The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 February 1916

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    16 1 Si ngapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. lEN CENTS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916, NO. 8.667.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    183 1 The wire news the last few days has been brief. Reuter is apparently saving up for later in the month. The nn. sing West African liner the Appam has turn up at Norfolk Virginia, having been captured by a (ierman submarine. All aboard her are believed to
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    COMMON SENSE.
    1122 1 I Common sense ih an expression or* everybody's lips; it is one of the curt>nft» coiuh in every day talk, somewhat defaced by circulation. Whai is common sennet The question h»s heen asked a million times, and the answers given bave be~ I trayed a general nebulohily of
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      74 1 RAFFLES HOTEL SATURDAY, FEB. 5 Cinema Show DANCING MOTOR SPIRIT SOLD BY ALL GARAGES RETAILERS IN SINGAPORE RETAIL 1 QA PER ___L tU W Hi nL," PRICE J *-»l3» GALLON WE DON'T TALK 'WE DELIVER TTTTT 1 9 i^N .f%> i T" 5^ *TN 5 1 Lj m^mnausiw %sn«_j JlIHj
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      109 1 I^^^^M tvl Li O k TOBACCOS CIGARETTES )Britannja( ALL BRITISH r REG° TRADE MARK N°f! B43- J COPEMOS.ferC?KP Cope s tobaccos and cigarettes are cool, fragrant, and gloriously flavoured, pleasing the most fastidious. They are the favourites with all discriminating smokers, and a trial is sufficient to make you a
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      164 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. i Si'- 3 of ctenm launch; and of freehold prop >r.y— n owell and Co., page 2. Td j "*fi» imax fire extinguisher Borneo Co. page 11. I Sea View attractions for Saturday Page 12. Morrow at the Casino Page 2. Trade marks of the Universal Film Co.
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      136 1 THE WEEK. Thursday 3rd. High Water— a- .ti a.m., 11-H) p m. New Moon. St Blaize Chinei-e New Yea Holiday, Exchange Banks closed. Friday 4th. High Water- 10 'ii m 11.51 p.m. Chinese New Year Holiday. Exchange Banks ciosed. B. I. homeward mail closes. Dutch Club "At Home*' 5 pm.
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    MEN WHO NEVER FLINCH.
    313 2 French Marines' Terrible War Cry. The return of thf Fusiliers Marine to I'fcris after long months spent in the trenches i f Flanders be* given the people of. the French eepital opportunities to allow their admiraliou of th»s magnificent too ly of men, who, in accordance
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    369 2 The passing of the Hon. Mr 11. M. Darby brings ro mind tbe probable f;; ct Lhat it is Abe first instance o? a pre bot m Malayan planter dying iu harness after th»- boom. I'fai-t is to sav. practically in b:iri)M_< for itbough che sad event to. k piace
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      594 2 SPECIAL CONCERT FOR CHINESE LADIES AND CHILDREN ONLY. VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL, FRIDAY, Feb., 4th, at 5.15 p.m. 2 2 4-2 i AN INVITATION TO THE GREY-HAIRED. GREY OR FADED HAIR j BLONDE, LIGHT or DARK BROWN, BliAOtf, AUBURN, and GOLDEN. Detection impossible. Permanent, washable, free from grease. ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS EUROPEAN
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      435 2 Tonight 9.30 To-Night AT THE PALLADIUM SINGAPORE'S PREMIER THEATRE ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE'S PREMIER THEATRE dtp ciirrrcc /Hi fl Cf TPfVCQ t mix bULL-baa isilv aut-A^Jc-sa THE GREATEST OF ALL MOVING PICTURE SERIALS 20 EPISODES 40 REELS 45,000 FEET THE GIRL DETECTIVE Introducing RUTH ROLAND The Most Daring Actress In The
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      168 2 GRAND MAMMOTH HOLIDAY PROGRAMME CINEMA l| J^ I M■■ BY THE We Do Not Claim To Have The Finest Theatre But We Do Claim To Have The Best All Round Show in Town. FIRST AND FOREMOST WE HAVE ENGAGED ALBERT MORROW. THK OBEAT SCOTCH MAGICIAN. Presenting A Super Performance. Bubbling
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    EXPLORATION OF NEW GUINEA.
    275 3 year b fore the war broke out con_,ierabU' attention was attracted to the n o| the Norwegian traveller, Dr. Carl l-Uhotti, for the exploration of Dutch A Guinea says the Scotsman.'* Dr .nh nit. who is. well known in this ,;rv for his journeys in Queensland
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    ACCUMULATED WEALTH.
