The Straits Times, 4 April 1912

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.840 SINGAPORE. THURg|&Y. APl^f, 4. 1912. PRICE. 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 116 1 BEER. DIIDDCD -J)&«L^- M-3MSmi^^^ OTfIPVO f nuDDtn K§^ i oIUUROuI CHESTS ■■^3BBPu HELD BY KATZ BROS., LD^ H Y-RIB FOR CONCRETE FLOORS, WALLS, PARTITIONS, ROOFS, CONDUITS, SEWERS, ETC. No CENTERING is Required. „<. GREAT REDUCTION IN COST OF CONSTRUCTION. HOWARTH ERSKINE, LIMITED, Singapore. ==j SIGNAL Sapporo Black Beer teuSill Citron
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    • 290 1 All the Latest Shapes in Gentlemen's Felt, Tweed and Straw Hats, Tropical Helmets a Specialite. I "EMwood'.-Cork Helmet I 'J^ i *'-''^^^^B Ml> "Shikar" Helmet Lightweight. Drill on Felt. Price $6 OO Each. I>ri( 650 K u tl Ellwood's White Drill on Felt, Lined Green. Price $6.00 Each. --Tgr Twe&f
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    • 10 1 JEFFREYS PILSENER BEER Sola Aganta ADAMBON GILFILLAN. »»D CO., LTD.
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  • 1841 2 THE INSPECTION OF GOING CONCERNS. Legislation Necessary. I Continuing his series of articles in The Times, a correspondent says Let it be assumed that the law has been amended on lines suggested in the previous article, and that what was termed an investors' official protection fund has been
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  • 361 2 Special Attention Necessary in Hot Countries. It in a well-known fact that the hair and the n- ilp ttquire uuc in m a(ten*ion in hot c< iiutiii-n than in cooler cliiuatts. Especially is this th case with thu-e who are not nativts Not only is
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 146 2 TRAOE A IVI BRAND MARK V |>| Tonic Wine The Ideal Vitaliser for Body, Brain and Nerve. The Best Restorative after Malaria, etc. Keeps you Fit Oht'iinuble of nil the principal Phai mucijts BURROUGHS WELLCOME k LONDON C'-\ Kiw Vote Moitrcai Sydhbv Caps Town s r -C Milan •~:..n..h^ Bijbxos
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    • 10 2 For Children's Hacking Congh at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.
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    • 247 2 When greek meets Greek, then comes the tiiß-of-war. but when Sunlight Soap meets the weekly wash it is an easy triumph. «t ■< SUNLIGHT SOAP TRY THE SI M IC.IIT WAV. FUSHUN COAL The Best Steaming Coal in the Far Eart. FRE^H STOCKB always on hand at Dairen, Newchwang, Tientsin
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  • 644 3 Bt L»ut.-Col. O. A. Derrick, V.D., Commandant, S.V.C. Singapore, April 2, 1912. s. v. c. Balesticr Riflo Range. I:— Tho range is allotted a* under On Saturday, 6th inst., Maxim Coy., S.V.A. On Sunday, 7th inst., Maxim Coy., S.V.A. On Sunday, 21st inst., Maxim Coy., S.V.A. On Sunday,
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  • 250 3 Upright Posture Not ExclusivelyHuman. In his fourth lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons on the Evolution of Man, Prof, j Keith Raid that the gibbon is the most important of all surviving apes. We arc apt to think of the upright posture as a human characteristic,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 137 3 A~ W. fully Is now doing business on the forthcoming SELANGOR SKYE MEETING First Day, April 6. TRHBLE On Races 1, 4 and 5. DOUBLES ANY TWO KVENTS STRAIGHT-OUT ON ILL EVENTS. I'.n ticu'ars and Prices can be rcn at Urn Mm NO. 11, THE ARCADE. Tolo 589. Tel. address
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    • 636 3 3 CHILDREN HAD ECZEMAJN FACES Began in Red Places, Spread Rapidly. BrokeandMadeRawSores. Speedily Cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Have Had No Return. "My three chililr.n lml an outbreak of ■ores on their faces. It began with Die rMret, thirteen years old. Afu r using a sample tin of Cut
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    • 40 3 How the Trouble Starts. Constipation is the cause of many ailments and disorders that make life miserable. Take Chamberlain's btomach and Liver Tablets, keep your bowe's regular and you will avoid tfceaa diseases. For sale by all Dispensarie uud Dealers.
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    • 513 3 wk £ffimne£ I NFNRV AC 1 The Blue Funnel line sttamers sailing from Glasgow and Liverwnm ginravnaw'- poo t0 he Eas ern ard Pacflc Porfe as weM ag Sou(h Africa OP# Q?* P J Austra 'i 8 an d ot her important markets of tbe world, are the largest •JiwftjjwPW
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 619 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. p.iro. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANG, OBYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADBN, BOYPT, MBDITBRRANBAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through BiUs of Lading issued for Oolna Coast, Persian Galf, Continental and American Ports. Btea:ners will leave Singapore on or about:— MAIL LINES MM Omtmtrd (for Ohina.) Awaye Apl 6
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    • 734 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles. London and Antwerp, under mail oontraot with tbe Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this servioe have been specially designed and oonstruoted. and are fitted with all
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    • 698 4 BTEAMEB BAIUNBB. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LD. EAST COAST SERVICE. For Pahang, Bersorah, Tringganu Bisat, Semerak, Baoho, KelanUn, Bangnara Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Singora, Laoon, Kohsamai, Bandon, Langsoan Champon Takn, Koblak and Bangkok. OIM Dsparturs S p.ra. a.a. REDANG April 6 PRACHATIPOK April 7 April IO a.a. N ATUNA April
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    • 539 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. 1 HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. 4MB MVTMI [UMPfMiIMMHTMOL "HIW IREMEI Combined ■ervloe. The steamers of those Companies maintain a regular aerrioe between Hamburg Bremen Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straiti-, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhavon
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    • 609 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. orddeutschor Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company nail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam. Antwerp, Sontiiampton, Gibraltar, Oon 's, Naplos (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe vena) Port Said, Sues, Aden, Colombo, Penang, SingaDore, Hongkong, Shanghai,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 1107 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. AUSTRJAINn-LOYD (Under Mail Contract with the Austrian Government). New Monthly Fast Line, Trieste-Shanghai. From and to Trionte and Venice, calling at Port Said, Soes. Aden, Colombo, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai, and at Penang on the homeward voyage. OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. Duo to arrive on or about Due to sail
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    • 608 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS. The undermentioned mail steamers of the above Line maintain a regular service between Calcutta and Japan, calling at Penang Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai en route. FLEET Tons Commander 'Jap ah" 6,018 A Stbwabt Gbboobt Apoab 4,800 S. H.
