The Straits Times, 24 March 1917

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 25,372 SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. MARCH 24. 1917. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      213 1 MILKMAID SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK $15.40 per oftx BEAR "j^^Kj BEAR BRAND BRAND \4II M l BtAR biWD k I Mil IT M II l\ sw.ss pwj MILiIV if^^ initin j ura| p urtt ?i ror i anythinj S W lhoul Jdd i 0" Ljg •J-T S e r J erl
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      259 1 ROBINSON CO. 40 j^ SOLE AGENTS /^^^X ■«k --^B "M II ii Mijebti the King heath's- soft fur felt '•HEATH'S" SOFT FOLDING J HATS, ada ,tabl,. briu. cau be used FELT HATS, nuiwbte for all occasions, ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL either turned up cr down Stuart shape best quality and fini-h,
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      13 1 I MARTELL'S BRANDY. Soli Auini% ADAMBON. GILFILLAN L CO., LTD. Incorporated in Xng|»nd>
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    China's Wireless.
    915 2 A CURIOUS STATEMENT FROM HOME. What is and can be Done. The L. and C. Expsess of January 31 announced that in tbc first week of February wireless telegraphic communications would be established between Spain and the United States, the Philippines, Japan, and China. Precisely what wireless link
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      531 2 FOR SALE One s b.p D. C. Crompton Eleotrtc Mojo? on slldlni rails and startsr Price $500 or near offer. Also one 16 n.p. 30 cwt. AiDion Motor lorry. as in use da'ly. Price $2,250. Satisfactory reasons for disposal of abive. AP ply to -Bargain. c/o Straits Times. ll«-«» GOVERNMENT
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      458 2 stfttitfi iiGamai Soap and Ointment on baby's itching, burning skin. Sample Each Free by Mail \,|.lrr» poat-eaM 1 Xewbery Hook. 27. < har-rr-r "1 >■ -t"" h sulO lUruuckout the world. A CELEBRATED ENGLISH SCIENTIST ftWM tli* Valua af YEWS LIGHTNING COUGH CURE Charles HyattWoolf, Eaq., F.R.P.S.. V. X.5.1.. tbe
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      420 2 HELP FOR THE WOMEN. Tbe demand* nprn a mother's strength a r o naoy aod severt- her own b«»lth triali and her children's welfare exact heavy toll*. while hnrried meals, broken r.st and moch indoor Iving Und to weaken ber co >sritation. No wonder tb»t ebe is oltrn imiitposed through
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      704 2 AUCTION SALE Of COMPOUND HOUSES AND FREEHOLD LAND, At Mbssrs. Cbjng Kus.i Lbb Co.'s Salb-koom, Rai klks Chaxbrks. Uaj klkk Plaose, On Monday. March 26, at 2 30 p.m. Lot 1. All those twelve lots of land, area 24 000 feet, with ska Bungalow No. TOT, Confederate Betate Road erected
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    American Forces.
    1015 3 WHAT COULD BE DONE IF U. S. JOINS. Nucleus of Armies. The military correspondent of tbe Daily Telegraph writes Tbe military power of a modern State depends more on the capacity it possesses for expanding its forces than on the troops it maintains in times of peace. The
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      742 3 THE SINGAPORE SLIPWAY AND ENGINEERING CO.. LTD. NOTICE NOTICK is hereby Kivrn tbat tbe Thirty first Ordinary Own ral Mrctiog of the Share holder* of the Singaporp Slipway aad En RiaeeriDg Company. Limitf d. will be beld at tbe Htfiiatered OOre of the Company at Taojoot: Pajar. on Tuesday, March
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      431 3 Run-downl When your system is undermined by worry or over-work whenyourvilalit) islowered —when you feel any-how —when your nerves are "on edge "—when the least exertion tires you ye v are in a Run-down condition. Your system is like a plant that is drooping for want of water. And just
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      383 3 J&m-'t tfotaet Co ilac Galverfe Ibofh Powder cvntt aaatn t-n (At, mettutta It enables you to give the teeth every day that thorough antiseptic cleansing so necessary to keep them in the best possible condition, and it is so nice to use. SoU h Ucml Cl,*m,t, *mJS/*m. jf-itt 7 f.
