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

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. L'EN CENTS SINGAPORE, feTURDAY, JUNE 3, 1916. NO. 8,70!)
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    217 1 Mr Lloyd George is etill engaged with Mr Samuel over the Irish question Page 7. Britain has bought up all the Norwegian Fishery produce, thus depriving Germany of another source of food. Rumania has agreed to sell flour to Turkey m return for tobacco. Australia has a
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1030 1 Quicquid aqunt homines nostri e«* farrago libelli. Juvenal. The man who stands to win most onto of the late rising m Dublin seem* to be Mr Joho Redmond. The extinguishing of the Sinn Feiners, who were a continual embarrassment to him and his schemes, suits his
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      196 1 Wrigley's Chewing Gum m^ mmt^ mmmmmmmmmmmmmmi 9^ Wrigley's Cheioing Gums are deAids Digestion rightfully flavoured juicu morsels Quenches thirst which quench the thirst without Lasting flavour. causing profuse perspiration as Cool and Refreshing. lvith coI(l drl h One little puchet Preserves the Teeth. I UI J:€cp !/ou cooJ <m<l f
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      117 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Shipping clerk, Chinese compounder, and quarters manager wanted Page 5. Flat, residence, and Guest accommodation Page 5. Simpam Valley interim dividend Page 5. i The Insurance A seociation cloae Page 5 O. S. K. alteration of advt Page 8. Whifceaway's bargains Page 1. 555 Cigarettes at Caldbeck Macgregor
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      113 1 THE WEEK. Saturday 3rd. High Water— C -29 a.m., 11-27 p.m. King's Birthday, Public and Bank Holiday. Final Alsagoff Cup, M.F.A., 4. 5 pm. Sunday 4th. High Water— 3 a.m. Sanday after Ascension. Monday sth. High Water— 12 '38 pm. M.M. homeward mail expected. i Tuesday 6th. High Water 0
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    ST JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION.
    107 2 EUROPEAN WAR FUNK For the Joint lianefit of the British Red Cross Society and The Order of St John Df Jerusalem m England. Balance previously acknowledged $1,233 97 Pk» A. BUS, Port Swkttkntiam. Com. J. F. Mills, r.n.. 10 G. H. Pje Smith 5 W. M.
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    318 2 Tan Guan employed on the estates of tbe Yeo Chu Kang Rubber Company, at the 10th mile, was convicted m the second police court yesterday of stealing two catties of rubber, and was fined $25 with the option of six weeks rigorous imprisonment. Oapt. A. C, Corbetta, attached to the
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      573 2 TIE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated In Hongkong). THE Chief Importers OF British Pianos FRENCH PIANOS Italian Pianos ORCHARDING IN TASMANIA SADLEIR dc KNIGHT Orchard Agents and Attorneys LAUNCESTON, TASMANIA. We plant and manage orchards for Absentee [Jlients, with graduated payments, and undei Government Expert supervision, until it suiti them
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      402 2 PALLADIUM support's h»hr Holre IMMH MM S!ngw«f« *w*» TlMtn ood as mass? atii v. GRAND HOLIDAY MATINEE TO-DAY AT 5 sped* »««ss^ wftjwr 1 comedles To-Night at 9ls pm. LAST NIGHT To-Night at 9.15 p m THE WAR BABY written and produced by Charles H. WESTON Featuring ffff% A BTLETT
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      877 2 M 7 a nitr i wr ANY person found r^init?** W AKNIINu. visiting the viINEMa /^iCI \lf% BY-THE-SEA V^/» V^M I 1/ Off Beach Road IN SEARCH OF GOOD ENTERTAINMENT WILL BE AMF L 7 RE W A RDED TONIGHT SECOND SHOW 9P M SHA.RP 3 the MYSTERY of 3
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    Scottish Letter.