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    • 614 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.S Royal Mail Steamahip Lin*. THB NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO BUROPE Vu Chin*. Jjpia, Camadi and thi Cnitid Staiis. Route from Hongkong, via Shanghai, Nagasaki (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe Yokohama, Viotoria and Vancouver. R.M.B. "Bmpress of India" Twin sore w R.M.B."BmpreBB ofJapan4 g^"^™ R.M.S. Bmpress
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    • 514 5 ABTICLES FOB SALE. CALVES FOR SALE. Apply to tbe Mcnufor The Sinespo-t Model Dairy, Limited, Uivir Valley Road I 191 v HOUSE FOR SALE. No. 79, Waterloo Strert. Apply to Mrs J. E Braat, No. 100, Seltgie Road. 218 204 PIANO FOR SALE. M. F. Ra^haln' P ano ia good
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    • 338 5 SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. NBAR BNTRANCB to BORNBO W HA KP Telephone 1O c I I Sea Htoces of all kinds of FROZBN I MEATS, etc., oan be dolivered to Shipping at the Wharves, or ia the Singapore Reads, oa nhort I 1 notice. 3FFICE HOURS "k days 7
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 239 6 GLASS RUBBER TAPPING CUP. HALF LEMON SHAPE, Size 1O Oz. Deed on the Leading Rubber Estates Locally and the F.M.S. Bamplo Free on. Application. APPLY TO G. Otomune Co. WIKTORIN LIGHT. Tbe latest invention in modern Lamp* tbat U creating tbe greatest sensation in Europe. llie cheapest, most beautiful and
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    • 911 6 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. THE SPRING RACE MEETING. (Under SKA. Bulet of Booing), Will be held on Tuesday, May 7 Thursday, May 0 and Saturday, May 11, 1912. PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. Tcbsdat, Mat 7, 1812. 1. THE OPENING STAKES.- (2.80 p.m.) Value tSOO. A Handicap lor Hones that have not won
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    • 627 6 the hour for Scratching 8 p.m. on the DAY BEFORE the Raoe. Owners of Griffins are entitled to enter (ot either of tbe following series of Races Fbbi Beri» No. 1 First Day— Race No. 4. Second Day— Raoe No. 1. Beri«* No. i First Day— Race No. 7. Second
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    • 233 6 MOTOR CARS For heavy loads use the "COMMER CAR made by the Commercial Cars, Ltd., Luton, England. 20 miles per hour with a 5-ton load. PRICES ON APPLICATION. UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS The typewriter of To»day An honour to the Hour Modern to the Minute Serviceable to the Second. SPARES STOCKED. REPAIRS
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  • 136 7 FIXTURES Thursday, April 4. High Water, 11.59 a.m.. 0.49 p.m. Friday, April 5. High Water, 0.37 p.m. G 'oil Friday. Publio and Bank Mnlid iv. No issue of the Straits Times. Saturday, April 6. Iliyn Water, 0.17 a.m.. 1.16 p.m. Crickut, Colony v. F.M.S. Public and Bank
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  • 211 7 To-DAT. Batn Pahat Aing Leoag BP m Malacca and Maw Kaka 8 pm Port UickHon Malacca 8 pm Port Sw. ttcniiftin Selangor 8 pm Batavia, Choribon and Samarang Giang Ann 4 pm liaw.-iin. Sourabaya, Bandjerrnanein, etc. Janssens 4pm Hatavia. S ituarans aQ d Sonrabaya Van Noort 4pm
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  • 146 7 The s.B. Oriental (extra) left Hongkong st 8 p.m. on Sunday, the 81st alt and may be expected to arrive here at 4 p.m. to-day. The P. and O. outward intermediate steamer Pethawur is expected to arrive at PtnanK at 8 a.m. tomorrow. The P. aud O.
