The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 February 1916

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. iEN CENTS SINGAPOKE, WEDNESDAY, FEBKUAKY 9, 1916, NO. 8,671.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    109 1 The Lusitania affair is regarded as settled— Page 7. j The Appam passengers are proceeding to England Page 7. The Serbians have repulsed an Austrian attack at Durazzo Page 7. I An interesting letter on the Volunteer question appears on page 7. The Perak River Valley Rubber
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    BURMA AND FUTURE.
    1138 1 Mr L. l\ Taylor, principal, Rangoon i High School, dehvered recently a i«eture on Some Sociological Considerations in Relation to Burma before a i- r fl» I a; d appreciative audience of the Ra«---&oon College Buddhibt An-ociatun. LJ j May Oung presided. After defining hoci*logy an the
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      155 1 RAFFLES REFRESHMENT ROOM CONFECTIONER'S SHOP NOW OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TILL 12 P.M. ICES, CAKES, PASTRY, COLD DRINKS, TEA, COFFEE PAND COCOA, Etc. X_jJXX>*v_lL/JN i J_ Ao •PIT Q TT P P P P Q ±i_j O U rrJ-iiio Moderate Charges. Moderate Charges. i i Aion _vaf_f>___.i nk LAInU U
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      60 1 BMP w sk Malt Hod Liver Oil LARGE BOTTLES 65 C EXTttA LARGE Co. 1/Note the Prices Sole Importers INTERNATIONAL TRADING Co. DRIPPING >URE BEEF DRIPPING Manufactured on our own premises can be obtained daily in small quantities or in 2 lb tins. SINGAPORE. K. LUMPUR. IPOH AND PENANG. For
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      134 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Large fat to let Page 5. House to let furnished Page 5. Sale of unserviceable police stores Page 5. At the Casino to-night several fresh film* Fage 2. Little and Co. advertise English made Manila cigars Page 6. Central Engineering Works for all kin is of practical engeering
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      199 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday 9th. Htgh Water— l-47 a.m. MB p m. M.M. homeward mail expeccted. Thursday 10th. High Water— 2-19 a.m., 3-9 p.m. B. I. homeward mail closes. Straits Bianco R.A S) Raffles Museum, 5 pm. Friday 11th. High Water 2-58 a. a*.. 4*6 p.m. Saturday 12th. High Water— l-45
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    555 2 Second Lieut. K. Buchanan, of the Slack Watch, son of Sir George and lady Buchanan, has been wounded in Mesopotamia The news has been obied by his father from Basra to Lady Buchanan in Raogoon. Cameroon, the German colony on the Went Coast ot Africa, where a British on New
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      405 2 ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Hongkong). THE Chief Importers OF British Pianos FRENCH PIANOS Italian Pianos MASSAGE HALL THEARAPEUTIC MASSAGE. ACUPUNCTURE, MANICURE OPEN DAY NIGHT No. 239, BENCOOLEN STREET. Telephone No. 1467. Ha B B ia aMIB l B BI aaa l B aa l lla A Clear Head
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      470 2 To-Night 9.30 To-Night I AT THE PALLADIUM SINGAPORE'S PREMIER THEATRE ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE'S PREMIER THEATRI Your last opportunity of seeing Episode 3 and 4 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 Cinema
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      489 2 GRAKD CHANGE OF PROGRAMME TO-NIGKT AT THE -DEAL PICTI RK THEATRE V^JLJLIdX-LM V_/ the sea SECOND SHOW 9.15 P.M. SHARP. A THRILLING DETECTIVE DRAMA FIGHT BLACK DIAMOND W3PAHTS flPr THE EXCITING MOTOR BOAT CHASE. _^P" Ihe Sensational Motor c«r chase the collision betwpr Ulib THE UNDER-GROUND TONNEL. 1 Motor Par
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1707 3 b ned by FKASEK Co., Exohange and Share Brokers, Feb. sth. All toouuooa ol Bterllaj Sham msM be nfMdad.M poiely aomlnl to. the ftewal. Csr. 1 isstm Paid. Laav Div. M 88. BsibKßß. Burn 95.000 9a 2a Allagar 8% — 1 8 2 1 9 •OO.iXO 1
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    ALLIES AT SALONIKA.
