The Straits Times, 3 October 1916

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 2&,227 SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1916. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      4 1 GOODRICffI > Ul (0 TYRES
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    British Casualties.
    581 2 The following casualties are announced London, September 11. Missing, believed killed.— Lieut. C. P. J. Brooke, Wiltshires. Missing, believed wounded. Capt. J. W. O. Smith, Sooth Stafford*. Missing.— 2nd Lieot. E. P. M. Barton, Wiltshire*; Lient. Col. H. T. Cotton, Sonth Lancashire*; 2nd Lient. H. C. Evans, 1)
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    DEARER BOOTS.
    418 2 Millions of Pairs for Russia's Armies. The Army Council Order for tbe requisitioning of leather, refers to leather of lighter weights heavier weights were requisitioned by a previous order. Long ago the Army Council took control of all tbe sole leather in the country suitable for army boots.
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      272 2 af 3Jf *^Tl^^M*JaaaaawP^^^ NOTICE is hereby given that the above Trade Mark is the property of Guthrio and Company, Limited (incorporated in Singapore), and in used by that Company as a Trade Mark in respect of Cement imported and 9 >ld by the Company. The above particulars aTe advertised as
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      703 2 NO LONGER A CHILD. Perhaps jou have already noticed that yonr daughter in her teens lias devp'oped a fitful temper, ia reatlets and excitable. In that case, remember that the march of yearn it ltading her on to womanhood, and at this time a tfroat responsibility rents upon joa as
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    Strings Drawn Tighter.
    816 3 BRITAIN'S ARRANGEMENTS WITH NEUTRALS. Dutch Food for England. The Evening Standard of August 39 ■ays:— Great attention ha* been (ocnuaed on Scandinavian, Danish, and more particularly Dutch trade (inn or the past few days, as a result of tlie publication of official returns reflecting what appears to
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    The Army's No. 9 Pill
    77 3 In one of the British regitnental journals publiclied in France there is a story of an Irwh private who complained od« day of •■ore foot, was given a No. 9 (the moot r. 'cbrnt- d snd It a«t rtvered pill in the whole phsruiaoopiaia of
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    91 5 FIXTURES Tuesday, October 3. High W»Ur. IM am.. 11l p.m Wednesday, October 4. High Water. 3.0 a.m., 1.59 p.m and outward mail due. Thursday, October 5. Riffb Water. 4.84 a.m., 8.2 p.m I'nited Engineer*. Ltd., mooting, noon. Friday, October 6. Hifb Water 0.44 am, 4.54 p.m P.
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    168 5 eXCHANOE. SwaAPOii, Octobib 8, 1910. Om Lohlc Bank 4 m/s m 2/4JI Demand 2/4,', Private 8 m/i 2/4^ Om Framob Bank T. T. 826 Oh India Bank T. T. 174* On HoN<,KoNa...Bank d/d 6|| Oh Sbamobai ...Bank d/d m 761 Oh Java .Bank T. T. 186 Oh
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    273 5 To-DAI. P. I>ickson and Port Swt'ttenbAii Calypso 2.80 pm Selat I'andjang. lim^kalis and Bagan ill o the Wisp 2.80 piu Mersing and Kerjr.-iaian Hock Leo 2.30 pm Hongkong, Suangbai and Japan Ajax 2.80 pm Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan Kaga Maru 2 30 pm Malacca and Muar Lady
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    145 5 1 P. and O. outward mail steamer Kerens* left Colombo and was due at Penang at 9 a.m. to day, and should arrive here at 6pm to-morrow. Toe P. and O. steamer Mongolia arrived at Port Said on Sunday last. Our attention has been called to the
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      127 5 KB PJHTIANG EN(., TRADING AS CHOP TIANO JOO, IN BANKRUPTCY. Acting under instruction* received from the Official Assignee Messr*. I'ooe'.l and C>. wi I at 11 by aa-ticn the Stock in trvie. Shop Fitting! and Knr nitar Iron Safe, etc., at No. 18, Market Street ON 8 vTCKDAY, OcTUBBK 7,
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      619 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. MISS BAILEY is open to aooept encag* ments for private Nnrting. Adelpbi Hotel. Tel. 88. 8-10—9-10 FURNISHBD SEASIDE RBSIDENCE TO LBT. Bntry Ootober 10. Every con venienoe assured. Apply to A, Frankcl, Sialap Estate, or at Victoria Street. r 8 10— n WANTED, Chinese qualified dispenser to manage
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      856 5 J. F. BELL'S 'THREE NUNS" TOBACCO An unique production and has earned a high reputation for its fragrance and coolness, sweet flavour and distinctiveness. Sweet when tbe morn is grey, Sweet when they've cleared away Lunch and at close of day, Possibly sweetest 1 On sale at ail dealers. AUCTION
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      413 5 CLEARANCE SAL E Of Japanese Curios and General Goods AT K. NAKAGAWA Nos. 7 and 8, High Street NOW PROCEEDING AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE TEAK AND RATTAN HOUSEHOLD FI'RNITURE, GRAMOPHONE PL/ NTS, ETC, To be held at No. 958, Serangoon Road at the 3rd Milestone On Saturday, Ootober 1, cat
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    DEATHS.
