The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 June 1915

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TES CENTS SINGAPOBE, THUESBAY, JUNE 24, 1915. NO. 8,476
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    TKE DAY'S NEWS.
    128 1 There was a rush for prospr ctuses for Britain's New Loan, long queues of city business men awaited their turns to ob- tain them Page 5. A great crowd awaited the arrival of the remains of Flight Lt. Waiuefordat' Victoria ttation. rcpteeentattvea of the, I Admiralty being
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    A MADRISSA & ANOTHER.
    891 1 A MADRISSA ANOTHER. A monotonous droning arrests me. A gloomy, sultry day, an ugly brick building in the heart of the grim old city, and a |clase of little children learning to read. .They are all unnatural stunted growths of humanity, the product of our civilization, •and tue teacher 'herself
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      254 1 THe best Collection of Stories we have ever been able to t Conglomerate Figure in Our To-Night s Programme. LHAMBRA THE PIONEER CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE-BEACH ROAO. FIKST SHOW 7-30 to 9 P.M. SECOND SHOW 915 to 11 P M The Premier Attraction of The We.k The TRAGEDY^. GAMAFOO I W T
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      310 1 PALLADIUM ORCHARD ROAD. Singapore's Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD. To-Night I Extra Show at 8 p.m. I'sua! Show at 9.15 p.m. To-Night ll TO-NIGHT! Tom and Eileen Melbourne COMEDY DUO Whose Joyousness is Irresistible Acclaimed bv all «h_f have t-een them as uncxoeik) in this fortu of entertainment. SUPPORTED BY A
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      186 1 LlTh T ADVERTISEMENTS.' Shell Motor Spirit Page 1. Wanted a Wharf Cleik Page 2. Building Allotments for sale Page 3. Coconut Plantation for 6ale Page 2. P. and O. S N Co s latest sailings Pa<je 6. Straits Trading Co. Notice re General Meeting Page 2. Sale of Dutch Steamer
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      130 1 THE WEEK. Thursday 24th. High Water— 7-47 a.m., 7- 4 p.m Bt. Joha Baptist. S.V C annual meeting P. <__ O. h_ meward mail expected. P. Q. f-omeward mail clwses. Kew Cirque, Beach Road. Friday 25th. High Watar— ¥-10 n.m., 8-* p.m. Legislative Council. 2.30 p.m. Municipal Commission, 2.3) p.m.
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    THE MAILED FIST AGAIN.
    166 2 Kaiser and Enemies of the Fatherland. In reply to a message of loyalty from the city of Aachen on the occasion of the centenary of the reunion of the Rhineland with the Crown of Prussia the Kaiser Bent a telegram, which concludes The envy and jealousy
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    REVOLTING GERMAN TORTURES OF CHILDREN.
    454 2 We have long known about the terrible brutality practised by the Huns on the helpless Belgian children, cutting off their hands and feet, but I heard the otber day such a revolting account of the mode of doing so, which places tbe Germans in even
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    DRIVING BELTS.
    77 2 Frequently considerable trouble arises throogh the right Belt not being selected and the drives not properly arranged. The GANDY Belting which is world famous aa for its strength, durability and gripping power is especially suitable for this climate and is not affected by heat or moisture. The Borneo
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      743 2 {"EXPERIENCE IS THB BEST TEACHER." A TOU CERTAISLY KNOW WHERE TO GO TO WHEN YOU WANT TO BFE SOMETHING FEW? "Wett" PTCCUR6 ?HLM€.{ A JUNCTION OP ALBERT AND BENCOOLEN BTREETB. M THE SCANDINAVIAN PRODUCTION DE LUXE 1 f THE NIHILIST J m A THRILLING AND SENSATIONAL DETFCTIVB DR*MA W 3
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      755 2 Notices 1 THE STRAITS TRADING Co., Ltd. Notice is hereby given that an Ordinary General Meeting of The Straits Trading Company, Limited, will be h°ld at the Company's Registered Office, No. 1 Collyer Qaay on Wednesday S th Jane, 191', at noou, for the purposes following, namely 1 To receive
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      476 2 Wanted WANTED By shipping firm wharf clerk te look after transhipment aod other whatf work Eurasian preferred. Apply WHARF, c/o Free Preaa. 2.6 uc MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The Mnnicipal Commissioner' of tbe Town of Singapore require the services ten_p.rarily of a Sanitary Inspector, Salary |100 per menaem. A knowledge of coUrqaial
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      506 2 I To Let TO RE LIT Commodious Offices in Greshan n Battery Road. Lo Apply McALISTER ft Co Lte uc TO RE LIT Offices cn ihe Btccnd acd Third fami ofM.sr*. Whiteaway Laidlaw < bui ding Battery Koad. tVs For particulars apply to S. TORLIMSON. S.lnst.C.E ]7 K*4, latt* I
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    THE FRENCH ARMIES.