    238 3 kanrga Paish, editor of the "Stetiet,* 1 that the wir has practically in waived Bfl destruction of accumulated wealth. "*>.ir loss, "he said, "is mainly wealth which we fail to' create i that la to l lj, speaking broadly we are mak. ag iknlla and not building housea
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    BULGARS FEAR RUMANIA.
    195 3 in, Hoc. io. According to a Berlin it, the Bulgarian Government has pnv i the (ierman Government not to ttitMvan any Germ^us from Serbia, as ligarinn troops are nearly all requir t i :he Rumanian trontiei. vvhere the IBlafl troops have been steadily inia strength. \u. tok.
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    AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SECURITIES.
    75 3 The Jonrnaj ia li«n*VM sav-! tha slump :n Aust! a* B aagnriaß Bacnritiaa which -ns to increase i-< causing great aaaaaaj Bnnneawa who wonder la dr i.v itanii diaidanda or hold WOI and an afraid of going frum •i la worse. bu^s rli^s 6lump mean Kl iptaj or
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    "WHEN THE KISSING'S GOOD."
    397 3 "WHEN THE KISSING 'S GOOD." A recent New York Herald contains, an account of a remarkable law case, incompatibility or something of that kind between to apparently exceptional persons. Here is some of it: Mrs. Ada Brown Ketchum never could write poetry, but so «reat was her appreciation of it
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    490 3 Capt W. A. Cuscaden is still at work with the West Riding Divisioas. He has had a fair share, for an old one, but enjoys it. "Bob'' Cuscaden has gone to oue of the fronts, probably not France. It is perhaps a little difficult now tbat the old British Army
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    HOW THIN PEOPLE CAN PUT ON FLESH.
    295 3 A NEW DISCOVERY. Thin men and women that big, hearty, filling dinner you ate last night. What became of all the fat-producing nourishment it contained You haven't gained in weight one ounce. That food passed from your body like unburned coal through an
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      467 3 RANEEGUNGE Drainpipes AND Channels SOLE AGENTS INDO MALAY CO., SINGAPORE. 1-10 mwf THE BANGKOK TIMES (Established 1887.) LEADING PAPER IN SIAM. DAILY AND WEEKLY ENGLISH AND SIAMESE LARGEST CIRCULATION. KELLY AND WALSH, LTD., (Incorporated in Hongkong.) Singapore Agents. Telegrams: TIMES BANGKOK anfl|^Bi^HHflHMQVnßn9^Bß9!gSP!Hß_nHH__n_nHn^H SUN LIFE ZT OF CANADA. Incoroorated in Canada.
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    TRADE AND THE WAR.
    391 4 German Trade io China after the War. Exporter," referring to Mr Runciman's statement as to what the Government is doing to protect British trade against the Germans, says 'Mr Runciman assures us that as far as commerce is concerned Germany is a beaten nation. This state
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    AUSTRALIAN AND TORK RIFLE DUEL.
    338 4 AUSTRALIAN AND TORK RIFLE DUEL. An amazing duel between an Australian and a Turk is quoted ae an example of aheer recklessness by Captain Bean, the official press correspondent with the Imperial Forces in the Dardanelles. You do," he writes, occasionally come across men of tbe madly-daring sort, of whom
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    169 4 The very latest Gallipoli story An argument was in progress as to which had the worst smell, the regimental pet a goat or a Turkish prisoner, A newly joined sergeant consented to act as judge in a practical test. The goat was brought in the sergeant fainted. When he was
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      339 4 CONGRESS TYRES I ABE BEST AND CHEAPEST I WE INVITE YOU TO I COMPARE THESE PRICES I HEAVY NGN-SKID 815 by 105 mm. $45.50 S I PLAIN TREAD 815 by 105 mm. $38.50 i| I HEAVY NON-SKID 30 by Va ins, $3375 li PLAIN TREAD 30 by Z\ ins. $25.75
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      292 4 v i^zgs^s j |MB_____nß_a___| .^ir^ L IVICTORI 1 I 1 Bll®OlN *-___^d=3-. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Marks depicted above are the proper; of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company Incorporated in New York. U.S A. and HPfIADMftY are USCd by them aS Trade Marks ln respect of Films manufactured
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    RAFFLES LIRRARY.
