The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 December 1915

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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1915. NO. 8,635.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    148 1 Christmas m the trenches was spent nnder cheerless conditions, bat the soldiers made the best of it. There was no fraternising with the Germans this year Page 5. It is clear that Germany fa being considerably worried about fflnre events, especially ahpat the economic war that is
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    MUSIC OF THE SPHERES.
    864 1 This must be the music," quotit facetious Moore, Mof the epeare, for I'm cursed if each note of it doesn't rb through me! (9), a sly dig, perhaps, eft 6ome of his predecessors, of whom mors anon.] As one would anticipate, the beautiful fancy had its
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      378 1 RAEf LES HOTEL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, Special Dinner A. A 8 O CLOCK CINEMA SHOW DANCING Lata Supper will be served from 11-30 to 12&0 FULL SAND AND HOTEL ORCHESTRA WILL PERFORM DURING aHE EVENING. EARLY APPLICATION FOR TABLES IS REQUESTED Ornamental Tile Works 57, HILL STREET. Our tiles made
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      382 1 Enii de Cologne 1 jj| It.ie not generally .known but it is faj ptm that ;the best Eaux de Cologne ffcfjH Jfcjp- 1 as Boot's have four times the IfM-l value of pure carbolic acid. fl ft W ■lot's Bau de C-logri3 is not onl a jfe flk JKN^erful [protection
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      133 1 LATi<*T ADVERTISEMENTS •New Year's Eve at Raffles Page 1. Son c Mobiloils statistics Page 1. Gau ty and Harima new programmes Paje2. I Stnol produces fat Page 2. R iv sed sailing lists Page 6. Njw Year's Dinner at Sea View Page 10. S V.C. DRILL PROGRAMME. (Fob Week Ending
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      87 1 THE WEEK. Tiesdaj 28th. »gh Water-* M a.m., 8 8 pja. Innocents' Day. 4 WedatKtoj 2*b. 4- r Thursday 30th *~f#* High Water-i-'8 a.m., 4-14 p.m. Friday 31st. High Water- 4-46 a.m.. 5-^8 p.m. Straits Trading Co. meeting. Saturday Ist Jan. High Water -5 46 a.m., 7-80 pan. New Year
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    OLD WINE BY ELECTRICITY.
    199 2 12-year Whisky m a few minutes. Giving raw wine and spirits the properties they acquire by being kept for a cumber of years is an art that has been sought after by scientific men for very many Sears. The se*cret has now, it is claimed, been
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    406 2 At Hongkong on Dec. 16. —The completion of the Harbour of Refuge at Mongkok ani, near Yaumati, was commemorated by tbe laying of a Memorial Stone by His B Excellency the Governor Sir F. H. May, The foundation work of this important undertaking was co mmenced on Septembet 2nd 19C8,
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      701 2 HOW THIN PEOPLE I J CAN CE^T FA T Increase m Weight Ten Pounds or More ij A Physicians Advice I'd certainly give poost anything to he able to fat up a few pounds and stay that way," declares every excessively thin man or woman. Such a result is not
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      967 2 AN EXTRA-SPECIAL YULE-TIDE PROGRAMME AT THE IDEAI* PICTURE THEATRE n,|1 "l. CASINQ SECOND SHOW 9.15 P.M. SHARP PILOI FILMS CORPO RATION PRESENTS ACROSS T Jl CONTINENT AMEPICA'S GREATEST PLAY- BY OLIVER COUD BYRCN m 4 This powerful photoplay has the recouimerdation gf a food da* l f P *RTS, >
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      979 3 Wanted i WANTED By a Mercantile firm m Singapore, European Assistant, one with knowledge of shiuplnc preferred. Apply Box No. 809, c/o Free Press. 87 14 WANTEO Chinese Clerk wanted by a Mercantile firm m Singapore. Apply Box No. 15, c/o Free Press. ai 27-12 BILLET REQUIRED. By European Mechanical
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      413 3 JDa mm &yoy Sound Sckefe? If not, it is a sure sign that the brain and bodily functions are out of harmony. The quickest restorative is VITAFER, which, although not a drug or stimulant, gives simultaneous nerve and body nutrition. A Doctor writes x v.-w f "I have bad good
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      476 3 To Let TO BE LET The comfortable pleasantly situated residence known as Burnbrae. No. 1-A, Orange 0-roveßoad. Thoroughly repaired. Available 2nd January next. i Apply to POWELL ft Co., Auctioneers. 21-12 27-12 TO BE LET The pleasantly situated residence known as _enil worth, Barker Road. Entry Ist February. ipply to
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      671 3 1 Notices WEARNE BROTHERS, LIMITED. ■OTOR ENGINEERS A IMPORTERS, SINGAPORE. i i NOTICE is hereby given that the Thutt Annual General Meeting of the Shareholdew of Wearne Brothers, Limited, will be held em the Registered Offices of the Company. 209 212, Orchard Road, Singapore, on Wednesday January Cth, 1916 at
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      DEATH.