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      433 4 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. RY.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD (Ihoobporatiu vi Jat4« (EUROPEAN LINE A servioe if maintained bit <t n Yokohama, via ports and London under mail contract witb tm Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and eonstrneted, and are
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      681 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. Oritish India AND Mpcar L-ine. (COMPANIBS IMCOBPOKATIO IN BnOLANO). MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES. OENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (Under Contraot with Hit Majesty Qovenuaent), for Ohina, Japan. Panang, Gaylon, Auitralia, India, *d«n, Egypt, Madittrnnoan Port* and London, NAIL LINES. HoaIWABO (FOB EOKOPI) OOTWABD (FOB Uhwil INTERMEDIATE DIRECT
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      636 4 BTEAWEB. SAILINGS. THE SI AM STEAM NAVIGATiJN CO.. LD. (Imoobporatic in Sum). SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Kretay, Tringganu, Bisnt, Semi rak, Baoho, Kolantan, Tabai Bangnara, Telupin, Panarai. Patani, Sinnora, Laoon, Kobsamni, Band on, Langsuen, Champon, Kolilak A Bangkok. Dim Departure s.s. PRAOHATIPOK Mar. 36 Mar. 28, 3 p.m. ».m. ABDANG April 2
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      614 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. COMBINED SKRVICF. Or THE OCEAN 8. 8. CO.. LTD. i Incorporated in Bnoland) ANO THE WEST AUSTRALIAN 8. N. CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in England) BITWIIN FNmantlt (Perth North-W..t Australian Ports, Java «nd Singapore Keguiar Bailings betwieu Singapore and Western Australia calling at Java (as inducement offers), Derby, King's
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      223 5 Earn Rs. 3 Daily Working on our Famous AUTO KNITTERS. Experience unnecessary, Distance immaterial. Write tor full particulars and prospectus ALL-INDIA HOSIERY MANUFACTURING GO. Dept. 12. 11/1, 11/9 A 14, Lindsay Street, Calcutta. Or to Rauter't Agent, Singapore. 17-9s— l6 8 TO LEX RAFFLES CHAMBERS Commodious, well lighted and airy
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      483 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. OSAKA SHOSENKAISHA (INCORPORATID IN JIPiK) (Osaka l««rc»ntils Itsamihip Co., Ltd.) KOBE-BOMBAY LINE. The Company maintains a .-egnlar oargt service with six steamers eallirs at Moji Yokkaiohi, Hongkong, Sing> p we, Port Swet tenham, Penang, Colombo and Bombay, and on the retorn voyage calling at Tolioorin, Singapore, Hongkong and
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      286 5 BLAIR ATHOL BLEND WHISKY STOCKS on hand and fresh supplies due to arrive. For wholesale prices, apply SINE, DARBY h CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS) Sole Agents AND AT SINGAPORE, SEREMBAN, MUAR, JOHORE BAHRU ANO PENANG. PACKINGS We have Large Stocks of all kinds of Packings, including Took's Packing,
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    819 6 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, March 24, 1917. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, exchange and share brokers, issue the following list of quotations this morning. The quotations on sterling shares are onlj nominal. I ngi. IILUI. DDTIU. %l- AUaga* 2/6 2/10 3/- Anglo-Java 4/6 6/6
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      163 6 1•* The British Government and the Government of the Straits Settlements have both decided that One-sixth of One's Income is a proper amount for a man to spend for Assurance of his Wife and Children and provision for his old age, And they have agreed to remit the INCOME TAX
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      625 6 THE STRAITS TIMES Can be obtained at the following places in Singapore Kelly and Walsh. Ltd., Raffles Place. Money Changer, Hotel de IKnrope. Money i banger, Adelpbi Hotel. Money Changer, Hotel van Wijk. Money Cbangt r, Raffles Hotel. Koh k Co., Bras Basah Road. Kwong Seng Chiang, Selegie Road. Low
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    122 7 FIXTURES Saturday, March 24. Sifcb Watui 11. H a.m., 11.22 p.m .Sunday, March 25. Huh Water, 11.60 a.m., 11.58 p.m. Monday, March 26. <*.*>* Water. 0.88 p Teluk Vrmon Rubber, noon. Chamber of Commerce, 2.15 p.m. Legislative Council, 2.80 p.m. Somme Rattle Pictures, Theatro. Tuesday, March 27.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    141 7 To- da*. Batu I'ahat '2.80 pm Malacca, P. Swcttenham and Penang j.BO pm Medan 2.80 pm Batu Pah.it '-80 pm Penang, snbang, etc. 3.80 pm Bangkok 3.30 pm Mersing, K. Pahang, Pekan and Kuan tan 4 pm Bangkok 4 pm Port Swettenhaui. Penang, Colombo and Durban 4
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    Train Services.