    420 3 position of Great Battle Line. correspondent supplies the following I motion about the position of the v.rwu? French armies stretching from the a; frontier to the coast of Belgium.! .a this immense front, there are no less; M:.n nine French armies. First, between _je Belgian and British
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    ASPHYXIATING GASES.
    202 3 kti Convention Violated. we by the Germans of pisonona a ineans of warfare was recently wrre d _o by the British Minister for War, Lord Kitchener, as being contrary to tbe u p td^e sigued by the German re-rre-.nuta.ives at the H tgue Convention. Sftftkiag in the House
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    GERMAN'S PRODIGAL USE OF SHELLS.
    68 3 GERMAN'S PRODIGAL USE OF SHELLS. S C 081 QHMHfI EXI'ECTFD. 1 -'.oe l~t. The Pioneer's ib-tos from Loadon d ted 30th i fenoiaa oil. cial Xote states 1 raeeai a -.tact the Germans too ;>.__ui~i- projectiles oo e..c_i < m% All withio the .phere WMM braiood or stup^ded. would bo
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    MR ROOSEVELT ON "PEACE AT ANY PRICE."
    615 3 President Wood row Wilson "There is such a thing ae a man being too proud to fight. There ie such a thing ae being bo j right that he does not need to convince othera by force that he is right." j Colonel
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    BUKIT SEMBAWANG.
    167 3 Registered in 1910, tbe Bukit Sembawang Robber Compauy 6ays a Loudon paper is now making its maiden distribution, the dividend being 3 per cent. Por 1914. Tke output at 307,244 lb. is nearly double that cf 1913, and a striking reduction bas been effected in tbe total cost
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    A NATIONAL CABINET.
    96 3 Major Paoe Croft on three Essentials Major EL P.»ge Croft, MP, who is serving with tbe lst Herts (Territorials), writing to a friend from the front, says: I wonder whether tha time has not long since arrived when the Government dI the country for the war should
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      940 3 Auctions 1 AUCTION SALE OP The Dutch Steamer "EVY" ON MONDAY, 28th JUNE, 1915, AT 2-30 P.M. The compound built Screw Bteamer 'Evy" built in k«5. Length 85 ft. Brt a ith 11.9 f'-et Depth feet Gio*s Tonnage 55 Ba. Nett Tonnage HO.BO Surface condensitu Engine 14 N.H. P. 33
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      306 3 I DRINK DRINK 1 CARLSBERG BEER! THE BEST BEER OBTAINABLE Iml'^^^^^^^ TO the latest /M^^^^^^r METHODS WITH EVERY POSSIBLE CARE IN SANITARY RESPECTS. CARLSBERG BEER IS DANISH BEER. SOLE IMPORTERS THE EAST ASIATIC Co., Ltd. OBTAINABLE FROM: JOHN LITTLE Sc Co.. Ltd.. RAFFLES' PLACE. GARNER QUELCH Sc Co., Ltd., JJ
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH.
