The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 31 July 1915

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TE^ CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1915. NO. 8,508.
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  • 143 1 Weights for Penang races are given on Page 5. Our London robber wire reports a dull market in tbe commodity Page 4. The decision in the Brisbane Vivat collision was given yesterday Page 10. The Chinese of Pernk have retolved to form a Chinese Volunteer Corps Page
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  • 1370 1 From tome near village I can bear The cudenced throbbing of a dram A 6oft stirring of leaves and a rustling of wind through the coconut pal me moonlight trembling on the water, the scent of wood burning, aod flowers that only perfume the uigbt the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 404 1 ORNAMENTAL TILE WORKS 51, Hill -Street Singapore. Patent Improved Flooring Tiles (PATENTED APRIL 19J4.) Imitation Marble, Egyptian Granite or any Fancy Stone. (SOLE OWNER AND PATENTEE, ALFRED LEA 51, HILL STREET 1 Announcement Extraordinary. A Big Film Production. Wolfe or "The Conquest of Quebec' I NSIRPASSED FOR BEAUTY A«D ABSORBING
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    • 315 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Steamer for Bangkok about July 31 Page 6. Kat/ Bros for the Golspie jackets, for all sports wear Page 3. Vacuum Oil Company deal with the question of oil wttetage Page 8. Ching Keng Lee ft Co., advertise auc tiooß of land and houses Page i. Shipping: S.S.S.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 115 1 THE WEEK. Saturday 31st. High Wattr— f-41 a.m l'O p.m St. Andrew's School Aunual SportM, 3 3D p.m. Government Ho.idaiy. Penang Haces Sunday August Ist. Hi^h Water 1-^rf ».m., .1 p.m. tth Snnday tfcer Trinity. Monday 2nd High Water -i'la.m 2- 9 p.m. M. M. Outward mail expectt d. B.
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  • 308 2 Under section 4 of The Volunteer Enactment, 1913,'' His Excellency tbe High Commissioner has been pleased to -appoint Lieutenant M. B. Shelley to be Captain, and Second Lieutenant W. K. Sanguinetti to be Lieutenant, in the Malay States Volunteer llules. witb effect from the 7th July, 1915. Mr. H. H.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 61 2 PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES. The old time Portable Steam Engine is now giviDg place to newer ideas. R. Garret t A Sons, Limited, have introduced a Piston Valve Engine using Superheated Steam in which it is claimed half a ton of coal will go as far as a ton in the
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    • 702 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES, 9th SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. AUGUST Ist. BT. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. 7-W a.m. Litany. 7.4S a.m. Hly Commnn'on (Choral). 9 1 am. Mac-us and Holy Communion. 4 p.m. Bnnday School A Bible Classes. 630p m. Evensong and Sermon. ST. MATTHEW'S, SEPOY LINES. 99 15 am. Holy Communi* n. 8.15
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    • 595 2 GRAMOPHONE RECORDS. THE PICK OF THE TITLES. NOW THE RAGE AT HOME. When the Angelus is Rlngirg, from the 1 Reveu bnsiness as Usual." ;The Red, WhitM and Blue, from the I R^veu Business as Usual," (Your King and Country want you. Paniotic Song. (Fall In. Patriotic Song. (The sun-h
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    • 1306 2 IREAL NAVAL WAR FILM me TREY O'HEART 1 HARIMA HALL NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. TO-NIGHT 9-15 TO-NIGHT! m THE TRET O'HEART I Episode No. 8 "THE COUNTERFEIT ROSE." j No. 91" AS THE CROW FLIES." (4 REELS IN ALL.) i The most Fierce Naval Engagement, taken with the Permission of the
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    • 499 2 To Let I ri TO LET FUW»ISmT~~^ Li.Tane, 74 Kioo K (_.a u: App,> nwa Uviti TO UT -MAISONETTE 6' T»_rll» rooms; new cblckMo v 0ra11 7, Pi, e bM kept gron.di, __c.ll._i i..__„ »Uj r_ot. Im__edu.le entrj "Hi |if App lv POWELL |c, TO LET "Lady Hill- ((iiangfc GrfjV(
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    • 462 3 Wanted WANTED By a Lady. 1-aving for England in Octobe Knglish nurse to ta i e charge for the vojaj two httle fcirls aged ">A ana ti years. oo Times of Malaya Press. IPOI WANTED rk neee (lerk wanted for an Estate i h^aitny part of Johore. Must be a