    260 7 Train Ser vices. The mail trains from Singapore for tn ■orth leave Tank Roa<i ..lion daily at 7.7 a.m and 7 p.m., arriving at Kuala Lompur ai 7.lft p.m. and 8.4.5 MR. respectively. Th through express to Penang leaves Kuala Lurrpcr at 8 a.m. daily, arriving at Penaot; at 6.28
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    Mails for Europe.
    98 7 Una attention has been oailed to the fact •bat oar arrival* in Lobuhi are much behind tboaa published elaewbere. Oar rale is to give arrival* only when they are officially reported ia the Post Ofnoe notices, and no later date than that printed above ba< been reported
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    52 7 The police raided tbe promises of six clairvoyant*, in the Edgwar* road, London, oo February 17. aad arrested them under tin njraDcy Act. Clairvoyancy ha* bad ao extraordinary vogue during recast months, largely among the mothers and wire* of lost ■otdten. The erase waa Kreatly increased by Sir Oliver Lodge's
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    163 7 BXCHANOE. SiaaAroßß, Mahcb 24, 1817. Oh Lomjm ......Bank 4 m/s 2/4| Demaad 2/4* Private 8 m/i 2/4fi On Fbanci Bank T. T. 826 >w Imdia Bank T. T Oa HonaKuMo...Bamk d/d i%dis On SaUxitßAi ...Bank d, J O»Jav. lankT. T. 188 OaJarta Baal 109* Sovereigns— bay iig
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      MINING.
      167 7 vSm BaTe SeUefS -10 10 Am pan K 5.50 6.60 1 1 Aver Weng 116 1-26 xd 10 10 Kanaboi 1.10 1.2S 10 10 Kinta Association 8.00 10.00 41 £1 Kinta Tin 1.10.0 1.17.8 41 £1 Lahat Mines 4.00 6.00 10 10. Malayan Collieries 12.00 12.60 £1 £1 Malayan
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      RUBBER.
      624 7 a/- 2/. aiimm 2/3 y 2/- 2/- AngloJav* 4/6 ..,6 2/- 2/- Anglo Malay 10/- 12/--2- 2/- BataneMalakt 8/2 8/8 41 41 Ban Tiga 8.0.0 4 0.0 21- 2/- Bekoh 3/- 8/0 x 41 41 Bakit Kajan K 3.0.0 3.10.0 41 41 Bakit Lintang 8.10.0 4.2.6 2/- 2/- Bakit
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      GENERAL.
      117 7 tl Ml 1- dmeltin* 'U 7.C0 7.60 Jl 41 fret. 1.8.8 1.5.0 1/ 6/- Blootiie Twaj* 4/- 5/--10 10 FfMe* Neave 47.60 48.50 60 50 W. Hammei Co. 87.00 88.00 100 Howarth Bnkiue 50.00 80.00 100 7%Prel 100.00 .00 100 K»t» Bro, Del. par 110.OT W 10 Murnai.i Co.
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      DEBENTURES.
