The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 31 May 1916

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, WEDNJSDAY, MAY 31. 1916, NO. 8,766
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  • 169 1 Something of a sensation has been caused by the seizure by the Bulgar-Ger man troops of a point of vantage northeast of Salonika, m Greek territory, and the Greeks are greatly concerned as to this— Page 7. M. Sazonoff has made an important declaration on the relations
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  • 1239 1 WorkiDK parties are the bane of the subaltern's life on active service, which is the same thing as saying that they are the bane of ray life. They may, and do occur at every stage of oar militant existence Hat the front line, m the support trenches* m
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 417 1 RAFFLES MOTOR GARAGE I ,jm, 1 JUST ARRIVED "MEW COMET" MOTOR CYCLES r^^J^^ofSß^ Economy 2 H.P. Motor Cycle, two speed 4 stroke, f Ser /Ce Pego Engine, $370- i//^^— 2\ H.P. Motor Cycle. 2 Stroke, Pego Engine, $320- "ft J 2,' HP. Motor Cycle, 2 Stroke, Pego Stelastic Engine, $420-
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    • 184 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Overland "Cars— Page 4 Danlop phlilosopny— Page 10; United States Tyres Page 3. Notice re Messrs Saunders and Macphail —Page 2. Habtakol Syndicate closing Page 5Bankruptcy notice Tan Seng Puan Pages. Black retriever lost Page 5. Powell and Co sell re chop Chip Yiak Siang— Page 2. Offices
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 112 1 THE WEEK. Wednesdaj 31st. High Water— lo 39 a.m., 9-49 p.m. Municipal Commission, 8.80 pm. S.M.S. Guild, 8.30 pm. Thursday, June Ist. High Water— U-18 a.m., '0-22 p.m. Ascension Day— Holy Thursday. New Moon. Friday 2nd. High Water— ll-54 a.m., iP-51 p.m. Homeward mail closes (train). Mark Lodge, 8 39
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  • 427 2 The marriage was solemnised at St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, on May 18, of Mr Edwin Lionel Sim, of the Mercantile Hank, Hongkong, and Miss Gertrude Agnes Mary Aitkin, who had just come out from England. The bridegroom has been stationed at several of the most important branches of the Hank
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 565 2 HEADACHE AND DIZZINESS. Headache is never a diHcase. It U always a symptom. Powders and tablets that drug the headache into quietude are treating the symptoms, not the disease, always a useless proceeding and often harmful. Headaches and dizziness are the result of nervous exhaustion and will continue as lorg
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    • 1408 2 ENTIRE CHANGE OF NEW FFATUHES IN BOTH «»vnt 3 first and Second shows TO-NIGHT H £S",si2& t CINEMA CASINO BY THE SEA V y Off Beach Road SECOND SHOW 915 p, M tjHaHH TBK UKKVf K4LF.M StRIKs r? Full of ThrlUg, Sensations and Stirring A-'i-ns ..-T^ "THE HAZARDS OF HELEN
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  • 685 3 Much curious information respecting one of one best-known national habits has been brought together in Social History of Smoking," by 6. L. Apperson, I.S.O. (Seeker, 6s net). He claims that his book is the first attempt to write a history of smoking in this country from the social
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  • 174 3 The German in science is minute but shortsighted; the Englishman overlooks much, but he fetill possesses the longsighted viBion of his seafaring ancestors. Mr Havelotk Ellis (Edinburgh Review). An effort is to be made to reduce the number of swans on the River EJen at Carlisle. Wttilst the Corporation rely
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 873 3 IN THE MATTER OF THE ALIEN ENEMIES (WINDING UP) ORDINANCE, 1914. AND I, t he Matter of Behn Meyer Co., Ltd. an Enemy Company within the meaning of the said Ordinance AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE LANDED PROPERTIES BITUATE AT Collyer Quay, de Souza Street, Prince Street, Robertson Quay, Kanisah Marican
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    • 146 3 I Whatever size of Michelin Tyre you use, I the quality is always the Best. I Right from the selection of the raw material down to the I wrapping up of the finished article, the greatest care is exercised I m order to improve the quality of our tyres so
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  • 1404 4 From Om (>»* Co*respo*dent The Root of The Clyde Troubles. Edinburgh, April 26. In the judgement recently delivered by Sheriff l-'yfe m the case of the Clyde strikers who were charged under the Monitions Act occurred the words, You have taken up the attitude that a certain shop
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  • 212 4 Just as we shall beat the Germans at their own war game, so shall we surpass them m methods of saving infatcy end so repairing the horrible wastage of war. Sir Benjamin Broadbent. Germany is still striving desperately for a decision that will help her to get better terms. But
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 157 4 MARTINS A "■v.'c:-. Re ;>ady fo- r:: Trresuip.riiiea. Thousand- -f 1 li cofStartii Pill* tn the boose, so that on the first I an) [it* j of the Sysl m tI at el; close may bo nrpirtt free 6-! The Best Advice To give to a person sufferiDg from Headache
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    • 247 4 DIUS S U It SX The Overland Is Yours For A Very Small Price And the ideal car for you is one that is light and economical— yet one that will give you the same convenience and the same pleasure you could find m a large and much more vUwvl
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    • 21 4 GLASS AND PORCELAIN RUBBER LATEX CUP, IN HALF LEMON AND FLAT BOTTOM SHAPE. BAMPLE FKEE ON APPLICATION. G. OTOMUNE m Co.