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    • 693 3 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF J EXCELLENT WINES At Powtll A Co's Sale oom On Wednesday, 4th lugust at 11 a. n 3« Compridnußauenthaler, Dorf. Johnihber Hockatimer, Oppenheimer and other wine POWELL t Co., Anctioneei n J^_ 4-8 t MORTGAGEES SALE OF 9 The British Steam Launc Ahm di as she
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    • 406 3 Jackson's Patent Rubber Smoking Drying Cabinet; ttt u i r, PENANd, 19th Jul,,. 191, I \V alter Jackson Esq f •g, 57, The Arcade, Singapore. 8. After carefully considering your claim that I have in fringed the patent for exclusive privileges under which the i( Jack son Patent Rubber Smoke
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    • 593 3 KATZ BROS, Ltd THE STORE FOR MEN'S WEAR. •5. NEW STOCK OF >NT NICHOLSON'S WELL-KNOWN /Mm I%' "GOLSPIE s t (ILja^ UULUI IL l^px^iCfi JACKETS jSP^rfl^- In a Smart range .f Tweed** IM gi $10-00 c3Cu. imsF $£'W h- se Jackets are especially cut iflj W, v or Sporting Wear
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  • 32 4 Domestic Occurrences. MARRIAGE. At Singapore, July 29th. 1915. Ernest Gamblbn, Master Mariner, Straits Steamship 0., si u of Unjor S. Oambleu, Denvilles, Ha- j vaut, Hampshire, to Paul,* Kaval, Odessa, RusHia. I
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  • 2247 4 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, July 31, 1915. c?<"- shall the Vrrsn the P*ool*'<; ri^ht ntaiuUdß, (Xuawed H\ infiosoce an'] nrbrlbed '.j» s a n i Here patriot Truth h<-r gioricXH pi ecepts dnw. Wc'lfr-* 1 to H Bakm. LoMkv a.id L*w. We have it on accepted proverbial authority that
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  • 21 4 A DULL MARKET (From Our Own Correspond^ y Sumatra Consolidated pavei^ The Commodity is dull and under M
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  • 341 4 Since our last issue of 2nd .lu'v^L^' feature has been the Will** which a cousidernble amount om" capital lih* b*en invested Wl »h lhp that our ma.kethas marked" lnjP uuder ordinary couditiooe a general vance might have been high yield of the Loan apparently CMae a great
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  • 66 4 RED CROSS WORK FOR THE WOUNDED. The following tether ci.H-.at;; I gratefully a. ItnOfl l'revoii-lv H^krov.ieJ_ Mi> W.lkirtt-on Mm ulhice 01 b 20 Mrt> Peterkin Hll Coroiiel Mrs MatiH'U Mrs Samooh v Mrs A. Stuail A very niNW Rlfl calico was receive,! ftl r M •■> this morning f:o:u Htestl
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  • 75 4 Tim sm. r i i m Ha— l»i. 01 iiHini I fcralia m I Obit a, Sn ■~nnwliiiw rich i I AiiiouiiL PsMrkwi i fccko t W Lowlber tw| lad conC. DtOfc Miso:i JMWM Education D6p*rtaMftl 1 tir-p c or of Sch >ott ami ITem«caltti Sclnoois
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  • 18 4 Agents. Paterfon. Simons and Co. Laras (Sumatra) —April 1,190 Juue 2,113. Ibid M 1
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  • 33 4 We understand a factory lot the facture of concrete tiieb vill in Kuala Lumpur shortly uuder the genient of Mr Euiile Scnerrer an a private company is being 8 finance the undertaking MM)
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    • 224 4 NOTICE. From the Ist August we shall open our own Branch in the district of MALACCA At 20, River Side, Malacca. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co. Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit BPK',^- ___mß_s SS^^^_l____! Sit J__W» i _*^_^.?^__&_s__?^. m "a _Biß^-----^*SrrB-M_v j*_s^i^'^r* y^ -<i_^a ek^ __S____ißfi_ffi*iiS3^______i _______s___^_7i^'^yl_^' 3t *"vux' M^^__l^_3W______^i__^S. *^cs^r*wi^fi|Bßl!S."'*'
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  • 332 5 RUSSIAN ATTACKS FIERCER.! Contracting her Front. Amsterdam, July 29.— The battle for Warsaw still sways. Tbe Germans not only make no progress in the vital sectors, but the Berlin communique admits repeated Russian attacks, and says the situation is unchanged northward of the Niemen, but r
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  • 82 5 Change in russian Strategy. I'etrograd. July 29. Military experts are SUinsotlj discussing the vexed ques tion :A. :b j military advantsg^s and dis ■draatufai of holding the Warsaw salien*. I strong opinion is Manifesting itself u: favour of adapting the snorter front I 'C!Ven_p'uted by tbe