    37 6 Cameiu.v —At tbe Getcral Hospital, od Monday morning, Mr. John Cameron, Chief Engineer, mn. Olenartney. of 26, Kocklaod Koad, Waterloo, or. Liverpool aged 42. Ccrkii.— On September 2, at N'eidpatb. Hanipstead, Andrew Carrie, late of Singapore.
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    The Straits Times. TUESDAY OCTOBER 3. THE CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH.
    1074 6 The Straits Times. TUESDAY OCTOBER 3. THE CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH. What does Herr Bethuiann Hollwcg hope to gain by bis tirade against tbe Allies in general and Great Britain in particular? He mast be well aware that bin speech can produce no i fleet in diplomatic circles, where the whole story
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    35 6 Thursday next, being tbe day appointed for th presentation of the insignia of K.C.M.tI. to H.H. Tunku Muhammad, Yang di Pertuan Beear of Negri Sembilan, will be observed as a public holiday throughout that State.
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    50 6 The following property was disposed of by auction at Messrs. Ching Kong Lee and Co. s sale-room yesterday afternoon Leasehold land and house 01, New Bridge Hoad, aiea 1,284 square feet, bought by Lim Teck Chew for 16,700. Tbe sale of freehold land and bouse at Moulmein Koad was withdrawn.
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    15 6 Tronoh Mines has declared an interim dividend of Is. per share, payable on October 27.
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    28 6 Tbe Japanese Budget estimates for tbo financial year 1917 18 have been submitted to the Cabinet. They show a gross increase, of expenditures of only eighteen million yen.
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    42 6 An army order provides that in future both officers and men are to bo supplied with two identity discs, one green and tbe otber red. They are to be worn pendant fashion, attached to a neck cord, tbe green disc being uppermost.
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    42 6 Mr. Douglass, of the Curtis Aeroplane Co. of America, at Shanghai, recently said after tbe war is over there will be a regular mail and passenger route between England and America, and England has already given orders for 915,000,000 worth of aeroplanes.
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    47 6 Considerable excitement bas been caused in political circles a. Peking by the Government's receipt of a so-called ultimatum from the Tuchuns and other high military officers of fifteen Provinces, demanding tbe dismissal of Mr. Chang Vao-tsen. Minister of Justice, for his alleged connection with the opium case.