      49 7 United Engineers 6% 11,284 600 par Singapore Blectrio Tramways 6% £860,000 norn b pore Municipal 6% 11.H78,000 par Spore Municipal K\% of 1007 »l.«00,0no lO^dis Spore Mnnicipal of 1000 11,000,000 10%dit Spore Municipal 4% 2,000,000 16% dii Spore Mnnicipal 4% 4800,000 F.M.S. 6% loan 1910 115,000,000 101.50 108.00
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      492 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. i WANTED, 6 COMPOSITORS. Good saltries ro competent men. Apply C. A. Ribeiro Co., Ltd. 34 3—o WANTED, a European Governess for two children, age eleven and seven years. Apply with reference* to Box No. 149, Straits Time*. 24 8-26-8 LOYAL ORANGE LODGE 815 E. C, SINGAPORE. In
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      605 7 I SMOKE W. D. ft H. 0. WILLS' I c c o ,s- f e GOLD rLMr\t CIGARETTES i Packed in /5 i,« On sale at air-tight tine of 50 VW CIS. Al| ea i erB Victoria Theatre H. M. GOVERNMENT TOUR IN AID Of WM CHARITIES Under tbe Distinguished
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      48 7 Time balls on Fort Canning and Mount Fiber drop daily at 1 p-m.. Singapore standard time, uiuiMillim, to 6 a.m. Greenwich mean tune. The time gun is And at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard time, on every day excepting Soaday when it ia fired at oae o'clock.
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    The Straits Times. SATURDAY, MARCH 34. GERMAN MENTALITY AGAIN.
    1103 8 The Straits Times. SATURDAY, MARCH 34. GERMAN MENTALITY AGAIN. We are still making occasional endeavour* to probe tbe mystery of German mentality, helped thereto by batches of German made literature in an English dress which occa aionally reach us from distant friends. Bat it is a somewhat forlorn hope to
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    35 8 The Laboratory situated in the premises of the Government Opium Factory at Telok Blanga has been approved and appointed by the Governor in Council to be a bonded warehouse for the warehousing of dutiable liquors.,
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    917 8 Tbe Kedah Rubber Co. pays a third interim dividend of 10 per oent. on account ot the financial year 1916/17. Mr. P. T. Allen, of the F.M.S. Civil Service, has been appointed to act as Protector of Chinese, Straits Settlements. Mr. Gilbert C. Jackson, Chief Inspector, Kelantan
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    Active Service.
    276 8 HELP FOR MEN GOING FROM MALAYA. We very gratefully acknowledge a handsome subscription of $250 to the Active Sorvioe Help Fund from the Port Dickson, Club, this sum having been unanimously voted by the members of the Club at their annual meeting on tbe lTth inst. Wo are
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    Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Fund.
    25 8 We have to acknowledge, with many thanks, 12 from A Poor Chinese (Malacca' for the Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Fund.
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    Military Band in the Gardens.
    78 8 We are informed officially that a visiting military band will play at the Botanical Gardens this afternoon at five o'clock, weather permitting. Whilst we cannot indicate tbe band by name, lovers of good music in Singapore may rent assured they will bear some wonderfully fine
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    Passengers for Home.
    86 8 With reference Co the regulations relating to the embarkation of passengers, published in the Gazette Extraordinary of February 7. 1917, the public art; n quested to take note that no such endorsement as is required by clause 1 of the regulations can un ler any circumstances whatever
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    Singapore Assizes.
    106 8 At the Assizes yesterday afternoon the jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty in the case of Sarja bin Sarbai a Javanese motor driver, wbo was charge" -vit'i causing the death of a Bengali, by ntk driving on January 24. In summing up ln.i Lordship referred to the
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    The Chartered Bank.
    110 8 The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China advise having received telegraphic advice from their London office that at the approaching annual general meeting of shareholders the directors will recommend that a dividend be declared for the past half year at the rate of 14 per cent,
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    The Battle of the Somme.