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  • 780 7 Latest Arrivals. ilatik. Out. Govt. str. 2)0 tons, 20 orew 2 gnat 63u h.p. i in. Wink, April 8. Fiom P Saiubop. April 8. For Khio, April 4. Rds. Amhnrflt, Brit. str. 185 tons, Capt Scott, April 4. From Sambas, April 2. (i.e. and I it p. Thong
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  • 106 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day. TANJONG PAGAR Bast Whiii Basin Dt-Zeveo Provincien. Bast W. Sbctiom No. I—Ttnpaisan1 Ttnpaisan Mara, Shbbbs Wh»bf— Nil. [Danera. Main W. Siot. No. 2— Border Kcight, Klang. B—Hong8 Hong Mob. 4 Charon, Islander. ft— Hellas. B— Jason,
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  • 256 7 Finance Commerce. ■XCHANOE Simsapobi, Apkil 4 ISI2 On L»»do»— Bank 4 m/t 1/4 Demand m 3/4J Private 8 m/t 3/4 ft 8 m/t it- J On OttMAHi— Bank d/d 888+ Private 8 m/t 342^ U> Fuaca— Bank d/d 394 Private 8 m/t 359 On laou— Bank T. T. 174* Private
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES
    • 149 7 Issue !S Valued Boyeri. Sellon 10 10 Belat 1 m 10 10 BruaDK 10 10 Kanaboi 41 41 KintaTia ill 41 Lahat Mines 10 10 Malacca Tin 6/. 8/. Pahang Consol £1 41 Pengkalen 41 41 PosiDg Bahrn 41 41 PusinK Lama 10 10 Bahman Hyd 41 41 BabmanXia
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    • 567 7 Issue IS Value Bayer*. Sellers ■ii a/, aiimm 8/- 8/44 3/. a/- Anglo Malay 16/8 16/104 3/- 3/- Batane Malik* 2/6 2,9 41 41 Bato Cavee 13 10 0 14 CO xd 41 £1 BataTiga 818 9 4.0.0 £1 41 Bukit Kajang 2.19 0 5.C.6 £1 £1 Bokit Lintenp
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    • 118 7 Issue 2 Value buyer* dellem 10 10 Barter* norn BmelMat 10.00 10 T «00 41 41 Rlectrie Tramwayi 3 6 8/9 10 10 Fraeer Neave 49 00 50.00 100 Howarth Brskine (0.00 100 a 7% Prol 02.60 97.50 100 100 Kati Bro, Del. 180.00 100 100 8% Cnm. Pret.
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    • 45 7 Bayers Soileie Howarth Brakine 8% 1900,000 pa? Riley. Hargreaves 8% 1384,000 t, Singapore Blectrio Tramways 6% 4860,000 Spore Municipal 6 11,878,000 boo. Buyers Sellers Spore Municipal 4J% of 1007 •1,800,000 7% Spore Municipal 4+% of 1909 •1,000,000 7% »%pm Spore Municipal 4% 1002,900 par
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 61 7 Thu happy days wo spend in health, Sri'in all ton goon to glide away Tli' n conitH a time wliun oach of as, Muit tn Koiae illnu><« b<> a prey. An i as an ill Dew oft begins With cruel conuh, or chill, or cold 1 1 but to tako
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    • 160 7 A Family Necessity. Every family should be provided with Chamberlain's I'ain Balm at all times. Sprains may be cured in much less time when promptly treated. Lame back, lame shoulder, pains in the side and chest and rheumatic pains are some of the diseases for I which it is especially
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    • 335 7 J. F. BELLS Celebrated Three Nuns Tobacco In j lb. Patent Airtight Tins. Price 85 cents Per Tin. OBTAINABLE AT JOHN LITTLE CO.. LTD.. KATZ BROS.. LTD.. ROBINSON CO.. WHITEAWAY. LAIDLAW CO.. LD. THORNE'S OLD VAT No. 4 Scotch Whisky. Obtainable from HASLEWOOD CO.. LTD.. sSo,. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. GRAND HOTEL
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    • 265 7 PAYING 6UESTS WANTED. Vacancies for Paying Guests. Comfortable home, Tennis. Apply 27, Syed Ali Rjad. 4 4 18-4 AUCTION SALE Of A RONEO STEEL FILING CABINET, OLIVER TYPEWRITER, ETC., At Powell k Co.'s Saleroom, On Satdkday, April 18, at 11 a.m. A new Bteel filing cabinet with a complete set
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    • 29 7 AT THE Harima Hall Cinematograph, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. GRAND CHANGE OF PROGRAMME INCLUDING THE Latest Gaumont Graphic AND OTHER INTERESTING NEW PICTURES. Tblbfbokb I 1118. K. HARIMA, Sole Proprietor.
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  • 1081 8 The Straits Times. THURSDAY, APRIL 4. TRADE AND THE BUDGET. Quite prudently Mr. Lloyd George is content to rest upon the glories of bis 1909 budget. He has refrained very carefully since then from making any startling proposals, and in truth there is no need for them in view of
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  • 16 8 Two ladies have been buying up decrepit cab horses in London and naring them humanely slaughtered.
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  • 23 8 Six cottages have been sold at Stalybridge for £20, whioh works out at the remarkably low figure of £3 6s. Bd. per cottage.
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  • 23 8 Yarmouth licensing justice* have refused to give permission for vocalists to sing sacred songs in the winter gardens after church hours on Sundays.
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  • 38 8 At Colkirk, near Fakenliam, the death is announc»d of Mrs. Dinah Sumptcr in her one hundred and second year. She had lived in the village all her life, and had only been away for a fortnight's holiday once.
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  • 40 8 Paddington Town Council is to buy a silk hat for the town hall keeper for 175., two livery hats for the beadles, including gold bands, at 80s. each, and two silk hats for the Paddington Green keepers at 17a. each.
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  • 17 8 Eight whales are said to have been strand ed near Jeram and their carcases are decom posing.
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  • 25 8 To-morrow being Good Friday there will be no issue of the Straits Times. On Saturday and Easter Monday the paper will be published as usual.
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  • 27 8 It will be seen from our advertisement columns that trains on the Singapore section of the F.M.S. railways will run tomorrow (Good Friday) as on week days.
