill, Long island.
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    CUP RACE POSTPONED.
    16 7 London, Aug. l.">, 12.3"). The America cup races have been postponed till 1915.
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    HONGKONG'S POSITION.
    205 7 Attack ox the Colony Unlekkly. One of the Hongkong proclamations on the outbreak of war between Great Britain and Germany was as follows Whereas a state of war exists between His Majesty the King and Germany. This Proclamation is issued to inform the inhabitants of Hongkoug that His
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    HIGH COMMISSIONER IN K. L.
    185 7 We are assured by someone who met the High Commissioner on his vi&it to Kuala Lumpur that he is hearing the strain imposed upon him by recent events extremely well. Most of the routine work has been undertaken hy subordinates, and Mr Wilkinson seems equal
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    THE "HOPELESS" MEAL
    846 10 THE HOPELESS MEAL Breakfast in Fact and Fiction Fiction, tke comic papers, and a convention of ordinary talk agree to magnify the difficulties of the breakfast table. The msal is represented as the gloomiest of the day a time of growls, frown 6, curt observations, self absorption, and general discomfort.
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    OLDEST STORY OF THE FLOOD.
    458 10 Tablet Written Before Genesis One of tie most important archaeological discoveries which have been made for centuries is thafc of the Nippur Tablet," which was recently announced by Dr. Stephen Laugdon, the Header in Assyriogy at Oxford. Among the early Babylonian tablets unearthed at Nippur
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    RUBBER ESTATE RETURNS.
    1163 10 *ibu 161,794 I] Mm 88,750 i] Riverside 253,416 88,71 Eiubana 459,000 51 RubberE. Johore 808,286 h^ >agga 198,406 Samagaga .29 Sandycroff 148,967 11, omi Scottish Malay 302 Seafield 6. Seaport 226,878 10,46 Sedenak See Kee 16,350 Selaba 401.861 51 14 Selangor 554,164 Selangor River 13H.107 Selangor D
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    TIN RETURNS.
    95 10 > ar 1913. Belat 2.106 Bruang Bru6eh 1 Gopeng Consol Heav.ood Irdis Hyd Kampar 566 Kamuning 6,162 Kanaboi Jf Kinta I I Kinta Association 5.789 1 Kledang 2,046 Kramat Pulai 4,774 Lahat 6,698 4* Malayan Tin 8,146 700 Menglembu Lod* 4.917 4 Middle ion P. Consolidated Pengkalen Pusing
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    British North Borneo.
    30 10 Beaufort 89 Bode British Bncaec 148,290 W Langkon 79.700 Melalap 1 20,220 Membakut 15,55b v Sapon* 168,05* 6 Sekong 118,049 **>* v South Wto* 51,811 Tenon. 196,550 f
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      35 10 W. J. GARCIA, 219, Orchard Road. Pianos bought, sold or exchanged Good prices allowed or old instruments. Cheapest and best stock of Music and small musical goods is Singapore. Piano, Organ Musical Irutrti ments dealer
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1473 11 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, Aug. 5. jap. 1600m. Paid. Lam Dit buybeb. Sellers. 8S,000 2b 3b Allagai 7$% 13 17 500,0* 0 1 1 Anglo- Java 2 6 34 150,000 2s 98 Anglo-Malay 6% Inl 7 7* 8 7 50,000 2s 2b Bataog
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      208 11 SUPPLIES FOR Estates Mines Etc. Ant Exterminators. The Universal,) For fumigating with Patent Universal Powder. Arsenite Of Soda. For killing weeds.) and Locusts. Calculating and Adding Machines. (The Brnnsviga and M Bri-Cal.") Cement. M Borneo/ and Buffalo brandsFresh stocks monthly. Cigarettes. (De Res/keand Weinberg). Disinfectant. Saoitas in 1, ."i and
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      69 11 FRASER NEAVE, Ltd. Printers. Office: 13, COLLYER QUAY. Works: SIAK STREET. Magazine, Book, Commercial and Miscellaneous Printing of every description carefully and expeditiously executed on Moderate Terms. Fraser Neave, Xtd., Singapore. SINGAPORE FREE PRESS I MID-DAY EDITION I AUG. 17th, 1914. :o: Good for one copy for the undersigned Subscriber
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      1005 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders From Arrived For When Sea BelleF.M.S.4oo .\hraat P. s ham. 4-8 F.M ft. I'ucertain tjleatntrt Nat. Tonnage 4 Waste? From Consignee* To» Apanria Brit 3684 Vint Calcutta, 58 Boustead N. Zealand Amiral Ponty Fch 8594 Giraud Saigon, 4 8 M. Comte Co Havre
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    NYALAS RUBBER ESTATES.
