The Straits Times, 9 June 1915

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    13 1 The Straits Times NO. 24.820 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 9. 1915. PRICE 10' CENTS.
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      55 1 MI v M KATZ BROS., LTD. CHEAP SALE FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY. Now Proceeding. EVERY ARTICLE REDUCED. EXCEPTIONAL BARGAINS. ANOTHER BRITISH SUCCESS. M LETTER FILES ■CJI.DB IN ENGLAND. Superior to and cheaper than German- made files of similar design. \o o v I Li.iiim [1 1 4-a, Collyer Quay. ASAHI
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      34 1 SLEDGE MILK 18 OKNUINB Swiss Milk from cattle grazed on the FAMOUS PASTURES OF TUB BERNESE ALPS. s M Ask for: SLEDGE BRAND Unsweetonea Condensed or Natural Sterilized. Sole Importers J. TRAVERS SONS, LIMITED
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      175 1 BABY CARRIAGES Strong and well-made Woodenette and Papier Mache Perambulators, with reversible hoods and rubbertyred wheels, in great variety. ROBINSON CO. NOW IN STOC AUSTRALIAN APPLES OF EXCELLENT QUALITY. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO.. LD. Singapore, K. Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. CONGOLEUM RUGS Made by a new »nd wonderful process tbat
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      10 1 JEFFREYS PILSENFR BEER. Soli Auints: ADAMBON. GILF LLAN CO., LIB.
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    Tin Mine Reports.
    1044 2 OPERATIONS OF CHIEF MALAYAN COMPANIES. The Fall in Price of the Metal. The following reports of Malayan tin com panics are to hand from home by the last mail. Tronoh Mines. The report of the Tronoh Mines, Limited, states that during the year 1,589 tons of tin
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      370 2 THB STRAITS TIMES Can be obtained at the following places in Singapore The Asiatic Rubber and Produce Co.. 181. Cecil street. Kelly and W*>h Ltd Raffle* Plaoe. Money Cbangjr, Hot-M de i'Boroj.> Mom y Changer Adeipbi Ho**. Money Changer, Hotel van Wijk. Moui Changer, Raffles Hotel. fob A Co. Bras
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      84 2 To build up m weakness To make you well and keep you well this is the work of SCOTT'S Emulsion. In cases of ANEMIA WASTING DEBILITY RICKETS SCOTTS Emulsion hat no equal la bringing back the merry, •trench .and vigour of glorious hc.Vth. Still tHe best at all ages of
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      610 2 tin ore were sold, realising £19,297, or equal to £88 2s. 4d. per ton, and, after obarging London expenses and providing for income tax, tbe accounts show a profit of £7,694, in respect of which an interim dividend of 6d. per share, free of tax, was paid on July 20,
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      597 2 NOTICES. NOTICE. Mr. ARCHIE C. NEUBRONNER having left the employ of BAVENSWAY COMPANY, has no authority to receive any orders for Funerals, Wreaths and Tombstones on their behslf. RAVENSWA Y CO. 2 6 15 8 SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB. NOTICE. A Spesial Omeral Mcetiog of tbe Members of the Siugtpore Cricket
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      719 2 NOTICES. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the COLONIAL ENOINEEBS Office, up to noon of tbe 18th June 1915, for the following works 1. General repairs to Fore«t H.nger's Quarters at 3rd Mile. Serauggong Roid 8. Building boundary walls tj Sultan's Burial ground at Kampong Glam. Every person applying
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    NEWPORT SENSATION.
    320 3 The Accidental Discharge of A Torpedo. The facts about tbe accidental discharge of a torpedo in the Alexandra Docks *t Newport (Hon.) are now known, and make a remarkable story, states a home paper. The accident causod considerable excitement at tbe docks. For some time, it was difficult
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    ALLIES AND PEACE.
    395 3 The Last Fight of the Robber Dynasty. France's terms of peace have been oatlined by General Malleterre, Coiuiuanclaot of tbe liott I dei Invalided, in Parix, the only man in tbe French army authorised by Oeneral Joffre to write about tbe war. Tbe only possible peace, he
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    DRINKS COST MORE.
    166 3 What New Duties Mean to The Consumer. Inquiries at home, on April 80, showed that although the retail prices had not yet been generally affected by the new proposals, au inert ased tariff scale might come into operation shortly. Basud on the present average qualities and percentages
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    War Vocabulary.
    81 3 War always puts a strain on language (evun thu Kuer War demanded a new vocabulary). Bat at presjnt tbe enormou-. area of hostilities has brought "theatre into curious prominence. The woid, it iu:i> remembered, came from tbe Greek "tliPHtron"—which h a place where you -i. things. And now
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      333 3 COUGHS! COLDS! INFLUENZA! Hudson's Eu menthol Jujubes The Croat Antiseptic and Prophylactic. y^mmmmfmKmmmmmK^ggf^ contains no cocaine or OTHER Aik tor HUDSON'S, tod avoid imitation* \jga6|l2i3«iS*S^***^^ ALL CUKMISTS-Piicc: 76 ot». Lnlike Goa*h Mtdcino», EUMENTHOL JI'JUBBS do not interfere with the dig htion nn the contrary they havo a bt- m lioial
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      319 3 Nerve Collapse Anamia and Indigestion Cure* sy Or. duMll'i Tafcfch, ttw WotM-Fmmm RsnMdy. -.VtT^Lm Mrs Lockwood, ol 82, Burf<ml-road, Catit/?5 fV^K suffered fr ;i; Nerve r HP Oollap«e, and was *> "-W ever so thin and """iSwdßt' somethin* j;nawin« »t my atoiiiat-li, and Mrs. Lurlacood. it never IMM I bad
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      305 3 Weakness Debility TRON 'JELLOIDS/ the reliable tonic, strengthen 1 your blood and fortify your system against climatic effects. After a course of Iron 'Jelloids,' the blood is enriched, appetite is restored, vitality increased, Weakness and Debility disappear, and your system is enabled to combat attacks of Malaria and other diseases.
