The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 March 1916

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. CE.N CENTS SINGAPOEE, TUESDAY, MAIiCH 14, 1916, NO. 8,700
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    164 1 The Bulgarians have provoked a fight with Rumanian troops, an Austrian gunboat also being concerned. There were many casualties on bolh side*. Tbe incident bugge^ts possibilities Page B. Germany's new frightfnlneßS," it it I surmised, will include an extensive mine laying programme by the won't-fight navy —Page
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    THE CAPTAIN.
    1010 1 If ever I mnrried signin, J d go to the ea, like you, Mips. They have sucu fcrtighi eyes and nice colouring, find a omfottabla don*i out-i 4amolshtiaai that nemis a lot to us poor women. The aptnin laughed heartily as he heard K.Y. -ucas 1 remark repeated
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      424 1 RAFFLES REFRESHMENT ROOM I pm, Your woodwork AIJ-lOINING CONFECTIONER'S SHOP 1 From the ravages of white ants> Bras Basah Road, Singapore. bad weather, and dry rot. MO^AT OPEN 1 "^lilvflirfftiA/n" ICES, CAKES, PASTRY, COLD DRINKS, TEA, COFFEE Mr^-^WSSm I AFTERNOON TEAS I r S Ue«W t is the Best and
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      183 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS j 6 1 s irotor cycles at Kate I Page 1. x A ntsac Stamford House Page 1. f i D j and the Barge and David Gir 1 at the Gaiety Page 2. Che Heart of a Tigress at the Ha- i fige 2. f P 1:
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      193 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday 14th. EMgh Water— fi t t.m.. 8 32 p.m. Bandmati'< The Cinema Btar." M.M. outward mail expected. 5.M.3. Gtaild, moDtbly meeting, 8.30 p.m. Wednesoajs 15th. fftgb Woice Gri a.r 9-8 p.m. Bandman's "Grumpy." Hl«h Water 7-«« a.m., 11l pm. Lodg(! Eastern Gate. «.t0 ]>.m. Bandman'ti "The O/Uy
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    791 2 The oVstb 1^ announced at Kobe of Mr Theodor Ditlow, DUM, wb.o arrived in Japan m 1868 and had followed a mercantile career The si I of the Chinese newspapers in I'eking has been reduced owiDg to the catting off of supplies of paper from Eujrope and the bi^h prices
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      387 2 VICTORIA THEATRF FOR A SHORT SEASON ONLY. TO NIGHT TO-NIGHT Tuesday, [March 14th. THE BANDMAN OPERA Go. IN THE CINEMA STAR. (The success from the Shaftesbury, London) Wednesday, GRUMPY March 16th. (Cyril Maude s last triumph.) Thursday. THE ONLY GIRL March 17th. (From the Apollo Theatre London.) Friday. Potash and
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      706 2 PALLADIUM SINGAPORE'S PREMIER THEATRE ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE'S PREMIER THEATRI When Feeling GRUMPY, visit the PALLADIUM, the COOLEST anc the most UP-TO-DATE Theatre that Shows a varied Programme o CINEMA STARS that always pleases any class of Audience. THE INDIAN AGENT A Thrilling Western Drama by the Kalern Co.. featuring Pat
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      507 2 n a bythe sea Vy OFF BFACH ROAD THK IDEAL NOTCH TiIEATHI: TO-NIGHT SECOND SHOW 9-15 SHARP. ASTA NIELSEN "SPANISH BLOOD A Thrilling Drama of Spanish Life with many incidents See the Exciting Buii IN 3 PARTS THE BRONCHO MOTION PICTURE CO. vitagrapk comedy" PRESKxrs 12! MISADVENTURES !I™ QUAKERESS MiaH
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    "THE SWAN SONG OF THE G.O.M."
