The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 November 1914

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1914. NO. B,2W>.
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  • 282 1 Results of Saturday's cricket aud Sunday's golf appear on page 10. Bukit Kajang aud other rubber company dividends are announced on page EL The Prince of Wales fund locally nearly reaches a quarter of a million Page 10. Further evidence fras heard on Saturday in a case
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  • 1083 1 Whet) India made her mtgmfioi nl M ■fNNMM to the call to arms, frcn LotMN Ktf the Punjaub and Las Kela and -\elat in Baluchistan came otfers of ca;ut.-ie. with drivers, to be supplied and maintained by the chiefs and sardars. I have no personal knowledge of the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 288 1 ALHAMBRA THE PIONEER CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE-BEACH ROAD. SECOND SHOW 9-15 P.H. Two Shows for one Payment. FIRST SHOW 7-30 P.M. WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, NOV. 23. YET ANOTHER EXCELLENT PROGRAMME CHAHAi TKRISTH Ol OLR I'sfAL KSDEAVOLR TO PRESENT FEATURES ALL OUR OWN A nCTUBBSQUE DKAMA. THE ADOPTED SON u which *ouie Magnificent
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    • 405 1 PALLADIUM ORCHARD ROAD Singapore's Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD FO-NIGHT commencing at 9 p.m. sharp. TO-NIGHT JUST AREIVED BY THIS MAIL ~M i NEWS= SI FROM THE f FRONT j 2 WE ARE SHOWING 2 WAR GAZETTES 2 Including Scenes at the FALL OP ANTWERP "Please do not expect to see"
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    • 134 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Top riooi 1 of compound house to let Page 2. Robinson and Co. are stocking the new Hudson motor cycles Page 3. Notice to depositors or creditors of the Deutsche A6iatische Eank Page 2. Katz Bros have on sale the well known Indian motor cycle Page 10. For
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 108 1 THE WEEK. Monday 23rd. High Water— 2-31 a.m., 1 22 p.m. Polo Practice Tyersall. 5 pm. Ledge St. George Regular 9.15 p.m. Court of Appeal. St. Clement. Tuesday 24th. High Water— 3 35 a.m., 2 24 p.m. Pulau Bulang meeting. E van's, noon. First Quarter Moon. Wednesday 25th. High Water—
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  • 504 2 We m Sn W« Rambai ajib !»s\ akmstron(- Sat... An idea seems to exist that *nj barm that can be dcue to the Prussian armies will he harmful to science. It is strange that no one in England has believe d our leading scientists when they have
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  • 218 2 Four members of the Selangov Fire Brigade Lieut, (i. Barker and Firemen I'.ryer, howling and Askew are shortly leaving for the bant, The members of the Brigade gave them u farewell dinner at the Station Hotel. Porftro Diaz, one of the guards of the Tai On, who was rewarded by
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 150 2 rj] K You need Mi KEPLER I (Trad* Harkl j C > I I |L| nrs Cod Liver Oil with et H Malt Extract |f fi If you nave \\m\ i ul ill Weak Lungs M P| A Sensitive Throat i||p SSJ A Delicate Digestion l/^( rn A Wasted Body,
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    • 703 2 Notices DEUTSCH ASIVTISCHE BANK. NOTICE is hereby given that all communications to the Deutsch Asiatische Bank should be addressed care of Messrs Allen end G-led-hill. Constitueuts desiring to Interview the Manager of the Bank .can do ro every Wednesday, between the boms of 2 and 4 p m at the
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    • 418 2 To Let TO LET The whr.le of top flooring of a large oiupound House, near town Forniahed, with m without board, Teuni^, Telephone ti Apply BOX 116. c o pee Pn i 23- 11 W.H GDDOWN TO LET No. 5 Paluier Godowus. Area 9,900 square feet. Entry hoin Ist October.