    1800 3 Australian Premier 1b Scotland. t rom Out Own Correspondent Edinburgh, May 3. fhfl addressee delivered by Mr Hughes, rm > Minister of the Australian Common,ea!tb Juring hia visit to Scotland, came |i x b rai from the wide outer spaces f t o t > k >ire blowing
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      1130 3 AUCTION SALE OF Victoria, Horses and Motor Cycles TO B 8 HEL,D AT Messrs. CHING KENG LEE ft Co's sale-room On Monday, sth June, at 11-30 a. m. 1 Bay Australian Cob and 1 4-seater Rubbertyred Victoria with harness and lamps etc. 1 Black Australian thorough- bred Mare broken to
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    PRINCE OF WALES FUND (MALACCA.)
    611 4 Previously acknowledged 14,857.45 The Middleton Tin Mines Ltd., 250 Collected by Tan Soo Hock Chan Cheng Siew $50, Chua Poh Eog 30, Tan Chong Leek 1 10, Tan Jiak Choo 200, 290 Haji Bachee Bin Abtnad (ls| i instalment) 50 Collected by Haji Bachee bin
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    THREE DUTCH SHIPS MINED.
    483 4 Two Remain Afloat out Sloks. The latest mine disaster on the. North Sea affected, not (wo, but three Dutch ■hips. Whilst the tugboat Noordzee went down, the latest newt ebows that the Maashaven has titrand&d li miles from the English coast and will, it is hoped,
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    THE SERBIAN ARMY READY.
    164 4 Paris, April 20. M. Albert Londree, Special Correspondent of the Petit Journal at Corfu, has contributed an article describing the condition of thb Serbian Army. For a long time, he explains, the men were unarmed, and their military training consisted simply of drills. They are now
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    184 4 A new English version of the noble Russian National Anthem, of which the tune is well known from A, and If., runs as follows. God the All-terrible! King of high Heaven, The storm is Thy trumpet, the lightning Thy sword To men let Thy mercy be mightily given, Grant us
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      92 4 t v r JK^f BEST TYRE BBlEfffJm I^^^ under 3.11 HRBx 1 conditions, I and the best tyre at the HrY' \i price is the ,1/j I DUNLOP 'ila ik Bill M I'Jl'^ The tyre that ~f% v!^ made motorA^ ing possible. DUNLOP RUBBER Co,(FAR EAST) Utt, INC: IN HONGKONG.
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      21 4 DYSENTERY AND. DIARRHOEA BROWN'S SPECIFIC. To be had at the Bingapobb Dispehbaby, and of HIM BROWN, Onundale, River Valley Road, Singapore.
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      447 4 CHEESE The following are now m stock ENGLISH CHEDDAR CHEESE, ENGLISH STILTON CHEESE, AUSTRALIAN CHEDDAR CHI si SINGAPORE GOLD STORAGE Co., Ltd SINGAPORE. K. LUMPUR. IPOH AND PENANQ WESTMINSTER "SPECIALS" A HIGH GRADE TURKISH CIGARETTE MADE IN ENGLAND SMOKED EVERYWHERE ON SALE AT KELLY WALSH, LTD Z. PATTARA, Raffles Place.
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    RED CROSS WORK FOE THE WOUNDED.
    788 5 following farther donations are .atefully acknowledged VlretUy received •8,102.64 lrB Mavr (3th) 10 m i Merle of the Egyptian gall of Mysteries proceeds of performance given at Klang 26 I v I 50 •4ra Radii* (sth) 10 vaon 20 gn SiiM IU Q d
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      809 5 BUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION DAT JURE 4TH. •T. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. 7.80 am. Litany. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). Hymns. Pb. >01, i 47, 2:7, 299. P. 1 6 a.m. y atius and Holy Communion. 4 pan. Sunday School and Bible Classes. S&J p.m. Evecsong and Sermon. Hymns. 60,
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      921 5 Under instructions received from the concerned Messrs. POWELL Co will sell by auction THE VALUABLE WAX POLISHED TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c. AT No. 38, CAVENACH ROAD, ON SATURDAY, 10th JUNE AT 2.30 P.M. Comprising Chinese elaborately carved black wood arm chairs and side table inlaid with M.O.P wax polished teak
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      217 5 TO BE LET From Ist July Brentwood No. 76, King's Road. Rent fttiQ. pirtly furnished. Apply S. TOMLIRSOR I. INST. C E 2-6 8-6 TO LET B'airaiUm No. 9, Leonfe Hill Road. Apply THE DISPERSARY, LTD. Raffles PJace. 2 6 nc TO LET FURNISHED. No. 603, Confederate Estats Roafl immediate
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      546 5 WANTED Wanted Chinese Oompoundcr, previous i xperience. Apply, THE DISPERSARY LTD. 8-6 uc j WANTED Capable man (married preferred) to look after residental quarters. No previous experience essential. c/o Singapore Free Press. 36 nc SHIPPING CLERK WANTED. Wanted by Export Merchants, a capable shipping clerk, experienced m shipping docamenta and
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      595 5 SINGAPORE MAMIE INSURANCE AGENTS' ASSOCIATION. FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE. The Offices of Members of the above Arsociati ns will be closed for the transaction of business to-day, 3rd Jane, 1916 being a Pabli* Holiday. By Order GATTETftCO. Secretaries. 3-6 8 6 THE SIMPAM VALLEY HYDRAULIC MINES LIMITED. (Incorporated la
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    Domestic Occurrences. BIRTH.