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  • 31 8 There will be a special service in the Garrison Church, Tanglin, on Sunday, tbe Tth inst., at 6.30 p.m. The band of tbe 2nd Bn. The Buffs wiy be in attendance.
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  • 27 8 Tho competition for the Hromhead Mat thews Shield between teams of six represent ing Straits and Malayan Volunteer Units will take place between April 20 and 27.
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  • 37 8 In our paragraph yesterday referring to the death of Mrs. F. S. Clarke, it was stated that the local banks were to be closed. We learn that our informant was mistaken. Business was carried on as usual.
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  • 40 8 Lady Evelyn Young has promised to preside at a meeting at the Tanglin Club, on Wednesday, April 10, at 5 p.m., when an address will be givi-n by Miss L. Radford, 8.A., on 'The World's Y.W.C.A.' Ladies will be welcomed.
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  • 39 8 Replying to Mr. Sykes in the House of Commons, Mr. Buxton said his attention bad been drawn to newspaper reports regarding the conduct of lascars on the Occana. He had ordered an enquiry into the circumstances of the disaster.
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  • 41 8 Mr. R. K. Rice, Messrs. Marconi's representative at Colombo, states that a message was transmitted to, and received at, Bombay from the Colombo wireless station, and that the installation is now practically ready to be handed over to the telegraph authorities.
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  • 46 8 America's very latest is an At Home at the bottom of the Pacific, all the guests eighty have been invited being in diving dress. It is understood that there are no formal invitations. Drop in any time you're passing," is the usual cheery style of thing.
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  • 49 8 The new Excise scheme for Burma comes into force shortly under which pay will vary in many cases, as it is found that the present salary of Excise Officers is too high for tbe work done. The Distillery and Salt establishment will be amalgamated with the new Excise Department.
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  • 47 8 At tho annual general meeting of the Penang Football league, Dr. T. Hill Jamieson was elected President. Mr. W. E. Mann was appointed Vice President, and Mr. H. K. Cheeseman, Hon. Secretary and Trea surer. The Dewar Shield was formally presented to the season's chunpions, the C'.H.C.
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  • 57 8 Husin, a Malay syce employed by Major Hulke, of Tang] in Barracks, was arrested iv Dhoby Gaut on Wednesday, on a charge of having stolen his in inter's silver cigarette case. The case came before Mr. Acton this morning and was fixed for hearing on the 11th inst.,bail 150. Mr.
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  • 84 8 Mr. Bishop, the acting Adviser to the Ruler of Kelantan, goes on leave to recruit bis health, which has suffered since ho has been in that State, on the return of the substantive holder of the appointment and the Chosen of tbe Kelantauites, Mr. Scott Mason. One good thing, says
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  • 82 8 The annual meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute was hold on March 5, at tbe Hotel Metropole. General Sir J. Bevan Edwards, the chairman of the council, presided. At the end of 1911, last year, according to the report, there was a total membership oi 5,608. The number of lady
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  • 88 8 The Pall Mall Gazette publishes an article on Denmark's concession to a syndicate for constructing a huge harbour at St. Thomas Island (a Danish possession in the West Indies, about 1 ,100 miles to the eastward of Panama). Tbe article points out that Russian financiers, together with a Danish Princess
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  • 94 8 The Tribnna states that the new excavations at Pompeii in the ancient Street of Abundance" have resulted in such extensive finds that the life of the street can be almost entirely reconstructed. The principal discovery is that of a huge "tlurmopolion," a kind of public house at which hot drinks
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  • 146 8 For illegal fishing with sunkor at Pulau Ketam a Malay and a Chinaman were arrested and tried at the Klang Court last week. They were each find $25 with tbe option ot 8 ueeks' imprisonment, the nets being confiscated. A party of officers of the Marine Department at Port Swtttenham
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  • 390 8 Mrs. W. R. Armstrong, tho wifa of th* well-known Penang barrister, is seriously ill. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Prior, of tho Golden Hope Estate, are in Singapore on route tor Home. Dr. R. Dowden, tho newly appointed Modi cal Officer at Batu Oajab. has arrived from
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  • 99 8 The president of the Rubber Planters' Association of Cochin-China bas, says the Bulletin Financier, of Saigon, received from a well-known Paris firm a letter expressing a favourable opinion of samples of rubber from the Suzannath estate, in Indo China. The letter says: "We have told M. lo Coispellier
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  • 115 8 Curious directions for the disposal of hia remains are given in the will of Mr. Loder Wilkins Tan field Vac-hell, of Lansdowne Park, Bath, who died July U last, leaving estate of the gross value of £59,76 with £18,504 vet perhonalty. Mr. Vachell, who was a well-known
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  • 116 8 Mine. Sarah Bcrnuar n, the great actress, has shown herself in a new role by coming into the auditorium during one of the entr'acte* oi "L'Aiglon" at her theatre and takius round a plate collecting for the National Aeroplane Fund. Such an innovation was naturally not without
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  • 250 8 Mr. William Watson, tbe poet, who is visiting New York, bas emphasised bis opinion that present day fiction is worthless. The very best of the novels now being written could be compressed into 500 words, says Mr. Watson, without loss. "Novels today area delusion and
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    • 224 8 MAIBON FONDEB EN 1828. Courvoisier's BRANDIES "i860" stud "Three Diamond!.' 1 Tbe Brandies of this old established firm are now more generally used in tbe principal London Clubs, Hotels, and Restaurants than any otber brands. STOCKS KEPT BYi Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., SOLE AGENTS. LITTLE'S Cash Clearance SALE Now Proceeding. WOLSELEY
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    • 209 8 LAST TWO NIGHTS Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April S| Of the Most Perfect Coloured Picture Representation of Shakespaare'a Sablime Tragedy ROMEO AND JULIET In Two Pabts Duration about One Hoar AT THE ALHAMBRA BEACH ROAD. IM CONJUNCTION WITH TBE FOLLOWING NEW PICTURE! CAPTURINS PUFFINS IN UKL ISLAND, OFF TASMANIA.