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    • 332 2 JjfanUd I ADVERTIS R B al 4a latasl In \per,< oce in Bin t« and so nacn cojeideratl ti t i J n nee A; H B- 1 J GOVERNMENT OF JCHORt PUBLIC WOUM DEPJU application! vacant app tinti Bandar ICanarai mensem with I ran Lda< I and Riv< fuU
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  • 582 3 I. MM. P ICY. M irka Aelinji l ouncil ol the liact at th»: Clunnbei roc ho ba rospoose la .'r.: la be pi ssent ra i I h regard to i i isked Um Chief [gh( u. :.t ')ii the m:l> .•1 private reply from
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  • 179 3 Germans i roi n To i i Throats. The following poem, emanating from Karlamha, capital of the (hand Duchy of Baden, is :it least m Bery," obserrefl the Centra] Newt Lucerne correspondent, as anything that baa at yel bet evolved la the Kaisei a own kingdom
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  • 152 3 F IRBH i 11. K) Mi;. > J( ►NES. Mi >. Jones, 4.D.0. at Pekan, lias been transferred to Kuala Lipis. Mr 'ones had, been at Pekan foi three yeais, and his place ia to be taken bj Mi 1. dayman, l from Alor Star, Kedah. Before leaTing
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 170 3 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF TWO MOTOR BICYCLES At POWELL Cos Saleroom On Wednesday, 25th Nov., at 11 a.m. Lot i One H H.r. B. s. ftfotoi Oyde, hxtJ t cm< recently overhauled and painted. Lot I. On -i; II Pi Res MotCH Cycle with side our attached tree engini b
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    • 1419 3 Auctions MORTGAGEES SALE OP Valuable Freehold and 999 Years Leasehold Properties, Situate at Chancfry L^n^. Banda Street and Dickenson Hill off Neil Road Singapore. Also abour. 43 acres of Freehold Land and several houses at Sirangoon Road, Singapore, To be held at POWELL Co.'s Sale-room, ON TUESDAY, Bth DECEMBER, AT
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    • 1072 3 Auctions ESTATE OF LOW KIM PONG, DECEASED AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES Situate at] Somerset Road, Paya Lane, Tanjong Rhu, Kallang, Sembawang, Mandai, Upper Mandai, Anguliia Road, Balestier Road and Kim Keat Road, Singapore. TO BE HELD AT POWELL ft Cos SALE-ROOM O/V TUESDAY, 15th DECEMBER, AT 2-3OP.M.
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 32 4 Fell. -Oct. 18, at Patrington, East Yorkr;. wife of H. K, Bell, late of Penang, sou. Flowerdew.— Oct. 20, at Eltham, wife of A. .11. Flowerdew, of Tronoh South, Perak, daughter.
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    • 32 4 Russell Mcssop— At Kt. John's Westminster, 14th November, Philip Ciiaklks. third sen of John Kussell, late of Kuala Lumpur, to Hilda Gertrude, third daughter ot Henry Mossop, of the GraDge, Ashford.
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  • The Singapore Free Press.
    • 918 4 The full conditions of service of tbe Veterans uuit have now been published in tie Government Gazette No. Ill) issued on Saturday last. Tbe conditions as set forth which we print to-day will clear up any misunderstandings that may have arisen with regard to service. The
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    • 315 4 The President of the Ipoh Gymkhana Club, Mr. E. T. C. Garland, has sold all his racing ponies and has given tbe proceeds to the Prince of Wales Fund. Sergeant Dubois and Privates Blinch and Williams of the M. S. V. R., having passed tbe medical examination, are leaving by
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  • 1545 4 During the course of hie sermon laet evening on Lessons of the Trenches the Rev. H. G. Peile said "To what purpose is this waste St. Matt. '2 6 8. These wotds were the question asked by the astonished Disciples of Christ in the house of Simon
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  • 197 4 A Gazette extraordinary wi:«. ibt-ut; Saturday containing the following. His Kxcellercy the Govetl is Alitb( li/ed to offer to suitable Bftndtdftti s missions in the MW service which are low beirj^ raited this cooami sions will be temporary for the i of the war. Candidates must be
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  • 84 4 The Conditions of the new i Company of the S. V. C. now contaw following clause. "The (nit will not he called M perform the ordinary daily duties I are now being curried out bf Hm Volunteer I nits eicept in the cat»e ol i ergency
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  • 32 4 Fkikmu.y Hi !.c worn tmm Hi Contributions of warm clothing bw been received from Mre Culliniore, .'ohor the boys of St. Andrews are giving t*o I their comrades travelling rugfr
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 164 4 I KELLY AND WALSH, LIMiIED, SINGAPOPwE. I LARGE ASSORTMENT OF DIARIES for 1915 8 JUST RECEIVED I NOW READY THE IMPERIAL DIARY 1915 I CONTAINING LOCAL INFORMATION AND GIVING THE g DATES IN ENGLISH, MALAY AND CHINESE. Price $1.25. John Little Co., Ltd. BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEIR Alfl/iu DiiLi/iJill