    326 5 The following new books will be ready )f i-huh <<n Saturday. wjtt, .lobn, Boy'a Father. t >nt\ Pavid W Broken Stowage. v. tM\ William, Bildad the Quill Driver. antle, Agnes and Egertou, A Little House in War Time. hamhrrs, Robert W., Athalie. IV, tbe Hon. Mrs., The Kaleidos-
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1565 5 Issued by FRASER Co., Exchange* and Share Brokers, Feb. 2nd. RUBBER STERLING COMPANIE8. Gap. Ibbub. Paid. Las* Dtf. Burass. Sellers. 85,000 tl Si AlUfM 0% I 8 SO •00,000 1 1 AngioJava H fl 14 0 110,000 SB tt Anglo-Malaf 8% -.9 6 10 6 10,000 It
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    CHINESE MOURNING ARMLETS.
    156 5 Sines Um discarding of the queue the lese ha%** a adopted various method*, of triiv repressing .orrow iu respect of '•Tt'L.vement. Should the we..tiug of tbe. black arm'.et tiud favour in nil cases, no distinction would he Bbowu between tbe raourmug tor parents and that for other
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    248 5 r.il the Hon. Sir F_ i_. Fr» mantle, Writii in lhl or«an of tha N'avy League, Uml wo bava not santa raflkdaaift ■ow iaa po»OC. Tba admiralty,'* j bai baaa iusuft'wietuly consult- j ed. thtoanjb it may h_*ve formally approved 11 vavMMM changes of policy which taken place to the
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      925 5 Notices I PAJAM, UMITED I DECURATION OF INTERIM DIVIDEND A NOTICE OFCLOSINGOFTRANSFER DOOKS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a! First Interim Dividend of 20% has bten declared by the Directors, payaole on the 12th February, 1916, on account c-f the year end ng 30th September, 19 16. and notice is
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      563 5 Wanted HAIRDRESSER Wanted by a first class house In Sourabava (lava— N. I) a hairdresser (unu arried) with full experience in this branon. Applications to be forwarded to I. Y. Salon Coiffeur Hoderoe, Sonrabaya (Java N.1.) Simpang. 3-2 7-2 WANTED For a school out of Singapore, one gentleman and one
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      495 5 1 To Let TO LET PARTLV FUKNISHEB. House near town Thr. e b flrccm., wtt_» bathroom attached. G»h and water. Apply A. S. c/o Fre Prea M no TO LET THE MANSION Rivor Valley Roa^T, occupying a coni_Qi_._d._i,; „n_ cen ral po->itiuu and auia> able f>r a la'-ge boarding ho
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    The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, February 3, 1916.
    1641 6 The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, February 3, 1916. SBer* .'hali the Pre*, th**. People's rifcht malatail, Q.<*x*M**d by infl._er.c_ and unbribed by gain} Hire p»trjot Truth her glorious precept! 4raW« tsWjt#^ T*- Hsnoo. V_oT*kv and Law. t It may truthfully be affirmed that no t man living, whatever his intellectual
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    538 6 Words of contempt fail us for the man who meets his friends this morning with such a remark as apa macham f Lieut. J. Le Mesurier, S.R.E. (V.), has been appointed temporary captain from Mr D. Beatty reported his return from leave on Jan. 29th. He has been ap pointed
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    MORE FROM MALAYA.
    54 6 THB GARLAND OF HOP£ (From Our Own Corrmponieni.) Ipoh, Feb Mr Alma Baker announces the gift of reconnaissnce aeroplane by Mr K. T < iarland (of Aylesbury aud Garland !ir Mr Ash worth Hope (of Gibb and Hop Tbe aeroplane will be known ab tkl 1 Garland
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    M.S.G. CASUALTY LIST.
    31 6 M. S. G. CASUALTY LIST. Copt ok Te lege am Received on 27 Jan. Removed from dangerous ligj 2561 Sepoy Bhajatn Singh, 27' 1 >epo\ Shcr Khan Malay States Guides Adei
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    THE WEEK'S WARRING.
    484 6 [The date6 given are those o' tLn d» s patch of telegrams from Loudon Jan- 25. Military Service Hill pusee* House of Commons aud is sent tu fl of Lords. Fresh German attacks, near Heua« acd Nenville, fail completely. America objects to application oi Bri tain's Trading
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    A NEW EYE-WITNESS.