    335 3 TH E SWAN SONG OF THE G.O.M." (Mifxpected discovery of a tire rhyme upon the peculiar politieal intellect of Mr. „> ;e written by the Editor w faaif a^o for his own M made the other day in up rt quantity of ancient corres- UC r v! ::.ver b.en published,
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      443 3 Wanted 1_ WANTED ST Pacing guest in private family, mnsical, tennis, private verandah, and conveniently Mo situated. Apply JOSS c/o Free Press. Bnsii 10-3 )7-3 14MECHANIC ~t Wanted an experienced Earopean Mechanic Single) for a Motor Oarage. Terms include tree Board and Lodging. State salary required. Apply GARAGE c/o Singapore
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      606 3 Notices Notices lAITS MERCHANT SERVICE GUILD. GOVERNMENT OF THE STRAITS TO nttaly meeting at 8-30 p.m. to-night. SETTLEMENTS. wit aes- important. R|V£R PROVINCE WELLESLEY. T INDONG GEIMOK ESTATES, LTO. (In Liquidation.) The Government of the Straits Settlements frQ] D /.T«Miim ,v ctmhapork is prepared to receive Tenders tor the Steel
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      598 3 To Let 1 LET FURNISHEO OR UNFURNISHED. R lungalow on Cairn Hill. Three bedrooms h bathrooms attached. Gas and Water. at $50. Apply C. M.. co Free Press. 1-2 uc OLET "HARfFELL NASSIM ROAD Furnished and entirely mosquito proof) m April. Three large Bedroom* with Bathin« attached. Dining, Drawing and
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      572 3 THE ingapore Free Press IORNING DAILY To Our Readers. 'he Singapore Free Press 1b a morning ily, and its on sale at depots, from an early ir each morning (Sundays except**!). Gash ce Ten CentH a copy. .nbNoribers' copies will be delivered atthett vate residences, (or town offices or godowns
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      256 3 PISSEXCEtSEXPfiCTfia I n, MaMr».-Mr«J. A. Webster j aie II Hi i Mw I r-'U, Mr uo- robneoa and a eni«i«, >»r D, G urtoo, Mr and Mr AMm I 11 Mr c **< e M |tbi .—Mm Grteby and Gee, Mi iti Mi 0. Wood Mi Kei p l. Mi
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    Domestic Occurrences. DEATHS.
    46 4 Domestic Occurrences. DEATHS. Eovill.— Feb, 19, at London, Anna, widow of Sir E. C. Bovill, Chief Justice, Straits Settlements, aged 7i. Pryer.— Feb. 12, at London, Aim Blanch k, widow of W. B. Pit yep, first resident in the 'Jerritories of the British fcoith Borneo Company.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, March 14, 1916,
    1289 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, March 14, 1916, Ren shall the ftwe die People's right mm'sialfi. Hare patrici Tmtb her si'^riou.-. precept* ilnv, I Once upon a time a certain foreign resident of Singapore, the head of a foreign firm of long standing in this place, declared to us that
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    826 4 In addition to the Postal Express issued twice daily, a weekly supplement will also be issued, every Monday morning. It calls attention to general matters for the information of the public. The lecture on Thursday evening, at 8.45 p.m., for the Y.M. .A. Literary Society, is Keligion and War. the
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    BANDMAN'S.
    346 4 The play staged fur the- h, r O nd p Prfnr auce of thi« Company w., war-play" that bad M ;Home, in three act* by Loci •adj. B. Harold Terry The I well known also, and the devejr .last night was wntch..,l*u:l, en n A pretty UttU mus,r;, r
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    LATE CAPT L.H. DARKE.
    300 4 The following, from a It Ut-r from Mr H Hod^n Hun. eives th»- d. unfortunate (U-aih of Mhfl l.ili Gftpt 1 baii.t- at Hull, and wi.! haw ;t irielan choiy interest (or in*. f tl :uid fellow members of tfcfl Siraitr M< rr i rice <iuild
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    115 4 1 ne risp in tbe pricp of I from Us. 50 it to Rs 7H) a maund haunder indigo ir; Bihar. and OriKsa for 2 60,800 acres as Rffi i i qnaii of n nch of I I special citcumstanc*•.durir hut nee, the out from B -I i 1 nwnd
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      126 4 Jl CALDBECK, MACGREGOR &Co 1 STOCK I LIQUEURS of all descriptions. Wholesale and Retail C>— Wine Spirit Merchants. >^ WORLD-BBNOWNBD r/?\i WATCHES t /g WARRANTED TIMEKEEPERS Odd Bracelet Watches from £8 Bs., The £25 -Field." r >7l> Mtt Tiif "BANK OF ENGLAND." in >i!vcr Cases v -'">. or nett. l.^-ct.