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  • 420 5 Proposed Language School. hi* rxsen heard of the proposil :i-.u ia the Colony (Hongkong) a fjr the purpose of encouraging and tV fiitai the stud> of the Chinese I |gi by Huropeao assistants of British i: we (H.K. luily Press) underj the sub Committee, appointed p.eral
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  • 287 5 I've popularity of the Overland car ad the ever increasing demand for it M irkable, even m these daya when r cars are beginning to be considerore of c\ necessity than a luxury. Ml loha N. Willys, the head of the rittji Overlaod Co., assumed control rigkl fMHM
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  • 94 5 ir WM signs that the Crescent is very n upun the wane give a fresh interest immediate future of Constantinople, reueguring to remember that the •W*N of the Young Turk movement eye l' present capital with a vague scorn. Mil cur own Mr Chesterton, who loves ther" cot, they would
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 1414 5 ||H^>*O*tlMc>McnpM'JMPM'JMH lea perrins' sauce >MPMjMjCmm3M<JMcB jMpBmII I Variety of uses. &^M&^ I \< The uses to which LEA PERRINS 1 SAUCE > can be put, are innumerable. 2 At Luncheon, Dinner or Supper, it is the S a ideal sauce for Roast Meats, Fish, Game, 5 k Cheese, Salad, etc.
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    • 787 5 LOST A smooth black coated retriever do?. Answers to tt<- name cf "Jimmy." Kewatd offered by. P. H. LEE, 40, Newtou Road. 315 6-6 HABRAKOL SYNDICATE LIMITED (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements). APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE sth 1910. Forms may be obtained at the Hongkong
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    • 572 5 THE Singapore Free Press MORNING DAILY To Our Readers. The Singapore Free Press is a morning Daily, and is on sale at depots, from an early hour each morning (Sundays exoepted). Gasb price Ten Cents a copy. Subscribers' copies will be delivered at theii private residences, or town offices or
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 19 6 VON DONOP —April 25, at Hove, the wife of L. B. von Donop, F.M.B. Civil Service (retired), daughter.
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    • 28 6 Ker. Apiil 21. of pneumonia, James Campbell Ker, b.m.j., of 4, Norfolk- square. 1* lighten, late Private Secretary to H.H. the Sultan of Johore, aged 69 years.
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  • 1290 6 The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, MAY 31, 1916, R«n »b Ji *c Press th« People's rljfbt ratlatefr. Oumd >»y ir-flue scr: cp.d un'oribect iy fatal Kara $*ir^o; Troti ho glorious oracep:* <&%«« There seems little doubt that all the recent activity of the enemy has been m the nature not
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  • 972 6 The classes at the St. Joseph's Institution and the French Convent will be closed tomorrow, owing to its being Ascension Thursday, an obligation day. Mr J. T. Lloyd, the Singapore veteran who is retiring after so many years here, leaves for Europe by the Kaga Mara this afternoon. The steamer
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  • 58 6 From (hn Oirv Corr( 4poh,h t A Ru€6ian submarine has fired to,' at the harbour work, nt I'er. uople. Jr'"1 1 General Limau you Fiiniui ling a large urmy at Co^Unj large quantities of tupnli^ JUjd Another Turkic nr, I>lHi)ein, f;H^;: Angora, both toopaaniin A«*ti, Tl The Duke
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  • 106 6 .BvCOIKTEM 01 THI, i-HKN, M Paris, May 29, 630 p.m.-Tk P fOl three per cents are at fr tmi Ifa per cente at fr. 88 20. Yesterday there were BMNMtilti en H left bank of the Meuee. Our aviators brought down five ever. aeroplanes The Bulgarian invasion
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  • 23 6 From (htr thm Con,*-/* London, May H The following final dividends are h nounced Bnkit Cloh 3J, stratbir^ 10 per cent.