    556 3 GERMAN SPY S REPORT. 1,200 Guns Landed. The German newspapers are beginning to lay stress on tbe strong nature of the positions which the Allies are preparing at Salonika, and generally on the serious character of the preparations they are making in the concentration of troops and
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    346 3 The well known F.M,S. businesses of Messrs. Aylesbury and Garland and Messrs. Nutter and Pearse have been amalgamated, and for the future will be known as Messrs. Aylesbury and Nutter Ltd. According to the Tagliche Rundschau, slow progress is now being made in the 11 nailing of the colossal Hindenburg
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    THE TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR 1914.
    687 4 The total foreign trade of the Philippine Islands for 1914 amounted to £20,266,310 a decrease ot £798,219 as compared with that of 1913. and of ..3,994,656 as > compared with that of 1912. It is, how ever, greater than that of 1911
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    QUEER FARE.
    200 4 It would be interesting to know what is happening in the German zoos at the present moment, when flesh-meat is so extravagantly dear in the Fatherland, where potatoes are golden, and fat almost as scarce as radium. One gathers that in certain gardens the big carnivores, such as
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    16 4 The 8.N.8. Herald states that 227,581 lbs of rubber were shipped from the «SJtate daring November.
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    BRITISH HELP FOR RUSSIA.
    718 4 The Making of Fifteen Inch Guns. Writing from Sheffield recently, a correspondent of a London journal said We have seen guns and shells in thou sands, tens of thousands, and as yet we have seen bat a tithe of all tbe great numbers that are now
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    JOURNALISTS AT THE WAR.
    146 4 London, Jan. 23. About two thousand journalists are serving in the war and fifty-five have been killed, ninety have been wounded, and ten have received honours. Eight of them have been selected for service on the Staff, and Miss Kathleen Harrow, of the Evening Stan dard
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    51 4 In connection with the Y. W. C. A. the following war lectures will be delivered at 6 p.m. on. Feb. 9. Some predisposing causes of the war. Feb. 23. America and the War (Rev. W. Cherry.) Mar. 1. England's Responsibility (Mr A. Lea). Mar. B.— Woman's Part Therein, (MrR. J.
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    HEROIC MOTHER LOSES BABE.
    464 4 How a Scotswoman left her dying baby to warn a British warship of a German submarine's presence in the bay, is told by the Rev. W. B. Blackwood, a minister of the United Free Church of Scotland in a remote part of the Shetlanda. Mr Blackwood's
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    SOYA BREAD.
    260 4 Will any better-class bakery in Singapore try this experiment and give the public a chance of judging of the merits of Soya bread A letter to the Daily Mail says Sir, Will you allow me to say a word npon the extraordinarily interesting article in your issue of
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    184 4 Scientific lectures interesting to children would have pleased Robert Owen, the pioneer of British infant schools. When he began his social experiments about a century ago he found at New Lanark children of five and six years of age working long hours in the cotton mills. These he placed in
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      649 4 I |VICTOR| 1 I I I Psa __g@g_a L- SM__a_n@i_E_.__i-* I j p=a_3B_=^_ NOTICE IS HEREBY; GlVEN.that the Marks depicted above are the propc a of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company incorporated ln New York. U.S.A. ai.ri tinftlnWfA/ are used b y them as Trade Marks in respect of Films
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    205 5 U li stated that a shipping company at i j ..Ha bas decided to place with a Japaue>e dock compauy an order for the con -traction of several passenger steamers of a l*ri!« type. Tbe order includes eight steamers of the firm-class type. The com,iDV will order several
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    VISCOUNT FRENCH OF YPRES.
    193 5 ul! other records were to be destroyed, -alient deeds iu British military history would r-till be recalled to mind by a glance MMMI in tbe peerage. The list of a that commemorate great battles is a |j rMM one. Perhaps the most famous m M is
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    BRITISH SHIPPING FUTURE.