    208 8 The ftrst exhibition of them remarkable films will take place at tbe Victoria Theatre on Monday next in the presence of H.K. Tbe Governor. A very full house is anticipated. If anything were needed to justify tbe existence of the kineiuatograpb it is to be
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      182 8 •1911 VINTAGE, i Appeunoer.-. ■^■■^B £2 H°S MAJtSTTTW KiNO CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO. ■OLE AGENT*. AVERY'S PLATFORM SCALES New Stooka from 260 lbt. f Sf and catties to 2.000 lbs. :»-fgE J PIfICES ON APPLICATION. -*4r^ (Ikcorpokatid in Enuland). SINGAPORE and KUALA UMNMM Engineering Consyilt GENERAL ELECTRICAL motor pENTRAI I MAIIINE
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      225 8 FULL VALUE 18 WHAT YOU 6ET AT THE HOUSE OF QUALITY, THE ALHAMBRA Bench Road The Leading Theatre In Singapore. TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHT Our Programmes are steady and consistent, reliable and trustworthy SEE tbe following Programme of feature* The Milano Film Co. Pmmti Th.ir Senut.onal Photoplay d« luxe THE LOST
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    THE WAR.
    3849 9 GERMAN RETREAT. Outrages on Deserted Towns. Terrible Conditions Being Discovered. RUSSIAN UPRISING. Progress of the Reforming Movement. RIUTM's I'CLautAMS. London. March 23. 11.15 p.m. Field Marshal HaiyrejorW' that the enemy's resistance is increasu^ ot> the whole front from west of Saint gu.-tO. :o south of Arras. Heavy snowstorms
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    CHINA AND WAR.
    367 9 Recruits for Labour Battalion In France. Weihsien, Shantung message of r bruary 28, Bays The recruiting for the Chinese Labour Battalion for Europe is pushing forward rapidly. The ma depots in this province are at Tsinautu, Choutsun, Fangtze and Tsiogtau. Men .ire signed op at Tsinanfu and
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    Estate Affray.
    197 9 A disturbance occurred on the Bukit Jelutong Estate. Batu Tiga, last week, resulting in two persons being wounded. It is alleged that a Tamil woman, named Chelama, went to the estate on the day in question, in order to recover an outstanding debt from a coolie named Karupan.
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    Penang Trade.
    1347 10 ANNU*. REPORT OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Results of the Year. We make the following extracts from the report of the committee of the Penang Chamber of Commerce for the year ended December 81. 1910 Export business generally was hampered during the year by the scarcity of tonnage, but
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    HEARING CASES IN CAMERA.
    539 10 Admiralty's Demand to Losses Commission. Some strong comments upon the action of the Admiralty were made by Sir James Woodbouse. chairman of the Defenoe of the Realm Losses Commission, on February 8, in declining to consider in camera a claim made against the Admiralty iv respect
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    Football.
    178 10 A friendly between V.M.C.A. and Naval teams attracted a large crowd of spectators to the S.C.C. ground yesterday. Play was enlivened by the encouraging remarks of the visitors' supporters, who turned up in force. There was no score at half time, but in the second half the visitor's got
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    CLASSIFYING RECRUITS.
    762 10 A Day with the City of London Medical Board. By the courtesy of Major C. E. GoddarU, President of the City of London Recruiting Medical Board, an Evening Standard representative was enabled to watch the proceed ings of the Board at the Holborn Viaduct Hotel. Similar Boards are
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    108 10 A French soldier on leave got into a Metro train on the Vincennes Maillot line carrying an earthenware jar containing a moe plumb rat which he had brought back from the trenches as a specimen with which to astonish the natives from behind the counter nt the wineshop of which
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    SKIPPER IN IRONS.
    412 10 Drunken Folly and Violence On The High Seas. At the Devon Assizes, Exeter, Thomas James Stayman, 49, captain of a merchant vessel trading between Rangoon and London, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude for attempting to murder Gunner Gifford on the high seas, and to five
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    TISSUE OF LIES.
    226 10 Tale of the Britannic by An Austrian Ananias. In a German wireless press message the allegations are repeated, only in fuller detail, that it is the practice of the British Government to abuse the immunity hitherto accorded to hospital ships, and to employ them for the conveyance
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    "A DAUGHTER OF THE GODS."