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      488 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PBXANG, CBYLON. AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADBN, BGYPT MBDITBRRANBAN PORTS PLY MOCTH AND LONDON. Through Bills ot Lading issued tor China Coast, Persian Gs*f Continental and Amerioan Ports. S '.earners will leave Singapore on or abont MAIL LINES Bom»t4*rd (for Europe). I
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      542 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.IC. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP 00., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A aervioe is maintained between Yoko iam a via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail oontraot with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin Bcrew Steamers maintaining this servioe have been specially designed and oonstraoted, and are fitted
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      693 4 BTEAMER SAILIN6B. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIQATUN CO.. LO. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK For Kresay, Trinffiaan, Bisat, Semerak, rlslantaa, Tabal, Baagnara, Talopia, Patani, Siagora, Laooa, Kohsafani, Bandoa, Langjaen, Taka, Ohampon, Kohlak and Baafrkok. Out Oaoartur* MOHIDOL June 9, S p.m. BORIBAT June 14 18, S p.m. a.a. ASOANQ 21 S3, 3 p.m. MAHIDOL 98
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      626 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. OCEAN STEAM BHIP CO. LIMITED. AND CHINA MUTUAL BTEAM NAY. CO.. LTD The Companies' steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for tbe Straits, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight; for Oenoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre
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      618 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. BTOOMVAART-MAATBCHAPPM (STBAjJSHIP COMPANY! "NEDERLAND." FORTNIGHTLY MAIL SBRVIOB BBTWBBN JAVA AND AMSTBRDAM VIA SINGAPORE, BBLAWAN DELI SABANO, OOLOMHO (optional) PORT SAID AND OBNOA. Steamers are due on or about tbe undermentioned dates OuTWaBD. HOUWABD. 1016 1016 Prinses Juliana Grotius June IS June 11 Prinsd. Ned Jnne 38 Oranje Jane
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      712 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. KOHINKLUKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia 2 8 Collyer Quay, M)g|< CONTRACT WITH THB NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT undermentioned late* it ifoparture are only approximate. Yin K r*rr». I *tong, Kramat, M.rap. Tar. mpa. UiSki, Gent.ng, Poeloe Pand iang and Serawan. Singkel Taodjong Mengeidar, Tar d
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      609 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. Diraot Sarvioe to Japan via Hongkong Shanghai, and to Oaloutta, via Panang, from Singapore. Taking oargo on thorough Billp ot Ladin for Canton, Maoac, Swatow, Amoy, Chetoc Tientsin, Newcbwang, Yaagtuo Ports. Krmosa, tbe Philippines, etc., etc., etc. Staamara Tons. Commander 11 Kctsanu 4,895
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      337 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA (Oaaks Msrcantlls Itesmihip Co., Ltd KOBS -BOMBAY LINE. The Company maintains a regular oargo service with six steamers cailing at Moji, Yokkiichi, Hongkong, Singapore, Tort Swettenham, Penang, Colombo and Bombay, and on the return voyage calling at Tuticorin, Singapore, Hongkong aod Moji. For Port Swettenham,
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      172 5 J-^ NO. 5 ROYAL \^y§£^so Jl -r<he Master Model. -JEt^O-fc^// *•'=>• 5t335^***** 8p Defies Competition. iß^^^mßßH B// Supplanting all other W^^Bl lißi^V// Makes t v rr rt x\ II Sole Afiont9 IoT s s K M s vP3S| leiMl HUTTENBACft BROS., The Travellers Malay Pronouncing Hand-Book. TUf retd? little beck
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    844 6 Prices Quoted in tbe Market This Morning. Singapore, .lone 9, 1916. Mews. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and hare Brokers, isaoe the following list of qootations this morning:— The quotations on Sterling Shanw are only nominal. RUBBER SHARES. Nom. Valci. Bi-vibs. Sbllbbs. 2/- Aliagai 1/10 '2/4 1 Anglo-Java.