    220 5 Mr Harold Sanderson, chairman of the kVhite Star Line and president of the hic-'i i:.-4ti ;tml Mercantile Marine Company. m a %i>it to New York, says the SfWi,* 1 and has been discussing with the uirous newspaper correspondents the nreaent istajje of transatlantic shipping and :ht' posl-war
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    STAR PROPHETS!
    230 5 M iiitni— liiin, if not pitticularly >o read the predictions of Btt which were pal forth as vof the stars "by peuny and Bt mmiriH prophets for the year 'i- aiw closed. Ovfiug to the keen ii a-n^ng astrologers their m Ml printed q lite six months Ihi
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      357 5 Auctions SHERIFFS SALE TOH CHIN TUAN versus CHEANG JIM SIEW At Messrs. CHING KENG LEE ft Co's Sale room On MONDAY, 14th February, 1916. At 2-30 P.M. (1) All that pieca of freehold land situate In the District of Changi, Singapore, estimated to contain an area of 3 acres, 2
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      555 5 Notices NOTICE. We, the undersigned, give public notice that our firm has no connection with any other firm in Singapore with a similar name. ALSAGOFF Co., 12, Battery Road. 9-2 9-3 S. M. ALSAGOFF Co. 738, North Bridge Road, Singapore. NOTICE. The undersigned, H. M. Alsagoff, has the honour to
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      525 5 To Let TO LET Large Commodious Flat (Tiled Floor) near Town. Gas and Water. Suit Married couple e or Bachelors. COMFORT c/o Free Press. 9-2 no TO BE LET FURNISHEO The comfortable residence known as No. 1-A Lloyd Road. Immediace entry. c Apply to POWELL ft Co., Auctioneers. r 9
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      823 5 For Saie FOR SALE Regal Motor Car two Aeater, doable diojHF, 20 H. f. 1914 Model pe'fect coadiliao, sp&ft rim and tyre, ti ial arranged Apply Box 200 c/o Free Irewu FOR SALE. 1000 Sheets 6 feet Corrugated iron— 26 gang** One Whitehead Brick machine— (plastic). Two clay mixer* One
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    Domestic Occurrences. MARRIAGE.
    39 6 Domestic Occurrences. MARRIAGE. Goodall— Robertson.— On sth February, before the Registrar, at Koala Lumpor, Frank Septimus Gcooall to Emily Mabel Stuart (Mabel), elder daughter of Mr J. B. Robertson and of tbe late Mrs. J. B. Roberteon of Singapore.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, February 9, 1916.
    2625 6 The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, February 9, 1916. Here shall the Press the People's right —'-Hat -Jna wed by influence and up bribed by gain j Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw. PmArma to R lisioo. Loyalty and Law. In the constant flow and ebb that, above all other
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    SIR CLEMENTI SMITH DEAD.
    298 6 LoDdon, Feb. 7. The death bRS or curred of the Rt. Hon. Sir Cecil l.'lemn Smith, formerly Governor of the StrutSettlements and Honorary Colonel Siagi pore Volunteers. [Smith, Ht. Hon. Sir Cecil Clement; o c M.(. cr. 189'i k.< .m.(. cr. I*B6 I 1906; retired 1893;
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    201 6 The Casino this evening in its cfca 0 of programme screens some ttOmt e^ adventure and detective ftlm_. Imbi, a Malay, went to a ireddinn Bencoolen Street, on Monday, and v.u* u\ort than slightly inebriated, when he U the result that he was arrcsttd f M boi*i drunk and disorderly,
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      107 6 THE WILLET LIGHT (PETROL AIR GAS) CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co. HAVE IN STOCK:— One sixty light 2100 c.p. Generator. One ten light 350 c.p.) WITH ACCESSORIES. Full information supplied on application Our explanatory pamphlet on the Light sent post free anywhere. ENGLISH CONTROLLED CIGAR FACTORIES. Messrs. John Little Co., Ltd., beg
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      HEAVY ARTILLERY PREPARATION.