    121 6 So far we have received rompar: [meagre news of the operation in i potumia. It is now ttoderf The Manchester Guardian, th.it an {witness,'' Mr Edmund Caud'er. ___M been appointed ird is on i< I 1i Mr Canuler is a Kenton tmi bridge man who ldr si.me
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    29 6 r Friends of Mr Jack Stuart will »>< > teres tad to hear that he has been recenth promoted Lieutenant and is now Ln ut« ant 51st Brigade R. F. A
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    APPAM SAFE.
    308 7 CAPTURED BY GERMANS. ARRIVES AT NORFOLK. ALL BELIEVED SAFE. rßf Submarine Cable]. Ivura'a Skv-ci. ion. lan. S. The Appara reaching t t i-i ottetaUj confirmed. It ia be- lhat all are safe. Neve Ifotk. lhe Associated Press has i'A- -.run from Norfolk, Virginia, which 1 that the Appara,
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    MORE GERMAN DIPLOMACY.
    95 7 1. in, Feh. 1. —The Foreign Office Herr Bethrnann Hollweg has stated tbit Britain is compelling the Allies to re fram trom entering any peace movement. This statement, which the Allies know to kt un..j-\ made for the purpose of in joiing Britain in the eyes of
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    362 7 There will be no issue of the Singa core Free Press to morrow morning. The weekly will be issued about noon. Telegrams received will be set up and avai Mil to subscribers shortly before one I deci tomorrow. I boog Ah Tee, a Keh of no fixed abode, ■01 whom
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    THE AIR RAID.
    128 7 I MANY VICTIMS. [By Submarine Cable]. MacTaa'a Bbbtiojs. London, Fcb. 2. An official says that 54 were killed and 67 injured in yesternight's air raid* Yestereve's air attacks were over a larger area than on any previous occasion. Bombs were also dropped in Norfolk and Suffolk, the
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    A RUNAWAY VISIT.
    273 7 Paris, Jan. 31. The Zeppelin raid was the shortest on record. It lasted a minute de pite favourable foggy conditions. The Zeppelin ran before the pursuing aeroplanes, one of which followed the raider for an hour. The papers point out that as usual the victims were mostly
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    CHINA'S TROUBLES.
    42 7 Petrograd, Jan. 31. A Mukden telegram says the Mongolian rebels, who recently occupied tbe town of Kweibwating in the province of Shansi, have increased by twenty thousand, including a Chinese brigade. The insurgents with fourteen guns are marching towards Peking.
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    THE GERMAN DEMOCRACY.
    313 7 It would be worth while to know how far tbe spirit shown in the following extracts from a little found on the body of a dead German soldier after a fight in Champagne animate the Kaiser's army. "During the next few days terrible things are going to
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    35 7 Chinese newspapers report that Dr. Morrison's mission to Shanghai is to attend to foreign affairs with the Intendant, Chou Chinpiao, the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in Shanghai, and to meet the Consular body in Shanghai.
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    WAR BY SEA.
    80 7 WHAT IS GOING ON. [Bj Submarine Cable]. liDTJEi'i Biinoa. Copenhagen, Jan. 31, Considerable British and German naval liveliness is noted on the Norwegian coast. A number of British warships and German submarines were observed on the borders of territorial waters. A steamer which arrived at Stavanger reports
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    "CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS."
    63 7 CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS." London, Jan. 81, At a presentation of cheques at Liverpool to Captains for heroism in escaping German submarines, Sir Norman Hill said at the beginning of the war there were 1050 vessels enteredin the war ruks insurance. The enemy had destroyed sixty: we bad added 72. No ship
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    QUESTION OF MAILS.
    31 7 Hague, Feb. 1. It is announced the mail; for the Du*.ch Indies aboard the steamer Rembrandt which left Amsterdam on Jan. 22 have been detained by the British.
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    A SHIP AFIRE.
    28 7 London, Feb. 1. The British steamer Scindia is on flre in number two hold at Gibraltar. Surveyors recommend flooding her. A salvage boat is alongside.
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    AID FOR HEROES.
    105 7 London, Feb. 2.- -The Prince of Wales in a fine speech at a meeting of the Patriotic Fund, said that tbe great war of the world is a supreme struggle where in the Empire was engaged. It had aroused a wonderful spirit and enthusiasm among the British
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    WEDDING IN PENANG.
    328 7 A very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. George's Church. Penang, on Saturday afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr Ernst Reimann, of Messrs. Katz Brothers, Ltd., Peaang, eldest son of the late Mr Robert Reimann and the late Mrs. Elisabeth Reimann of Wald, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland,
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    HUNGARY AND THE "HYMN OF HATE."