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    63 6 Mr. A. C. S. McLeod, manager of tbe Tongkah Compound Co., Pnket Sound, Siam, has reported to tbe directors in Melbourne that tbe dredge is to be docked and altered so as to enable it to dredge tbe deeper ground to be treated in tbe future. Work should be resaned
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    60 6 Mr. H. Keeser, bon. treasurer of tbe Adelpbi Hotel fancy fair, at which £1,000 was collected for division among tbe fund in aid of the British and French Blinded Sailors' and Soldiers, -lias received an acknowledge from Madame Poincaire and the Editor of the Malaya Tribune one from Sir Cyril
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    66 6 In tbe third police court tbis morning Veob Boon Tian. a Hokien of about fifty years of age. was charged with criminal breach of trust at Penang with respect to a sum of 97,000. He was arrested yesterday evening at Chop Yeo Chip Mob, in consequence of a telegram from
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    70 6 A fresh course in Shorthand (Pitmans) starts this week at 8 a.m. ever} day at the Young Women's Christian Association, 8, Fort Canning Road. For teachers and others unable to attend in the morning, there will be another course at 5-15 on Tuesday and Thursday evening. Type- writing (Touch System)
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    84 6 In tbe third police court yesterday afternoon a Malay police constable named Drama bin Awang was sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment for stealing a diamond and emerald brooch belonging to Mrs K. Meredith, wife of Inspector Meredith. Six weeks was the sentence in tbe second coirt on a Hockcbew
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    122 6 The .Melbourne Herald of August 28 refers to tbe increased measure of popularity that Australia and New Zealand enjoy among people in tbe Straits and states for health trips. Our contemporary says that instead of going to England whenever they determine on a change, many British people are beginning to
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    115 6 Bethmann-Hollweg gives the British people a fine character. We are lighting for world supremacy with an expenditure of strength unexampled in history, breaking one international law after the other. Great Britain was a most egoistic, most fierce and uioit obstinate enemy. German statesmen hesitating to use against this enetuy i
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    139 6 It is not a little amusing to learn that we are fighting for world supremacy and that we are such tremendous people with so many strong qualities. Why. only the othir day we were a dabby ami timid nation, with a contemptible little army, and tbe Germans were to walk
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    135 6 Talking of that comedy of Mr. Jones's, by the way, it is likely to do bettor in London than it did in America. It was tried in New York five years ago, and brilliant though the dialogue was tbe title so upset the equilibrium of the American critics that they
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    419 6 The death has occurred at front of Lieut. H. M Hiuhius. a brother of Dr. Mayue Hitcbens, of Ipoh. Mr. Cbee Switi Cheng, of Malacca, is sending his nephew. Tan Suo Kirn, to Hongkong, to take up medicine. He sails by tho Ka»:i Maru to day. Mr.
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    Overseas Club Tobaceo Fund.
    28 6 We gratefully acknowledge SS from C. L. B. being his October subscription to tbe Soldiers and Sailors Tobacco Fund. Our total is now 15,508.62.
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    The Alsagoff Estate.
    149 6 Further litigation in connection with the Alsagoff estate was begun in the Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Earnshaw, when Syed Hassan bin Mohamed Alsagoff, representing the beneficiaries in the estate of Syed Mobamed bin Ahmed Alsagoff, applied for some proper person to be appointed as receiver
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    Singapore Assizes.
    167 6 The trial of Seng Giap. a Hokien, charged with the murder of a Chinese woman at a bouse in Tan Kee Lan Street, was concluded at the Assizes yesterday. A unanimous verdict of guilty was returned, and the Chief Justice passed sentence of death. Mr. Dc Mello defended
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    "The Terrors of Mobilisation."
    204 6 The Terrors of Mobilisation." Recently the following report appeared in the local press In asking for a postponement of the next case on the lint, that of l.iui Tiang Sent;, a Hokien, charged wita uuing a» genuine u forged document, Mr. Smith Marriot, representing the accused, mentioned that Mr. C.
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      186 6 ANOTHER MAMMOTH PROGRAMME AT THE HOUSE OF QUALITY THE ALHAMBRA Beach Road Tbe Leading Theatre In Singapore. The Blue Bird Photoplay Co. PRESENTS LOUISE LOVELY Supported by a Star Caat LON CHANEY AND MARCIA MOORE IN THE GRIP OF JEALOUSY An exquisite production in S parts. An emotional story of
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    THE WAR.
    2039 7 ANOTHER ADVANCE MADE. More Gains at Little Cost, ZEPPELIN RAIDER FIRED. Vifid Scene for London Crowd. Km in 'ni.r London. October 2, Ul a m. General Haig's oomoraakjue imued this afternoon says: It' oentrt attacked and captured the wLok objective on a front if :!.000 yards bxtwetn the
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    French Consular Cables.