      173 7 French and Bulgars Meet. [Bt Submarine Cable], ■■uraa Baavicm. Salonika. Feb. 7, —The first encounter of th» opposing forces since the retreat of the Allies occurred between French and Bulgarian cavalry patrols on the Doiran front half a mile south of the frontier. The French had two
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      RUSSIAN ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH.
      72 7 ivrrc i»rad, Feb. B. A communique says: There is an intense artillery duel on the Rtgi front. Rusbian scouting parties successfully explored parts of the region at Jacobstadt beyona the enemy's wire eutanglements and repulsed the enemy. Russians exploded a mine north of r.iyana wrecking
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    GREEK MOBILISATION.
    31 7 Athens. Feb. 7 The Kinft has decreed the calling to the colours of classes 1892 to :-1 who are abroad, except those residing in Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria and Rumania.
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    THE APPAM PRISONERS.
    87 7 London, Feb. 7. Much concern is felt as to the fate of 28 naval and military men who were passengers aboard the A pp. -mi. There were no prisoners aboard tb«» raider. New York. Feb. 8. 150 of the Appam's passengers sailed in the Noordam for England.
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    SPAIN GETS HER SHARE.
    27 7 Madred, Feb. 8. The Spanish mailboat Catalonia is proceeding to Muni to emhark a tbousaud Germans from the Cameroons for internment in Spain.
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    LUSITANIA AFFAIR SETTLED.
    55 7 Washington, Feb. 7.— Officials declare that n.ere words will not be permitted stand in the way of the success of the Lu^itania negotiations. The United States will noc insist on the words illegal," or disavowal. The Chairman of the i-otvign Relations committee after a abinet meeting asserted
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    POPE AND PEACE.
    81 7 Not Yet. i: jme, Feb. 7. The Pope recently proP ''-rd to the Entente to open negotiations Vitt a view to the restoration of Belgium. At Kutente courteously but firmly declined, saying that such a step is ■MtoctaafcU until Germany has been e *ated. M,, Feb. 7.
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    CHINESE FIGHTING.
    49 7 A Comment Victory. i king. Feb. w-official. The Govern runt troops 'K a fc e d the rebels sixteen miles to the n^Vast of Suifu, capturing important posn 1 an{ j killing or making prisoners of thr .r rebels. The Government troops »Kjn arc hing on Suifu.
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    UNKNOWN
    23 7 r, penhagen, Feb. 1-* Kiel, the authorities warn the inha^ nfcg a g a inst crowding the streets duringu ra ids. V
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    UNKNOWN
    15 7 London, Feb. 7.— The Britig\ Bfceamer Ralgownie has been sunk. Tn^g^QQfl officer was drowned.
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  • REIGN OF TERROR.
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      CHIEFLY IN AMERICA.
      61 7 [By Submarine Cable]. ftVTTTra't &BKIM3B London, Feb. 8. —In view of the numerous suspicions cases of fire and explosion aboard ships carrying British cargoes, the Boaid of Trade advises shipowners and merchants to satisfy themselves that no firm wherewith any enemy is connected shall have anything to
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      NEWFOUNDLAND'S ANSWER.
      18 7 S. Johns, Feb. 7.— The Newfoundland Government has decided to double Newfoundland's military and naval contingents.
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      THE OTTAWA FIRE.
      96 7 Ottawa, Feb. 7. Though the police bold the theory of an accident tbe public is convinced that Germans burned Parliament House. The disaster gave a fillip to recruiting. Every military and police precaution has been taken against further outrages. Messages of sympathy have come from Mr Aequitb,
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      NERVY NEW YORK.
      65 7 New York, Feb. 7. The latest outrages have resulted in increased vigilance in New York where the police constables are holding up and searching passengers on the underground railways carrying packages and bags. Pclicemen are stationed on the great bridges by request of the Commandant of Brooklyn
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    U. S. NEW NAVY YARDS.