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    • 61 4 en. LAMBERT co. ORCHARD ROAD. The Only Studio in the Colony producing Refined Photographic Portraiture of Artistic Merit and Technical Excellence. Likeness and individuality, the most valued qualities in a Portrait, characterise all our work. Our Studio is in charge of Mr. H. N. Buckeridge, a British Artist of the
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  • 138 5 FIERCE ATTACK. Advance Against Turks. SjteariM Cable]. fu ram pan.* Ptttoognd i ..ii mils are enJea M between tho i rivers. Our c. tft.-u cro in .1 with parti.il iic. .a v.-'-t of Loch t» d qoickOrero, nets* bochowa r:ic::w Uy« '>\ c.i pin r i:j s
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  • 141 5 p.-i. -a Bid Bayi Ul Ml 1- i-lier in a Hovim ol Rcprc It hfl >:-.'i:::-i ep to tram HMB in un- kfeinati in thj war financial Ing Liking to tnjiMq ifut to st i contingent after vl half mil I bj Bui Indian naj be used for
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  • 31 5 11, (t.lOa.ra. Lieutenant >f tbe King's Royal Rirte awarded tbe Victoria Henry Stephen l>immer, i the West Africa liegi .iteiiant in 190s, receiv fan .July 191 1.
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  • 25 5 I 5.10 am The South rllion is gradually collapsing. frequeut surrenders, of [>e Wets sous ami the :i;id over half bis com
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  • 24 5 II Si r» UK Skrviik.) r.M, 7 p.m. -Prince Albert from bis operation for U 1 expects to return to his
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  • 23 5 I- Si m i\i. Skr\ h 7 p.m. An order in > f a tbe export of raw rub
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  • 45 5 IHii JR. Macfarlaue, who were •A shortly in Penang, have »jW in England as tbe vessel i'ioy ha* been coniman- I' 'ioldie, Manager of MacAlister "Jg will not arrive till Janu M been having a bad time and when writing last was 1 hospital. M.M.
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  • 271 5 SNOW AND FLOODS IN BELGIUM German Attacks Repulsed. [By Submarine Cable]. Rkcteb'3 Skrtioi. London, Nov. 20, 5.20 p.m. A Paris communique says (.hat yesterday was char ncterised by the almost total absence ol the enemy's infantry attacks, while the artillery was far less violent. The weather is extremely
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  • 119 5 CRkUTEB*S SMECIAL Skrvu i; London, Nov. 21, 7 p m. As a mle all :uention of iulividual regiments at the tani is witheld, but an extremely interesting speech has come to light by (ieueral Mtiith Oorrien to the West Kents, after :he battulion had conducted
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  • 110 5 (Rkuter's SraCIAE Skrvht. I London Nov. 20, 7.30 p.m. —la the rlouse of Lords, Lord Crewe was asked for nformatiou regarding the operations in East Africa. Lord Crewe emphasised the aecessity of maintaining the position in Kast Africa, where the Germans had a formidable force. It
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  • 129 5 By Courtesy of the French 3QNBUL General. Paris, Nov. 20, 5.50 p.m.— Official Yesterday the German infantry made scarcely any attack, while their artillery was less violent. All the region east of Pixmude is under water. In the region of the Argonne we have repulsed three vigorous
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  • 69 5 Mr W. Prior, of the staff of Messrs White way, Laidlaw and Co., and late of Kuala Lumpur and Malacca, left Port Swettenham for England. He hopes to go tn the front. (M.M.) Among those who lost their lives at Teingtau was Mr P. H. Ktimanek, of the Austrian Consulate,
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  • 286 5 THE GOEBEN SURPRISED. Details of the Chile Fight, (Keutkh's Special Servick— Copyright) [By Submarine Cable]. London, Nov. 20. A telegram from Petrograd says that the naval report; is that the a division of the Black Sea when moving towards Sevastopol sight ed the Goeben and hreslxu twentyfive miles
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  • 102 5 Setter's Skrvio*. London, Nov. 21, 9.40 a.m.— The Daily News reports that the Hamburg- Amerika liner Ekbatana has sunk in the Persian (Julf. The cause is unkuowu. L The Ekbatana was a steel screw steamer of 4.573 tons gross, and was built in 1903, at
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  • 170 5 Notable Financial Response. Reuteb's Smvioi. London, Nov. 21, 5.45 a.m. A letter, published in the newpapers, signed by Mr Asquitb, Lord Kosebery. Mr Bal four and others cm behalf of tbe Cen tral Committee of tbe National Patriotic Society, which is disseminating literature in neutral countries on
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  • 120 5 Willisou's Anglo American Circus is due here for a return visit, opening on Saturday next, with a programme even better than on previous occasions. Tbe best of the old attractions are retained, and in addition, there are Ardell, equilibrist and balancer, tbe two Trevors, expert dancers, with Miss
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  • 71 5 It was a really splendid programme that was witnessed by the usual crowded Saturday night house at the Palladium, with the War pictures exceptionally interesting, and the other films of pleasing variety and nniform excellence. An even* ing at the Palladium is a sure thing in good entertainment.