    47 4 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. Mrs. Chav Yo>g Beng mother of Messrs Chan Chin Wah and Chan Chin Kwang after a prolonged Mness passed away yesterday 32nd inst. Interment will take place fn m 16a, Middle Head to Bidarari, at 5p m. the 24th inst. Bangkok Times please copy.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, June 24, 1915.
    1057 4 The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, June 24, 1915. (fere shall t'ie Prew Ihe People** nsgbt rr.a.'_t*l^ (J tawed by influence and upbribed bf ca«. titrr. patriol Truth hn clorioiu pi._ei>ti araw. P\r.di/':.i to \< I.K-.-n. I^va'lv »:><i l_*w. It is not often that a Government Gazette even that if that
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    246 4 The Netherlands Harbour Works Co. state that the co ..tract for the Chefoo Harbour works was signed on June 9. A reminder might be giveu of the cabaret peiformance of the Misses Woods at the Tanglin Clnb this evening. These talented entertainers should bring together a large adience. Oue fifth
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    STRAITS TRADE.
    850 4 Penang's Heavy Losses. The retnrn of imports and exports for the quarter ended March 31 gives the following figures which do not include goods landed here merely for transhipment. The total value of imports was $101,687,871 against 9109,213,077 for first quarter of last year. Singapore showed a decrease
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    FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS.
    183 4 Bf Courtesy of the Fken< i General. Pans. June 21st.-\Y e realised g0c progress cn the North of Arras. t J west of Peronne an f nemy mata >. re ceeded by the fxplosion of mined mmi stopped dead. We maintained our ga fc on the heights
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    STRAITS TRADING CO.
    304 4 The following if the half fam I i> rw_ot tbe director* to trie ■Mmtati Straits Trading Companv. I. The Director, now su! < iti the acccw-. for the half year ended :-)-< being the secon.. huh uf tf 19 1 4 1 9 1 1 After writing
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    RAUB GOLD MINE.
    27 4 The following were the R I ing operandi soil Xr Um fl K weeks ending vt ii .'.._,> Bukit Koon Stoi Bokif Malaeea Stoo. 0
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    26 4 At Frida, meetu, :r^ k will ook "Will f borinltKpenseai teei,- who were kith :rA. Light Inromrj during i which broka iwi ati Xilcb
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    76 4 I: is ptolionlyaonta ati L Im who bas been killed accident at Brookland F. W.Umamm.a.u ooattyna Stall IMBcor Q r latter was beard ol s« beinf b___l H ca: Late laat night a,., iri a tire had broken oof WX wt > were upon enquiry at the Fire SI ltloU
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      112 4 tLOBD MAYORS BANQUET (GUILDHALL, LONDON) BOLLINGERS CHAMPAGNE was one of the two principal Wines CLICQUOT. SOLE AGENTS Caldbeck Macgregor C? •lohore Agents!—*. C. HARPER Co. mmmmmmmm.m^mi^^^^^mmmm^mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm^miimm^mi^mmmmmmmmwm^mmmmmmmmm^^mmmmmmmmtm LITTLE'S HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FURTHER CONSIGNMENT TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED. H____ Jm ial /I A FINE SELECTION I^^l^J^lM^ DRESS MATERIALS LATEST DESIGNS i»i Tfinh)
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      123 4 PROPERTY SALE, Tbe property known as I Bsabhoy'ri estate situate at tbe 11th I ik I -W_ff Huad. Singapore, with nt fcootagt nt Ayer (iumurn. containing about B 1 scm bas beeu sold, privately, by Messrs Powell at l o. tu Mr H SoinapHii o! Bg Ot* fcr tbt sum
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    BRITAINS NEW LOAN.
    531 5 ITS EFFECT ON CONSOLS. Rush for Prospectuses. M[Bj Submarine Cable]. Rbctkb'b Service. Loadon, June '22. Ia the Honse of Commo o3, Mr McKeona winding up the debate, -aid that tbe only amount that could be Iptoftoa' in the loan resolution was tbe ix ?:i;w i cf a
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    INDIA'S INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH.