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  • 152 5 Lor. ion, Ju'y 29. Field Marshal Sir •I <t:u I ;eLch ieport» ac:ivy mining opeiat iaai oi bo:h sides, with iuteruutteut artillery eD^acemetrs, but no infautr\ attack- A British aefOßttMM brought to the a German macu'De at Zille ■eke, Pan-, .Jn'v 29.— Local canncnades and •jrenn it*
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  • 175 5 Prior to the cio^e of the debate the end member Captain Guest, raided the laoetiea of ceaepalaiNrj service which be said was tha ou'.y way to win tha war quickly. Mr Fosiah Weugwood, Capt Araery and 111 Eilis Griffith strongly supported the dtrnnnd. The Labour member
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  • 32 5 Havre, Jnly 23.— The cot on cargo o< the Dacta captured by a Fren h cruiser ok M-trch first baa been sold for a hundrec and forty thousand sterling.
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  • PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS.
    • 530 5 Ignominious Ending. e^mmmmmmmm—mawm London, July 29. —Tbe poiut ia Mr Asquith's speech given prominence in the papers was tbe rebuke to the backbiters who depress the Allies and encourage the enemy." There was an immense demonstration at tbe word backbiters," and an echoing cheer when Mr Asquith
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    • 343 5 Mr Lloy 1 George said that during the' past month the number of munition workers had increased by forty thou-and, uearly half of whom were skilled. A bandied thousand voluntary tmioitiou workers had eurolled, the bulk belougiug t<- On* eayinperinsj And shipbuilding trades. J Sixt> pu national
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  • 25 5 London, July 29— Submarines yesteri da> sank me Swedish steamer, two 1 Norwegian batques, two Danish schooners and one Btiuth steamer, the Mangara.
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  • 100 5 ITALIANS PUSH ON. Carso Plateau well Held. [By Submarine Cable]. KauTm'g Sirviob. Rome, July 80. A communique states that our offensive at Gardevole has made marked progress. The enemy advanced in the Padola Valley but were repulsed. Our artillery in Carnia destroyed another cupola of Fort Hensel.
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  • 213 5 Need for Union. London, July 29. Mr Lloyd George was the chief speaker at an important conference iu Londou iu connection with the joal mining industry* He empbasied that :-oal was the lifeblood of tbe nation in peace time, and was paramount iu war. All must ask themselves
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  • 139 5 Many Nationalities Arrested. London, July 29. Tbe Press Bureau announces, amongst recent arrests, the following ten, allied to be German agents two Dutch subjects a German with a forged American pabnport a woman of German origin who married a naturalis ed British subject. I'rusbinn by birth
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  • 122 5 London, Jnlv 28.— 1n the House of Commons Mr Holt asked the Home Secretary whether ba was nwaro that srmigg ling opium from Euglaud to China wag going on on a large acale aud whether he would take powers to control the trade aud prevent Great Britain
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  • 112 5 London, July 28 —Mr Uees inquired wh«tht special licences were being issued authorising the delivery to Alien tnemies in China of goods in the hands of shippers before July 26 and authorising the renewal of drafts. Mr Prettyman 6aid no special licenses were grHUted hut shipment
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  • 54 5 (From Our Own Correspondents Ipub, July 30. At a representative Chiut^e meeting il WBB unanimously decided to form a Peral Chinese, Volunteer Corps A large com mittee with Mr A. C. J. Towers as Hon Secretary was appointed to enrol recruits t Encouraging support is being
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  • 557 5 Quicquid agouti homines nostri est farrago libelli. Juvenal. The war has opened England's eyes to Ihe fact that, after al), she is not the best regulated country in the world. She hag leceived some rude shocks to her selfesteem, and has even had to part with