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    VERDUN SLAUGHTER.
    498 5 rM&NS ENSURING THE ALLIES 1 u VICTORY. Enemy's Baseless Claims. t S marine Cable]. il Til I fellVlC.fi. Mar. 12 official The (ierreuev Iftwh assaults ou the wiugs ud an 1 again fulled. The enemy after getting a f-w outlying houses eaat of vredon the slopes by the
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    AUSTRO-ITALIAN STRUGGLE.
    48 5 Mir. 12. The oomnraoiqti£ says HUE is serioi .•'ly interfering insonthe up tn>r [800 SO, whet>:> laees ii tr-a mcUc i deep. r:illery aetWitj bom I I t .a. iun enemy was .< by grenade attacks afaatrj ploughing I u agh »na mtfl :'i?ry aud inackiuj g
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    85 5 v Bnlletj »s a ■MM "No d, a dm 1 1 ftrC U L. Abbot was United ingI dm ce li plenty for i i ■11 I b, woarkin foe ..ai liasl the German i, the Piaaeta Chancellor o! the who raeenllj fltitod London ol altc uiing a linaijcial oe,
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    GERMANY'S SEADOGS.
    96 5 HEROIC FLEET'S MINE-LAYING PROGRAMME. ■■■^■■■■■■Bai The Newest Frightfulness. [Bt Submarine Cable I. RsnTßit'i Bl«YlGk. Paris, March 11.— The reports of movements of the German Meet are thought to be connected with a new development of mine-laying, which will apparently play a large part in the new German frightf
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    RUMANIANS IN ACTION.
    62 5 Austro-Kulgarian Folly. London. Mar. 18. The Daily Mail correspondent at Odessa says that a Bulgarian froutier guard near Ra&OYO lired ou a Romanian ship loading a barge in tbe Rumanian /one. An Austrian gunboat ordt-red the ship to the Bulgarian shore: ou its refusal it shelled the
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    THE UNRELENTING RUSSIANS.
    35 5 Petrograd, Marcn 12. The Russians have occupied the Persian town of Keriua, 180 miles north-east of Bagdad. Petrograd, Mireh 12. The Russians attacked the Oalician viliaqa of Lataehe and captured some trenches.
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    BRITAIN'S ALLY PORTUGAL.
    35 5 Liebon. Mar. 12. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has announced to Parliament thit the seizures of German ships was made with the knowledge ol Britain, which made representations based ou the alliance.
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    A MOROCCO MATTER.
    26 5 London, Mar. 12. A Franco-Italian agreement has been signed, whereby Italy abandons the privileges of tlu> Capitulations ia the French zxie of Morocco.
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    SLUMP IN THE MARK.
    31 5 Paris. March 11. There is a fresh heavy slump in German exchange, which fell at I'.arne by half a t'rauc ou Thursday, and a franc on Friday.
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    CHURCHILL GOES FIGHTING.
    13 5 London, March 12. Mr Churchill toduv left for the front.
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    IPOH CLUB FINANCES.
    83 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, March 18. In the report of the Ipoh Club for the half year ended December it is stated that the credit balance carried to the profit and loss accouut is |2 646. The reduction of groh3 profits is accounted for by the
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    274 5 Lieut, and nnartermaater A. B. Ayling, of the 4 h Shropshire^, received the news by the mail yesterday that his son, a gunner in the K <«. A. fighting at the front, has been awarded the I». C. Bf. tor gallantry at Las TorquesIt i* understood that the Haitian:; ia
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    BLINDED IN BATTLE.
    1024 5 A Wonderful Record. The following letter from Mr CA. Pearson, chairman of the Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Care Committee, gives the results of a year's work for sightless soldiers and sai'ors. Sir,- Just a year ago the Blinded Soldiers' and Sailors' Care Committee started to look after
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    THE DEATH OF THE SULTAN'S HEIR.