    56 7 Washington, Feb. B —The House of Representatives, at the request of Mr Daniels, Secretary to the Navy, have authorised the expenditure of half a million dollars to equip the Marie's land Navy Yard, California, to build dreadnoughts. The Gov ernment plans are soon to have
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    GERMAN WARSHIP FOUNDERS.
    40 7 Copenhagen, Feb. 7th. A large vessel, believed to be a German warship, foundered in the Kattegat. Distress calls were received bat suddenly ceased. Wireless apparatus and other wreckage was found on the shores of Sweden, opposite Anholt.
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    HEARTENING SURVIVORS.
    42 7 London, Feb. 8. Sir John Jellicoe ha6 telegraphed to the Clan Maetavish owners that the Grand Fleet is filled with ad miration at the magnificent fight against the Appam's captor. They are deeply sympathetic for the relatives of the killed.
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    GERMAN METHODS.
    35 7 Petrograd, Feb. 8. The Germans have fined the population of Vilna 75,000 marks owing to a recent great tire reaching the German headquarters. The Germans profess to believe that it was started deliberately.
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    SHIP ON FIRE IN DOVER STRAITS.
    35 7 London, Feb. 8. The Admiralty announces that a fire broke out on His Majesty's boarding steamer Peelcastle of 1400 tons in the Straits of Dover. No lives were lost.
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    ANOTHER GERMAN LIE.
    47 7 London, Feb. 8. The Admiralty exposes the German lie that a Zeppelin sank the cruiser Caroline in the Huruber with great loss of life. It says neither the Caroline nor any ship was struck by a bomb In the Humber or any other port.
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    PRINCE OSCAR WOUNDED.
    32 7 Araeteidam, Feb. 8. An official lierlin wire says that the Kaiser's son Prince Oscar was wounded in the head and thigh by shell splinters in the Eastern war theatre.
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    DEFENCE OF LONDON.
    34 7 London, Feb. 7. Sir Percy Scott at the end of the week relinquishes the command of the aircraft defences of London which will henceforth be in charge of the Home army.
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    FRENCH HONOUR VICTIMS OF AIR RAID.
    26 7 Paris, Feb. 8. Members of the Cabinet and many distinguished persons attended an impressive funeral service for the Zeppelin victims.
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    PERAK RIVER VALLEY MEETING.
    203 7 (From Our Owv Correspondent.} Penang Feb. 8. At the adjourned annual meeting of Perak River Valley Rubber Company the Hon. Mr R. Young presiding stated the property had now reached a paying stage. Originaliy it was 84 acres of trees and now it bad increased to
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    PERAK VOLUNTEERS.
    88 7 Ipoh, Feb. 8. i General Ridout this morning inspected 0. Company of the M.S.V.K. on the local Padang. There was a large muster, under Capt. Lawford. After platoon and section < drill and attack practice, the General offered criticism and made it clear that there was room for
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    INDIAN WHEAT.
    85 7 London, Feb. 7. In connection with the announcement of the indefinite extension of the Indian Government's monopoly of the export of wheat, a correspondent of the Times remarks that unquestionably the monopoly has been a considerable factor in the cost for the English loaf of India last summer
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    GAZETTINGS.
    64 7 London, Feb. 8. The Gazette says that Colonel Maxwell, 2nd Lancers, has been appointed a brigadier- general Frederick Fulton and Alexander Dallas of the Supply and Transport Corps to be temporary colonels while deputy directors of supplies and transport. Hay of the guides and Muspratt of the 30th Lancers
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    TO HELP THE DISCHARGED.
    66 7 London, Feb. 7. The Government committee recommends a comprehensive scheme of small holdings for discharged soldiers, co operative buying and marketing, and the establishment of agricultural credit banks. Also a grant of three millions sterling to inaugurate the scheme. London, Feb. 7. The increases in imports
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    AN IMPORTANT MISSION.
    18 7 Paris, Feb. 8. The French Premier, M. Briaod, rocs on an important mission to Italy.