      15 4 On December 97th, at tbe Nursing Home, Ootacamund, Herbis*. t Mitford Darby, aged 43-
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    The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, December 28, 1915.
    2247 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, December 28, 1915. &i* re \ball tbe Press the Peor-Vs -Ipht malartate, (Jtiaw^d by influence and urbribed by gain I Mer« patriot Truth be* {'lonou'-. precepts dlDBb ■y;..4j»»H to p iiesci, Lr.y^ltv and I jaw. If the exception proves the rule, then the traditional and
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    THE LATE MR. H. H. DARBY.
    351 4 j A large number of fn««^ h«t with surprise and dee ,r. 00 < *»l telegram w receiJt: gtelthlt afternoon 'mnnouocin. th.t D«b». a.d JJ h S .n.O at Ootacaraund. South., 'l£- Mr H. M. D«,b, who h.H L •U weU for eo»'. tte
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    SIR T. D. JACKSON M.V.O., D.S.O.
    250 4 SIR T. D. JACKSON M.V.O., D.S.O. Referring to tbe announcement of the death of Sir Thomas Jackson, late of Hongkong, we now learn that sil son. >ir Thomas Dare Jackson M \'x> I > who was a Major dur'ng nig tenure cf a star* appointment as Military >ecre:ary tc the
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    223 4 Dr V. K. Wellington Koc. hit receutlv beeu appoint! I C^unest bH Extraordinary and Muusttr Pleni|ifltBß' tiary to tbe Lnited (Hater, V under: years of age. He MS educated at t. .;u--bia I'niversity. New IT**, where tbe degree of MA. and i'Li'. Vei elected to tbe I'bi Beta Kappa. Un
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      129 4 j&MSTEL PILSENER BEER ALLSOPPS— PIISENERBEER I In Quarts and Pints. JCALDBECK MACGRE6OR AND Co.. COT TP An"li 1 "N' r PQ. I JOHPRE AGENTS :-A. G. HARPER CO. I ALL THE BEST WHISKY jCS lITTLE'S A^y DANIEL" I ILfcO ML'-MLT a WE CONTROL Wm friend Johnny Walker Mm Andrew Usher
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    THE ALTERNATIVE.
    531 5 WORKERS FOR PATRIOTISM OR KAISERISM. Lloyd George Speaks Out. [By Submarine Cable]. MicTnns ftaeno*. London, Dec. 26. At the meeting with trades unionists and foremen of woiks at Glasgow, Mr Lloyd George said he came on behalf of Government, at the request of the British army, to arrange
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    TRAVELS OF PRINCE REUSS.
    81 5 Fails m Attempted Coup. London. Dec. 26. It appears that Prince Reuss returned to Teheran after an abortive attempt at a amp detat, and subsequently left for Kermanshah, where he met tbe German emissary von der Goltz and afterwards proceeded to Bagdad, where be net Vassel.
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    PERSIAN CABINET FALLS.