    84 5 Laadoa, June '-.1 In the Hou=e of ds in reply to Mr Kees, Mr Chamtod r. iaii tbat tbe Hoard of Trade waa occupied wi f h the question of the manu-bcfe-UN in Britain of syDtbetic indigo, while the (.overnment of India was doing -we to assi.t
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    FUNERAL OF Lt. WARNEFORD.
    79 5 I*Bl I -h:ne 22. great crowd at Vic- r awaited tbe arrival of the remains I ighl 1.:. WaroeforJ iu tbe evening. r i ■lepfnthi c. ar.d re pre. -ie o'a- \j:!i'.ri'.v were present. The tvered v. ith Hm Union Jack 4 ,e> of wrt.-_.th a
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    ANCHOR LINER ATTACKED.
    62 5 •June ti —The Anchor liDer l arrived at Liverpool on > iDd.,. N e w lark. She was attackfd wajagt by a submarine which, ie vaa sou.g at full frpeed, she wwhieto elade. Accordingly •na" attempted to rurn the which submerged, and was not L -i.-.u Many
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    GERMANS PRESS ON IN GALACIA.
    39 5 r 4-aj.. June 22. A communiqut. lhe enemy's offensive in the Won of Kawaruseka continues. The .^uqs on the night of the 19th withK rew fr the Grodek lakes on the Lember 8 Positions.
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    THE FRENCH PROGRESS.
    519 5 ADVANCING IN ALSACE. Germans Desert Positions. [By Submarine Cable]. KSOTVH'B JSiftiVlo*. Paris, Jone 21. A communique states North of Arras we progressed further towards Souchez, carried several trenches and approached the north-west portion of the village. There has been a night long artillery duel. A German attack
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    The British Offensive.
    71 5 London, June 22. Eyewitness at head quarters describing the resumption of tbe British offensive west of la Bassee briefly chronicled in Marshal French's bulletins, says by the morning of June 17 in the Fes-tubeit region after enemy counter attacks at night tbe net British gain of ground
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    LEARNING FROM THE FRENCH.
    36 5 London, June 23, Mt Lloyd George conferred with the French Under- Secretory foi War, M. Ihoru.is, who is the organiser of French ruuuitions, at Boulogne, on Saturday and Sunday. Both were accom-
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    FIELD MARSHALL'S DESPATCHES.
    34 5 London, June 2a.— The "London Gazette" contains forty pages of Field Marshal Freuch's list of despatches dated Sl sin which is mentioned all ranks of arms including many Canadians and Indians.
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    HONOURS FOR AIRMEN.
    35 5 London, June 23— The London Gazette states that both Wilson aud Mills have b^eu awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, for their share in destroying the Zeppelin in ita shed at Evore. a
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    DEATH OF MAJOR LUMSDEN.
    22 5 London, June 22. Major Lumsden of the Flying Corps, has been killed while flying at Brook! ands. i
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    THE DARDANELLES.
    334 5 HEAVY FIGHTING. Success for the Allies. [By Submarine Cable] KtfOTEB'B SERVICE London, June 28rd. A Press bureau despatch from headquarters Dardanelles dated 22nd June, says that after twentyfour hours heavy continuous fighting, a substantial success was achieved in an i attack by General Oonrand resulting in the capture
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    AUSTRIAN STEAMER SUNK.
    24 5 Rome, June 22. The auxiliary cruiser Hotlea chased and captured an Austrian naphtha steamer in the Mediterranean carrying supplies for submarines.
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    THE EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.
    83 5 London, Jnne 23. Some three hundred Distinguished Conduct Medals including some for gallantry have been awarded for the East-Africa campaign, included amongst them being C. Arnull, J. Cunningham, M. Lawlor, T. Smith, W.Taj lor, T. Boyle, R. Woodward, all from the Northlanes, and A. Cooke, P.
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    BOTHA'S ADVANCE.
    18 5 Pretorio, June 22. General Botha has occupied Omararu on the Swakopmund- Grootfontein railway. The advance continues.