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  • 151 5 II (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. July 80. Kuala Lumpub Plate. Disfc. 6 furlongs. Barnabas 9.12; Flywheel 9.2; Noreen b li Xeah 77. Merchants' Plate. Diit. 6 furlongs.— Charity 10.12 Brown Comet 9.8 Michael Graham 9.3 King Blaze 7.7. Penang Plate. Diet, one mile. Glorify 10. H
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  • 65 5 J The following will represent the Singapore Volunteer Rifles, v. the SC C. at 1 Cricket on the Esplanade to day coruuiencling at 11. HO o.ui J. W. S. Artbur, i 0. K S. Batemao, N. E. Bath, R L. L Braddell, H M. Cantrell, A. W. 1). Dove,
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  • 51 5 5 Advertisers are particularly requested i to note that all copy for large advertise- merits should be sect in early in the day, otherwise it ia impossible to guarantee insertion. Small alterations can be taken 3 up to 6 p.m. but other copy should be sent iu as early as
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 372 5 REGULATION KHAKI PUTTIES SHIRTS ■■■■■M_____________MMVfllM_______M_N*S____r «MMMMa^V^BIM^HnfI^BHBinHfIHBiaSi^^MBMMB^HfI^BMi^MiM FOXES M^JS^py REGULATION REGULATION TfflSmmW KHAKI SPIRAL m KHAKI PUTTIES Wm SHIRTS I|p|||§ IN ALL SIZES. JAEGERS pSa KHAKI p3 KHAKI PORO-LASTIC JES KNITTED PUTTIES _rj§|f SILK TIES ROBINSON Co. ff V\ only has been the [CIGARETTES] I success of these world re--5 XX^-^
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 785 6 Shipping KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSGHAPPIJ Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 3— a, Collyer Quay. niypiBß OONTRAOT WITH THE NETHERLANDS IHDIA GOVERNMENT. Sembilab Batavia Jaly 2 Brouwbb Selat- Pandjang, Bengkalis, f iak and Pakan Baroe July I V. Linschotem BaUvia, Pourabaya, Maca«sar, BaHk Papan, Donggala. Menido, Tagoelandang, Siaoe, Taroena, Peta, Liroena,
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    • 535 6 1 Shipping "ELLERMAN" LINE 11 TO LONDON s.s. BBANKSOME HALL" sailing on or about Aug 1 s.s. CITY OP BANGOON sailing on or about Aug 1 Tbis steamer has accommodation for a few first class passengers. For particulars as to rates of freight and passage monei apply to J McALISTER
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    • 492 6 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LIMB. For CHINA, JAPAN CEYLON and MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD 1915 OUTWARD as Vdle de la B<_ Amazone Aug Ciotat Ju'y 14 hs Cordl'lere Ang 2 t 88 Atlantique July f0 A hteamer Aug J ss Polyneaien Aog 1 i a Steamer Sep 1 c 88
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    • 656 6 p.&o. STEAM NAVIGATION C0«P 4l! Fop China, Japan, Penang, Ci k. Wralia, India, Aden, fiJJS if ■^iterpanean Popu, Pi^ 'J and Undon J U !6 nuo 2« b BUlt ItwMtM Uwoed o Otm, Penaee 0011, SSSUBESt^JjI Blesmere will issve Bistapote ot o. r_i_,. MAIL LINEB HOMBWABD (FOB BOBOPSj From Singapore,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 639 7 War or Peace. Faminf or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth ioo cents on the dollar. I I WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP I TBE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, lUTO. HEADOFHCE: Winchester House. Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: S2. Old Jewry. E.C J The 0- W lu, £30.000 awmWaa wm tta Sup™. Cm*
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    • 393 7 CHARTERED BANK of India Australia ud China. INCORPORATED BY MYftL CHIRTER, PAID OF CAPITAL £1 100 000 aesarva Liability of Ptoprtetots-. i1. 300.000 HEAD OFFICE: 88, B1830PS&ATB, LOfIDOH, B, Q. A3KNCUS3 AND BRANCHES. I Amntsat Hongkong Penane Bangkok Iloilo Pnket Batavia Ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta Klang Seremban Oanton
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    • 496 7 KSTABLISHKD 1874. THE ORIENTAL GOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE ASSURANCE Co., Ltd. (Incorporated iu India.) ASSETS exceed $28,000,000. offering ABSOLUTS SECURITY to Policy-holders. The "Oriental" is the oldest and most economically managed Life Assurance Co. in the East and is the only Co. in which policyholders have the guarantee that KO% of