    29 6 Domestic Occurrences. BIRTH. Lbresche.— On April 27th, at 13, Prince'sgate, London, 8.W., the wife of Second Lieut. A. 8. Lbresche, Prince of Wales' Own (West Yorks Regt.)— a daughter.
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    The Singapore Free Press Saturday, June 3, 1916,
    1198 6 The Singapore Free Press Saturday, June 3, 1916, *i*»o ;Wi: t'ae Prc*s the Pecpk's rlgbt maiatalt VEt9«o by influ^nc; snri ornribed by f*inj M»vc patriot Trath her feiorit-us prsccpU iiK9t ■•■W>«^ v. Uffiou, v^ratty sod L«w, His Majesty King George the Fifth to-day reaches the fif byfirst year of his
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    1033 6 The Palladium has a special programme for to-day's matinee, m honour of the day. The films are mostly patriotic and comedies half price for everybody. A home paper heads a report Bar Gang three years for a member/ This might be libellous, if it were true. Does not our contemporary
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    FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS.
    355 6 FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS. [BYCorRTESYOKTHEI PAH* June let. 740 p.m 3 rer cent bond- arc tf f lunc? the 6 per cent *8 25, After a bcirbai.u i,t ed violence, the enemy lauuch^ effectives against tb< food toT?! on tbe enst rf Morthor, pulsed him at a )l point* heavy losses,
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    445 6 Mr horasamy Pillar eldest eon of :> Pillai proprietor of the Cerjtral ,M6penear Kuala Lumpur, it> leaving for Hongkong to join the I'niverßity for a tbref year* course m medicine. A party of Sakais captured a buge Ml conetrictor at Ksntong laet week The. did unto it ac it would
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      174 6 "555" CIGARETTES. A SHIPMENT OF COHOKS (MAGNUMS) JUST RECEIVED. ARDATH TOBACCO Co., Ltd., LONDON. IMPORTERSGALDBEGK, MAGGREGOR Go. SINGAPORE MALACCA. TENNIS TOURNAMENT 1916 Bm We have just unpacked Largo Supplies of Aertex, Matte and VVC Flannel Tennis Shirts a// (i rij\ Garbinette (unshrinkable) f^=jjj^^^fe^^mA\ Flannel Trousers '■Mif A W $9#50 rer
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    THE BATTLE LINE.
    167 7 T HE STRUGGLE AT VIIY. i ■eater*! Service] By Submarine Cabl*] ,n ,Jud6 1. Vivid details are now b!e of the fighting on Yimy ridge m which began by the British ex--1 u ,nes on May 13 and occupying up. ct tbo craters. After the ,suc^ of
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    WHAT THE BRITISH DID.
    74 7 June tm Sil Douglas Uaig B* 7 B that out aeroplanes oca -n-' yesterday had a long run■fct with three hostile machines. lattM was driven down one ,1 tare W n.sMDg. Hostile aircraft at Mrd tight bombs on Poperinghe, |Mf» lit continuous heavy reciprocal I ill
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    KITCHENER TELLS M. P.'s ALL ABOUT IT.