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    DE WET'S SENTENCE.
    40 5 DE WET 'S SENTENCE. Blomfontein, June 22. De Wet was acquitted on the charge of proceeding to join the Germans. Bloemfontein, June 2 2. De Wet has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment and a fine of two thousand pounds.
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    VENEZELOS, DICTATOR?
    29 5 Athens, June 22. M. Venezelos has authorised a statement that lie is conviu ced that any policy except supporting tbe Entente Powers would be disastrous for Greece.
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    BURMA SOCIETY DISSOLVES.
    37 5 London. June 21. A special general i meeting of the Burma Society has been convened for July 81 to cousider the discontinuance of the Society owing to tho i lack of Burr_-,an support. I
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    COTTON FIRE AT HAVRE.
    25 5 Havre, June 22.— Fire destroyed two warehouses with twelve thousand and seven hundred bales of cotton damage over forty thousand sterling.
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    77 5 I We entirely agree with the Pall Mall' Oazette" in tbis The nation will ac j quie6ce unhesitatit gly in tbe decision to use asphyxiating gas against tbe inventors of that aggravation of war. It is not a weapon to our British taste, but it would be an entirely false
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    THE WEEK'S WARRING.
    534 5 I [The datea given are those of the despatch ot tbe telegrams from London.] June 16 (continued). British naval casualties np to date, killed, officers 649, men 7,696 wounded, officers, 181, men, 2,262 missing officers, 74, men 2 785. Fighting in Gallipoli has devolved into trench warfare,
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    239 5 The marriage took place at Koba on May 27th, of Miss Mae Susan Why mark and Mr John Leonard Graham, tbe civil ceremony being performed at the British Consulate General before Mr It. G. E. Forefeet. The ca.o was brought I>. fore the Dis trict Judge yesterday iu vhich n
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      283 5 DE RESZKE THE ARISTOCRAT OF BASSO, TENOR VIRGINIA nil II ill otf fl CS6liob I KELLY AND WALSH, Ltd. $5.5,0 ONOTO $5.50 KELLY AND WALSH LTP NOTICE TO MOTORISTS CL U I? f T hmJP JLJ. J-J mmLi JLi FOR SHELL MOTOR SPIRIT, PLEASE BEND YOUR ORDER TO CH 2
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      903 6 Shipping 1 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ J< Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 9—5, COLLYBB QUAY. T7NDKR OOWTRAOT WITH THB NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. V.dbr Parra Riouw, Letong, Kramat, Maras, Tarempa. Midai, Genting, Poeloe- I Pandjang and Seiasaan June SiseiEL Tandjo-ff Mengeidar, Tandjong Leidong, BerombaJig, Paneh, Asahan and Bela waa Dell Jnne
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      72 6 From Singapore t. ron ofr.etntf_tin_._u a io_ua am^ui*. Malacca. Port Dickson and Port Swettenharn. Malaeea and Mnar. Malaooa, Port B'ham anfl TAinfr .q^. P. DickHon A Port Bwettenham. Malaoca. P. Bwettenham and Telnk Anson. Malaooa and Mnar, Bangkok. Mersing, Knala Pahang and Knantaa B.N. Boi neo Ports, Zain and Zamboanga.