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    KING NOT TO ATTEND PARLIAMENT.
    20 7 KING NOT TO ATTEND PARLIAMENT. London, Feb. B.— Official. The King will not be present at the opening of Parliament.
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    KAMUNING (PERAK.)
    36 7 Messrs Guthrie and Co., have received advice from London by cablegram that the Directors of the Kamuning (Perak) Rubber and Tin Co., Ltd. have declared an interim dividend of 10%, payable on 29th instant.
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    W. C. T. U. CHRISTMAS APPEAL.
    76 7 The Committee of the W. C. T. U. desire to state that the funds collected at Christmas have been distributed as follows Hospitals. General, Maternity, Isola tion, Tan Tock Seng, Leper, Lunatic Asylum, Reformatory, $208. Poor of the Churches. Church of England, Presbyterian, Methodist,
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      DUTY OF DEFENCE.
      744 7 To the Editor, Sir, It ia evident that Government are endeavouring, throagh inspired communications to the Press, to bring home to members of the Reserves that though they are doing exactly what they were asked to do, they are not doing enough. They are now required to
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      109 7 PKOPEKTY SALE. I i I The following Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Messrs I Powell and Co.'s sale-room yesterday! afternoon Freehold land containing an area of 5329 sq.ft. part of Grant No. 144, with: the four brick and tile roof shophouee dwellings Nos 43, 43-1, 43 2
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      240 7 I ROBINSON C 9 I wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmm n i mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. "BLACK GAT" VIRGINIAN CIGARETTES 35 CENTS PER TIN OF 508 "No. 7 ABDULLA" VIRGINIAN CIGARETTES 75 CENTS PER TIN OF 50'S W. D. H. O. WILLS, ENGLAND. "EMBASSY" CIGARETTES (VIRGINIA) > w N-n AN Illustrated Pamphlet of Gold and Silver X_>.
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      828 8 Shipping •'ELLERMAN'^ LINE. For LONDON s.s. "CITY OF COLOMBO" due on or about Feb. 9 S.S. "KANSAS due on or about Mar. 3 The above steamers have accommodation for a few first class passengers. For particulars as to rates of freight and passage applyato McALISTER Co., Ltd., (Incorporated in Bing-porb).
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      913 8 Shipping Jr 0« Obitish India AND Apcar Liine (Companies Incorporated in England.) Mail and Passenger Services. peninsular and oriental sailings. (Under Contract witb His Majesty's Government.) For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. HOMEWARD (FOR EUROPE). I OUTWARD (FOR CHINA) Connecting at Colombo with
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      503 8 Shipping MM. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LINE. For CHINA, JAPAN CEYLON Ml MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD OUTWARD 1916 ss Porthos Feb 9 ss Amazone Feb 15 ss Cordillere Feb 11 ss Poiynesien Feb 2 i ss Andre Lebon Feb 25 ss Karnak Mar 14 ss Atlantique Mar 10 ss Athos Mar 23 ss
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      632 8 Shipping N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINE. A servioe is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London, nndtr toaU contract with the Imperial Japanese avert* ment. The New Twin screw Steamers maintaining this service bave been spe „__u designed and constructed, and art titled with
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    SOYA.