    52 7 Wu. June I—Lord1 Lord Kitchener has the members of the House of srmons to meet him nt the Foreign .)fice on Friday and receive any military information they may desire. A large r«->poa*e is expected. Lord Kitchener will give an address icd then
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    THE ITALIAN SITUATION LOOKED AT WITH ANXIETY.
    169 7 -jt: .June I.— it is authoritatively 0: J cue situation m the south Tyrol is an\icn^ bat has improved m the last hi Jay*. The Austriana are now held r porously ia the Lajarina and Sugana »:.-ys. the Italians dominating the posi:loc at
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    THE AUSTRIAN CLAIM.
    19 7 London, June I.— A Vienna commum daims that the Austriaas have cap i vmus»o and Ar9iero.
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    STILL AT MORTHOMME.
    184 7 hn Tuue 1. The artillery fight is Kill furious at Verdun. The communique ■p -Taere was a bombardment of the g •ireatrix; violence at Dead Man. A German itiack m the evening on the eastern 'lopes of Daad Man was completely de- i ■-a:eJ. The artillery duel
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    LIEBKNECHT IN TROUBLE.
    28 7 A««erdam, June I.— The "Yowiicba •euung 11 BayB that Herr Liebknecht is J^ied with war treason, and is liable to le wars penal servitude, i
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    WAR ECONOMICS.
    42 7 RUMANIA REALISES WEALTH. [By Submarine Cable] [Renter's Service] Bokharest, June 1. Rumania will shortly make an arrangement with Turkey allowing the exportation to Turkey of petrol and wheat m return for tobacco. The Cabinet rejected a similar arrangement with Bulgaria.
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    NO FISH FOR GERMANY.
    62 7 London, June 1. Mr Banciman has concluded negotiations for the purchase of Norway's entire catch of fish this year, thus depriving Germany of valuable food and adding to the British supply which was recently reduced to a minimum from various causes including the employment of the
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    THE COMMONWEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS.
    68 7 In Wheat. Sydney, June 1. Official. The wheat harvest is 67,323,000 bushels. In Hard Cash. Melbourne, June, 1. The prospectus has been issued of a new Commonwealth war loan on the same terms as the pre vious loan. The amount authorised is fifty millions but it is
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    TROUBLESOME COTTON WORKERS.
    33 7 London, June 1. At the request of the Government a meeting of masters and men is being held at Manchester to-day with a view to a settlement the cotton dispute.
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    THE SILVER MARKET.
    74 7 London, June I.—1 Montagu's Silver report notes a retrogade movement of prices ac celerated by substantial sales on account of China, while the Indian bazars were rather sellers than buyers and America contributed her usual quota. Demand continued constant and substantial and an avoidance of unnecessary rivalry
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    SOME VESSELS LOST.
    45 7 London, Jane 1. The British steamer Dalegarth has been sunk. London, Jnne I.— The Norwegian steamer Rauma has been sunk. The crew were saved. Including a Zepp. Copenhagen, June 1. Zeppelin L 64 passed Fanoe, to the south westward, apparently badly damaged.
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    THE NEW OAKS.
    69 7 London, June 1. The following was the result of the Newmarket New Oaks, a substitute for the Epsom Oaks Fifinella, 1 Salamandra, 2 Market Girl, 3. Seven ran. Won by five lengths half a length between second and third. Betting 8 13 Fifinella, 8 1 Salamandra, 20
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    WORK OF THE RUSSIANS.
    71 7 Petrograd, June 2.— Two successful Russian aviation raids on the enemy's communications on the western front are described m the communique. In the Caucasus we repulsed a heavy attack on the Baiburt region. Strong Turkish forces attempted to outflank our ealient near Mamahatun. We evacuated Mamahatun,
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    "FREEDOM OF THE SEAS.
    173 7 The Vorwarts copies from the Welt am Montagan article which ventures to aek what the Germans who talk about free dom of the seas" really mean. The writer It is for this freedom that we are fighting, but nobody has yet told us what the phrase
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    SHACKLETON EXPEDITION.