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  • 60 5 UNITED SINGAPORE REPORT. (From Our Own Correspondent. j London, Nov. 22. The prchibition of the export of rubber is causing much uneasiness, especially in the American trade, and further developments arc expected. Singapore United 6hows a profit of B,OOO which is carried forward. Batu Rata pays 5
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  • 50 5 Messrs Guthrie Co., have received advice from Londou by cablegram that the annual general meeting of Bukit Kijang is to he held on 25th inst. and that the Directors are to recommend payment of a final dividend of 10 per cent in respect of the fiuancial year 1913-14,
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  • 149 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 21. The appeal of Mr G. D. McLean (against a sentence of three months' imprisonment on each of two charges of breach of trust in the respect of 9100 and f11,200, the moneys of Chea Koh Seng) was concluded in the
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  • 304 5 Now, there are some, though only a few, persons in Penang who have questioned the propriety of the local Turf Club holding a meeting in January next. We trust that the fact that the King and such good citizens as Lord Derby, the Duke of West
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  • 148 5 Commercial Men's Protest. Tbo following resolution was unani i rnously adopted at a meeting of the Committee of the Selangor Chamber of Com- j tnerce held on the 17th instant, and has been forwarded to the Hon. the Ag. Chief Secretary for transmission to lI. E.
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  • 71 5 For the period from the 20 to 29th November, 1914, inclusive, the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at two shillings and seven pence per lb., and the duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an ad valorem basis, in accordance
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  • 9 5 Jenderata 39,500 to date 820,400.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 273 5 ROBINSON C? SOLE AGENTS IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS THE FEDERATES MALAY STATES I j THE I Catalogue Price on Application. JGRAMOPHQNE RECORDS.! I UP TO DATE TITLES I "CHAPPELL RECORDS." (The Girl from Utah, Selection Part 1. Una Barcarolle. n 2. 'Charmeuse," Valse Intermezzo. J| i The Girl on the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 449 6 _8h ip p i ng STRAITS STEAM^ SHIP Co., Ltd. SIAM STEAM N IVIG ATION Co., Ltd. An Express weekly service is being maintained by steamers of the above companies between SINGAPORE and BANGKOK. The steamers leave Singapore every Saturday f and have very good accommodation for passengers. Full particulars
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    • 832 6 Ship p i n g KQNINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 2—3, Collyrr Quay. HSDKK CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVBHNMKNT. BAMPII Prigl- Bad ja, Sapat Tembilahau Tjonako, Ren^at aud Reteh- River. Nov 24 ki.v.v i Muntok and Paltiiibang Nov 25 Bingkbl Poiitianafe Nov 25 Mhrkus Siugkawang.
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    • 643 6 Shipping N. Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is niaim;.:ned between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese- Government. The New Twin screw Steamers tuaintainitw this service have been special];* designed aiivl constructed, and are ktted wit),
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    • 277 6 Shippmg a Ol \Ji STEAM NAVIGATION China, Japan Penang, Ceylon. Australia, India. Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports Plymouth and London. For freight passage die further information applj H. W BUCKUKO. A M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIME* MAIL LINE For Saigon, Haiphong, big kong, China, Japan, bytai Djibouti, Seychelles, Zanzibar I Madagascar, Reunion.