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  • 31 6 The following have pateed the eotranc examination and have been nwar Scholarships. Lee Keng Soon. Chia Boon U I. I. S. Levi, Ham, ah bin Tail
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  • 471 6 M. Nixinsky-Corall; ha 6 arnvtu k$K from Bangkok and proposes to gi\> p> formances of Russian artistic dancing I Nixinsky has recently performed much eucce66 m Manila. Saigon ar.a Bangkok and having formerly appears before the public m classical dances jg Petrograd and other Kuropean citiecomes here with a high
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 155 6 8 CHAMPAGNE m '.'tm^B Mi^MßMß^^^Mß«>«M^M^^M*«B«^«^M*«»i»*^^*WiM^ BBBimmmmmßmHmMt^****^**** Lmk BOLLINGER H^W VINTAGE K||j^aOuai»irf.i The Wine supplied at most of the HfiL^l^^l principal Banquets throughout SOLE AGENTSCALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO. SINGAPORE ft MAUCCA-JOHORE AGENTS A. C/ HARPER ft Co. I JUST UNPACKED. I NEW SPORTS HATS I UNTRIMMEO STRAWS. MmmmmmmWi&^>m J^ y-'< r-M. mm
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  • 448 7 THE VERDUN FIGHTING. [U Submarine Cable] |NMr*| Service] )faj tl The French and German r;e are IUU hammering away in.lt VrTtiu'J There waa marked ii'ti: time The communique nam m the evening debouch ovbN v wood but were com- -.J by our artillery and itcoai aitaoi at midnight
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  • 99 7 Estimate of Austrian Losses. Mw i9.--The Austrian losses ■d i i art a hundred thousand. >me, M a> 30.—The communique says flatsroiaj night and Sunday morn >::> renewed furious and sanrkl on the positions between Inn Valleys, -which were !I fan. There wa3 an intense bathe Tosina-Astico sector.
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  • 67 7 row Uscvnaioa Day) there will < 1. brut ion of Holy Comat Andrew's Cathedral at MatinisJ 10 a.m., and Evensong j*W Kirn of 90 Wallich Street, m urJ p Jiict' court yesterday, charged »oo Tah Ah Chee of 252 Taojong tioad with stealing m cash $298 ac CQ rot «lver
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  • 61 7 INCOME TAX MODIFICATIONS. [By Submarine Cable] [Renter's Service] London, May 29. In the House of Com raonb Mr McKenna announced he pro posed to move an amendment to the Finance Bill exempting from income tai m respect of five per cent exchequei bonds of persons not ordinarily
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  • 97 7 London, May 29. In the House oi Commons, Mr McKenna moved an additional income-tax of two shillings oo foreign securities privately held, which the Treasury was willing to purchase. He explained that the supply of American securities offered to the Government had dwindled to a trickle,
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  • 76 7 TEA A SPSCULATION. London, May 29. In the House of Com mons Sir R. W. Essex drew attention tc the increase m tea prices owing to opera tiona m the London Market. Mr Runciman said he was carefulh enquiring with a view to determining what action was a propriate. He
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  • 37 7 London, May 29. After a private con ference between Mr Lloyd George and th< Labour Unions and Munitioners' repre sentatives, it was unanimously recom mended that Whitsuntide holidays be postponed for two months. ii^^^
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  • 24 7 London, May 29. —The King is visiting Portsmouth and other Naval and military centres and is returning to London on Wednesday.
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  • 21 7 London, May 29. A fire at Vladivostock has destroyed large quantities of cotton recently landed and also rubber.
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  • 63 7 London, May 29. The Cucard and Ellerman Hues have purchased the good* will and business of Messrs Herberi Watson, of Manchester, and will maintain a joint Mediterranean service London, May 29. The Suez Canal report shows that the receipts m 1915 decreased by X 1,075,725, 075,725 sterling compared
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  • 17 7 London, May 29.- -Sinkings Steatnere Hercules and Moravia (Italian 1 Sailing Ship Rita.
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  • 19 7 London, May 29. Derby additional probable is Valais (Clark). Canyon v slightly amiss and is a doubtful runner.