    235 7 KINGS MESSAGE. Some Particulars. [I\y Submarine Cable] [Heater's Service] London, Jane 1. Renter announces that the Shacklaton expedition had a marvellous escape. The Endurance encooDfcered terrific weather early m 1915, m the Weddell Sea, and was nipped by great bergs. Eventually, after several months of drifting, she foundered.
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    SETTLING IRELAND.
    65 7 More Important than Munitions. London, June I.— Official. Mr Llojd George's enquiries are incomplete though they are progressing rapidly as possible. The statement that he will make a definite announcement on Ireland to day is premature. Mr Samuel has gone to Dublin to deal with the question of
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    "A MONSTROUSLY DETERMINED RESISTANCE."
    315 7 Paris, April 26. Since the official communiques have shown that the battle of Verdun has momentarily decreased m intensity, the most interesting comment appears m the form of a letter m to day's Matin from a German officer who was captured there. He complain 3 bitterly
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    GERMAN RIGA DVINSK PROJECT.
    153 7 Allahabad, May 19th. In an article published m Paris, General Cherfils states that if the Germans contemplate land and sea operations against the Riga Dvinsk line they must increase iheir eastern force by one man per yard. It is improbable, he holds, that the depots contain
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    LATEST TELEGRAM.
    127 7 [By Submarine Cable] [Reuter's Service] Amsterdam, June 2. The Kaiser has visited the eastern headquarter!. Replaying to Hindenburg's welcome he said "We are obliged to pull ourselves together again for special deeds and efforts against a superior enemy. My armies will persevere victorously and win an honourable peace.
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    IN SUNNY AFRICA.
    43 7 UPPER SOUDAN CONQUEST. [By Submarine Cable] [Reuter's Service] London, June I.— Official. The enemy losses at Darfur are heavier than previously estimated. War material is pouring m. Already half the population of fifty five thousand has returned to the town.
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    ARZACS HARRY TUSKS.
    39 7 London, June 1. The Anzac Mounted Corps on May 3 1 attacked an enemy post twenty miles north east of Katia and drove the enemy eastward with consider* able loss. British aeroplanes bombed the fieeirg Turks.
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    CONSPIRATORS TO BE HANGED
    38 7 Cairo, June 1. The state trial of Shampeldin and Helbawi on charges of conspiring to kill the Sultan of Egypt has ended. Both vrere found guilty on all counts and sentenced to be hanged.
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    QUESTIONS ON INDIAN TROOPS.
    113 7 London, June 1. In the House of Commons Mr. Ronald McNeill asked regarding the uee m Galiipoli and Mesopotamia of Indian mountain-guns alleged to- be obsolete and worn out, which the Indian Government were said to have declined to replace on the ground of expense. Mr.
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    THE "MUDDLES" PAPERS.
    62 7 London, Jure I.— ln the House of Commons on the motion for the adjournment, Mr Churchill and others urged the publication of the Mesopotamia and Dardanelles papers. Mr Bonar Law announced a day would be given for discussion on Mesopotamia, while all documents except those of a
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    THE HAKIM A HALL.
    207 7 The change of programme at the Harima Hall last night was a very fine one indeed. It is almost superfluous to cay that there was a full houße, for who lias ever Been anything else but full houses at this most popular house of entertainment. In
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    CHURCH AND THE ARMY.
    77 7 The Bishop of London, m the Upper House of Convocation, said the view of those m authority, as far as the Church was concerned, was that only those men not fit for military service should be ordained. (Cheers). The Bishop added that he hoped it i
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      87 7 ROBINSON CO. FRESH SUPPLIES OP SOUTHWELLS' CRYSTALLIZED MIXED FRUITS CHERRIES FIGS FERGUSONS EDINBURGH SHORTBREAD GADBURYS KING GEORGE CHOCOLATES SELECTED CHOCOLATES TROPICAL CHOCOLATES f 7/JhlsKli Tbe" TUP NOTCH" or Scorn f^f&Ly^^^^ P^i the Distillers Company, Limited. I I EDINBURGH. I PN SALE EVERYWHERE fllllSl BABIES NiSfei D •"•^Position, each l«b*' p
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      643 8 "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP 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 July 7. For particulars, as to rates of freight and passage apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., AGENTS. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART
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      822 8 Jt \3. British India AND Apcar Lime (Companies Incorporated m England.) Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAS 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 (MB EUBOP.).