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  • 1788 7 The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford Written by himself. LMethuen I Two vols. 80s. net. The self revelation of Lord Charles Beresford could bo only of one kind. He has given us two volumes of experiences, stuffed full of racy anecdote, of stern and gallant
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1373 7 THE ONLY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY REGISTERED IN THE COLONY. LARGEST PAID-UP CAPITAL CF INY EASTERN COHPINY PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, 01d?Jewry, E.C. .rupany ha. £20.000 NdM wtth th< Snprt ,ne Curt ol Errand, a C d
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    • 221 7 MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE Go. OF CANADA. Established 1887, Policies are "WORLD WIDE" UHfc Claims, loans, cash-surrenders, etc., arc promptly settled by the, General Agcni, at uT; V nm WUhODI the m& ot «*»ea« to uci-.a unice, The Reserves ton protection ol Foil v, ao.'Juie ire over £8.500,000. Tbo Aeconnta are
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    • 221 7 RHEUMATISM KNOCKED OUT. Ahtnmatltm, on* tifh* moit terrible ttm of sufi#rlng humanltj.^i knocked out, con quered bj that obamploc of the people Little t Oriental ftalffl. The mlraculoun cures effected by tblfc wonderful reiuedy have oauied a«to nlehment la every land on the face of ih« earth. la Europe, In
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 490 8 r For Debilityi I A retired Colonel of the Indian Medical Service p writes |j l>ear S -Following repeated attacks of influenza and debility due to long |§j| service in the tropiOi I was left with obstinate chronic bronchitis, severe flatulent dyspepsia and A general neurasthenia, which took the form
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    • 895 8 IRAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD l MINING Co. Ltd. General Manager's Progress Report for Foub Weeks Ending 7th Nov. 1914. i i I The Sheet of Mine !tle&Buroinen6B and Assaj returns shows ;i total of 472ft. made up of losit. sinking, 11 ft. driving, and j 252ft crosscut 1 1 ny n-
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    • 435 8 burning transformer, repairs and clean up. Surface ore Bt. Koman 2,095 Bt. Malacca 2,092 > equal 3,558 tons. Amalgam collected 641 ozs. producing 322 ozs. sponge yielding 319.4 ozs. smelted gold. Avge. yield per ton Bt. K. Stamps 3.986 dwt. H. Mill 2.085 Tailings .750 Bt. Malacca H. Mill 1.795
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    • 183 8 I Health for Infants r For over half-a-centnry Savory .V .Moor,- food use, both at home and abroad. It has thr reputatiui thoroughly reiial le food for htfants. Savory U hw'j Pood supplies ju-t Lh« nouridunea in an easily di^esable and i-ery palatal I form, and itil even when thej
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  • 41 9 Issued by PRABER Co f> Exchange and Share Brokers, Nov. 20. All baying quotations of Sterling Shares mue.t be regarded as purely nomirftl for toe present. sdadfasdfdas asdfsdafasdfdfas ASDFASDFASDFDFAS ASDFASDSDA RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. RUBBER DOLLAR OOMPANIES. MINES. INDUSTRIALS.
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  • 54 9 ICOBKRCTf IT TO NOV. 21) Rnnk 4ru 2 4 7-16 ,i demand 2.4 )-ie Private cred;t 5. 8»' e 2 4 4 India, T. T. 17^ Hongkong, denma* 25 Yokohama, demand 114^ Java, demaui mt 141^ Bangkok, demand 66 Sovereign.- Bant Buyl. g 58 54 Bank of England K,Ve
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  • 150 9 Nov. 21. Tin Gambier 7 y Gambler Ciib« No. 1 9 00 Sarobier Cube No. 2 8.50 Pepper Black ordin. >'pore buyers 19. 50 Pepper, (White fuiY bnyase B6 CO Nutmega 1110 to thp lb 21.00 Nutmegs (ho t Ib 2 .no Mace (Band;; 1 mo. 00 Clov3s (Am
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 23 9 I I j^\i v I w 'Ta^b^^^l M^B "#BR K^^h V^fl j f STEWART WILSON AND rrnr SING APORE j j QimnliAC a^
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    • 155 9 IO V- RIGAWS m KfINfINGA M OF JAPAN J 'A TOILET WATER ||fJ V RIGAUD I a^T c < jB H rae Vivienne, h FIR EAST OMVGEN ACETYLENE COMPANY. LTD., I H {SINGAPORE BRANCH.) jilt a o T "M" >rrs T> T -irri T 3 T> Tn VI rnn AUTO
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 362 9 London Mails Despatched. ft Due. Arrived. Se^.Jfl Novembei 2 Nov. 2 >e 3 1 Oct. 8 ..6 6 Oct. 15 14 Oct. .2 Oct. -9 Nov. r Nov. !2 Nov. h PASSENGERS EXPECTED. Pei P. &0 Rteamer Morea. Messrs E. Tom Nailer. J. M. Fergaeon, G. A. Ha/.atd, H, Case
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    • 420 9 MAIL TABLE. To-Day. [ntermediale and local mails will be found in lisl below Penang, Malacca, FMM. a Johore (Overland) (Daily hy Tr.iin. I a.m. 8 I m. Pbnloa Soo^i *am KerttnoD g M Pulan l!at.uji and Polan Bnlaog |am Muar and Mulacc.i •_> i-m 'J I'M Hon^kon^ and Japan [>H
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  • 168 10 On Saturday the S. C. C. played the S. B C. on the former's ground and won easily. Schiuenguivel had four 6ixes ar^d six fours in his score. S. 11. C. La Hrooy c Howard b Campbell 80 Gauder b Campbell 2 K. Galistan b Campbell 0 A. E.