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    • 371 7 b^,,^ ROYAL EXCHANGE j ASSURANCE. The undersigned having been appointed Agents of the above Company are prepared to accept Fire, Life, Marine, Motor Car, Personal Accident, and Fidelity risks at current rates. I WEARE Co., Ltd., A *ent 8 24 7 35, ROBIWSOH ROAD. S»-8 ROYAL INSURANCE Co. Ltd. FIRE
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    • 221 7 APPLES. Now in Stock Australian Apples. OF EXCELLENT QUALITY. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE, K. LUMPUR, IPOH AND PENANG-VI-CASEIN I The Ideal Purin free Nitrogenous Food. I A Pure Casein enriched with Glycerophosphates Invaluable in debility and Neurasthenia. A Powerful aid to nutrition in health and disease at all
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  • 678 8 how non combatant countries Prolong the War. allies cross countered. In the Globe of December 10 last there was published a letter dealing with the foreign exchanges and tbe manner in which Germany was receiving aod making payments through neutral countries. Ic was pointed out that
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  • 148 8 A nti- British Campaign. Amsterdam, June *27tb. Count von Heventlow, who is understood to be the mouthpiece of Admiral von Tirpifz, writing iu Der Tagee ZaJtung," warns Germany not to stop her hatred of Britain. Ho «ayn that Germany cannot accept the position of ruling the world
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 385 8 **Bfaa________B_____________________M__________-_______*___-_*____-^ {-Jolfe's Aromatic V^^ B_____k *-B_______k *M_^ tsmum «_M^. _tftt Austral mlcfie (hou.anos Gin) MF W* CJHSHmed tuar'y m ',000 .000 Bot"The Beverage that Benefits" tNot simply a thirst quencher, not merely a stimulant, bu*" ju^t tin- purest most health infusing spirit that has cut been produced. Excellent as a**
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    • 460 8 A A Double Safeguard. When buying Worcestershire Sauce, always look for the signature in Whitt jfd h%SS^^i on e and see also that the f$ M _WP£^ nmne "A A PERRINS is embossed in J y pffiiliiS^j raised letters on the glass bottle. I \^^'lAAS^X r A a v f>err
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    • 252 8 A GRADE FOR EACH TYPE OF MOTOR 44 THE OILS THAT LUBRICATE MOST "STOP WASTING OIL (Continued Why some oils waste while others lubricate. I The economy of Gargoyle Mobiloils. Make this tost. Begin now to count the miles of M wear you get from a gallon of your present
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  • 1674 9 Issued by FKASER Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, July 30th m All quotations of Bterling Shares moat be regarded m purely nominal for the pretest. -j Oaf. iSBoa. Paid. »"'4OT 01? Burma. SELL^nn 86,000 2f u Allagar 64 l 11 I 600,0(0 1 I Anglo-Java 6 6
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  • 55 9 Corrected up to July 80) Bank 4m 24 982 demand 2-4 882 Private credits >m a 24 1110 France demand Bank 808} Ihdia, T. T. i76i HONGSON9, demai d 24 Yokohama, demai d nsl Java, demand uo£ Bangkok, demand 66 SovBBKiGNe, Bank Baying 1864 Bank of England Rme 6%
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  • 149 9 July 80. Tin (125 tons) 177.25 Gambier n qq Qambler Cnbe No. l 13.40 G-ambier Cube No. 2 12.00 Pepper Black ordin. b'pore 19.00 Pepper, (White fair) bb.OO Nntmege (110 to t- e lb. 21.00 Nutmegs (80 to tie ib 22.00 Mace (Barida) 80.00 Cloves (Amboina) 40.00 Bali Coffee
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 474 9 GUINNESS'S STOUI "GREAT AUKS HEAD' BRAND. BOTTLED BY W. A. ROSS BROTHER, Ltd., LONDON, LIVERPOOL BELFAST. WHAT IT IS. ■****Mta______________________a_aHMßi^^H_-____________j__H^^^^^ a^^_i^^^_ jy***SB| J |S The Bo ler s of the "GREAT AUK'f fMwm nCIUMVir HEAD brand are onder AGREEMENT with 1 OtnUlllt. Messrs. ARTHUR GUINNtSR, SON COMto ~~____!m PANY, Ltd.,
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    • 27 9 For Cuisine ANC Cleanliness TRY THE EMPIRE KUALA LUMPTJR. 0. MULIER, Manager. Two Special Lines in Note haters. stonehengThand-made AND JACQUES CALLOT WHITE LINEN. FRASEB NEAVE, LIMITED.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 181 9 NEXT MAILS DUE. From Europe.— «..r B. I Outward Packet Ekma expected to reach Penaug at )0 a. in i o- sorrow. Per M. M. Outward Packet An azone expected at about noon on Monday, the 2nd proximo Prom China.— Per P. A O. Kaehgar expec ted on August 6.