    1597 12 a noun MUTING I BABGBfI OF MISMANAGEMENT. i The annual general meeting of the i \yalas Rubber Estates Ltd was held at the registered office, French Bank Buildings, on Saturday. Mr, Koh San Uin, chairman of the company presided, and those present incloded Messrs. F. C. Peck,
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    60 12 Agents. Paterson, Simons and Co. Henrietta Estate 15,405 against 5,052 total 89,563. Agents. Huttenbach Bros, and Co. Tribute 56 bags, 45 pikule Agents. K. and I>. Kindersley. Inch Kenneth: 24,750; two months 42,550 last year 46,250. (ilenshiel 19,250 seven months 114,696; last year 119,354. Kajang: 4,800:
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    PEGOH DIVIDEND – DELAYED.
    37 12 PEGOH DIVIDEND DELAYED. Messrs Sime, Darby and Co., Ltd., notify us that they are in receipt of telegraphic advice that the interim dividend in Pegoh Ltd., of 5 per cent., payable on 17th curr., has been delayed.
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    67 12 Mrs. Symes and the Misses Synies are leaving home by s. s. Novara. leaving England on 22nd inst. Miss A. Adams the bride elect of Mr. L. B. Symes, Assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Lower Perak, is coming out by the same boat, which is expected in Penang on the
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    ADMIRAL DEWA'S SQUADRON.
    546 12 The First and Second Battle Squadrons >f Japan comprises the heaviest ships Baft >f Suez and the two most powerfully armed ihips afloat in the world. They are the Sattle cruisers Hiyei and Kongo, both just t completed, of 27,500 tons displacement and i steaming 28 knots.
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    GERMAN TRADERS IN PENANG.
    218 12 i_To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, The Resident Councillor's declaration that The Public is informed that German traders may transact business as usual in Penang has caused no small amount of discussion in certain quarters. British policy has never been vindictive and has ever
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    92 12 The August monthly Bogey competition was played on Saturday and Sunday and resulted in a win for Mr G. C. Procter who returned the best card. The sweep was won by Mr Procter on Saturday and by Mr Bath on Sunday. 27 Cards were taken out and
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    23 12 LADIES' MEDAL, AUGUST, 1914. Mrs Dtummond, 58 7 46. Winner. Mrs Badham Thornhill 57 7 50. live cards taken out.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    60 12 Thn typhoon N. E. of Hongkong is filln« up The 6.5. L*ma will be withdrawn from Lbe Singapore-Port Swettenham Penang ran after the 18th instant, and only a fortnightly sailing between coast ports will be maintained for the present. The s.s. Taroba and another steanjer will take the
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    GLENFARG REPORTED ASHORE.
    22 12 GLENFARG REPORTED ASHORE. Information reached the Colony by wire yesterday stating that the steamer Glenfarg is ashore somewhere on the China coast.
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    SIAM'S WIRELESS STATION.
    165 12 Bangkok Rumours. The story rapidly gained credence that Bonn tbi-is (British and French) hud been sunk off Cuxhavqn aud that war had becu declared lit'tween Germany and Denmark. The *tory was that tbe wireless station at Kloug Toi hal received message. We took the earliest opportunity of
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    HOME WITHOUT WINDOWS.
    179 12 A Ifcrgfl crowd gathered in one of the back streets of Exeter to watch workmen remove the windows of a house occupied by an old Army pensioner, hie young wife, and several children. The object of the removal of the win-do-vs was to compel the family to
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    PASSENGERS.
    115 12 Per Singaporean Mr Chabot. Per Kaka Mrs Mrs W. B. Boltenham. Per Lady Weld Mr J. Lersey, Mr P. T. H. Owen. Per Islander -Dr. A. AY. Sickel and Mr A. F. Osborne. Per Nubia Mrs Graham, child and infant. Miss Savatard, Messrs Lamb. Couldray. Gilman. Hadden, Scott, Murray.
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    LATEST SHIPPING.
    22 12 Islander, Brit 481, Hainsworth, \nias I. 16-8, Boustead, Xnms I. J. Outhoorn.. Dut.97 3, Brachniser. Cuba, 16-8, R.P.L. Bangkok Tl.
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    SHIPS AT THE WHARVES.
    107 12 East Wharf (Basin) Sec. 1 Ranee, Chowtae, Quarta East Wharf Sec. 2— Itonus. Kecordt i Sheers Wharf Sec. 3 I T^iiio A. &V. D. DockH lorilla i (Under reconstruction) Main Y/harf Sec. 4 except at godowns No. 16, I 17 Ma. dasan Maru s—Jinsen5 Jinsen Mara.
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