    301 10 A DAUGHTER OF THE GODS." Wonders of a New American Film. For some time past American newspapers reaching Britain have been loud in praise of a new film, A Daughter of the Godn, which, it was declared, marked the high- water mark of the cinematograph's achievements. The film was shown
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    114 10 Welfare work is the newest factory fad, and a pathetic wartime tragedy is narrated by a welfare supervisor in Pearson's Magazine. _In one factory one of the most determined workers was a girl of twenty two, who found no labours too heavy, no hours too long. Her one idea was
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    MOEWE'S DIARY.
    667 10 'Swedish Officers Fooled by Prize Captain. The crew of the Norwegian steamer Pall t bjoerb (Capt. Andersen), which was stopped |on her voyage trom America to France .in November by the new Moewe, gave an interesting account of the trip on board the German privateer and the captured
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    CUPID AND THE CAR.
    399 10 Girl on the Footboard and Her Mani Admirers. He was a leather-lunged conductor, very brusque in his manner and business-like in his methods, and he rang his bell with an electric swiftness. The 'bus was fall inside, and as the vehicle speeded along towards the City
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  • Correspondence.
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      Profiting by Opportunity.
      507 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Exceptions prove the rule —but it is a matter of conjecture if a custom prevalent in a certain township not vt>ry remate from the Federal Capital is an exception. To proceed. The clerks, or rather the clerk in the
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      Tramways.
      176 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The Tramway "go astean" evil has now been attended to, but there is another matter just as important which could easily be set right without extra trouble or expense. Indeed, if the Kuies aud Regulations were enforced, it would disappear. lam
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    CONTRADICTING GERMAN LIES.
    156 10 Submarine Campaign and British Exports to China. The British Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai, is issuing, in English and Chinese, the following timely leaflet, headed British Shipping: Whereas the Germans in China have spread reports that owing to their submarines there will be no Allied ships bringing cargo
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    Goods of Enemy Origin.
    93 10 Before Mr. 8. U. Langs ton in the Second Court, Penang, on Thursday, The Haddel MaatHchappij Doli Atjeh wan nuiuiuom-l at the instance ol Mr. H. H. Stevens, awiiitsnt Registrar of Imports and Exports, for im porting into Penan); 200 oases of window glasses from Amsterdam
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      153 10 PUBLIC NOTICE PARAGRAPHS. Service will be held at the Boastead Institute on Sunday night at 8.15. The Rev. W. Cross will give the address. The first matinee at the Palladium of the Britain Prepared films is to be given on Tuesday next, and not on Monday as previously announced. A
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    TRAINING LEWIS GUNNERS.
    474 11 Wonderful and Rapid Organisation. One of the interesting developmentr o( 'be war ban been tbe establinhment of •jc Macbinegan Corpn, due to the importance which tbe machine gun took very early in hostilities. Huge contract* far VickeraMazim gani were placed witb all speed, and in 1016 headquarters
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    545 11 Sunday, March 25, 1917. St. Andriw's Cathedral. Fifth Sunday in L it. -i Passion Sunday, and the K. uf ll.e ADL.nciition of tbe B. V. Mary). 7am Holy LULiiuanion; 7.45 a.m. II 'ly Cummunion (Ch< ral 93U i.m. Corpo rate Communion of >i-A'.i rV L'mun \o'd) Matins (Choral
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    WHY THEY WERE SLOW.
    212 11 German Officer Waits in Dug-out To Burn Papers. The following inoident of one of our raids will serve to illustrate bow pstient aad indulgent our men can be towards their enemies, once they have got them well beaten. One of oar officers, witb a handful of
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    WAR ON WOMEN.