    96 7 HUNGARY AND THE HYMN OF HATE." To the following order recently sent to all school teachers in Hungary attention is called by a correspondent of the Moruing Post The Royal Hungarian Minister for Education requests all teachers to pay special attention to educating the children m the coming term to
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    CARRYING ON WAR.
    113 7 NEW MEN: WILLING AND NOT. (By Submarine Cable]. Rium's Baivioa. London, Feb. 1. Lord Wimborne's report on recruiting in Ireland shows 86,227 have enlisted since the outbreak of war. The total from Ireland serving in the army and navy was 145,869. It estimates that fonr hundred thousand
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    AFRICAN CAMPAIGNS.
    78 7 London, Feb. 2.— General Smith Dorrien reports that the branch line from Vai on the Uganda railway, has reached Serendeti, which was occupied by the British on Jan. 24. The occupation ot! Londigo and Serendeti diminished the enemy's activities. London, Feb. 2.— General Dobell telegraphs that tbe coast
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    THE COMMUNIQUES.
    72 7 Paris, Feb. 1. The communique only says that there was French artillery activity between the Oise and Aisne and in Lorraine. The British communique says that we bombarded various points betweea the rivers lucre aud Somme; there was mutual artillery activity about Wulverghem and the Menin Road. The
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    UNCLE SAM'S DANGER.
    58 7 Chicago, Feb. I.— President Wilson in a speech on "Preparedness" said the U. S. navy was numerically the fourth in the world, but was much higher by quality and was ready for immediate war service. Then was danger each day that the United States' spiritual interests would
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    YOUNG TURKS.
    13 7 London, Feb. 1. The Turks are oalling np youths of eighteen.
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    FILLING SERVICE GAPS.
    51 7 London, Jan. 31. The Secretary of State for India announces he is prepared to consider applications of highly educated men under thirty, preferably of those who have served in the war and are no longer fit for the army, for vacancies in the Indian Finance and Military
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    COMMERCIAL MEASURES.
    121 7 London, Jan. 81. M. Clementel, the French Minister of Commerce, has arrived in London. ma Australian Thoroughness. Melbourne, Jan. 31. The Federal executive bus approved regulations for wip ing out the enemy and naturalised shareholders ot puhlic companies and compel ling the transfer of their shares to the
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    PERSONALIA.
    92 7 Amsterdam, Jan. 31. —The Vossisch 8 Zeitung says Colonel House has left Bar* lin for Switzerland. Loudon, Jan. 31. —The Czar has bestowed tbe Cross of Saint George on engineer Frederick Asker, of a submarine, for sinking a German ciuiser in the Baltic. London, Jan. 31. —Sir Clements Markbam,
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    38 7 No invitations have been issued for tb i Hollandsche Club At Home on Friday of t this week but all the friends of Mr Spakler I and those of the members of the Club will I be welcomed.
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      858 8 Shipping "ELLERMAN" LINE. For LONDON S.s. CITY OF COLOMBO duc on or about Feb. 9 S.S. "KANSAS" due on or about Mar. 3 The above steamers have accommodation for a few first class f passengers. Fare to London £36. Por particulars as to rates of freight and passage applysto g
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      887 8 Shipping I P. O. British India AND Apcar JLine Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Governments or China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Homeward (for Europe). Outward (for
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      545 8 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LINB. For CHINA, JAPAN CETLON Ml MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD OUTWARD 1916 ss Porthos Feh 8 ks Atlantique Jan 81 ss Cordillere Feb 11 as Amazoue Feb 14 bs Andre Lebon Feb 25 38 Atlantique Mar 10 _s Amazone Mar 24 For all particulars apply to
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      663 8 Shipping N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINL A servioe is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London, unci, r u,^ contract with the Imperial Japan, m Govob ment. The New Twin screw Kt.au.fer. maintaining this service bave been ispe j^ designed and constructed, and an
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    SOME CLERICAL STORIES.
    545 9 If anybody reads my book it will only be for the stories, and not because they are interested in the author. I wish most regretfully that I bad kept a diary since boyhood, or at least a 'commonplace book," in which to place all the stories I
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    MASONRY AMONG THE MILITARY.