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      834 6 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS AUCTION SALE Of EVCBLLENT TEAK HOUSEHOLD FORNITDRB; VALUABLE BOOKS, ETC., At No. 400, Berangoon Roa4, On Saturday, Jun* 19, at B.SO p.m. Europe made folding drawing room euitn upholstered in green plnsh wax polished t-ak writing table teak card tatl teak dining table! teak arm chairs; teak punkah;
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      90 6 WASTE YOUR MONEY nM mtmim* fiusn ON A NEW ONE P T°UR PIAN° IS ALL WOHT- »P°« overhaul WRITE or> PHONE to ™urn 10 V—V 4^"** w y ~y -y 'y^ >. A^O^f M C, °5 c 88 BROSSARD MOPIN Singapore and Saigon REINFORCED CONCRETE SPECIALISTS. DESIGNS and ESTIMATES for
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    102 7 FIXTURES Wednesday, June 9. High Water. H .11 a.m., 8.2 p.m. P. and (>. hoiuHward wail expected. Urand Opera, Palladium. Thursday, June 10. Hitfh Water. 25 a.ro H 39 p.m. luut'tiuK, 5.15 p m. Friday, June 11. High Water. 10.11 am 9.14 p.m. LejfiHlativo Council, 2.»0. P.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    251 7 ToDAt. Medan Circe 2 pm Malacca, P. Swottenham an 1 lakh Anson Ipoh 2 pm Port Swvttcnbam and PeuanK Lama 2 pm Muntok aud I'akuiban^ Speclman 2 pm Malacca. l'man^ ami Colombo Kushimi Mam 2 pm Bangkok Kampar 2 pm Saigon. Mon^'kont!, >lian«h ti and Japan Ulanti.jue
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    Wail Steamer Movements.
    62 7 Tin P. and O. outward mail steamer Sardinia may be expected to arrive here on Saturday afternoon, June 12. Lmrt BiM4FO*b- Do* m Lokt>ov »««!vh, April 14 May 17 M*y 17 April J2 M May 21 April jy .lime 1 Juac 1 May 6 May 8 May
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    106 7 Latest Arrivals. Lint of vess. l« in port at 10 a.m. on June 9. 1916. British. Name Date of Arrival Remarks. Nam San^t 8 615 No. 2 Wharf Kuala B Inner Koads >»KtuiM Uuter Koads Hook KenK Inner Koads Hony Aik Aiol' H"U^ Sanit ii, v Otm ltan
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    AN UNBROKEN SPIRIT.
    319 7 Belgians Defy Invaders by Subtle Means. Having no other weapons, the patriotic population of Antwerp arc keeping up a bloodless war of flags and colours against the invading and occupying Germans. A good many other towns are also following the example of Antwerp. On the eve of
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    277 7 Outward. The following passenger bookings to the Straits arc taken from the London and China Express. It should be understood that, in some instances, bookings may be provisional and that intending passengers may alter their arrangements, subsequent to the issuance of this list in London: Per P.
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    MAY RUBBER RETURNS.
    164 7 Malacca Plantations.—2B3,sso lbs. 11.'., pah Valley (Johorcl.—9,ooo lbs. Kota Tinugi (Johore).—s,7oo lbs. Sigintinq (N'egri Sembilan).—3.2O() lbs. Clovolly -5.272 lbs. Durian Stb.UaDg— 2.208 !b». luiteil Serdang. —215,215 lbs. Sungei Kari.—24.060 lbs. AHahan (Sumatral.—l4,26o lbs. Tandjong.— P0.819 lbs. Sialang. -61,352 lbs. Anglo Sumatra.—73,2sB lbs. Am pat Sumatra.—B,244 lbs. Tanah
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    110 7 Iron CroHs.s, according to the German papers, have bt< v distributed in ituch great numbers a* to be a sourco of danger, from the fact that thow who have not received them fear that they are not looked upon as such good s.ildiertt as the n cipient*. The 17th Army
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    163 7 EXCHANGE. Singapore, Jink 9, 1915. On London Bank 4 m/s 2/4/, Demand 2.4 d ■■,•*,> a m/. qmjl Private 8 m/s 2/4^ On India Baok T. T. 175 On Honokono ..Bank d/d 21) D On Shanghai ...Bank d,d 10 On Java Bank T. T. 140J On Japan
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      MINING.
      189 7 IsBne 1 Buyers. Sellers. Value 10 10 AmpMK 6.50 7.00 1 1 Aver Wens 0.36 C.45 10 10 Bel&t 2.45 2.60 10 10 Kampar 6.00 10 10 Kanatxi 1.00 1.50 10 10 KinU Association 7.00 41 41 KintaTin 1.14 9 1.17.0 41 41 Lnhst Mine* 8.75 4.25 10 8.25
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      RUBBER.
      685 7 5 Buyers. Sellers. Value ay. a/- AUaea* 1/11 a/s 41 41 Anglo-Jaia 4/0 S/8 3/- 8/- An«loMalaj 8/6 9/8 i/. 3/- Batang Malaka 1/- 1 6 £1 41 Batu Tig* 2.S.0 2. JO II- 8/- Bekob 1/21 1/8* £1 £1 Bukii Kajang 1.12.8 1.16.8 £1 41 Bukit Lintang 3.15.0
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      GENERAL.
      132 7 41 41 B. Smelting Oo 41 41 i Prel- 1-4-6 1.6.0 S/- 6/- Bleotrio T'wajt 2,9 8/ 10 10 Fntaer Neave 61.75 62.00 60 60 Hammer k Co. 105.00 115.00 100 Howarth Krekine 85.00 100 u 7%Pret. 96.00 100 100 K&ti Bro, Del. 65.00 10 10 Maynard Co. 10.00
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      DEBENTURES.