    397 5 euter. "Suicide" or "Murder. I The French daily summary of events recently contained the following A Constantinople telegram announces that the attendents of Prince Yussuf I//. ied Din, the Turkish Heir Apparent, found j him yesterday with hie arteries cut. Tbe I official version
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    FUNERAL OF SIR C. CLEMENTI SMITH.
    283 5 The funeral of Sir Cecil Clementi- Smith j took place at Welwjn on Feb. 9. The 1 service was conducted by the Rev. P. M. Wathen, rector, assisted by the Rev, N. W. j Lydekk'^r and the Rev. A. E. Ward, vicar j of
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    YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
    46 5 The general committee of the Young Women's Christian Association very specially invite all members and friends of the Association to meet at Fort Canning Road to-morrow, at 4.30 p.m., to bid farewell to Miss Radford who will shortly 2 be leaving Singapore.
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      111 5 ROBINSON CO. M, JUST RECEIVED flnfife LADIES' W|K^|V SHOES No 4688. Ladies' Black Glace Kid Shoe with Cuban Heel and y^& Pr^ce J{> ,ZO per pair. No. 4610. Ladies 1 Black Glace Kid Court Shoe with low ramp and Cuban Heel. Pr,ce $T.50 P^ r P a^ r OTHER NEW
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      606 6 Shipping u ELLERMAN ff LINE. For LONDON STEAMER Sailing early May. For particulars as to rates of freight and passage apply to McAUSTER Co., Ltd., AGBNTS. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART HiWTSGHAPPW Incorporated in Holland, Roy* Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 2—3, COLLYBR QUAY. v Jacob H-.nqkong and Swatow Japari Miiatek and Palembang
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      701 6 jfji !.P_Bj_njt 1 MTm O« British India AND /Y.PCAR LIINE (Companies Incorporated in England.) Mail and Passenger Services. peninsular and oriental sailings. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, A.3diterranean Ports and London. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about J MAIL
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      504 6 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LINE. For CHINA, JAPAN CEYLON ind MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD OUTWARD 1916 ss Atlantique Mar 13 1 ss Porthos Anril 11 ss AmaKone Mar 'i4 !ss < ordillere April "25 ss Lotus Mar 27 bs Andre Lebon May 9 88 Polynffcien April 7 se AtUntique May
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      512 6 Shipping JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co.. Ltd (Incorporated in Japan. EUROPEAN LINE. A service is maintained betv,. via ports to Marseilles, Loudti contract with the Imperial .'a, .vfrc ruent. The New Twin sen teamen maintaining this servictj havt been i*»oi&|jdesigned and construct«xl and with all the latest Improvi nu i r
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    THE BLOCKADE OF GERMANY.
    1183 7 How it is Affecting the Food Supply The following despatch has been revived from Mr H. Warner Allen, the special correspondent of the British press with the French armies In times of peace Germany imports 4 0 per cent, of its fodder, and it is the
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      146 7 Tse Tropical roofing T C? Lpplied with patent "KANT LEAK" KLEATS 1 hich do away with the necessity of Ling sticky cement at the overlaps. •>. „r. &*!*^£~^isS2??i& I ■>x>- <I .^:C^v ■*•»-*■>^^jjjJmSm GENASCO is the result of over 30 years experience in the manu•acture of Ready Roofings. Its durability
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      130 7 ALL-BBITISH ROM TYRES USED BY 2 THE BRITISH WAR OFFICE. COMBINATION |?*V ,lk JP r^s /^m DURABILITY NON-SKID OL C *^Ki "it V*£ si a "(>,'. J (iff THE ROM TYRH AND RUBBER Co. CONTRACTORS to H. M. WAR OFFICE, HOLBORN. LONDON, E. C. MEYER BROTHERS, Singapore. SOLE AGENTS FOR
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    SHUSTER NEW MISSION TO JAPAN AND CHINA.
    346 8 SHUSTER NEW MISSION TO JAPAN AND CHINA. San Francirco, Cal.— Colonel E. M. House is not to be the only confidential adviser and unofficial Ambassador ot Pieeident Wilson and the State Depart ment. Through shipping men here it was learned that Mr W. Morgan Shuster, who achieved worldwide notice as
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    SALE OF QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S HANDKERCHIEF.