    216 9 Archbishop Keily, speaking At the bless iDg of the foundation-stone of St. Aidan'e Presbytery, Maroubra, Australia, referred to the introduction of Masonry in the camp at Liverpool. A circular, he said, was going rourd the camp from a secret society the Masonic Military Club. God had
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    FINANCIAL POSITION OF INDIA.
    178 9 Delhi, January 22. Now that the period of the year is approaching when the budget of the Government of India will require to be con" sidered in the usual course, interest i6 beginning to attach to the situation a6 regards the official receipts and disburse ments
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      595 9 War or Peace, Faminf or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth ioo cents on the dollar. J WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. The Comyeny hea £30.000 deeoeised with Ihe Supreme Court of England, and
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      416 9 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in New Zealand.) FIRE Insurances effected on Buildings, Rent and Merchandise of every description. MARINE Insurances accepted to all parts of the world at lowest rates. EARTHQUAKE Risks accepted. J. HBNRY, Local Manager. Offices 2, Finlayson Green. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE Co. Ltd. (Incorporated in England.)
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      693 9 AIDS TO DIGESTION. Whatever itnpiove. bodily conditions in general aids digestion. Cheerfulness, exercise, freth air, baths anfl good habits make your 1 igestion better able to take care of any burden- you impose apon it. But tbe greatest aid to good digestion ls good blood Anaemia, or thin blood, Is
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    YOUTH AND THE ARMY.
    299 10 The fact tbat the new British Com-mander-in Chief ie, though 64 years old, one of tbe youngest British generals, may seem a little strange, in what some people believed to be an age of young men. Yet he is actually, with two exceptions, the youngest general
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    THE STATE BUYS SHOPS.
    165 10 Remarkable Scheme at Home. A remarkable scheme o? State control has been inaugurated at a centre in the North of England where 20,000 men are expected to be at work. To provide for them the Government have acquired ali shops in the district, and will either
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    HOW EXPLOSIONS KILL.
    164 10 It will be recalled that on the morrow of the Battle of the Marne returned combatants related strange stories of the aspect of certain German unwounded corpses. Death had been so instantaneous that the bodies remained in a life-like posture, some shouldering a rifle, others pipe in
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    RANGOON PORT TRUST.
    106 10 Rangoon, Jan. 10. Mr Holmes, Acting Chairman, Rangoon Port Commissioners, in the absence of Sir George Buchanan, has forwarded to the Commissioner of the Port the Executive Engineer's (Mr F. C. Niven) completion report of river train ing works. Full particulars of the history and progress of
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    KONG LEE PLANTATIONS.
    107 10 In moving the adoption cf the report at the annual meeting heid in Glasgow Mr Lawrence Dougal (the chairman of the company) stated tbat the area under cultivation was 330 acres. While the property was essentially acoconutpoßition, there was, in addition to the small area uuder rubber,
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    EXCHANGE.
    58 11 'Corrected up vo Feb. 2.) Bank 4ms 2-4 19 82 demand 2-4J Private credits Bms 24 29 82 Franoe demand Bank 820 taoiA, T. T. 17 t$ HONOKORa, demacd #M iei Yokohama, demar d M 11 ll Java, demand 132 Bahokok, demand 65& Sovbbhiqks, Bank Buying 88.64 Bank ol
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    PRODUCE
    139 11 Tin (150 tone^ 187.50 iam bier 16. 5< Gambler Cube No. 1 18.50 Gambler Cube No. 15.00 Pepper Blaok or din. B'pore 23.60 Pepper, (White fair) Muntok 88.00 Nutmegs (110 to tbe lb. nom. Nutmegs (80 to tbe lb./ nom. Maoe (Banda) 80.00 Cloves (Amboina) uom. Ball Coflee (4%
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      763 11 After a recent Air Raid the following unsolicited testimonial was received by Minimax Limited M On Wednesday evening last an incendiary bomb dropped on our premises, crashed through the roof breaking the rafters and fetching down the ceiling, and set fire to the sitting room which is in the occupation
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      550 11 THB Singapore Free Press MORNING DAILY To Our Readers. The Singapore Free Press is a mornin. Daily, and is on sale at depots, from an earl; hour each morning (Sundays excepted). Cask price Ten Cents a copy. Subscribers' copies will be delivered at thei) private residences, (or town ofiices or
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      481 11 ANJER SHIPPING REPORT. (Compiled for the Singapore Free Press.) Date of passing Anjer Nationality and description of vessel; Captain's name. Where and when Bailed (Destination). Jan 6. Islander, Brit steamer Jan 4 Singapore to Christmas Island. Jan 18. Sindoro, Dutch steamer Een Jan 13 Batavia to Rotterdam. Jan 14. Palembang,
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      475 11 LATEST ARRIVALS Lilt of vesaeU in port at 11 a.m oa Feb. 2. 1816. Name Date of Arrival British. Hai Nam Feb 1 Hock Lee Feb 2 Anjou Hong Wan I Sri Mu&r Mata Hari Kftk Kampar Kinta Yaogts/.e Dutch. Donggala Feb 1 Emile Van Heemsketk Feb 2 Van Diemeu
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    Our London Letter.