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    • 450 9 LATEST ARRIVALS Li*t of vpßsels in port at 1 1 a.m. oo July 30, 1015. BBITIBH. Name Date of Arrival Lady Weld July 2V Quorra Kinta Ranee Derwent Lmaria July 80 Telatnon Amher^i Hong Wan Dutch Brouwer July 2J# Sernbiiau Melchior Treub Sarawak. Kucbing July 29 Norwegian. Var* Ju'y 2»
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  • 1394 10 An ordinary meeting of the Municipal l'om mission was held >esterday, there being in attendance Messrs F. J. Hall if ax < President), R. J. Farrer, A. W. Bean, B. Tessensohn, Dr P. Fowlie, Chua Keng Chin, Leong Man Sau, Dr V. N. Samy, N. M Namazee, R
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  • 270 10 The Assizes concluded yesterday, when Tan Low, a Macao, claimed to be tried, before Mr Justice F.arushaw and a com mou jury, on a charge of the cufpible homicide, not amounting to murder, of Cbee Ah Yong, on April llth. Mr <_. (i. Seth, Deputy Public Prosecutor, in
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  • 112 10 lu e'l probability the L'uited States will shortly posses* the first battleship driven e by electric motors the super Drpudrjought d Californ^ which has been laid down at Hio -klyn* There will be boilers and coal''uukers in the Caii*orni»i, aud tut bine en- 1 but these will h* Ueed selely
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  • 1089 10 THE COURT'S FINDINGS. In the Marine Court, yesterday afternoon tbe enquiry into the loss of the Norwegian steamer Vivat by colliding with the British steamer Brisbane, off Pulo Tinggi, on July 14th, 1915, was concluded. Mr E. L. Talma, presided, assisted by Commander B. A. Cator,
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  • 154 10 There has been hitherto a constant lack j in Singapore of any facility of obtaining bot dishes, or any dishes at all, at local hotels outside of the usual hours wben regular "table d* bote" meals are served. This was especially hard on those wl o atteuded evening
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  • 15 10 Terrell v Teale. Mackay and Blackwell v Soper and Vowler.
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  • 90 10 Port SwBTTKNH.tM Rbsidbnt's Dratu. We regret to learn that news bas been received that Mr J. H Chalmers, late of Port Swettenham, died of wounds in the Dardanelles about Juue 26th. I Mr Chalmers was several years with I Messrs A. C. Harper and Co being
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  • 321 10 The death took place on the 15th of the Hon. Capt. W. L. Graham, Indian Army Reserve, Honorary A D C. to the Vicero- and head of tbe firm of Messrs. W. and A Graham and Co., in Bombay, as a result of a fall in Bombay Docks. This week's
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 444 10 1^ Is your Baby contented? SEE Your baby can be contented and happy, a joy and pleasure to vou i if his food satisfies him. Baby should take his bottle to the Just dr should sleer* pc.icefulU, and week eAxcr w«« -5 As*m weight und health like tlvs bab\, sttadilj
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 46 10 SWIMMING CLUB. Launches for Saturday, Sunday and Monday, will leave Johnstou'g Pier at 9. 10 and 11 am. 2 30 and 3.30 p tn. and return i at 9.30 and 10. MO a.m. 12 15 3 and 5.30 p.m. Tiffins will be provided on these days.
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