    148 8 A handsomely embroidered bnndkerj chief, sent by Queen Alexandra from what remains of her wedding trousseau, was .sold at the Croydon Red Cross Auction which was opeutd by Princess Christian. The tirst bid was £5, and in about two minutes the handkerchief was knocked down
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      1598 8 GRIMAULT'S SYRUP of Hypophosphite of Lime |ppi FOR Sqgf^f^^SPi FOR WM rBRONCH!Tis/^|^;|^ CATARRH,^ J STUBBORN WEAI < LUNGS. I COUCHS, J d^lv CONSUMPTION Paris, 8, r. Vivienns '.^S&d| BEWARE j and at all Chemists IMIT^T ''NS j Es 'Zr Messrs CHEE EK& SONS, r^ CIVIL. NAVAL. MILITARY AND SPORTING TAILORS
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    80 9 Mar. 18, 1918. The following are the shares as to j which changes are notified in Messrs Fraser and Co.'s yesterday's share list RUBBER DOLLAR COMPANIES. Buyers Sellers. Ayer Molek 52.25 52.40 Changkat SerdaDg $9.50 510.60 Haytor 9 50 10.50 Kempas 5.20 5.80* Lunas 4 90 5.10
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    EXCHANGE.
    57 9 tCOBBKOTED UP TO Mar. IBJ Ban* 4ci 8 2-4 19 82 u demand 2-4i 'rival* oradite 3m e 2-4 29-82 France demand Bank 823 IUViA, T. T. lf-lj SOBGKONa, dercard 16. VoKOfc&Mi, demai d llli Java, demand 188 BAsaHOK. demand 65 i Sovßßßians, Bank Buying 58. 64 Brdlt ol
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    PRODUCE
    142 9 Mar. 18. Tin (150 tone) %9t.W\ K-tfitiibier 20 00 Gnrnkies Cube No. 1 26.00 a&mkier Cube Nc. 2 '2 4.00 P«ppar Black ordJn. H'pore buyers '29.00 Ptppef, '.White f»ir^ Muntok buyers 43.00 Nutmegs (110 to tbe lb. 30.00 Nutniugs (60 to the IbJ i;oir,. Mac© (Banda) 75.00 Cloves (Amboina)
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      1285 9 _______L-— I I VVas or Peace. Faminf op Plenty, Life Insurance is worth 100 cents on the dollar. WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,00C deposited with
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      115 9 NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE Co., Ltd, FIRE AND MARINE. (Incorporated in New Zealand.) YANG-TSZE INSURANCE ASSQC. Ltd. MARINE. (Incorporated in Hongkong. CHINA FIRE INSURANCE Co., Ltd. FIRE. (Incorporated in Hongkong.) LONDON GUARANTEE ACCIDENT Co. ifl ■GUARANTEE. (Incorporated in England.) Fire and Marine Risks of every deHcript*o» underwritten at lowest current rates.
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      115 9 London Hails Despatched. Left Doe. Airtred Jan. 25 M.M. Feb 23 Feb II Jan. 21 8.1. 23 23 1 Feb. 3P.& O. Mar (i Mai 6 Feb. 10 8.1. iO 14 Feb. li M.M. 10 10 Feb. 12 M.M. Feb. 17 P. O Feb. 25 B. I. Feb. 26 M.M.
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      443 9 LATEST ARRIVALS. List of veeseli in port at 11 a.m. on Mar. 13, IWI6. Vessel's Name Date of Arrival Bbitibb. Protreilaue March 1 1 Castletield March 12 Pin Seng Amhertjt Krian Lady Weld Perak bri Aluar Poh Aun Hok Cautou Houg VNan KstDerKldu Katnpar March 1 CuctKut Sang Qootta Dutch.
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    MALAKOFF PLANTATIONS.
    444 10 The following is the report of directors of the above Co., to be presented at the annual general meeting at Penang on March 22 j The Directors have pleasure in submit- I ting their annual report and statement of accounts for the year ended December 31, 1915. The
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    MENGLEMBU LODE SYNDICATE, LIMITED.