    431 11 Thrilling Last Scenes on Sinking Liner. A survivor of the lintr City of Birmingham, the story of whose sinking was told by the Admiralty, related fuller details to a Daily News representative at Liverpool recently. This case of German barbarity provides one of the finest instances during
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    153 11 Programme of drills, etc., for week ending Friday, March 80 Saturday, Makcu 21. 130 p.m. Johnston's Pier S.V. A., Sections 3 and 4. 2.15 p.m. Balestifcr Range S.K.E.(W). Scm>ay, March 25. 730 a.m. BaJestier Range S.R E.(V.). Monday, Mai. v 26. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall 5.X.8.(V.). Maxim
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      475 11 Hear the R AT New 1 Records February fal 'THE very litejt w»r long. I-^ X Ihe enz* of tbe moment among factory 6)1 worker, in England. Robert !t* k..aiord at his but. m Z 1652 |3 THE MUNITION WORKER'S SONG S 5,,,,,5 v «5 j Robert Radford and THE
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      345 11 QJEVENTEEN tploidid New Cfl O Recordi. AU toe Utut In titles (tJ aad topicalities. LACK DIAMONDS BAND VerooiqiMi Safectiona, P»rf I fjx A tin" VnooiqiM"— Schctiont, P./'fT'" W<3 V M,,,mtrr M A il« I S«y">««i Overture, P»rt 1 Il..m*i X) BLACK DIAMONDS BAND Z IMB (y C M cl >
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      232 11 RAFFLES HOTEL What have YOU done for the Blinded Soldiers and Sailors? TONIGHT Mr. Frederic Villlers, The World's Greatest Living War Correspondent will deliver His Interesting WAR TALK PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BY Exclusive views and moving- pictures THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT WAR FILMS. During the Entertainment a Collection will be taken an
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    The War Problem.
    1560 12 %JI SHIPS LOST IN SIX MONTHS. The Tonnage Outlook. Mr. Archibald Hunl writes in the .Daily Tek-grapb of February 1 Since the beginning of August last— a matter of six months the enemy has sunk 881 merchant ships, of which 264 were British 223 Allied, and 344
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    "CALCULATED CRIMES."
    328 12 Mr. Asquith on the German Threats. "The resources of tbe Allies naval, military, and economic— wisely organised and bandied, assure us an inevitable victory," said Mr. Asquith in a speech to his constituents at Ladybank. "The notion tbat the struggle is about to come to a squalid end
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    ASTROLOGERS PREDICTIONS.
    310 12 The kaiser's Outlook not Very Promising. In the MintUy Magazine section of the New York World, John C. Hackett, ao American writer, wbo baa been a lifelong ntudent of astrology, present* an interest ■Dg forecast baaed on the old time laws of astrological science," of the fate of
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    FLYING AGAINST DEATH.
    826 12 Guynemer's Wonderful Record In The Air. A French flying officer was congratulated one day by some gushing women on tbe announcement of bis latest success. You have now won," said one, "tbe Legion of Honour, the Military Medal, and the War Cross why, what other decorations nan
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    CHIMPANZEE AT SCHOOL.
    241 12 A Research Expedition To Ape-Land. Dr. Richard L. Garner, undeterred by bis seventy years of age and the perils of sea travel in war time, is now on bis way back to Central Africa to study our backward cousin the ape. He proposes, says a writer ia
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    THE INSURANCE ACT.
    446 12 "Unshaken in its Great Masterly Strength." A luncheon was given by tbe Faculty of insurance at tbe Holborn Restaurant the other day by Sir Edwin Cornwall, Comptroller of the Household, and chairman of the National Health Insurance Joint Commission. The chairman (Mr. P. Rookloff) read tbe following
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    CROWN PRINCE'S PROMOTION.
    387 12 Kaiser's Tribute to His Son's Leadership. According to the Diisseldorfer Generalanzeiger, tbe Kaiser announcad the promo tion of the Crown Prince to the rank of General in the following Army Order By an Army Order issued to day (January 2?), I have promoted your Imperial Royal Highness
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    171 12 Outward. The following passenger bookings to the Straits are taken from the London and China Express. Per P. and O. steamer. From London to Singapore. Mr. and Mrs. Mclver, Mr. Grant, Mr. Wood, Mrs. Carmel, Mrs. Haywood, Capt. Duinker. To Penang: Nurse Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. Carter,
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    Mexico's Need.