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      452 6 Shipping MM. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MilL LIVI. For CHINA, JAPAN, CETLON aad MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD 1816 OUTWARD 1 Cordillere June 18 Polynesien Jane SO Chill July S V. Ciotat July 4 Atlantique Jnly 16 Magellan July 18 Polynesien July 8° Aug 1 V. Clotat Aug 18 Aag lft Magellan Aug 2 T
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      567 6 Shipping P. &0. STEAM NAVIGATION COflSP&fct For China, Japan, Penang, Cayl* a Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Throogh Bills of Lading Issned tot Tata, Ooaat, Persian Gulf, Continental and i_r__.er_.__.. Ports. Bteamers will leave Singapore oo oi sac NAIL LINES Homewakd (ron Eurqpb; From Singapore, connecting
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      636 7 mmm m**m**m m mmmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmWaAmmmmmmm^ I War or Peace, Faminf or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth ioo Cents on the dollar. I jj lf##47- OTHER PROPERTY ISP I THE GREAT EASTERN UFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. g The Company haa £20.00C
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      324 7 CHARTERED BANK sf India Australia and Shlna, INCORPORATED B? fiOYU CHARTER, AID UP CAPITAL 41,100,000 Seier va Liability of Propnetors mm Sl 300 00f i HEAD OFFICE. BS. BISHOPSSATS, LOHDOM, I. Q. Aa_-_.CI.BS AND bbahobib: I Amntsat Hongkong Penani I Bangkok Ilolio Puhet Batavia Ipoh Rangooa I j Bombay Karachi
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      453 7 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-OP CAPITAL 116,000,000 BKBXBYI FUNDS r— £1,500,000 at IS.- $15,000,0001 Mft m.m mmm SUve» 118,000,000 W8,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors— 115,000,000 I COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landaie, Chairman. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Deputy Chairman. 8. H. Dodwell, Esq. jP. H. Holyoak, Esq. G.
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      374 7 MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE Co. OF CANADA, i ESTABLISHED 1887. j Policies are "WORLDWIDE," "UNRESTRICTED." "INDISPUTABLE" aud "NON- FORFEITABLE." Claims, loans, cash -surrenders, etc., are promptly settled by the Geueral Agents at Singapore without the delay of reference to Head Office. The Reserves for protection of Policy holders are over £3,000,000.
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      304 7 POLICY No. *****. $10,000 SC year Endowment, ff m Tbis policy on the life of a prominent gentleman in Malaya matured quite recently, ttm the optional methods of settlement offered him were. I CASH Face of policy 10,000. Cash Bonus 5,805. 15 805 II PAID UP POLICY 23,555. M (Subject
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    London Financial Letter.
    2380 8 London Financial Letter. I. (From Our Own Correspondent.) i London, May 21. plantation rubber firm some good Shares Call on Rubber Trust Bukit Cloh's Costs— Malaccas Posi tion Lanadron's Fine Showing— Batu Tiga's Profit— Scottish Malay's Excellence Bukit Sembawang— Sungei Salak. Despite periodical fluctuations the market for plantation rubber has
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      129 8 ALL ACHES AND PAINS MUST GO AND GO QUICKLY WHEN YOU RUB IN Little's Oriental Bain. It is the enemy of Pain. It stops headache, earache, ba kaehe. It relieves lameness, sprains, strains, swellings, lame neck, crick ln the back, neuralgia, rheumatism. ALL external aches and paiua MI'ST GO when
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      343 8 The Medical Congress tells you which is the Best Tonic Food. 'As a tonic food, Sanatogen stands forth pre-eminent," writes Dr. Hopkirk in a recent book, and he aid-: "This^S no mere expression of an individual opini >n. hut a fact firmly established by a vast array of experience." Another
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      554 8 THE Singapore Free Press MORNING DAILY To Our Readers. The Singapore Free Press is a morning Daily, and is on sale at dejx.ts, from an e&r'v hour each morning (Sundavs excepted). Ca.L price Teu Cents a copy. Subscribers' copies will be delivered at theil private residences, (or town offices or
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1495 9 Issued by FBASER Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, June -23rd. All quotation* ol Sterling Shares aaat be regardedae purely nominal Cor the present, RUBBER bT*KLUtO COMPANIES. CU*. leeoa. Paid. t-«M Div. Bura»e. Bblleibs. 85,000 aa ta Allaga. 6 4 l 11 2 •OO.Ot-O 1 1 Anglo-Java 6
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    EXCHANGE.