      42 7 United Engineers 0% 11,284 500 norn Singapore Electric Tramways 6% 4850,000 norn Spore Municipal 6% 11,878,u0u norn Spore Municipal 4T% of 1907 11,000,000 norn Spore Municipal H% of 1909 11.00^.00C norn Spore Municipal 4% 2,000,00f in%dia Sport. Municipal 4% j£3oo,oa H%di.
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      39 7 AUCTION MUM I Chin* Ken* Lee ami Co Jane 12.— At saleroom, a few sets of Educational records and Hjuk->, at 11. June 12. -At Xo. 8, Cuff Kr«ad, off Scrangoon Ito&d, teak household furuitnre, etc at 2 :ii).
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      87 7 "SPRINGBOK" THE GENUINE BOSR TOBACCO. Manufactured from the finest Magaliesberg Tobacco. OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE in 4-oz. SEALEO BAGS. TAMPENIS CEMENT TILE WORKS Manufacturers of ORNAMENTAL CEMENT TILES in a variety of colours and designs. SAMPLES AND PRICES ON APPLICATION AT Worki Offices: No. 94, Suntfei Road (Adj i: in 4 Rooliore
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      50 7 H4RIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH North Bridge Road. TO-NIGHT! 915 TO-NIGHT!! LATIUM 3-REELER SENSATION BANDIT'S THANKFULNESS Strong Dram, pertaining to Woman's Chastity. Beaotifni Setting-, Convincing Action from Start to finish. OAUHONT GRAPHIC, NO. 17. FIBST SH )W AN ITALA MASTERPIECE THE TREASURE OF LOUZATS IM PXRTI. TdeiboM >•• Ul6. k. HABIMA, tfele
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    The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9. CIVILIAN ACTIVITY.
    1105 8 The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9. CIVILIAN ACTIVITY. Dogged, hard fighting in the Dardanelles, a naval battle in the Baltic, some Zeppelins raiding tbe East coast of England, eighteen trawlers sunk in the North Sea such is the week-end record. It is not very much, but it is enough to
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    21 8 Messrs. Derrick and Co. advise the following tin outputs for May :—Sungei Gau, 214 piculs Belat, 271 piculs Bruang, 11 piculs.
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    22 8 The new premises of tbe Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Kuala Lumpur will Informally opened on Saturday, June 16, at 1180 a.m.
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    24 8 The Java China Japan Lija Tjimabi, which was stranded on the Paraoels reoently, is a total loss. Only her masts now remain above water.
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    11 8 Latest advertisements of the day appear on page 6 and 11.
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    32 8 Tbe new harbour works in Vladivostock have been completed, and were opened to public use on May 1. It is said that the new harbour is large enough to hold 10 steamors.
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    88 8 A Tamil named Ramasamy is awaiting sentence at the hands of Mr. Clarke, the magistrate in the second court, having been convicted on a charge of stealing ten dollars from another Tamil in Tank Road. Tbe liev. H. G. Peile will hold the follow ing services at Jobore Bihru Sunday,
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    51 8 Mr. F. W. James, superintendent marine engineer in the service of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, Hongkong, .is a member of tho Royal Naval Reserve, had been serving as an Engineer- Lieutenant on II M.S. Triumph, and it is stated that Mrs. James has received a telegram announcing that he was
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    56 8 A young officer on leave from tbe front went into a Regent Street book shop the other day, put down his shilling, and declining tho offer to have his purchase sent home walked away with it under his arm. Tbe book was Mr. Patrick MacOill's The Amateur Army. The young
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    45 8 For selling obandu dross to other than the Superintendent of the Government Monopolies, a Chinese named Lav Kok Kwee, in the third court yesterday afternoon, was fined $ftOo with tbe alternative of three months' rigorous imprisonment. He had previous convictions for similar offences against him.
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    70 8 I Another huge seizure of opium is reported from Hongkong. On May 29, Revenue Officers Wilili n, Langley and Macmillan boarded the Ben Lomond, and conducted a search of the ship. After a prolonged search they discovered 250 lbs. of Persian opium and 600 taels of prepared opium, worth about
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    76 8 If rumours on the water front in Manila are correct, as they appear to be, it seems that the British steamer Bengloe lying at Moyune Shoal, Sola Sea, since September, 1914, cannot be refloated and that the salv age operations will be abandoned. Captain Hessel, tbe well-known salvage contractor, who
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    94 8 Mention was made to day in the second police court of a case in which four men, a rlokien Darned Chwa Ho Kiak, Osunn, a Malay, and two Eurasian)), Nonis and James Henson are charged by the police with being concerned in an affray in Serangonn Koad. A postponement for
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    112 8 A correspondent writes to a Hongkong paper that, walking through Hwakoe Koad, Hong j kew, on May 24, noticing a I'uiou Jack dying over a small Cbiaeso shop, he strolled in, and I after speaking about the fl ig outside, aik, d, I "You b'long English?" The reply wa«. Yes,
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    123 8 The North London Bureau for enrolment of eligible young men in the lons of Court Officers' Training Corps at 39, Qu<-en'H Avenue, Muswell Hill, has been placed in charge of Captain U. L. Coghlao who has been interviewing applicants. The qualifications for membership of the Corps (whether cavalry or infantry),
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    147 8 A Punjab Missionary describes his experiences on a P. and O. mail boat in th" Chan nel, lately, say* the Punjab Mission News: We bad a most exciting run up the Chan nol. They wouldn't let our ship go intu Plymouth. Soon after entering the Channel our captain reooivud a
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    168 8 The Grimeby Daily T. legraph publishes an account by tbu officers of the seizure aod release of the I'auiih xteamer Nidaros, which arrirtd at Griiuaby. The captain stated that the vessel was arr< sttxl by tlw German submarine V 88. They wore urdi red to throw overboard the cur g
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    511 8 Mrs. T. Rutherford and child leave for home this afternoon by tbe Japanese mail steamer Fushima Maru. Mr. B. J. Henry, of tho Singapore Harbour Board, has been granted a stcond lientenaucy in tbe 9th Battalion Bucks and Oxford Light Infantry. Mr. F. J. Hallifax, President of
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    The French Advance.