    200 7 We are indebted to the French Consulate for the following telegrams: Paris, September :<O, 6.10 p.m. Yesterday and to day, we progressed north of Kancourt and Saocourt. The British organised their conquered positions, repulsing violent counter attacks. Salonika: A French aviator bombarded Sofia and landed in Bucharest.
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    Tullibardine Chapter Installation.
    113 7 The Installation Meeting of Tullibardine Royal Arch Chapter. No 399 S.C., was held at the Masonic Hall, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday evening, M. E. Comp. A. H. Alston being the installing Z. The following are the officers for the ensuing year: Z M. E. Comp. E. Macfadyen
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    A Storm at the Front.
    192 7 Mr. Philip Oibbs. from a vantage point overlooking the I'o/iires ridge and Thiepval gives a vivid description of the storm-filltd sky, and the darkness riven by forked lightning which had their counterpart in the smoke and fire of high explosives. He says The thunderclaps ripping
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    Anticipated Quinine Famine.
    113 7 The long continuance of the way may bring about a quinine famine. As the chin chona thrives at t!■ vationn of from 2,500 to 9,'J00 ft. above sea level, plantations of it on the Cockscomb Mountains would prove as successful as those established in Ceylon and Jamaica
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    KEMPAS RUBBER.
    600 7 Dividend of 40 Per Cent, for The Year. Misers. Sime Darby and Co.. Ltd., com munioate the following The sixth annual general meeting of shareholders of Kern pas, Limited, was held at 4, Fort Road, Malacca, on Saturday, September 30, Mr. T. F. A. Pole presiding. The Chairman
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    SEPTEMBER RUBBER RETURNS.
    97 7 Bukit LintanK -25,060 lbs. Chempedak.— 10,800 lbs. ChimpaJ.— 16,775 lbs. Ja8iD.-IH.293 lbs. KraboDK.- 14.588 lbs. Lendu.— 20,300 lbs. Merlimau 1.16.140 lbs. Permata.— 5,039 lbs. PeRob.-60,788 lbs. Kembia.- 33,808 lbs. Kadella —19,400 lbs. Sunyei Bahra.— 28,708 lbs. See Ker.— H.593 lbs. Tebonc Estate.— 72,000 lbs Batu Katt».— 41,094
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    Tin.Smelting Profits.
    279 7 Tin. Smelting Profits. At the last meeting of the Straits Trading Company in Singapore the directors pro oeeded in American parlance to cat the melon. Hitherto, says the Mining Journal, the com pany has had a capital of $8,000,000, and it Las now been decided to doable the capital to
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    London Finance.
    752 7 EFFECTS OF THE RUMANIAN ACTION. From Our Own Correspondent. London, August gl. Apart from tho entry of Konnania into tho great European struggle on tbe side of the Allies there ban been remarkably little uf interest this week. Kveu the Rumanian move, although it is bound ti have
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    56 7 Now has recently been received in Shang hai of the d«atl. of the second son of tin Ml Mr. W. H. Anderson, who was a prominent resident of Shanghai for many yearn. He left the East in 1008. At tin' MM <>i Ml retirement ho was District Urand Masti i
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    Government Monopolies.
    949 8 CtUNDt SALES AND CHINESE PROSPERITY. Work of the Department in 1915, Tbe report on the working of the Govern rm-nt Monopolies for 1916, signed by Mr. F. M. Baddelly. was laid bofore tbe Legisla tive Council on Friday. It states With tbe exception of a few deliveries of
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    FUTURE OF COURTESY.
    917 8 Women's New Position in The World. In one of those delightful books about the old peanut, Betteswortb, and his West Surrey village, Mr Qoorgn Boorne, says The Times, makes some remarks that are pertiDent to present renditions. He is talking of the relations between the peasant and
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    Wolseley Worsted.
    98 8 The death of Field Marshal Lord Wolgeley brought oat many anecdotes of the famous soldier. On one occasion, aa the soldiers were dining and the orderlies were hastening back and forth with pail* of steaming soap, Wolseley stopped one of them, and ordered him to remove the lid
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    Rifle Shooting.