    22 5 Teheran, Dec. 24. The Cabinet has fallen. The Shah has nominated Firman Finna as Premier, a great diplomatic victory
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    A TURKISH FICTION.
    49 5 London, Dec. 26. The Press Bureau s *y3 that the recent Turkish reports ot the sinking of monitors m tbe River Tigris are untrue. No armed vessel has been sunk except two small river gunboats, the abandonment of which was announced On 1 1 r irh
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    CASTELNAU AND CONSTANTINE.
    36 5 Athens, Dec. 26. General Castelnau has been received by King Constantino and met the heads of the Greek General Staff at luncheon at the French Legation. General (-agtelnau again departed m the afternoon.
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    WARRIORS' CHRISTMAS.
    245 5 BRITISH CHORUSES DROWN GERMAN GRUNTINGS. Mo Fighting. [By Submarine Cable]. -idtii'b Snnvioo. London, Dec. 26. Christmas at the Front is graphically described by Reuter's special correspondents m France and Macedonia. The day broke m France, wet, blowing, cheerless. At noon the sun struggled through, and later the day
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    GERMANY'S FINANCIAL STRAITS.
    217 5 The Kaiser s Disastrous Gamble. London, Dec. '27 Mr E. S. Montagu, interviewed by the* correspondent of the New York Tribune," instituted a very favourable comparison between Britain's and Germany's financial positions. He contrasted scathingly Dr Helfferich's hysterics and M. Ribot's unvarnished account of the French Loan
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    GERMANS AND PEACE.
    81 5 Fear of an Economic War. LonJon, Dec. 26. Herr Ballin, manager of the Hamburg America line, publishes Christmas wishes m a German newspaper. He says that the men Called upon to construct peace will have for their foremost task, besides ending the war which has destroyed generations,
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    LORD HALDANE.
    208 5 Mr Asqulth on the Mission to Berlin m 1912. The Prime Minister m Nov. 25th Parliamentary papers makes a statement regard ing Lord Haldane's mission to Berlin m 1912. Mr Leicester Harmsworth had asked Mr Asquith whether he could now issue, without prejudice to tbe public interest, J
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    SPREADING LIES.
    800 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Political circles are immensely struck with the sad falling away from truth of the German official bureau for the dis- semination of war truths. When the war started there is no doubt that the German news was fairly accurate. It concealed very much, but
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    FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS.
    245 5 By Courtesy op the French Consul General, j Paris, Dec 23. The French three per cent bonds are at francs 68. 75. Yesterday we exploded an ammunition depot on the heights of the Meuse. To day, south of Arras, we continued a des- tructive fire on tbe
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    MR CHURCHILL ON GALLIPOLI.
    540 5 What Might Have Been, If—. Happening casually to re read a portion of Mr Churchill's apologia m the House of Commons when be resigned and proceeded to France we note that be made these remarks "There are however, two observations which I wish to make of
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    42 5 Germany is counting for her revictualling upon Bulgaria's supply of cattle, which amounts to 13,000,000 head. The Leipzig Neueste Nachrichten states that a large quantity of Bulgarian corn has been purchased by the central buying organization of Berlin, and will arrive by
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      120 5 \ROBINSON Co/ FULLERS a\ ww m^L gt% CAKES /ROBINSON Co\ i IBrinsmead, Broadwood, I Gollard Gollard, Chailen. I BRITISH PIANOS I UIPUCCT EUICDIT E niuticoi mem I I the ROBINSON PIANO Co., Ltd. I Wj|s| H. O. WILLS, l >*4*Hr- ENGLAND. |B "EMBASSY" CIGARETTES (VIRGINIA) I Nt_» AN Illustrated Pamphlet
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      797 6 Shipping I KONIHKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ Eoyal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 2—3, COLLYER QUAY. TTNDEH CONTRACT WITH THF NETHERLANDS THDIA QQVBRNMBHT. Binoaradja Singawang, Selakau, Pemangkai Sambas Deo JJ Menogala Pontianak ec Altinq, Muntok and Palembang 0?° Si PBesoa Prigi-Radja, Fapat, Ttombilahan, Rengat and Retch-River Dec 29 Mgkel Beroiubang, Pa^eh, Ascahau