    293 10 The report of the directors for the year ended September 30, 1915, to be submitted to the shareholders at the seventh aonual general meeting of the company to be held in Penang, on the IMb inst., states The grosa profit on the mining account for the
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    AYER KUNING (F.M.S.) RUBBER COMPANY.
    65 10 The directors have decided to issue the remaining capital of the Company, consisting of 10,609 shares of i: I e*cb, and they now offer these shares to the sharehol tiers on the Company's Register, for sub Bcricion at par, at tho rate of one new
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    29 10 The size of the Chinese newspapers in Pekiug haa beeD reduced owing to the cutting off of supplies of paper from Europe and the high prices ruling in Japan.
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    BENAR (SELANGOR) RUBBER ESTATE.
    443 10 The following is the report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts of the above Company for the year ended 31st October last, forwarded by Messrs Pater6on, Simons and Co., local agents At the close of the year under review, Mr Beilby tendered his resignation in
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    451 10 Draman, the Johore Malay, who was couvicted ia the second police court last week of the theft of a wicker basket, five American gold coins, three gold buttons, and clothing to the value of $67.75, came up for sentence yesterday. The police proved one previous conviction for theft against accused,
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    LATE WAR NEWS.
    571 10 AHEAD OF THE MAIL. The Kaiser's Objective. London, March 1. The "Central News Paris correspondent says The French have long been aware that Verdun is the Kaiser's chosen objective. Th6 French preparations are on a scale equal to those of the enemy, who brought all their heavy
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    THE GERMAN EXCHANGE.
    197 10 The Zurich correspondent of the Central News writes, on Feb 5 1 Saturday last was the first day on which the German Central Institute,' established for the purpose of regulating the exchange rate of the mark in neutral countries, fixed its official rates. According to these official
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    29 10 Kuala Sawah 5,398 total 2 months 18,310. F.M.S. Govt. Exports for Feb. 5,207.41 tons; two months 9,678 tons against 6,883 tons. Value 129,571,453 duty 1766.084.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    132 10 Tbe outward M. M. Packet Lotus left' Colombo at 5 p. m. on Thursday, the 9th instant, and may be expected to arri ve here this afbernoon. It is notified that the ports of Rmgoo n, Bombay, Basseiu, Moulmein and Bangkok are declared infected owing to the ex-
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    SIGNALLING AT SEA.
    256 10 i For some years past the Imperial Mer j chant Service Guild have urged upon the Government and the Board of Trade the necessity of compulsion being exeroised in respect to merchant ships j being equipped with adequate apparatus tor signalling both by night and by day.
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    THE "MALAYAN" AIR SQUADRON.
    105 10 Malaya No. 16 (Reconnaissance) Subscribed by all nationalities. Previously acknowledged $6, 021. 91 Mr C. Andereon 10 Mrs Elfreda L. Agar, Singa pore 56 Mrs Fougere, Singapore 71 Mr B. Majendie 25 "Anti Fokker" 250 Mr L. E. Edwards 50 Employees of Messrs. United Engineers, Ltd.,
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    BRITISH DOMINIONS YEAR BOOK.
    91 10 Messrs Barker Kengchuan, the local agents of the British Dominions General Insurance Co., send us a copy of a wellillustrated, useful aDd up-fco date year book issued by the company. There are ninny maps and coloured insets, and useful articles on the First Year of the
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    156 10 A special high-class Filipino orcheetra is being engaged for the Empress of Ruasia, Bays a Manila paper. Captain George Montgomery Kidd, sth Battalion Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers), who has been awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in action on the Gallipoli Peninsula, is the eldest son of Dr. Frederick
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      214 10 THE DISPENSARY'S HYGIENIC ANTISEPTIC DUSTING POWDER ,^gPi^^-» An Impalpable Powder of Velvet like S-* jJRpSg&g and ffw&&SP] IDEAL FOR THE NURSERY and contains nothing that will injure the most it^J^y delicate skins. j^^\ Invaluable for the Cure and Prevent. tifP~ri?(fiEh Prickly Heat and all Dermic Lrupilo; E fe^^^ll PREPARED ONLY
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