    119 8 Neurille St. Yaast, which the French are now capturing, house after house and cellar after cellar, is on the east of the important ruad frum Arras to Bethuuo; Souchez is on that road itself, and occupies almost tho centre of a quadrilateral formed by NotreDame de Lorette
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    Wreck of Local Steamer.
    111 8 Cabled information was received thii morning by the Heap Eng Moh Steamship Co., Ltd., from Soorabaya, intimating that their steamer Zwuena has beeu wrecked while running belwton that port and Bali. The information is as yet without detaili The vessel left Singapore for Dutch Indian ports
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    Italian Opera Company.
    258 8 The season of the Italian Opera Company, l.>nger than most people anticipated, has just about came to an end, for the performance uf Madame Butterfly to-night is the labt that will be given. Taking everything into consideration, the support forthcoming from the general public has been good,
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      210 8 AFILM OFINTRINSICEXGELLENCE Dealing with tbo Vital Qnestion ot tha Day. THE ■ILITiRV ■4STERPI£CE OF THE SEISM AT THB ALHAMBRA The Hiwr MMMtatMßk nmtn, ■•rail Road. First Show, 7 50to9pm J«d»how9-15to M p m A Noble Maitappiooei FOR THE EMPIRE Four Re»lB of Action oond«na«d In TWO A Great All-Biit'Vi Production
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    THE WAR.
    1773 9 FRENCH REPRISAL. Burning Liquid for The Germans. ITALIAN ADVANCE. The Austrian Resistance Feeble, Kutkk's TiLaoaiMS. London, Jane 8, 2.60 a.m. Paris, cominuaiijue: North of the Aisne, the enemy multiplied his dosperate efforts to recapture the tvo lines of trenches we took yesterday. He brought roinforoomenta in aatouubilos a
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    THE KING OF GREECE.
    32 9 Rcutbb's Telkoram. London, Jane 8. Athens: Yesterday evening's bulletin re ports a perceptible, improvement in the King's condition. His temperature was 100.8 Fahrenheit and the vomiting bad ceased.
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    OBITUARY.
    18 9 Hki'Tßk's Tblbukam. London, June 7. The death is announced of Mr. Corninb, ei-projuietor of tlm Madras Mail.
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    MURDER OF A PLANTER.
    357 9 Brutal Deed of Chinese Gang Robbers. (From Oor Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jane 8. Mr. D. M. Macfarlane, manager of Inchong Estate, the property o( Sir John Barlow, in the Selama district of Perak, was murdered on Friday and robbed of 11,000 in notes and Mirer which
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    A FALSE INFORMER.
    331 9 Planter of Illicit Chandu Neatly Caught. In the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court on Monday morning, before Mr. McClelland, a Chinese named Tarn Ling was charged with having given fal»c information to a public servant. Inspector Taylor, opening the case for the prosecution, explained that on two or
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    Keppel Golf Club.
    263 9 An extraordinary general meeting of Keppel Oolf Club was held last night for the purpose of discussing a proposal to institute a n«w class of member ship to relieve the list of waiting candidates and fill tho playing vacancies created by members leaving the Colony. Mr. H.
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    Letter From Home.
    2002 9 RECKONING UP THE SILVER BULLETS. From Our Special Correspondent. London, May 7. Most of onr time this week has been spent in putting our bouse in order. The nation has not been unmindful of the actual fighting, nor has it failed to pigeon-hole for future reference such
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    War Week by Week.
    2260 10 GERMANY'S GRE4T EFFORTS TO IMPRESS. Canadian Heroism at Ypres. Ml i)> k Si k. ial Cohkusi-onunnt.) London, Kay 7. It is impossible to grasp curreot events in their true beanug union* we realise that Germany has been under a supremo nocts sity of pitying to the
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      Police Photographs.
      112 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—This morning the Inspector-General of Police, Singapore, sent for me and told me that he wanted a photo of mine. I grudged this saying If your picture gallery oannot be complete without tho likeness of an old, and honest loyalist, I
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      Municipal Methods.
      295 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Public criticism concerning commercial life and the fact that directors and managers are subject to the close scrutiny of shareholders are important influences to ensure the application of sound principles. It is, however, difficult to be certain that activity and
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    Belgium Relief Fund.