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  • 184 7 Although the Gaiety is somewhat out of the beaten tracks as regards position there is not another cinema hall wh'ct enjoys a larger share of the M nativs' patronage of picture goers, and it is surprising how many Europeans and the better class of Eurasians and Chines*
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  • 48 7 At the annual general meeting of th Seinambu Rubber Estates, Ld., held i Shanghai recently, a resolution was pass ed authorising the directors, at thei discretion, to pay a sum not exceedin Tit. 1,500, out of the current year' profits, for the benefit of some We i Fund.
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  • 128 7 PROVING THE TROTH. [By Submarine Cable] [Renter's Berries] London, May 29. The Foreign Office has issued a statement m reply to Dr. I Betbmann Holl weg's charges that Britain's r attitude m the Bosnian crisis was bellil cose. It shows that our Ambassador at 3 Petrograd avoided anything
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  • 57 7 Washington, May 29. The first impres sion of President Wilson's speech was that the President was tentatively suggesting terms for ending the war, but many quarters emphasise that he merely stated the great principles for the establishment (m which the United States is ready to join) of
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  • 66 7 London, May 29. Parliament adjourns on Thursday till June 20. A Field Day. 1 London, May 29. The business of the Commons this week will include the Con solidated Fund Bill. A keen debate is awaited on Lord Kitchener's salary. Mr Churchill, Mr Ellis Griffith and Admiral Markham are
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  • 38 7 London, May 29. Mr Lloyd George continued his negotiations with the Irish leaders during the week end. He hopes to go to Ireland during the recess and it is understood that he will visit Belfast.
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  • 92 7 i London, May 29. General Townsbend, interviewed by a correspondent of a Constantinople paper, said he was deeply impressed by the chivalry of Ualil Pasha, "All our wants were attended to beyond expectation." London, May 29. Mr Tennant's son Henry, who is m the Flying Corps was severely
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  • 20 7 Tokio, May 29.— Count Okuma has intimated that he will soon resign. Baron Kato will probably succeed him.
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  • 23 7 London, t May 29.- It is reported that Yuan Shikai is m a grave condition, from i suspected poisouing.
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  • 154 7 Getting into Greece. Athens, May 29. The Bulgarians have also occupied Dragctina and Spatovo and are reported to be marching on Kavalla. The Athens Government explains the occupation cupation of Rupel was allowed m consideration of the concessions granted to k the Allies and a desire to
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  • 112 7 London, May 29. Beuter's special correspondent in Macedonia Bays that Greek popular indignation is deeply stirred by the Bulgarian advance at Demir Hissar. The King has received shoals of telegrams urging an immediate breaca with Bulgaria and joining the Entente, while M, Venizelos is being exhorted to
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  • 272 7 !A LIVING AND LASTING ALLIANCE. Statement of Policy. [By Submarine Cable] [Renter's Service] London, May 29. The Times' Petrograd correspondent wires that M. Sazonoff, m an important statement, said that he had read with the deepest gratitude and appreciation the King's address to the visiting members of
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  • 35 7 Petrograd, May 29,— The communique guys that on the western front there were only *mall affairs. In 'he Caucasus fighting continues m the Kavanduz region. Bodies of Kurds attacking our convoys were dispersed.
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  • 66 7 Enemy Retiring. London, May 29. Brigadier General Northey reports that on* May 25 his troops advanced twenty miles into German territory on the whole of lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika, the enemy retiring towards New Langenburg. General Smuts reports that a column occupied Same on the Usamba railway,
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  • 114 7 Sir Douglas Haig's Praise. London, May 29. The bicentenary of the Royal Artillery was celebrated by a commemoration seivice at the garrison church at Woolwich yesterday. London, May 29. General Haig m a special order of the day pays a tribute to the Artillery's discipline and devotion to
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  • 230 7 Mr Edgert Ansgar Hewett, c m.g., of the Wellington Club, Grosvenor-place, S.W., a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils m Hongkong, and manager vt the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company m Hongkong, left; estate of gross value of £32,160. He left £300 each to the rector and churchwardens
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 156 7 ROBINSON CO. I FOR I SUTTONS' SEED I FLOWER SEEDS Candytuft, Zinnia, Phlox Drummondi, Marigold, Sunflower, Salvia, VEGETABLE SEEDS Cabbage, Lettuce, Carrot, Beetroot, Onion, Cress, Mustard Suttons Special Collection of Vegetable Seeds 11 Varieties Suttons Speceial Collection of Flower Seeds 10 and 36 Varieties Suttons Standard Lawn Mixture of Grass
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 768 8 w ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSffIP Coy., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). For LONDON s.s. City of Rangoon due about June 8. s.s. City of Lincoln June 20. s.s. City of Bombay > J ul V 7 For particu ars as to rates of freight and passage apply to McALISTER
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    • 816 8 ml O. British India AND Apcah JLine (Companies Incorporated m 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, Mediterranean Ports and London. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. HOMEWARD (FOR EUROPE).