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  • 366 10 THE CLERK who DIED. The bearing was resumed in the Dil trict Court, on Saturday, of the four charges against Behu Meyer and Co., Ltd., the German firm, of committing irregula rities in respect of the import and export of goods by failing to return full aud
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  • 124 10 Mr Francis Montague Uattye, who tjr tour years has resided at Kuala Pilab, is leaviug shortly for the fiout. Mr Battye comes of a family whose members have taken part in many Indiuu wars, and his brother and two cousins bin e already left for the frout
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  • 57 10 Mr and Mrs Rubsell F. Grey are I«4M tag for Home early iu next month. Mr (I rev will join the Dew ariuv. Mr P. Zilwu being laid up with a broken rib, Mr E. V. \avier is acting for him at> hon. general secretary of the local lm peri*!
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  • 35 10 The competition for the Keppel Golf Club's monthly medal was played yesterday and resulted as follows. .I.Kennedy all square. A. W. Dove 1 down. EL F. Binuie 3 down. T. A. Flett 3 down
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  • 882 10 Why Was It Fixed? Perhaps there are few matters Malayan I more obscure to the general public than the original reasons for fixing the dollar at a standard value of two shillings and four pence English money, In adjacent countries where the mode of living is to
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  • 80 10 Mr K. A. E. Clarke (late Middlesex Regiment), of the Penang Harbour Board, and formerly on the staff of the F. M. S. Prieons Department, is leaving via Singapore, for the front. Mr Victor Hogan, of the firm of Messrs Hogau ami Ivene, has been giveu a comruisiion in the
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  • 753 10 The Hou. Treasurer, Me M. Morrison, begs to acknowledge the receipt of the 1 following further CDntributions 1 Already acknowledged $237,248.04 "Dice" (by H. Phillips) $6 Chinese Book No. 24. Chua Choo Yung, Chop Guan Huat I Chan $200 Chop Tbye Joo Chan 50
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  • 261 10 The Tsar's address a day or two back, which was telegraphed throughout the Empire to all young officers ordered to the theatre of war, is in its way remarkable and worthy of comment. la the past, when taking lea^e of his ofLcers, the Tear has
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  • 87 10 Tiek Ah Ngan, who haß beeu arrested on a charge of housebreaking by night into tbe Malay Mail offices, has named two accomplices who appeared with him in the dock at Kuala Lumpur. They were remanded, with the Chinaman, until Nov. 23rd. The men are Malays. A
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  • 180 10 A correspondent sends to tbe British Weekly a rare bit of English. It was written by a woman excusing her tardi ness in answering an inquiry that had been addressed to her I would have written before, but I have been sick witb a dog-bite, sawmills' dog bit me in
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 179 10 Fresh Fish] Fresh Halibut, Salmor. C Plaice and Turbo: 1 SINGAPORE GOLD STORAGE CO.. ltJ Singapore and Branches. I "sSr I N DI AM Motor Cycle I With Chain drive, Free Engine and Speel Gear, Civile Spriag I Frame, 3 inch Tyres, and fully equipped with Sj .pedometer 11 Electric
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