    196 10 Un behalf of Mrs. H. B. Salmond, Mr. D. K. Kinloch (care of the Chartered Bank of I. A. and China, Singapore) acknowledges, with many thauks. the following further contributions: Previously acknowledged 129,339 22 O. K. Allen 5 Anonymous donor 10 r s. t. 5 Various junior
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    The War oo German Trade.
    282 10 Tlip Empire Trade and Industry Com inittee of the Royal Colonial Institute has, during the past (our years, done considerable service towards the oo relation of the trade of the various parts of the Umpire. In connection with the war, several new services have been
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    WIRELESS IN SEA WAR.
    437 10 How It Compassed The Loss c? The Emden. What part wireless telegraphy is playing in the war we shall not know until the war is over. That it is an important part, both at sea and on land, may be guessed, and in one case at
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    Merchant Service Guild.
    215 10 In the nautical magazine for May, Mr. J. Moss, hon. secretary of the Straits Merchant Service Guild, replies to an attack upon its constitution and methods, making it clear that it is untrue to suggest that the Guild is used by a certain clique who have individual
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    More Wars to Follow.
    181 10 Professor Ridgeway, speaking at a meeting of the Eugenic Society on May 6, said that the nation had been brought into the present struggle by a combination of millionaires who were frequently alien in origin, and their dupes the masses, while the same forces were exercising
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    199 10 At the late annual meeting of the Society for the Suppression of the Opium Traffic, in London, the new Chinese Minister to the Court at St. James's attended. He is a Cornell graduate, previously trained at St. John's College, Shanghai, and he takes a deep interest in all anti-opium affairs.
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    42 10 Roneo, Ltd., whose business notice appears on the front page of this journal, stock British-made office requisites. Everything is of sound workmanship, and not only are the articles thoroughly reliable, but purchasers are helping British trade and indirectly contributing towards national prosperity.
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    Trade in China.
    1750 10 BRITISH CHAMBER FORVIED AT SHANGHAI. Upholding British Prestige. The British Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai, which has early got to work with recommendations on enemy trading in China, was only formed at a meeting held on May 21 last when Mr. 11. R. Girardet presided at an
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    To See Lord Kitchener.
    228 10 With the object of learning some-thing about her soldier sons, an old woman named Eleanor King walked all the way from Cambiidge to London. The facts came out before the Tottenham Bench, win n was charged with drunkenness. It was said that the previous niybt she
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    Johore Rubber Lands.
    267 10 The report of the Johorc Rubber Lands (1913), Limited, states that, after payment of all chaiges, the net profit for tho year to December ,'!1 amounts to £11,017, and this the directors propose should be dealt with as follows —To depreciation of buildings and furniture, £'4,051 to
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    Changkat Salak.
    1656 11 DECLARATION OF THE FIRST DIVIDEND. Company's Bright Prospects. The annual g< neral meeting of Changkat Salak Kubber and Tin, Limited, was held on May 4, at Olaegow. Mr. Hugh Moncrieff prexidiag. The Chairman said It is a long lane, gentlemen, that has no turning, and it is a
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    Batu Tiga Rubber.
    241 11 The report oi the Batu Tiga iSelangor) Rubber Company, Limited, statt s that the rubber harvested for the year aiuouotid to 488,225 lbs, against an estimate of 520,000 lbs. and a yield of 436.909 lbs. in 1913. The estimate for 1915 stands at 550,000 lbs. The average
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    India's Oversea Trade.
    161 11 The effect of the war on India's overseas trade is remarkably brought out in the April trade returns just issued by the Department of Statistics. As compared with April, 1914, there in a decrease of 86 per cent, in imports and 40 per cent, in exports, and
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    Mango Honey.
    125 11 Knlt-rprise on a timall scale, but one that promisee, says a Manila contemporary, to grow to mammoth proportions, has been started in Manila, the new departure consist iDg in preserving the mango, the most delicious fruit uf the tmpics. The Philippines is the home of the maiigo and
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    70 11 A Manila paper publishes the following i Pete Marcel, the Battlin<> Greek, who was nchedult>U to fi^iit Iron Bux on Jane 5 in a return match with the lightweight champion of the East, returned to Manila from Batatas only to find that Bux had left for Hongkong on the Siberia.
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    76 11 Swimming Club launches for Sunday will leave at 9, 10 and 11 a.m.. '2.30 and 3.80 p.m. and return at yBO and 10 80 urn, 12.15, 8 and 5.80 p.m. 75 yards handicap, N'avioes Kaoe. This race will be swam off on arrival of the 10 o'clock launch. Entries will
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      278 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. FORD THE UNIVERSAL CAR Price: $1,450. If yon deal in VALUES you'll apDreciate the} FORD. Its SIMPLI JITY, its ECONOMY, and iM DEPENDABILITY give it a VA.LUE that cannot he raeasuivd by it* price The FORD is the ONE CAK in WORLDWIDE SERVICE. Wearne Bros., Ltd., Singapore, Kuala
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      110 11 BAHRQM&TAKREP A Real Malay Comic will be pr. ducrd TO-NIGHT I TO-NIOHT I I in which Misses COSE and SAHARA. INCHI NANI and SALLEH take the Leading Parts. BY THE STAR OPERA AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, North Bridge Boad. Y. L. TAN. MinatiOi. ARE YOU PARTICULAR What yon dii^k oi
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      275 11 4i ORANGE BITTERS. "IDOL" BRAND. Sole Importers: HIBBERT, WOODROFFE Co., Ltd. (Imcorporatid in England) RAFFLES HOTEL Buy your Bread and Cakes from th< Kaffles Bakery, which is entirely under the Supervision of a skilled European Confectioner. Retail Depot: Raffles Hotel Buildings, 88. bras Basah Road. TELEPHONE NO. 490 ADELPHI HOTEL
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    Heawood Meeting.