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    • 524 8 M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES KTUL LINE. For CHINA, JAPAN CETLOR ml MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD OUTWARD 1916 1916 Porthos May 29 Paul Lecat June 6 Andre Lebon Jane 16 4t<&ntiqoe June 20 Magellan Jane 30 Pohnet-ien July 4 Paul Lecat July 14 Eihos July 18 Atlantiqae July 98 For all particulars apply
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    • 602 8 N.Y.4 JAPAN MAli STEAMSHIP Co., Lw (Incorporated tnOap&r. EUROPEAN LINE A service is maintained bcu,, n v via ports to Marseille*. Lond-r contract with the Imperial J&rZ ment. The New Twin aSSTJ^ maintaining this service, havt J ft S designed and constructed an* yp *°S with all the latest impro\>C
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  • 1485 9 From Our Own Correspondent The Mesopotamia Campaign. London, April 20. Controversy has raged bo much this week over the recruiting question that the military operations, such as they are, have not attracted a great deal of attention, but the Russian success at Trebizond and onr relative lack
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 885 9 Wab or Peace. Fam» c or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth too 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 -cc Company baa £20.000 derailed with the Sof
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    • 314 9 I DRINK 1 DRINK 1 j CARLSBERG BEER! THE BEST BEER X X a.^l a\ I r^i m AAh A V^ JLw \J J^E9bJ^m^'-^ I EVERY POSSIBLE CARE 9 TXT Q AMITAPV DCQPCPTC 1 CARLSBERG BEER IS DANISH BEER, BOLE IMPORTERS I THE EAST ASIATIC Co., Ltd. ((INCORPORATED IN DENMARK)
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    • 146 9 NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE Co Ltd FIRE AND MARINE. (Inccrpotated m New Zealand.) MK6-TSZE INSURANCE MM. IM. URINE. (Incorporated m Hongkong.) CHINA FIRE INSURANCE Co., Hi. FIRE. (Incorporated m Hongkong.) LONDON GUARANTEE A ACCIDENT Co. Ltd. GUARANTEE. (Incorporated m England Fire and Marine Risks of every descrlpi'os underwritten at lowest current
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  • 433 10 Singapore, May 2 th, 1916. Beans, Long per catty ("> do. French do 14 Beef perlb. 20 Beefsteak do 21 Bean Sprouts per catty OS Bamboo Sprouta do 03 Biachan do 12 Brinjals do 05 Cabbage, Batavia do nil do. China do 14 do. Salted do Cf>
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  • 411 10 I There are alleged statesmen who pu the case this way Stay at home. Don't I walk the 6treeta. You might be injured by a fight between rowdies when the police weren't looking. New York Sun. One of the mysteries of Charlotte Bronte's genius is how one bo painfully shy
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  • 1577 10 To Deo. 81 April To date 191A Abaco 8,144 3,144 Allagar, Deo 266,800 65,000 A.Gajah.Sep 29,790 27,000 Alor Pongsu 15,915 58,705 Aima, 20,800 75,300 Ampat, Sep 36,054 37,662 An-Johoie, Mar 177,249 58,530 AnMalay.Dec 1,507,347 123,316 486,155 An-S'tra, May 473,623 212,724 Asahan, July 93.736 67,986 Atbara, 5,247 Athlone
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  • 202 10 In ebove list the total* m Orst nonthly totals for Jan-Dec, 1016. 1 n *hich the Company's year emlh i- l rfter the name. Third coluimi stjow--916 total to date and second ooluuin tin >f the past month. Every en.ieavnnr v o get the figures aooarate but th«
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 182 10 DUNLOP PHILOSOPHY. I It is sound national economy to buy British tyres m preference to foreign ones and sound personal economy to buy DUNLOPS m preference to others. IDUNLOPI WKtm m I RUBBER Co,(FAR EAST) LTD, INC: IN HONGKONG. SINGAPORE! B^HBfIBRBSfISVBBBBSSIBS9EIBSI^RBSBBI6^^B3B9BBBHBHBVSHBBBCBBBBBBfIBSVH I LADIES SAFE REMEDY I I«B r^^^= tnm mtitm*
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  • 1515 11 Issued by FEASEEI Co., Exobange and Share Broken, May 30th. •All toolttlOM of Sterling Shuts moat te regarded ti putlf nomlml Cot the ptesemi SS i. Vi iSg» F iV z 1 1 1 •0,000 fi u Bateng Mafeki 10. I 1 74 8 0 iS'SK i
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 352 11 BUCHANAN'S I SCOTCH WHISKY -v i- jav.es -j^rmf' BLACK WHITE" ALWAYS THE HIGHJEST QUALITY i J > The Enormous Stocks held by BUCHANAN Co. at their Donaed store the largest m the world) enable them to maintain tne high quality of this famous blend. THE BORNEO CO., LTD. INCORPORATED IN