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    • 13 8 Latest advertisements of the day appear on page 7 and on page 11.
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  • 186 9 MAJORITY AGAINST RESUMING WORK. Serious Rioting in Scotland and Wales. RSCTBB'S TBLBOkAH. London, April 8. The ballot at midnight was 141,858 in favour of resumption and 156,015 againßt, including Scotland 12,879 for and 20,850 against. Despite the hostile vote of the northern miners it is believed that
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  • 117 9 GREAT IMPERIAL COMMISSION FORMED. Members of Parliament Excluded. Hicl'ter's Telegram, London, April 3. Mr. H.iivuiii-t has announced that the members of the Royal Commission on the Trade Resources of the Empire will be Lord Inchcape (chairman I, Sir Edgar Vincent, Sir Charles John Owens. Sir Rider Haggard,
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  • 87 9 Anotner Appeal to the Board of Trade. Hbctib's Telegram. London, April 3. Mr. Thomas, assistant secretary to the Kailwayinen's I'nion, has called attention to the grave situation in the railway world arising from the failure of certain companies to carry out their obligations under the Government's conciliation scheme.
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  • 41 9 Rbctee's Telegram. London, April 3. Keuter wires from Perth that portions of the Koombana, which disappeared during the recent typhoon, and wreckage have been found. It is feared that the passengers and crew, totalling 130, have been lost.
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  • 56 9 Rkutek's Telegram. London, April 3. A Stockholm message says a bill has been introduced conferring on women tho parliamentary franchise and giving women a right to stand for election in the same way as men, but wives whoso husbands have not paid taxes for throe years
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  • 34 9 Rictsr's Tblbobam. London, April 8. Proposals for a basis of union between tho Church of Scotland and the United Free Church are at present being considered by committees of both Churches.
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  • 14 9 Rbutbb's Tblbobam. London, April 8. Parliament has adjourned until the 10th intt.
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  • 50 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuila Lumpur, April 8. A private cable received here states that the Cheras Rubber Company, Ltd., has bee* re-floated in London as a sterling company. The shares are of the denomination of £1 each, 10/- paid. The notation Has taken place at 8/lsd. premium.
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  • 514 9 No Dividend Heavy Overdraft at Bank. The third ordinary general meeting of Pantai Limited will be held at Gresham House, on Wednesday, April 10, when the following report of the directors, signed by Mr. W. L. Watkins, and datod March 25, will be submitted to the shareholders Your
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  • 205 9 A Commission of Inquiry to Investigate. The High Commissioner, F.M.S., Sir Arthur s Young, K.C.vl G., has appointed a commission of enquiry consisting of Mr. Justice Sercotnbe Smith, (president), Mr. H. M. Jackson and W. F. Nutt to make full enquiry into the following matters*: As to
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  • 83 9 London Auction Totals For Past Quarter. Seven auctions were held in the first quarter of 1911 and the same number in the first quarter of 1912. The quantities offered give a rough indication of the increase in production of plantation rubber and a comparison of the two years
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  • 703 9 PROSPECTS OF AN ENJOYABLE VACATION. Cricket, Swimming and Golf. Given the same ideal cricketing weather with which we were favoured last Easter, the coming holidays should prove even more enjoyable than was the case last yeai when the chief source of attraction was the cricket match between Singapore
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  • 247 9 Refreshment Buffet for Waiting Patients. The new King's College Hospital building, now nearing completion at Denmark-hill, London, S.E., is to contain a number of special features which will make the institution when completed unique in the hospital world. The plans of the new outpatient department, according to
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  • 74 9 Everyone will concur with the Chief Justice, Sir W. H. Hyndman Jones in his determination to suppress gang robbery as evidence by the sentences passed at the Assizes. Two Chinese who robbed a wealthy Chinese lady at Changi while ar,med with an axe and revolvers were given twelve years' rigorous
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  • 1242 9 CLAIM FOR COMMISSION 0N PROPERTY SALE. An Interesting Action. In the Supreme Court, at Kuala Lumpur, on April 8, before Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, Moy Fall Chang, of Kuala Lumpur. sued Alfred E. Jansen and Dr. P. G. Edgar, for 115,825 being 5 per cent, commission alleged to
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  • 463 9 Annamite Crew Rescued by German Steamer. The Siam Observer of March 26, says With respect to the rescue of the distressed crew of an Annamitc junk by the Norddeutsche Lloyd steamer Paklat, we are able to supplement yesterday's brief details. Our rcspresentative called on Captain Wen
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  • 415 9 Amusing Funeral Ceremony at Cambridge. Generally towards the end of the term a mock funeral is the order of proceedings with undergraduates, and one has just been carried out, although the rain put a stop to all outdoor sport. The affair surpassed anything of the kind held
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  • 48 9 Mrs. Sarah Brooks, of Downham, Ksscx, who celebrated her one hundredth birthday the other day, was born at Ply month, and saw Napoleon on the Bellerophon in Plymonth Sound at the age of five, and the Duke of Wellington at Lord Combermere's London house when she wan seventeen.