    2441 12 A YEAR OF SATISFACTORY PROGRESS. Encouraging Tin Outlook. Tin .mnual general meeting of the He* wood Tin and Rubber Kstatc. Limited, was li, 1.1 „v May 4. at Glasgow. Sir Wih.atu Hood Trim r. k I'M Q presiding. hainuan said: (lentleuien, the accounts seen] to be clear aud
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    Diary of the War.
    1276 12 1914. Jane 27.— Assassination of Archduke FranzFerdinand and bis consort at Sarajevo. July 25.— Austrian ultimatum sent to Servia. August 1. Germany declares war on Russia and France, ana invades Belgium. 4. Britain declares war on Germany. 28.— Battle of Mons begins, and the French and
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    Allagar Rubber Estates.
    312 12 Tbe report of tbe Allagar Kubb er Estates, Limited, states tbat the total output of rubber for the year to December 81 was 226,774 lbs., being 16,774 lbs. in excess of the estimate. Tbe crop for 1915 is estimated at 260,000 lbs. Tbe average yieid per tree,
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    Kasintoe Rubber.
    181 12 The report of tbe Ka-intoe Kabber Estates, Limited, t>ays that tbe following statement shows tbe approximate position at Dicomber 31, 1914:— Are* of robber nanlenH cleaned and surveyed, 1,250 acres; estimated area of rubber gardens still to be cleantd and surveyed, 875 acres area of rubber gardens, 2,125
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      328 12 IT IS FALSE ECONOMY TO BUY ANY BUT The Best Kerosene Oil DEVOE'S Imperial Brilliant SpSsefU ga&e ALL DEALERS. IN FAVOUR OF PADMOBE Quality and Finish religiously guarded. Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten. MELBOURNE INMAN play d for th > World Championship on a I'admo-o table. STEVENSON
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    COLONIES AND WHISKY.
    284 13 Might Take a Lesson From Japan. Mr. Frank H. Beck writes to the Pall Mall Oaaette: —A further duty of 12s. per gallon on whisky would not be felt by a oertain •lass they would still bay the best. There are others who would do the same,
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    PIRACY IN SOUTH CHINA.
    203 13 A Missionary's Experience Near Wucbow. The other Friday, a small steam launch left Wuchow for Ping Loh with 60 passengers on board. About 7 o'clock in the evening, ten pirates took charge of the boat. These pirates got on at Wuchow as passengers and were well
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    F.M.S. Chamber of Mines.
    201 13 The following were present at the Council meeting held on Monday, May 81, 1915 Messrs. C. Alma Baker (President) in the chair, Cbeab Kee Ec, O. S. I > iwbarn, L. O. Attenborougb. K. J. Vallentine, tin- Hon. Eu Tony Sen, and the Secretary (Mr. A.
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    The Late Mr. Grigor Taylor.
    221 13 Mr. Qrigor Taylor, who died in the hospital at Seremban on Suuday morning from blackwater fever, bad only been in the hospital for a few days, but he had been in indifferent health for some time past. Mr. Origor Taylor, whose father was for many
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    The Queen of Italy.
    111 13 That Queen Elena of Italy may lose hor right arm as the price of her heroism during the earthquake in Messina in December, 190H, was revealed recently in a letter the Queen wrote to Miss lrma Oothrie Wright, cousin of Ambassador George Uutbrie to Japan and
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      128 13 NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the Mark depicted above is the property of Messrs. A. Clouet Co., of No. 7, Raffles Quay, and is used by them in connection with Perfumery, Cigarette Paper, Provisions in bottles, and tins, and other articles in the Straits Settlements Federated Malay States and
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      359 13 "DRAGON" CEMENT Contracts have been secured for the supplies of Cement during 1915 THE MUNICIPALITY f^A^^^/pl THE GOVERNMENT SINGAPORE. yMs^^^^'J JOHORE. DUPIRE BROTHERS, BINOAPORE. Sole Agents for the Straits and F. M. S. houtens Ofe COCOA ?jok*> Of course I did Mums I dont^f like any other kind An dont
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      441 14 Peace. Famine or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth 100 cents on the dollar. WHAT OTHER PROPERTY IS? THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Huno^Ol. W l..h.,t. r H.u M ,th|tp.'« LONDON OFFIGB 3*. Old rfawry. ■O. Tb. Company has £30.000 d. poxited with the Supreme Court of England, and
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      294 14 INSURANCE. POLICIES ON ALL MODERN PLANS. SUN LIFE OF CANADA, 6, Battery Road. 8. J. HOWB, 68 Manager. BOYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, FIRE AND LIFB TOTAL FCNDB BXCBED £18.000.000, raa labobst urnca in thb wokll BOUSTEAD a C0.,- AgmU. GUARDIAN ASSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. LONOOk Subscribed Capital XV.OOO.OCO Total Invested Funds
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      441 14 BANKING. HONGKONG AND BHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID UP CAPITAL 116,000,000 RESERVE FUNDS Sterling 41,600,000 at >/■ 116,000,000 Silver 118,000,000 188,000,000 Reserve Liability ol Proprietors 116,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS Hon. Mr. D. Landale. Chairman. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Deputy Chairman. S. H. Dodwell, Esq IP. H. Holyoak, Bsq. G. T. M.