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      560 8 M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LIMB. For CHINA, JAPAN CEYLON Ml MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD OUTWARD 1916 1916 Porthos May 29 Paul Lecat Jane 6 Andre Lebon Jane 16 Atitntiqoe Jane 20 Magellan Jane 80 Polvnetien July 4 Panl Lecat July 14 Ethos July 1« Atlantiqae July 2k For all particulars apply
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      568 8 nTy. k. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd (Incorporated m j Hpac EUROPEAN Une. A aervioe Is maintained between v via ports to Marseilles. London V-? 0 4 contract with the Imperial JapL^? ment. The Mew Twin Hcrow W maintaining this service have bL designed and constructed, ac a ****<, safety
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    GERMAN SPY'S STORY.
    1174 9 AMAZING REVELATIONS Plats Against our Colonies. Writing from New York, under date April 5, the correspondent of the Central News Bfcates I am now m a position to give a much fuller account of the amazing career of Captain Horet von der Ooltz (alias Bridgman W. Taylor),
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    HOW GERMANY IS USING PRISONERS.
    705 9 British at Berlin Gas Works. Germany is making good uee of many of the prisoners of war by converting them into workmen. In most cases they are housed m special quarters on the worke premises and fed by their employers. An interesting account of the
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      532 9 VVab or Peace. Famine or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth too cents on the dollar. I WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE t 32, Old Jewry. EX. The Ooayaa? hia £30.000 deposited wtth the
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      416 9 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated In New Zealand.) fill Insurances effected on Buildings, Bent and Merchandise of every description. IIRIHE Insurances accepted to all parts o! ftbe world at lowest rates. lARTHQU AKE Risks accepted. J. HENRY, Local Manager. Offices 2, Finlayson Green. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE Go. Ltd. (Incorporated m
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      292 9 THE Manufacturers Life Insurance Company. (INCORPORATED IS CANADA) > < TWENTY-NINTH YEAR. 31st DECEMBER, 1915. Premium Income Gold 3.232,237.44 Paid to or set aside for Policyholders 3,275,526.83 Reserves for Policyholders 17.337,011 00 Surplus over all Liabilities 2,254,655.10 Assets 20,744.***** Insurance m Force 83,/46 172 00 The average rate of interest
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      43 9 SINGAPORE Shipchandlery Co. SKIPCHANDIERS PROVIDORING CONTRACTORS. The Company's Launch meets in-coming ships. Offices:— l 6 BATTERY ROAD. TAKE LIFT TO TOP FLOOR > Telephone No. 141. Orders promptly attended to for daily and sea stock supplies. H. W. H. STEVENS, Manager S 4 3-7
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    FLAG-WHIPPING.
    1016 10 HOW NEUTRALS EVADE THE BLOCKADE. Germans "Seize' 1 Ships by Arrangement. Flag- whipping,' 1 says the Stockholm correspondent of the New York Evening Post, is tbe liveliest and moßt adventurous of the fifty new professions suggested by the war to the enterprise of neutral states. Flag whipping" is arranging
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    THE CONSCIENTIONS OBJECTOR
    121 10 Opinion injhMrenches An officer who hMrv near St. Eloi write, home'oj ru^S of the conecientiou, o! Ec tbe W«eor kno a r ecientious objectote, Ro n J t '"""> also come of the mc-mh^' 7** bunals. Take, for i tt «u^. N company. He to 1, »l
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      215 10 PROVISION FOR THE YOUNft EDUCATIONAL ANNUITIES remove one of the chief anxieties a married man with a lamiiv namely, how best to provide for the education of his Chiici/A «S expenses for which reach their maximum when the Chikirp'n from 14 to 20 years of age. These annuities are issued
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    64 11 Jane 2, 1916. The following are the shares as to which changes are notified m Messrs Fraser and Co.'c yesterday's share list ROBBER DOLLAR COMPANIES. Bayers Sellers Haytor 9.00 510.00 Malakoff 4.10 4.80 Nyalas 4.70 5.00 Tapah 17.00 17.50 Telok Anson 8.50 9.00 United Malacca 1.05 1.15
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    EXCHANGE.