    52 8 The September upoon competition of tbe Laduw 1 Garrison R.flo Club resulted m lollowi:- 1 J 3 111 Irs. Brooke 39 29 68 08.68 Hooter 27 26 68 68.48 Uewellyn M 30 68 67.86 *dy ETelyn Young 28 24 Si 07 5S lr«. lfD K Uatoa 37 26
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    Beaufort Borneo Rubber.
    2112 8 GOODYEAR WITH A SATISFACTORY PROFIT. Estimated Output Exceeded. The ninth ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Beaufort Borneo Robber Company, Limited, waa held on August '24, at the company's offices, 37, Threadneedlo Street, Sir William Hood Trcacher, K.C.M.G (chairman of the company), presiding. The Chairman
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    134 8 Programme of drills, etc., for week ending Friday, October 0 TciSDAY, OI'TOBKR 8. 5.16 p.m. Drill Hall S.V.A. S.RE.(V.). 5.10 p.m, S.V.R. N.C.O.'s. Kampong Bahru Polios Station. S.V.R T. P. 5.15 p.m. TangU. -j I N.C.O.'s. 510 p.m. Drill Hall Chinese Co. WIDNBSOAIT, O T'XiKK 4. 4.30
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      232 8 BAFFLES HOTEL Saturday, October 7 Special Dinner I AND CINEMA SHOW after Dinner 7g\ ADELPHI HOTEL Special Dinners a Wednesday, October 4, and r i Saturday, October 7 Mr. GIO ANGELO "The Man of Many Walks" has been re-engaged to perform at these dinners. <w^ Hear his parody on Row
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      320 9 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. AUTUMN RACK MEETING. 1918. Tut****, October 17 Thursday, October 19. md Saturdar, Octobar 21. Tickets of admission to the Grand Stand can now be had at Mourn John Littu Co. Daily Tickets Season fio Ladies' Tiekcts free on application to the Secretary by Member* of the Club
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      171 9 WAVERLEY HOTEL HILL STREET FOR SALE AS A GOING CONCERN Messrs. Powell Company invit« offers for the purchase of this old-established business. For fui ther particulars, apply to POWELL CO., Auctioneers 310— 0-10 Mobiloils "A grade tor each tfft of motor." THE FRICTION BETWEEN THE PARTS OF A LIQUID IS
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      631 10 War or Peace. Famine or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth 100 cents on the dollar. WHA.X OTHER PROPERTY IS? THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HBAOOFFIGK. Wlnoh«*»t«* Houaa, Singapore I.OMDOM OCFIOI. S3, Old J.wry. B.C. The Company has «aO.OOO deposited with the Supreme Court ol
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      321 10 INSURANCE. UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PARIB. (Incorporated in Francb). Established 1826. RESERVES AND TOTAL GUARANTEES £4,000,000 The undersigned, Agents for the above Company, are prepared to accept fire risks m long or short periods at current rates CASH SETTLEMENTS promptly made by the agents in Singapore MOINE COMTB* Co
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      1110 10 BANKING. GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE. MINING LAND AT MERSING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. Mining rights sver nineteen blocks of land AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. in the dlstnct 0( Versing will be dispoeed of <tilu unllu by tender on October 10, 1816. INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND BT Fall particulars may be obtained on appliROYAL
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      949 10 INSURANCE. HIS HOUSE IN ORDER is man's greatest ambition. He is nspcnoible for its welfare and support, aa therein are his wife and cbi'dren; and tin rein, too, does be minister to their creature comforts. But he often overlooks the sustenance fund, the fund of the future. He forge's about
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    THE MOTORING WORLD.
    730 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Lodge Plugs. Of the hundred ami one troubles to which I motoring pioneers were liable every time they I sallied forth, the most fruitful cause ol stoppijiewHi faulty sparking plug. Not only this, the perfecting of this minute but important detail
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    The Tale of the Shirt.
    122 11 The Ladies' War Working Committee of Wimbledon Park have jnst received the following letter from Trentino, says The Times. In this village, very near the front, there is a magazine of the Italian ladies' gifts to our soldiers. This morning in selecting some required clothes
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    Oil Versus Steam.