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  • 101 9 SUPER-DREADNOUGHT CRUISERS PROPOSED. Methods of Imperial Co-operation. Reciter's Tblboram. London, April 3. The Standard says the Quebec Chronicle outlines the proposed Borden naval policy. While the number of ships is not settled it is believed that tenders will be called for immediately for two super Dread nought
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  • 89 9 HELD EXCLUSIVELY FOR NAVAL EXPANSION. Commons Consulted if Not Required. Redter's Tklkhkax. London, April 3. The Times says the Government set asido the surplus of six and a half millions with the express intention of using it for increasing shipbuilding if the German naval programme is increased. This
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  • 50 9 Suspicious Action in Magdalena Bay. Rboter's Telegram. London, April 3. Reuter wires from Washington that the Senate has passed a resolution asking President Taft, if such action is compatible with public interest, to fuuish all possible information of the reported Japanese activity in Magdalena Biy, Mxi.'iu California.
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  • 29 9 MRS. PAN K HURST. Rbuteb's Tbleobam. London, April 8. The remainder of Mrs. Pankhurst's sentence has been remitted to enable her to prepare her defence for the conspiracy trial.
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  • 30 9 KBUTERS XELEORAM. London, April 3. A Melbourne message says the Victorian .'IJ per cent, loan of one and a half million sterling has been successfully floated locally.
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  • 41 9 Rbuter's Tblboram. London, April 4, The English Cup tie replays have resulted as follows:— West Bromwich Albion beat Blackburn by 1 to 0 at Sheffield, extra time being played Bamsley beat Swindon by 1 to 0 at Nottingham.
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  • 24 9 Rbotbb's Tblbobam. London, April 4. General Sir Mackworth Bullock is appointed Oovernor of Bermuda in succession (4 Sir Walter Kitchener.
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  • 46 9 Deb Ostasiatische Lloyd Tblkguaph. Berlin, April 8. Tne Bundesrat has passed the Bill pro* viding for the funds necessary for tho increased army forces. The Armament Bill will come before the Reichstag on 16th inst. Prince Heinrich has opened in Berlin as aeroplane exhibition.
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  • 72 9 (Kuom a Malacca Correspondent). Malacca, April 4. Information has been received by Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the price of fine Para in London yesterday was 4/11 per lb. sellers. The price of best plantation rubber is quoted at 5/5 sellers. The market is quiet The highest
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  • 1502 10 RILEY, HARGREAVES HOWARTH ERSKINE. No Monopoly Intended. Kxtraonlinary goneral moetings of Messrs. Riloy, Hargroaves and Co. and Messrs. Howarth Erskino, Ltd., wero hold at noon yesterday, to consider resolutions regarding tho pro|wsod scheme of amalgamation, the terms of which have already appeared in this paiier. At both meetings
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  • 373 10 Lawn Tennis. 5. C. C. Tournament. His Excellency the Governor and Lady Evelyn Young and a large gathering of ladies and gentlemen watched the final tie of the h.C.C. lawn tennis tournament on the Esplanade last evening when A.D. Cox and Capt. H.G. Pinches beat A. P. Cameron
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  • 116 10 M i 1 1 ima v C,.:;<MI lbs. Chimpul.— 93o lbs. SungeiSodu.— 6,oo3 lbs. This makes a total of UySM lbs. for the throo months to date. Mouut Austin (Johore). 16,300 lbs., making a total for the financial year ended March 31 of 126,393 lbs. Jalan Ac0b.—
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  • Correspondence.
    • 260 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —In the interesting account of your representative's interview with me in connection with the question of cheaper dwelling houses for Europeans, there is a slip*in saying that Europeans who havo the money to put into house property won't, because they
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  • 517 10 IF WEST AND EAST MEET Lord W. Cecil on Frocks and Strikes. The transplantation of our civilisation to the Far East was discussed by Lord William Cecil at the Lyceum Club, under the chairmanship of Mme. Jean Delaire, president of the philosophical circle. "In a few years it will probably
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  • 177 10 Arrivals. Per sir. Lady Weld, April 4.— From Malacca Messrs. G. Lamb, Ray, W. H. Jones, snd S. AH. Per str. Uye Leung, April 4. From Kuantan Mr. and Mrs. T. Le Fevre, Messrs. D. Butler, S. Samuel, and Wong Siew. Per str. Kaka, April From Malacca:
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  • 1390 10 INTERNATIONAL GAMES AND LEAGUE RESULTS. Notes and Tables. Play in the Association International between Scotland and Wales never rose above good dab form, and frequently fell below it, says the Weekly Scotsman of March 9. That, of course, is not an unusual feature of internationals. There seems
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  • 577 10 Novel Suggestion by an Italian Designer. Though at one time it seemed that with the all-centre line ship and the triple turret battleship design would standardise into a general type much as three-deckers did a hundred years or so ago, there is ample reason now Co believe that
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  • 173 10 Lord Tweedmouth has won a singular wager with Mr. William Dupee, a wealthy owner of a large estato near San Diego, California, who makes a speciality of raising horses and an especially tine breed of polo ponies. Lord Tweedmouth aud a group of friends, including Mr. Dupee,
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  • 947 10 WATER AND ELECTRICITY IN AMERICA. Successful Projects. One of the most important developments that is taking place at the present time in the industrial world in America is the cxtensivo utilisation of the vast reserves of water power with which tho two continents arc so bountifully supplied.