    58 11 (COBBEOTED UP TO June 2.) Bulk 4 m/l m. 2-4 19 82 demand 1.4} PiWalt credits 8 ml 14 13 16 France demand Bank 826 Iboia, T. T. 174* Hohqkohq, demand 9} Yokohama, demand 11 Of Java, demand 134£ Bangkok, demand 65 J 80VBBBIGS8, Bank Baying 88.64 Bank ol
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    PRODUCE
    140 11 Jane 2. Tin (75 tons) 9^0.50 a&mfciei 18 00 Gambia* Cube No. 1 27.00 Gambler Cuba No. 2 25.00 Ftppes Black ordin. Spore buyers 27.00 Pepper, (White fait) 86 25 Nutmegs (110 to the lb. 80.00 Nutmeg! (80 to the lb,) nom. Affaca (Bands) 75.00 Cloves (Amboina) nom. Bali
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      253 11 SUPPLIES FOR Estates Mines Etc. f U,t Fumigators and Sulphur Powder, iirsenite of Soda for killing out lalang. < ls pinall's Varnish, Paints &c. Cartridges. Nobel's own loading with sport- iu^ Ballistite which holds more pigeonshooting records than any other powder. dement "England" brand by The Ship, Canal Portland Cement
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      563 11 SABUN INTAN Diamond Brand Soap, Made from pure vegetable oil, without admixture of animal fats. No excess of alkali. Can be used with hard or soft waters, and with sea water. Unequalled m Quality and Softness. Does not injure the Finest Fabric, but discharging Bill dirt with a minimum of
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      235 11 REMINDER This Day, Saturday, at 11 A.M. AUCTION SALE OF Excellent Wax Polished Teak Household Furniture, Beautiful Coloured Engravings m Artistic Frames, Dinner and Tea Services Ac. Also one Mllners' Iron Safe on Stand. To be held at POWELL ft Cos sale-room For particulars, see catalogues. Now on view. POWELL
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      8 11 GREATER MILEAGE WITH AVON TYRES AT LESS COST.
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      695 11 DAILY SHIPPING REPORT. Chamber of Commerce (to 1 1 a.m.. Jue 2.) AIBIVALS. Jane 1. Lady Weld, Hye Leong, Quarto (Brit) Van Riemsdijk, Melchior Treub. Kraus (Dot); Kuchinß (Sar) Chin To Maru (Jap); Standard (Nor). Jane 2. Scott Harley, Tong Hong, Nam Sang, Meraa, Sri Muat, Moyune (Brit) Broawer, Sarie
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    HOW BULLOCK-CART THIEVES WORK.
    436 12 In the District Court yesterday with Court Inspector Bourne prosecuting and Mr Da Silva defending accused number one, two Hokiens, Koh Chung a bullockcart owner, and Lim Ah Kau an unemployed coolie were charged the former with having between the 15th and 16 oh of May
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    SCOTTISH WEDDING IN PENANG.
    241 12 A pretty wedding of special interest to members of the Scottish coiniuuuity from the close connection of bride and bride groom with the north country was cele brated at Penang at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. The contracting parties were Me Charles Milne, assistant manager Sucgkai Chumor
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    225 12 The engagement is announced of Lent R V J S Hogan, 10th, attached 6£h, East Lancashire Regiment, barrister at law, eldest son of the late Reginald A P Hogan, of Penan?, barrister at-law and Stella Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs A W Prior of Park View, Surbiton Surrey
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    SPORTING CLUB GIFTS TO CHARITIES.
    235 12 t Tbe Committee of the Singapore SportI ing have decided to distribute tbe earn of five thousand dollars of the Glob's Funds among the following Charities viz The Star and Garter Fund 1 ,000 Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Fund 1,000 St. Mary's Home 500 Children's
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    S. C. O. LAWN TENNIS.
    311 12 Championship Possibilities. Eutries for the S.C.C. Lawn Tennis Tournament closed last evening, and plaj will commence on Thursday next weather permitting. Up to yesterday morningthe evening probably brought the usual quota of last minute entries— there were 24 aspirants for championship honours For the other
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    S. J. R. A.