    60 9 Cobbected UP TO June 28). Bank 4ms 2 4 8 16 M demand 2-4 1 82 credits m e 2-4* France demand Bank 296 INDIA, T. T. 175i Hongkong, demar d M 22 Yokohama, demai d M 118$ iavs, demand Hu£ Bangkok, demand 66i Sovbbbiqnh, Rani Buying |8 64
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    PRODUCE
    164 9 June 88Tin (75 tons) 5-8 00 Gambier 11 00 Gambler Cube No. 1 13.40 Gambier Cube No. 2 12 00 Pepper Black ordin. S'pore 19 00 Popper, (White fair) 86.00 Nutmegs (110 to tl e lb. 21.00 Nutmegs (80 to tl e lb 22 CO Mane (Bands) 80 00
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      255 9 SUPPLIES FOR Estates Mines Etc. Ant Fumigators and Sulphur Powder. Arsenite of Soda for killing out lalang. Aspinall's Varnish, Paints &c. Cartridges. Nobel's own loading with sporting Ballistite which holds more pigeonshooting records than any other powder. Cement "England" brand by The Ship Canal Portland Cement Co., Ltd. Disinfectant. "Sanitas"
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      323 9 NEXT MAILS DUE. From Europe.— Per P. AO. Outward mail ex pected on 28. Prom China.— Per P. A O. Malta expected to-day. London Kails Despatched Left Dee Arrived. April 14 P. AO. May 17 May 1? April 2l B. I. 24 May ti AprU 19 P. AO. June I
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      493 9 ANJER SHIPPING REPORT. (Compiled for thc Singapore Free Press. Date of t assing Anjer Nationality and description of vessel Captain's name. Where aud wheu sailed (Destination). June 3. Sindoro, Dut steamar Bakku June 3 Batavia to Rotterdam. June 8. Sarpedou, Dut steamer; Tjilatjap to Batavia. Juoe. Eilavetou, Brit steamer from
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    RESERVE FORCE AND CIVIL GUARD BILL.
    2045 10 The following ie tbe text of tbe above bill whieh will be read a first time in Conncil on Friday. An Ordinance to provide for tbe registration of certain residents in the Colony for the purpose of military training ind for the establishment of
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    THE TORTURERS.
    148 10 Examples of Ferocious German Cruklty. a remaike ble statement was made by Mr Handel Booth iu the House of Commons as to the treatment of prisoners by the Germans, He said "I have in my home at the present time Belgian men ehort of hands and legs, which
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    S. C. C. LAWN TENNIS.
    279 10 No play yesterday on account of tbe rain. TIES FOR TO-DAY. Championship. W. B. Vowler v L. E. Gaunt. B Class Singles. C. B. Hadden v G. A. Cbaney. Capt. W. F. Christie v J. W. Anderson. A.N. Lay bourne v D. Walker. t. W.
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    SWIMMING CLUB LAUNCHES.
    81 10 Sunday, 26 June. Johnston Pier at 9, 10 and 11 a.m., 2.30 and 3.30 p.m. Club Bungalow at 9,30 and 10.80 a.m. 12.15, 3 and B;80 p.m. 75 Yards Back Stroke. This event will be swum off on arrival of the 10 o'clock lauuch. Entries will be
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    GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REPORT.
    208 10 Singapore, June 23rd. The Rubber catalogued for to-day's Auction met with a brisk demand and of 192 tons offered, 168 tons changed hands. Prices generally were better on the week, tbe only decline noted among the higher grades being in the case of Plain Smoked Sheet, which
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    PENANG SEA MYSTERY.
    223 10 Fubtheb Details. In connection with the mysterious disappearance of the fonr Chinese women from on board the 8.1. steamer "Bulimba" on the night of the 15th instant, during the voyage of that vessel from Moulmein to Penang, the Penang Gazette learns tbat tbe quartette, who, ae we
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    BARLOW'S PRICES CURRENT.
    315 10 Singapore, June 23rd, 19 IP. Rubber. At the Auctions today some 190 tons were on offer aud met with a good demand thronghout. Prices realised for the Stan dard Grades show an advance of 91, 9130 being paid for both Fine Ribbed Smoked Sheet and Fine Pale
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