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 747 11 DAILY SHIPPING REPORT. Chamber pf Commerce (to 1 1 ML, lay SO.) ARRIVALS. May 29.— 1p0h (Brit) Emile, Dardanm (Dnt) Rangoon Mam (Jap). May 30.— Wilhelm, Sandakaa, Glenfal loch, Kuala, Sri Muar, Oanfa (Brit) Van Rees, Merkue (Dut) Rampot (Fr) Kaga Mam (Jap). CLEARANCES. May 29.— M. Treob, Pontianak (Dot)
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  • 982 12 LATER THAN THE HAIL. Dublin Situation Normal. London, May 7th. The situation m Dublin is normal, but tbe hotels will remain closed until Tuesday. There is con- aiderable distress, owing to soldiers' wives being unable to obtain their allowances, owing to their documents haying been burned m the
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  • 334 12 On Sunday last, the 28th instant, the Chinese Churcb of St. Peter and St. Paul m Queen Street here was en fete, m honour of a triple eveut, the birthday of tbe Very Kav. Father Mariette, the Vicar General of the Diocese of Malacca and Vicar of
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  • 486 12 The Waterhouse Company, agents for the above, send us the following agent's report: Mr Lawrence acting manager recommended that some new machinery be installed m the Factory at the end of the present year bat the Directors decided to install three new machines this year, costing approximately 15,000.
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  • 23 12 Mr J. Campbell it no longer Vestry Clerk at St. Andrew's Cathedral. All com municatious should be addressed direct to the Colonial Chaplain.
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  • 902 12 QUESTION OF THE OPTION. Coolie Becomes Mine-Owner. The hearing was continued m the Supreme Court, yesterday, before Mr Justice Earnshaw this being the third day— of the four actions brought against Siow Kon Chia, miner, planter wad merchant, of Seremban, arising out of the sale of the
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  • 43 12 Mr W. G. St. Clair arrived safely m London at the beginning of May, well, bat suffering somewhat from neuralgia and feeling the cold. His address is care of the Sports Club, where he has already met a good few old Straits men.
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  • 127 12 In the second police court yesterday Superintendent T\ Leonard m charge of the Singapore Harbour Board police, I prosecuted a Straits bern baba named Chiew Gnan Lee, who for eight years has j been employed as a krani at the wharves, I for theft of two hats and
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  • 229 12 S. C. C. Shropshires. The S. C. C. and of the Esplanade was taken up almost entirely with tennis nets yesterday evening, consequently the footer match S. C. C. versus Shropshires took place on the S. R. C. ground. There was a very big crowd of spectators present, and
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  • 107 12 In the District Court yesterday afternoon Ng Fai Nam proprietor of Chop Ng Chau Hin of 32 North Bridge Road was charged .with having sold and exposed for sale, books to which a false trade mark had been employed and Tong Kong Siew proprietor of Chop Ng
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  • 96 12 For the last month or more the manage ment of this popular house has given fine special films by British makers such as Trilby," "Clancarty," Lil of London etc. It has now been arranged to present a programme of entirely British productions and reference to page 2 will
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  • 257 12 The P. and O. Mongolia arrived at Suez on Sunday night, the 28th instant. The outward bound M M mail steamer Porthos is expected So arrive here from Saigon on Saturday. The Shipping and the Import and Export offices will be open for one hoar only (from 10
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 246 12 ADELPHI HOTEL I Great Charily masquerade Ball In aid of the funds for Blinded Soldier^ especially arranged with Fancy Fair m th hardens and Lawn of the ADELPHI. Masquerade ball Friday June 30th Fancy Fair Friday Saturday from 3 till 7 P.M. Magnificent pfizes given for the best costumes Entrance
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