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      427 14 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER Paid ap Capital in 80,00 c Shares ot *W a*** 41,800,000 Reserve Fund 41,800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors... 41.200,000 BANKERS The Bank ol England, Tbe London City and Midland Bank, Ltd., Tbe London County and Westminster Bank, Ltd.,
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      428 14 SALES BY AUCTION. IN THE COLONIAL COURT OF ADMIRALTY OF THE BTRAITB SETiLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE No. 6 of 1914. IN PRIZE, THE S.S. MAR&OMANMA," W. FAAP, MASTER. Tbe Undersigned have been instructed by tbe Marshall of tho Pr /._> Conrt to so 1 by PUBLIC AUCTION At Their Silo
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    THE MOTORING WORLD.
    836 15 NOTES 4ND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Gasoline Versus Gunpowder. BrobdiDgnagians of Battle and of Business is the title of a live wire bulletin issued by a motor car company, states an American paper. It contains a thought for American business men. Mars is motorised. Oasoline is greater
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    ENTITLED TO BE DRUNK.
    272 15 Privilege of a Public-House Lodger. Judgment wm delivered in a King's Bench Divisional Court by the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Coleridge and Avory in an appeal on the ijuestion whether a person who engages a room in a licensed hotel can be charged with an
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      173 15 1 SAFES ALL RATNEB SAFES have Drill-Proof Doors and and Corners, without which no Safe is entitled to be called Thief Resisting." NO RATKER IMPROVED FIRE RESISTING SAFE h.w e\ at had its contents destroyed by fire. NO RATHER IMPROVED THIEFRESISTING SAFE has ever been opened by burglars. RAL SINGAPORE.
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      73 15 BY APPOINTMENT. MOTOR TYRES Horn Bulbs, Sure Patches, Repair OutfitsFull and Complete Stocks, 43, Robinson Road SINGAPORE. DUNLOP: Founders of the Pneumatic Tyre Industry. Stocks held by all Garags Dealers, or from THE DUNLOP RUBBER GO. Z LTD. 43, Robinson Road. AVERY Platform Weighing Machines Of British' Manufacture Throughout. ALL
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      393 16 Marseilles Tiles "SWAN BRAND." .> For prices and particulars, apply to the Sole Agents: Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd., SINGAPORE, PENANG and MALACCA. WANTS. HOUSEKEEPER WANTED. Previous experience not necewary. Must be willing to work. Apply No. 6, Oxley Rise. 66 NURSERY GOVERNESS WANTED. Kor English girl, 6 years old. Apply
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      333 16 BOARO AND LODGIN6. BOARD UNO RESIDENCE Kooms to let with or without board Term* moderate Apply A Wilkie Road. U-1 BOARO ANO REBIDENCE. Large comfortable room vacant. Near Town. Apply Box No. 971, Straits Time*. 6-6 11 6 BOARD ANO RESIDENCE. Two gentlemen or married couple, quiet European family. Apply
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      1479 16 TO BE LET OR SOLD. TO BE LET OR SOLD. FURNIBHED SEASIDE REBIDENCEB TO LET. TO LET BELINDA and J UANITA. to 'at furnished. Double and Single Room. Mrs. Campbell, Apply No 9. Mt. Sophia St. Thomas's Walk. II 26 6 24-6 ROOMS TO LET HOUSE TO LET. Rooms to
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      522 16 NOTICEB. GUAN KIAT CO.. 37. Philip Street $hlp-Chaii4l.rs, Bovarnment and municipal Contractori, General Importer? and Eiporten ■ad Commiailon agents, Ettatsa. liee-MIII and Sa« Mill SuppJiars. Soli Aoknis Fob "GLOBE" BOILER FLUID. THB IDBAL FLUID FOR CLEANING AND PRESERVING STEAM BUILERS. Tel. Address: "OUANKIAT," Singapore. Cod.s used A. B C. 6th
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      547 16 KIAM KIAT CO. 108 log. Market Street Telephone No. 421. Shipchandlers, Government and Municipa. Contractors, Estate Suppliers aud Com mission Agents. Sol. Aa.MTg The Mulcott Belting Co., Ltd. Best Multiplar Brand Hair Beltings. M 80-6 Iff NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that all tbe roads aud approaches to Covent Row
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      235 16 Straits Jbimes. ADVERTISEMENT RATBS.— Misoellaneoa. wants of every description are inserted at the prepaid rate of II per font lines for on or two insertions. Notices of Births, damages, or Deaths, if not exoeeding f jur lines, $1 each inser ion, For p.p.c. c urds, on page 8, 92. Inch
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