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  • 118 10 An earthquake shock was felt in Rangoon on tho afternoon of March U. The time was about eighteen minutes to three o'clock and the waves seemed to pass from cast to west. A number of persons ill various parts of the city felt tho shock. The seismograph at tho ltangoon
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    • 76 10 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. Mr. G. A. Derrick presi ed at the meeting of Howarth Erskine, Ltd. Tho secretary, Mr. V. V. Leuiberger, having road tho notice Mlling the meeting, Tho Chairman said Tho object for which this meeting is called is clearly dolined iv the notice convening tho moetiug. With
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  • 1720 11 A VICTORY FOR ENGLAND BY 70 RUNS. End of the Tour. The weather was gloriously fine on February 29, wlu-n the match was resumed, and tho wicket at tho Oval, under the influence of the huh mid wind, was displaying its usual marvellous powers of recovery, and
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  • 217 11 Tliu telegraph boy who sits ou a convenient doorstep engrossed in Scott's Ivanhoo llieHe days Las a reanon, or an excuse, for refusing to rccoyniMO the urgency of the wire packed in his leather pouch. This reason or excuse is that the Civil Service Commissioners have
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  • 846 11 Prices Quoted la the Market This Moraine Singapore, April 4, 1913. Mown. lijaD and Evatt, Exchange ano Share Broken, iwrae the follownr Hi* of 1 aotations this morning 1 Sam VthM. buyers. BeUem %l- Allagat 8/- 8/6 8/- B Option* 1/- 1/8 4 1 An^lo .lava 6,6
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    • 8 11 For Chronic Chest Complaints, WoouV Ureat Peppermint Core.
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    • 345 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. RECOMMENDS ITSELF. "DRY ROYAL" A SPARKLING SAUMAR A Champagne IN ALL BUT PRICE. Garner, Quelch Co, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, H&ttery Road, Singapore. Telephone 881. ae-s 25 912 YOU'LL NEVER TIRE OF PICTURES shown in a Cinematograph theatre if they are rrgularly and frtquently ebanged, acd you'll never
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    • 304 11 Raffles Hotel. Special ON SATURDAY, APRIL 6. VICTORIA THEATRE. Maurice E Bandmann ANNOUNCES FAREWELL PERFORMANCES OF THE EMINENT ACTOR-MANAGER MATHESON LANG AND MISS HUTIN BRITTON SUPPORTED BY The Lanti-Holloway Co. v .1 n Miaki npoaru's Traced* Monday, Apr,! 8. Macbeth t a n I 'A ue Kom^olio Costume Plaj Tuesd.y,
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    • 169 11 BUY A "Moutrie" PIANO Over 1,300 in use to day from Manchuria to the Straits, and giving entire satisfaction. WRITE FOR NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. S. Moutrie ft Co., LIMITED. THH ARCADE, SINGAPORE I Don't forget to order CHERRY BLOSSOM BOOT POLISH AND BUTTEPCUP METAL POLISH The two Leading Polishes. 1-
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  • 1328 12 Most people, who know anything of the real Paris— not tho Paris of tho Boulevards and tho cheap tripp3rs, but tho intellectual Paris of today— havo heard of tho salon of U-id.niie Mary Duclaux. It is situated in tho peaceful region of tho Place St. Francois Xavior,
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  • 1035 12 Points That Could be Copied in Malaya. We ought to feel highly flittered that other countries see lit to send representatives to Malaya to le un what they can from us rcgardiug rubber, says our contemporary, (ireuier's Rubber News. We constantly find Ceylon planters who
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  • 81 12 Advices from Hayti, the Black Republic, state that Ouncral Coiceru, a former military tyrant, has been sentenced to dea.h for baviug in iH'JS instigated a riot in which 10 persons were shot dead. After the riot rotetred to Coiceru betrayed his throo brothers to the Government, aud personally directed their
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  • 583 12 CAREER OF THE LATE MR. JOHN TROUTBECK. Historic Inquests Recalled. The late Mr. John Trontbeck, the well known coroner for the South- Western district of London, whose death occurred recently, had an interesting career. He was born at lucre in Cumberland in 1860. His father, the Rev.
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  • 476 12 tttitude of the Admiralty to the New Fuel. That the Board ot AUmiralty is watching '.he development of the internal combustion engine with the closest attention is shown by the fact that Mr. Winston Churchill, in company with Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeuiai". First Bat Lord, and Vice- Admiral
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  • 1644 12 FORTHCOMING DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS. Latest Lists. The following passenger bookings to tin straits are taken from the London and Chins Express. It should be understood that, in 4ome instances, bookings may be provisional iml that intending passengers may alter their irrangements subsequent to the issuance of this list
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  • 470 12 New Volumes Ready For Issue to Subscribers. The following new books will be ready for i°sue on Thursday, April 4. Benson, E. F., The Itoom in the Tower S ***** Benson, R. H., The Coward S ***** Brooke, Emma, Hie House of Robershaye S ***** Bryce, James, The
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  • 815 12 Pessimists object to Leap Year Day- they think that 865 days in tho year are as nnirh as their constitutions can endure. but it in I great opportunity for spinsters, writes tho Key. E. J. Hardy in the Kv.ning Standard. During this and other Leap Yenrs women may
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  • 198 12 M. Verley, of Paris, claims to have discovered tho secret of manufacturing gold out of the baser metals. Ho warns the public that ho is not to be compared with I.einoinr, the diamond faker, nor with any alchemist of the past who pretended to have discovered the
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  • 152 12 An extraordinary police mistake was mailn recently at I;, j i, in the AleinUjo Province of Portugal, ilie British Miiusti r, Sir A. 11. Hmdiuge, with the sicrelaiy ul the Lrgftlioß, tho Consul and his wife, uuioi.g utlai show places, visited the church. A |Kiliciniaii lullowed thi-ui,
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 72 13 T. NAGAI CO. JAPANESE CURIO AND PORCELAIN STORE). Just Unpacked I GOLD DAMASCENE WARE GUARANTEED OF THE Most Modern Japanese Artificial Workmanship. REAL GOLD INLAID WORK. PRICES MODERATE. Inspection Kindly Invited. K& L, HIGH STREET, Singapore. ASK FOR Ny Carlsberg Beer. OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. 80LB IMPORTERS THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY. LTD.