    1724 12 (From Our Own Corrmpondeni.) London. Jan. 6. Tie East in Parliament. Mr Gershom Stewart MP. keeps returning to the real facts regarding tbe mutiny at Singapore but he admits that it is now pretty well hopeless to extract the truth from the Government. He says they! never
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    30 12 Agents Barlow and Co. Permas 30,700 Majedie 13,334 Agents Evatt and Co. Bukit Timah 21,051 Ulu Pandan 7,583 9 months 57,785. Titi Tin C0.— 1012 pikul.
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    95 12 Better news has been received of Major Elliotl-Cooper, who is progressing as favourably as can be expected. Our representative travelled down to Johore Bahru to report the P. A. M. meeting. Iu the hope of getting a telegraphic I summary into yesterday's paper he was instructed to send a private
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    CONCERT FOR CHINESE LADIES AND CHILDREN.
    256 12 At the special concert, arranged exclusively for Chinese ladies and their children, to be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on the afternoon of Friday, February 4th, the second day of the Chinese New Tear, a pretty programme has been arranged which it is
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    A FUTILE APPEAL.
    216 12 Mr Justice Earnshaw yesterday morning gave judgment in an appeal case which was brought before him on Monday. Kyamboo Pillay, a chetty under sentence of three months' imprisonment from the District Judge, on a conviction for per- 1 jury, sought the quashing of the conviction and sentence.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    117 12 The Master Attendant notifies that a steal lighter was seen on the 26th inst., drifting iu lat. 10 deg. 38 mins. X, long 81 deg. 9 mine. E. Information has been received that the Sambar light is not burning Admiralty Chart 941 A. Mariners are warned accordingly. The
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    RUBBER EXPORTS.
    85 12 Authorities Exercising a Closer Supervision. London, Jan. 24 ch. Lord Balfour saw a deputation of the Rubber Traders' Asso ciation last week. His utterance shows that permits are not to be completely stopped as reported, but the authorities are exercising a closer supervision. During the past few weeks
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    RAUB GOLD MINE.
    54 12 Messrs Derrick and Co. agents for the above advise us of tbe following outputs for the four weeks ending 29th January. Bukit Koman. Stone Crushed 6669 tons Gold Obtained 786 ozs Average per ton 2.207 dwts Bukit Malacca. Stone crushed 4571 tons Gold Obtained 446 ozs Average
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    45 12 The death rate for the week ending Jan. 29 fell to the extraordinarily low figure of 19.79, the number of deaths being 188. Of theae 18 were due to convulsion, 22 to phthisis, 10 to pneumoma, 9 to beriberi, 13 to all forma of fever.
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    LOCAL PRODUCE FREIGHTS.
    173 12 i The following list of freight charges, contained in Barlow's list, is of interest just now. Rubber per ton of 50 cubic ft. To London 137s 6d To London, ftom Port Dickson or Teluk Anson 142s 6d To Xew Yoik or Boston (direct) 200s Od To Xew
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    ADVANCES IN FREIGHTS.
    205 12 The London correspondent of the Birmingham Post says It would seem that the steamship lines, which have recently assented to a considerable reduction upon the rates paid by the Admiralty for requisitioned vessels, are seeking in some instances to make the general trade furnish them with compensation.
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    53 12 concern. Newa has been received by the mail irom Captain W. N. Bridges, formerly of Klang, tbat he has now an appointment on the staff of the 7th Australian Infantry Brigade* When writing, he was on hia way back to Egypt after serving for some, 1 mo nth 8 at
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    FRASER SHARE CIRCULAR.
    371 12 Singapore, Feb 2. Our market has been quiet throughout the week dealings in Rubber shares being only on a small scale. Sterling Rubber shares have been more freelv offered but with few takers and the Locals at present are only wanted at bargain prices and it looks
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