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      712 6 Shipping 1 P. \j. British India Mail and Passenger Services. peninsular and oriental sailings. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Men, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. Steamers wU. leave Singapore en er abeut MAIL LINJbD. Homeward (for Europe). Outward (for China) Connecting at
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      610 6 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES HaJL lime. Far CHINA, JAPAN CEYLON and MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD OUTWARD 1916 68 Atbos Jan 22 ss Cordillere Jan 8 ss Porthos J«n 28 ss Andie Lebon Jan 17 ss Cordillere Feb 1 1 For all particulars apply to J. de COURTOIS. agent. ROYAL NETHERLANDS MAIL
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      563 6 Shipping J N.Y.K. JAPAN HAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LIKE. A service la malataiaea b««... t *c ports to mAMms^mThS^^m sontraet with the Imi^ttal^^l' der aient. The Hfm T^n? maintaining this *em<* havThL leslgned and eotis%rneled Li Bpect^» with all the safety and comfort of i>aBßeiwerfi r?Jk ihtonghout by elecWdtn^ciwnf
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      481 7 j Wae «r Peace. Fahinf or IhxNTY. Life Insurance is worth 100 cisNTS on the dollar. 1 WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP I THE GREAT EASTERN UFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, EX. g The PNjpjNRJ SReJ aEIttBBOC deaosited with the Sup-erne Court
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      520 7 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA Ltd. JfSJJJf !S™"' S al.soo.oM CIPITIL SUBSCRIBED SI.ISB.OOQ SSSftSK" "85 RESERVE POID M £500,000 BOARD 07 DIRECTORS R. J. Black Esq., Oh airman. James Campbell Esq. j H. Melvill Simons Esa J. M. Ryrie Esq. j Sir David Yule. Chief Manager Percy Mould En*. London
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      360 7 MANUFACTURERS UFE INSURANCE Co. OF CANADA. ESTABLISHED 1887. Policies are WORLD WIDE," UNRESTRICTED." "INDISPUTABLE- and "NONFORFEITABLE.* Claims, loans, cash-surrenders, etc, are promptly settled by the General Agents at Singapore without the delay of reference to Head Office. The Reserves for protection of Policy holders are over £3,500,000. The Accounts are
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      382 7 I ESTABLISHED 1874. THE ORIENTAL GOVERNMENT SECURITY j UFE ASSURANCE Co., Ltd.' (Incorporated m India.) ASSETS exceed $28,000,000. offering ABSOLUTE SECURITY toPolicy-holders CLAIMS PAID exceed $26,000,000. PROFITS to Policy-holders at last Valuation 81,116,678. Bait Distribution of Profits as st Slst Dec 1915 LOW RATES. LIBERAL CONDITIONS. Apply for Prospectus and
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      209 7 iPRI^KI DRINK f I CARLSBERG jtCgj I T#E BEST 3EER I AM Bk j^B I 1 M§^^^S^^^ ACCORDING 1 AW^^^^^^W^^ TO THE LATEST EVERY POSSIBLE CARE -^^aaf SANITARY RESPECTS. 8 CARLSBERG BEER IS PARISH BEER, j BOLE IMPORTERS THE EAST ASIATIC Co., Ltd. OBTAINABLE FIOI John Little A Co., Ltd.,
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      652 8 WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW Co., Ltd., 4aV BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE I lr^ bSI sY^o n studs a Eb Ebf VI gjj^ fj 9 B^ J iiil Mother-'O-Pearl Front Studs. Maf ll Aaf V EV Wifch metal Bnanks yei T strong 1-5 tAwyiVC I I and durable. Jh FSotball price 2s eacb KNITTED
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      468 8 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF TONGKANGS TIMBER TO BE HELD AT TANJONG RHU Oe Wednesday sth January at 5 p.m. Lot.— l. Oae wooden tongkang known as Seng Hong". Official So. *****9. Tonnage 99, with 9 masts, sails, rope and tackle as sbe now Res at Tanjong Rhn, near the Steam
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      538 8 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF Wax Polished Teak Household Furniture At Powell a co.s mmmmm On THURSDAY, 30th December, atii a Wax polished teak sideboard with marble top and mirror dining table and 6 teak chairs wax polished meranti almetarnhf vrnZw.' x P^hes h* and tile back; iron sin^leand double bedsteads,
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1535 9 Issued by FRASER Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, Dec. 24th. 1 RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. Oar. I8B0B. paid. Dabs Die. Bursas. Sblliirb. 85,000 sb Is Aliagai 5% -is 8 n •00,000 1 1 Anglo-Java w 10 6 12 6 490,000 fa la Anglo-Malay 8% 96 10 6 50,000
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    EXCHANGE.