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    • 23 13 Kupferberg Gold. it T^al Bsssß Extra, Dry. 4n's KATZ DROTHERS. LIMITED. '4 30 > ESTATE SUPPLIES OF Every Description FROM ADAMSON. GILFILLAN CO.. LTD.
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    • 77 13 It you wish to keep the Rubber Trees Healthy TRY CARBOLINEUM PLANTABIUIW SCHACHT. For Killing Fungus (see No. 9, Vol. IX, of the Agricultural Bulletin"), Parasites, Beetles, Ants and other Enemies of the Rubber Trees AND FLOBAEVIT For Disinfecting and Freeing the more delicate parts of the Rubber Trees as
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    • 749 14 INSURANCE. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO.. LIMITED. Head Office 'Winchester House, SINGAPORE Board of Dlr«Oto*«i O. A. Dkhriok, Bsq., Chairman A. H. Faik, Esq., Manafc'.Bn i>:r ?Jor Pbtik Kowua, h.b.. 0.m., Chief Mcd. OfficerF. M. BtLiOT, Esq. A. D. Allan Esq. Vow Noan Pan, Esq. One* Soon Tkk, Esq. KhooSianTak,
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    • 533 14 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BT ROYAL CHARTER Paid up Capital in 60,000 riUarea ot £20 each £1,200,000 Reserve Fond H 41,026,000 Roßerve Liability o« Proprietors... £1,*****0 BANKBRS. Bank of England. The London City Midland Bank, Ltd. National Bank ol Scotland, Ltd. SINOAPORB BRANCH. Current Accounts
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    • 526 14 BANKING. THE SZE HAI TONS BANKING AND INSURANCE CO., LTD NO. 67 AND 68, KLING BTREBT. Established 1807. Capital paid up •1,000,000.00 Reserve liability of proprietors 1.000,000.00 COUFT OF DIRECTORS 1, Tak Tiok Joon 6. Sim Kia Jam 3. Nam Em Bbnq 7. Tio Hoo Lai 8. Lanw Civ Hino
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    • 351 14 SALES BY AUCTION. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. (By Order of the Administrators of the Estate of Seah Song Seah, Deceased). IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE: Of the Valuable Property known as Bukit Kepong Estate, situate in the District of Muar in the Malay Peninsula, TO BE HELD AT POWELL CO/S SALEROOM, On Tuesday, April
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  • 998 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. There is no feature of automobile design to-day, says S. D. Miller, manager of the Brooklyn branch of the A. Elliott Ranney Company, Hudson distributors, which commands so much attention on the part of engineers and the public alike as simplicity.
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    • 506 15 WOLSELEY The Cap or Refinement and Reliability." IT IS THE RESULTS, in tbe lnin:l« ot private Dsern, tbat account for tbe enormous ill umr.d for Wolmley cars, tint i» compelling 9018 AutintM 10 O *P* DR Oll of tbe works by the erection Atwotntm of now shop* by the half-mile
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    • 44 15 Best Treatment for Whooping: Cough. Whooping cough is not dangerous when the cough is kept loose and expectoration easy by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy It has been used in many epidemics of this disease with perfect sucoes?. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 269 15 GOOD TYRE MILEAGE depends as much on how you treat them as on what tyres YOU FIT CONTINENTAL "Tropical" IH-ribbed tyres will, if treated properly, give you a mileage above any other make, to which testimonials we have in hand amply verify OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE! Have you read our booklet: "HOW
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    • 737 16 H /?llT\ R I DUPLICATOR. pI I V $8. J New, Quick, and /easy Method of Producing^ 2 to ioo Copies from an Oi. I Original in One or Various I ItColou rs in a Few Minutes I] ft I It will Duplicate hand- wOap V writing, Typewriting, I Copying
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    • 533 16 TO BE LET OR SfILD. OFFICES ID LET. With immediate entry, first and second floors, No. U, BaflV Quay Apply Guthrie k Co., Ltd. i» A'; 1-4 o HOUSES TO LET. To let, 41, 42 and 44, Anson Road. 29 and 66, Robinson Road. Apply Nathan Son, Change Alley, jk
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    • 583 16 HOTICEB. NOTICE. It is hereby notified that the Exchange Banks will be closed k FRIDAY. APRIL 5 SATURDAY. APRIL 6 HohSs. MONDAY. APRIL 8 U 4 4 TRONOH MINES. LIMITED. DIVIBEND NO. 32. A Dividend of 2/8 per share, free of Income rax, baa been declared payable in London on
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    • 634 16 NOTICES. KMM KMT A GO. SHIP-CHANDLERS ■■■■■■■■■I no Municipal •Mtraatart. Telephone No. 431. 108* 109. Market Street. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given tbat tbe interest and responsibility of tbe tmdertigned, David Kerr, in tbo buriners of Exchange and Share Brokers carried on nnder tbo style or firm of Fraser k
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    • 655 16 NOTICES* NOTICE. THE ROYAL JOHORE TIN MINING CO.. LO. Notice is faereby given, tbat a dividend af 8 —20 cents per sbai e, h»« been deolared lor the year ending 18tb February, 1012, aad holders of Share Warrants can obtain pay ment at tbe Hocgkocg and Shanghai Bask ing Corporation,
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