    1054 9 The Golden Bean that Germany Wants. If Germany is being allowed to import eoya beans she is getting food for tier men, her cattle, and her guns, writes a correspondent of the Daily Mail. No country more than Germany appreciates the value of this wonderful golden bean whose introdnction
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    567 9 Reuter's agent in France states there is a marked increase in the tendency to desert from the enemy lines. The Germane themselves are aware of this, and take the utmost precaution to prevent it. Any man whose movements even give riee to the suspicion of a design to break away
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      953 9 I War or Peace. Faminf or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth too cents on the dollar. J WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP IM GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House. Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. Tbe Oomf any has £30,000 fleaoatted with the Bupteme Court of
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      333 9 I DRINK 1 DRINK 1 CARLSBERG BEER! THE BEST BEER I Mn^^mf^^^W ACCORDING T0 THE LATEST W: m^^m^^^m methods with 1 fflwF EVERY POSSIBLE CARE I IN SANITARY RESPECTS. CARLSBERG BEER IS DANISH bEER 2 SOLE IMPORTERS I THE EAST ASIATIC Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN DENMARK) 1 OBTAINABLE FROM John
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      65 9 NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE Co., Ltd. rFIRE AND MARINE. (Incorporated in New Zealand.) VANG-TSZE INSURANCE ASSOC. Ltd. MARINE. (Incorporated in Hongkong.) CHINA FIRE INSURANCE Co., Ltd, FIRE. (Incorporated in Hongkong.) LONDON GUARANTEE ACCIDEN^. o* GUARANTEE. (Incorporated in England.) Fire and Marine Risks of evory desorlpi'oat underwritten at loweut current ratcn. Adamson,
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    JAFFA ORANGES.
    960 10 How small a word will kindle the fire of memory and awake its sleeping flame. One read yesterday that Jaffa oranges would be denied to the English market this year, and the fact painted magically two pictures from old time, in which the red gold, oval fruit of
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      330 10 iMany people can do several things fairly well, but nobody ean do many I 1 thinops superlatively well. This is what Micheltn recognises, and it is why we concentrate the whole of our attention upon the manufacture of pneumatic Michelin Tyres 4 1 A because we have put all our
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      394 10 ECONOM IC A L CAR. I I A FEW REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BUY A FORD." I Because (1) It is BRITISH, being made throughout in Canada. I (2) It is the most ECONOMICAL four passenger Touring Car in I COST PER MILE RUN in the world. (3) It has
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    EXCHANGE.
    59 11 'Corrected op to Feb. 8.) Bank 4ms M 2-4 19 82 demand M 2-4£ Private oredits Bms 24 29-82 France demand Bank 823 IHDIA, T. T. 17 li Hongkong, demard 16% Yokohama, demar d 1 1 U Java, demand 134 Bahokok, demand 65 f SOVHBHIQHB, Bank Buying $6.54 Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    140 11 Feb, 8. Tin (100 tons) $87.25 Gambier 18.5i Gambier Cnbe No. 1 18.50 Gambier Cnbe No. 2 16.00 Pepper Black or din. S'pore 23.60 Pepper, (White fair) Muntok 88.25 Nutmegs (110 to tbe lb. nom. Nutmegs (80 to tbe lb.) nom. Mace (Banda) 80.00 Cloves (Amboina) nom. Ball Coffee
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      1020 11 After a recent Air Raid the following unsolicited testimonial was received V)V Minimax Limited:— 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 of
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      583 11 THE Singapore Free Press MORNING DAILY To Our Readers. The Singapore Free Press is a mornini 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 theii private residences, (or town offices or
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      75 11 RANEEGUNGE Drainpipes AND Channels SOLE AGENTS INDO MALAY CO., SINGAPORE. The Singapore and Straits Housekeeper's Day Book. Names of Articles in English witJi phonetic equivalent in Malag. Contains— Bazaar Account (>2 weeks), Cook's Cash Account, Beef and Mutton Account. Dhobie's Account, Summary of Monthly House Expenditure. Tahles Eoi C alculatii^
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      359 11 PASSENGERS ARRIVED Per P O. Nellore.— Mr W. F. Gould, Miss Blagg, Mr Mrs Wong Mui Shun, Miss Wong How, Miss Shenn Cboy, Miss Shut HeuDg, Mr and Mrs Spoor, MrC. Woldringh, Mr Ng Theng Key. PASSENGERS EXPECTED. Per P. &O. Rtr. Mongolia.— Mr Mrs Marldon, Rev. R W. Colman,
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      479 11 LATEST ARRIVALS. Lilt of vessels in port at 11 a.m. oa Feb. 8, 1916. Name Date of Arrival CLEARANCES. Vessel's Name Date of Clearance Bbitibh. Scott Harley Feb 6 Sangola Feb 7 Esmeralda Abbotsford n Sri Muar Hyson Feb 8 Dutch, Melchior Treub Feb 7 R. S. Maru Rensiena Japanese.