    56 9 COBBECTED UP SO Dec. 24' B ink 4ma 2-4 916 n demand 9-4 7-82 Private credits 8m a 2-4$ France demand Bank 818 Ihdia, T. T. 175 SOHOKONQ, demar d 18 Yokohama, dematd %09| Java, demand 13 if Bahqkoe, demand 66 SoviBaUONB, Bank Buying 88.64 Bank ol England Rate
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    PRODUCE.
    148 9 Dae. 24. Tin (125 tons) 131.75 Gambler 17 00 Gamble* Cube No. 1 18.50 Oambier Cabs No. 2 15.00 Pepper Black ordic. B'pors 21.5< Pspper, (White fair) Mnntok 85.25 Nutmegs (110 to tte m. fel.KO Nutmegs (80 ts tte lb J 22.00 Mace (Banda) 80.00 Cloves (Amboina) 45.00 Ball
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      160 9 TROPICAL ROOFING GENASCO Supplied with patent "KANT LEAK" KLEATB which do away with the necessity of using sticky cement at the overlaps.anyiav».< v> '-^jgisjaßj <„ Pjas»i^4BßMlfcaSM Js^HSr^P^l^^att^^VvaS^^f I .f^*^^**-' "&»frfry*?<».<&t> ***©£:>" AN&m^SE^mP l^^^^^ s ,<, alSSaaa^SS^ateßg^aa^ttfcMSaS^y^^P*^ .«*^??^***^MBk*^^ S*g* i B>'Ba»k'':.v llßrtßMßßapf^ijltrjaaf^ v^^^ :^^£aß3B" J 'ssSßsWasss^^aKsSawP^^^ ■>'-' ;s^^»««BBa?^Bß^jWS^Sfc^^\^^^^ '^•^^^^^^^SJSSjShj GENASCO is
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      110 9 .j DAIMLER®^ fIIOTOR Carriages I 5 O-^RCIAI VEHICLES d 5 AcRiciiiTURAL Tbactoks c I Tht DAIML ER CO MPA NY «a > 3 CCVLNTKy,£NOLA% L/. C Ijvyvyi-\ w win rvwt i-»-ww j Renowned Physicians prescribe Grirnault's Matico as the most active and at the same time the most inoffensive remedy
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      250 9 PASSENGERS EXPECTED. Per P. A 0 str. Moldavia.— Mr W. H. Hugh°s, Mr A. H. Todd, Mr A. Ramsay, Mis Mortimer, Mr F. X. Cf stel!o, Mr A Mrs Rennie, Mrs Billstone and child, Mis A. James and c.ild, Mr G. Shacd. Per P. AO. str. Karmala.— Mr H. Freeman,
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      542 9 LATEST ARRIVALS. List of vessels m port at 11 a.m. oa Dec. 27. 1816. Name Date of Arrival Remarks British. Shinon Dec 26 Inner Roads Quorra Krian Anjou Amberst Penang Aing Leong M Mersing Aing Hong Hong Aik Hock Lim Roma Aing Hin Sauit Sultana Kut Sacg No. 8 Wharf
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    JAVA NEWS.