    1049 13 PRESIDENTIAL POWER NOT TO BE SHACKLED. General Carranza's Statement. To be free, it is not enough to wish it, but it is also necessary to know how to be so." This is from General Carranza's message to the Constituent Assembly at Queretaro, says the Christian Science Monitor, in
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      2027 14 Wahbot Pkaob. Famine or Plenty, Life Insurance ib worth 100 cents on the dollar, (j WHAX OTHER PROPERTY MT I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. MM O M,a. WW^^- hou... ..n.^o^. «»^O.. o.- -^nr. «.o. I The Oomp-, h« ««O*OO HM wilh Ib. Bop.e«e On* <- ■.Kted, «d
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      843 14 INBURAN6E. THE SHANGHAI LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Ibcopobatbd ix Hobokomo) Matured policies and claims paid during 1916 524,303.51 Matured policies and claims paid 1912-16 1 ,680,91 6.93 Income during 1916 2,236,759.05 Assurance Reserve Fund (policyholders' security) 5,106,943.44 Assurance in Force 21 ,630,287.26 P. J. FITZGERALD, Reaident Manager, The Arcade, Singapore.
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    THE MOTORING WORLD.
    699 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. A Dodge Brothers Car Test. Commencing last night the Palladium are screening a sensational film sbewing a trip taken in a Dodge Brothers car through Death Valley, California, with a view of determining the maximum stamina and power I incorporated in
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    SERVICE FROM FOREIGNERS.
    262 15 Sir G. Cave on Mr. N. Chamberlain's Scheme. Sir George Cave, tbe Home Secretary, speakiEL: at a War Loan meetiDg at Mortlake on January 31, said tbat tbe crisis was upon as now, instantly. Tbe supply of men was of vital importance. Tbe Government bad to call
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    The Wit of the Conductress.
    110 15 The wit of the tod.ii 'bo* conductor may •ood btcome as much an article of (aitb to tbe London public as tbat of tbe old bone boa driver', says tbe Manchester Guard. id. A man travelling on a 'bus from Charing Croat to Plamstatd asked
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      1001 16 tiDDD No tyre, by any mtht name grips the road lilt* 'JlAlt Goodrich Safety Tr«a«i. Mich Safety come* from saying 'GoodncA Safety TiW when you a; c buying tyr«B» 2^^^ .I^BUBBJBBm 4KHM CMBB^iBBak. "A (rip on the read ie worth I two on t!ir steering wheel. 1 Fit'GoouricAiafetyTr*^' UL g
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      742 16 HOUBEB TO LET. TO LET. No. 9 a, Tanjong Katong. Apply Meyer Brothers. 8 8 v TO LET, Dunrobin, Barker Road. Immediate entry Apply Lee Cheng Van Co. 17-n TO LET bungalow, unfurnished, with 2 bedrooms newly built, close to sea, with dreMing and drawing rooms and bethroomn attached, and
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      402 16 PAINTS OILS OF ALL COLOURS and Makes at reasonable prices for Immediate delivery. KIAM KIAT A Co. lOBand 109, Market Street. Pbonb same No. 421. G.R. LAMBERT Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS Si, Orchard Road, Telsphoa* No. 103 S. THE OLDEBT AND LEADING STUDIO Untquaili d Faoilitioß, Ample Rcsonroeß, and tbe Requisite
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      219 16 FORWARD SHIPMENTS CANNOT BE GUARANTEED. BUT THE FOLLOWIN6 ARE IN STOCK READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Stone breaking Hammers 1 J to 4!b Sledge Hammers 8 to 16 lbs. Brades Ma'ay Parangs Canvas Hone J" to 4" Talacre Scythe Stone < Scythe Blades Salve Hair Belting Galvanized Pipes i", and j"
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      493 16 NEW MOTOR CARS •phone For HIRE l§ l§ promptlj tttei to I M your call with firstl m fjßfil cla s high-priced cars, I t^ B^_f day and night. CHARGES MODERATE STRAITS MOTORCAR SERVICE 918 A 216. Orchard Road (Newt to WEARNE BROS., Ltd.) Telegrams: MOTOKCAR, Singapore. To ADVERTISERS As
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      318 16 Straits Tpimes. Temporary Telephone 58. All communications relating to editorial matters and news should be addressed to THE EDITOR. All communication s relating,' to business matters advertisements, subscriptions, accounts, printing, etc. should be addressed to THE MANAOEK. ADVERTISEMENT KATES.— Miscellaneous wants of every description arc inserted in the ordinary body
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