    107 11 Mr. James Mills, in the prendental address at the annual meeting of the Marine Engineers Association in London, on September 5. advocated the wider employment of oil fuel and also of internal combustion engines. He said that it seemed fair to expect to see steam driven ships
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    71 11 According to a despatch from Copenhagen, Mm first cargo of coal from the seams discovered recently in Iceland has jost arrived at Reykjavik. This eo%l has a great caloric value, almost equal to that of English coal. A Hcently formed Norwegian Company has bought large tracts of land in the
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      99 11 CANADIAN FORD AS EVERYONE KNOWS IS THE MOST ECONOMICAL 5 Passenger Car on the Market. LOWEST IN FIRST COST MOST ECONOMICAL IN TYRES LOWEST PETROL CONSUMPTION t%M A miles per 04.0 gallon with a load of 42 l 2 stone OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED BY THE SINGAPORE AUTOMOBILE CLUB All models in
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      231 11 A Customer writes I am sending you a Michel in cover 765 x 105 which has been in use on my car from May 3rd, 1915 to August 4th, 1916 (fifteen months). It has run about 13,000 miles and has never been punctured. Yours faithfully, (This speaks for itself) It
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      588 12 JEFFREY'S PILSENER BEER. BREWED in SCOTLAND SITUATIONS WANTED PLANTER having knowledg of book ktcping long years jf experience of mbbcr tobacco, coffee and coconuts, wants billet. Apply H >x No. 629 Straits Tinrts. '/6 9 7 10 RUBBER STUMPS. About 100,000 rtumpß (9 mouths to soe year old) wanted for
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      511 12 MISCELLANEOUS. WANTBD, OIL MILL for manufacturing occoout oil. Output required about 80/60 picula oil per day. Apply Keng Mob h Co., 41, North Canal Koad. 18 9—12 10 SITUATIONS VACAUT WANTED, junior shorthand typist. Apply Box No. 6 5 Straits Times. '210— a WANTED, oap%ble European or Eurasian nnrfe for
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      775 12 HOUSES TO LET. TO LKT, Uuorobin. Barker Boad. Im mediate entry Apply Lee Cbeu« Yaa Co. 17-n TO LKT, Sandlands, TanJon K Katou* Water and electric light laid on. Apply Mey» r Brothers. 61— o FURNISHED SBASIDE RKSIDBNCBS TO LBT Belinda and Joaoita, to lot tarnished. Apply No. 9, Mt.
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      335 12 KIAM KIAT ft CO. 106 and 109, Market Street. Just received big shipment of Challenge Canvas Hose IN MANY BIZES Pure Soft Soap Rubber Mangles Europe Life Belts Prices Seasonable. 10-4-9 4 ASIATIC AUTOMOBILE COMPANY 77. Tank -Road, opposite Railway SUUbn. Tflkphosk No 1811. Four or seven seater cars on
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      238 12 GUAN KIAT CO. 87, Phillip Street Tsl. Net. 1174, 1171 snd 1233 Private 14N, «sd 117* Cable Address: OUANKIAT. Casts used: A.LC. sth EDITION AND »-1 COOES. Hammers Claw, ba'l, pane, engineer's, stone breaker's, and sledge. Chisels: Fist, half round crosscut, and diamocd pointed Files: Flat, 8 square, ball round,
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      472 12 MOTOR CARS 'phone For HIRE l_ I■ M^ promptly attends II I A to your call with I \J I I comfortable oars, .1.1 II day and night. \J \f Charges Moderate STRAITS MOTORCAR SERVICE. *1 S 111, ORCHARD ROAD To ADVERTISERS As requests to make alterations in advertisements, such
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      323 12 Straits JBimes. Telephone!. Editorial and General 70 Manager's Office 262 Job Printing Department 848 All communications relating to editorial matters and uews should be addressed THE EDITOR. All c< ■■munications relating to business mm ten—advertisements, subscription t. accounts, printing, etc.—should be addressed to THE MANAGER ADVERTISEMENT RATES.—Miscellaneous wants ot every
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