    701 10 r '{From Our Own Corruponmnni.) Weltevreden, Dec. 21. Local trade during the week ended Dec. 18 was very much upset as a result of the cabled information that all vessels engaged m the Holland Java traffic would m future sail round the Cape. On receipt of the first
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    CHINESE VOLUNTEERS.
    181 10 In so far as the youcg Chinese of Penang respond to the call to arms and come forward to make the Chinese Company of tbe Penang Volunteers a success and a credit to their community, we shall be able to judge of the patriotism of the members of
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    SWIMMING CLUB.
    274 10 CHRISTMAS TIFFIN AND PRIZEGIVING. The Christmas Day Tiffin at the Swimming Clnb is becoming quite an institution and m spite of the wet morning ninety j eighty members and their guests eat down to a menu m which the principal items were roast turkey and plum pudding. The
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    THE GREEK THRONE.
    426 10 A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette discusses the present complication m Greece, and, associated with that, what he terms King Tino's Peril.*' He adduces this parallel from tbe past history of Greece, all the more interesting because it was tbe tact of Admiral L. G. Tufnell
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    A VISIT TO THE "EMDEN."
    152 10 In pursuance to an announcement m tbe Federal Parliament made by Mr Fisher, to the effect that inquiries would be made as to the possibility of salving the German cruiser Emden," an Australian warship recently left forCocos Islands to investigate the position and condition of
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    NETHERLANDS 0. S. TRUST.
    365 10 In connection with private reports from England that coffee conld again be expor ted from Great Britain to the Netherlands Oversea Trust, a conference took place between the board of the Trust and the boards of the Societies for the Coffee Trade of Amsterdam, and for
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    AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITION.
    281 10 Into the Wilds of Kaiser Wllhelm's Land. Since the Australian military authorities took possession of Kaiser Wilhelm's Lai.d, tbe portion of New Guinea which had been held by the Germans, interesting expeditions have been conducted into the interior. The Australian Minister for Defence bas recently received a report
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    MRS. NORMAN GALT'S TROUSSEAU.
    189 10 "Diplomatic Incident" Avoided. A curious incident has arisen over the wedding trousseau of Mrs Norman Gait, President Wilson's fiancee, who desired that it should be made m Paris. As the order was a very important one a special agent came from New York, called on several
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    402 10 The P, and O. outward mail steamer Nellore is doe at Penang at 6 o'clock on Thursday evening, the 80th instant, and may be expected to arrive here on Saturday morning, the Ist proximo. The Indo China's steamer Kutsang has made a sharp run down from Calcutta. Leaving
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    LAST MOMENTS ON THE ANGLIA.
    105 10 Heroism of tbe Norses. There are more vivid stories to day (says homer paper) of the last scenes on tbe hospital ship Anglia, sunk by a mine its the Channel, and still more tributes to tbe heroism of the nurses. Tbey were splendid," one man
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    THE CAPTAIN'S ACCOUNT.
    324 10 Blown from the Bridge to the Lower Deck. A graphic account of the disaster was given by the captain, Lionel John Manning, at the inquest held at Dover yesterday. He stated there were nearly 400 wound ed on the ship, 166 cot cases and 200 walking cases.
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    42 10 More Frightfulness. Mr^sffjjajght, of Liverpool, has perpetrated 'mfd war's alarm an anagram on the members of the War Cabinet. Le voici Asqnith, Lloyd George, Balfour, Bonar Law, ar.d McKenna. Hullo Quite a canny blend for a gang o' bold war- makers I
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      392 10 A BRITISH ALTERNATIVE^ FOREIGN MEDICINAL WATEra AQUAPERIA An Excellent and Efficient Aperient Water t« Mineral Water of a similar character. TO r *w*ce Forei^ A ci aw a a t*\7 FALLACY. German and Hungarian Aperient have been used for many years owing to a mistaken ru>ifl# *w are superior Jo
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