    67 12 The June spoon was won on Thursday, by Mrs Bcoty, with a nett score of 62. The leading scores were. 100 yds. 150 h'cap. Total Mrs Booty 32 30 6.11 68.11 LadyEve]ynYoung27 31 9.61 67.61 Mrs Payne 29 29 9.18 67.18 Mauldon 29 28 9.91 66.91
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    WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW'S.
    228 12 Attention is drawn to the advertisement of Messrs Whiteaway Laidlaw and Com pany Ltd appearing on the front page of this issue. It will ba interesting to would be purchasers, who now look at a dollar as they locked at five before the war, to know that on
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    TURKEY'S FINANCIAL SITUATION.
    257 12 A sombre picture is given of the condition of the Turkish money market by the Constantinople correspondent of the "Weser Zeitung" (Bremen.) The hopes founded on the establishment of the for eign exchange clearing houses at Berlin aud Vienna have been only very partially justified. At the
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    LATE WAR NEWS.
    384 12 Conditions m India. London, May 22.— Lord Hardinge is re ported to have told an American journalist that there is ample evidence that Indian agitators received financial and other assistance from Germany. Wherever at tempts were made to suborn sepoys, the soldiers themselves informed the Govern ment.
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    MARTIAL LAW AND CENSORSHIP.
    169 12 To the Editor of the Times Sir,— The Prime Minister is reported to have stated to the House of Commons on the 27th that, "With regard to the censor ship, while martial law prevails a military censor is obviously necessary." In the very numerous instances m
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    95 12 The British India steamer Teesta left the wharf yesterday afternoon for Madras with the mails for Europe. The X P.M. express steamer Melchior Treub sailed yesterday afternoon for Batavia, Samarang and Sourabaya. Cable advice has been received that the e.s. Kioto from New York is due to arrive
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    JAVA PRODUCE REPORT.
    153 12 [By Courtesy of Francis Peek Co.] Batavia, Jane 2. 'The Rubber Market is weak particularly m spot business nominally quoted at Fl. 1.60 per half kilo for First Grades. Forward sales 6how better demand at that price. Coffee prices are unchanged both the demand and general position
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    ROBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    112 12 Agents Evatt and Co. Changkat Serdang 17,340 total 4 moB £6,482. Tapah 28,966 total 5 moe 128,480. Agents Jaeger and Co. United Sumatra 47,000 5 months 234,000. Agents Barlow and Co. Permas 22,800 Msjedie (Johore) g 295 Agents Hooglandt and Co. Pangkattan:— 60, COO Bataßata:— 31,334
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    S.V.C. DRILL PROGRAMME.
    69 12 TO DAY. 7.30 am.too pm. Baleetier, Chinese Co. Sunday, 4th June. 7.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Balestier, Chinese Co. Monday, sth Junk. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall Maxim Off. N.C.Ob. 5 Finlajson Green S. R. E. v. 5.15 Drill Hall Veterans Co. m Chinese Co. 7 a.m. Balestier
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    SWIMMING CLUB
    126 12 Launches will leave Saturday 3rd June Johnston's Pier 9, 10 and 11 a.m. 2.30 and 3.30 p m. Club Bungalow 9.30 and 10 30 a m. 12 15, 8 j^pd 5 30 p.m. Tide 0.29 am. Height 7ft. 8 m. And on Sunday 4fch June. Johnston's Pier 9,
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    97 12 A Seremban syndicate has opened a cinematograph theatre m that town. The building was recently completed, and the inaugural show was held on Saturday last. Mr Edßert Ansgar Hewett, of the Well ingtonClub, Grosvenor place, a member of the Executive and I legislative Councils m Hong Kong and manager of
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      226 12 SUN LIFE rr OF CANAIiI Incorporated to Canada. Assets £18.370.600. n<c v W i haire raoeiYed word from oar Head Offlr. 1013 has been the most prosperous m the Company's Sfi /*u S otwitn ston<iing the war, the Claims by Death J* of the Expected. And were more than covered
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