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    SINGAPORE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
    197 12 SINGAPORE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The first of a series of addresses on the War will be given by Rev. William Cross m.a., in the Presbyterian Church, Orchard Road, this evening at 8.45 o'clock. The general title of the series will be The Two Empires and the whole will be an effort
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    202 12 Daring the Chinese New Year Holidays Bogey and Medal competitions were played, the former being won by Mr N.G, Bath and the latter resuking in a tie between Messrs Dalgety, Kaper and Anderson. Sixty two cards were taken out and the following were returned. The Ladies' February
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    MALAYAN AIR SQUADRON.
    74 12 The smallest number of aeroplanes required for a squadron is 16. Malaya No. 15 (Keconnaisance) Previously acknowledged 94,202.77 R.8." Singapore 10 Selaugor Women's Weekly contribotion 25 lire. H. D Hay 5 Mrs H. W. Richards, Sungei Tlar Estate 20 Grand total to date $194,476.50 By courtesy of
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    POLYANDRY.
    186 12 The Japanese scholai Ekai Kawagucbi, who has just passed through Tibet, brings tidings that the practice of polyandry has disappeared altogether." Sociologists will be disposed to regret that reformation, for Tibet provided their most inapos ing instance of polyandry. Of polygamy there are innumerable instances, but the converse case
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    40 12 Mr J. F. Owen has taken over the duties of District Officer, Lower Perak, vice Mr H. Ctievallier, retired. It is stated that Mr Don^lns Caranbell, c mo., British Adviser in Johore, is going on leave in the near future.
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    SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
    1091 12 New Source of Fuel Alcohol— Sun- Spots and Magnetic Storms A Parasol StarMap Oil from Peat Novel Electric Soldering Brighter Than Sunlight Printing Office Psychology Plant Exchange Possible Depth of Mining. The ever- growing demand for motor fuel is stimulating tbe search for alcohol j and other materials
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    "KEEP SMILING TO WAR'S END."
    524 12 KEEP SMILING TO WAR'S END." A large gathering of representative British, French, and Russian journalists entertained Mr Louis Raemaekers, the famous Dutch cartoonist, at luncheon at the Royal Hotel (De Keyser's) recently. Representatives of the Press of Holland and the United States were also present. Mr A. G. Gardiner, Editor
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    HAMBURG AND FOREIGN TRADE.
    237 12 The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting on Dec. 31. In his annual report the president said that one of the main problems for Hamburg was to free its trade from foreign influence, and especially from English patronage." He proceeded to say that the
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    96 12 I The P. AO. Maiwa left Suez at 10 p.m. on Sunday, the 6th instant. j The P. A O. outward intermediate steamer "Nore" is due at Penang at 5 a.m. on Saturday, tbe 12th instant, and may be expected to arrive here at daylight on Monday, tbe
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    MORPHIA IN MANCHURIA.
    319 12 There is no doubt that morphia-injecting is assuming most alarming proportions among the lower classes of Chinese throughout Manchuria. The curse will soon be worse than the Manchurian Plague of 1910 unless properly stamped out. People who do not know the conditions and surroundings of the greater
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      273 12 piiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'i'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiti Are you anxious about Baby? 55 Jf so, you should do as this mother did— your anxiety would dis.ippr and your Baby would have every chance of being healthy and born u S ■■S firm and strong. The mother writes she hid peat difficulty in finding S a suitable
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      328 12 TELEPHONE DIRECTORY. ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS IN JANUARY. 593 Addie, R. J. Abbotsford, Orchard Road. 817 Benjamin, Chas, 29-1 Cavenagh Road. 681 Berenger, R. 91 St. Michael's Road. 338 Bishop of Singapore Woodstock, Grange Road. 216 Butler, Dr. A. G, Laidlaw Building, Battery Road. 1345 Cheek, M. A. Laidlaw Building. 351
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