The Straits Times, 14 January 1914

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    13 1 The Straits Times NO. 24.389 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 14. 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      168 1 |thi celibratid White Horse ICOTCH J WHISHT BSTABLHBBD 1743. i 1 1 Years Old. THE /top notch\ \SCOTCH. 1 .^^^t^^^^^^ INCLUDING DUTY. PRICE: $1.60 per Bottle. $18.30 per Case. ROBEY a united SEMI-DIESEL ENGINEERS CRUDE fJ/^MTk LIMITED, OIL SINGAPORE, rMriMrc IPOH> P£HANGi MALACCfI> £j IN VI I IN Li O
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      242 1 1 CLOTHED with AIR. Diagram showing I tht wondtr/ul fro- Wf»«ir Jb 3 tmHrn quality of C<*I J^" 1 AERTEX CELLULAR Shirts and Underwear ■&f&&&-, and you will carry half the weight of ordinary garments Ani.i«.isuitofs U n.«.«r >*"te3fo£)* w 1^ muc^ more perfect protection from changes of "■">"«»"• f««►*«'Sw^i"*«".
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      12 1 MARTELL S j BRANDY. Soli Acknts: ADAMSON, GILFILLAN J A CO., LTC
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    Opening Siberia.
    1224 2 tUSSO-AMERIUN AGREEMENT IN VIEW. Coming Railway Scheme. The Harbin correspondent of the North China Daily News wrote an interesting letter to his paper towards the end of last month touching the opening of Eastern Siberia. He reports thus on the situation A telegram from Kiachta states that Mr.
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      134 2 A "'Hazeline' Snow" TrmJt Afmrt) THE ORIGINAL NON-CREASY EMOLLIENT For c know this "/^ESHw riding in the sun over I^Vr' dusty roads. After V f tennis or cycling, when hot and penpiring, how exquisite the sense of refreshment it produces. i Like a cool air from the Hills i V
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      53 2 CEILINGS AND PANELS. Bountiful and adiptuble to any stjle of trchitecturu and t> any mcthr d of iittriur iLish, a.c the C HANK wonderful Art Meta. Jc:iin|(S, cool, clear, wbitc aut ard v rmi irvif, for BaDgalowg, Hotelp, acd Publ:r 3ai!diDg«. For illustiakd catalogue and )articjl»r« write to Xbe. Borneo
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      150 2 LLaTOlaj /^^6OFT AJ VELVET, ana k»»pa It^L IIJ 6OFT, SMOOTH and WHITE l-A XA «H the year round |^i Remove, and prevent. RoufhneM. < y\ rfrntnta and refreshing L V\ DURING THE SUMMER HEAT 'L C\M. BEETHAM BON, b ■RAND ITVHft. a-mmmmi^ iVfc/' STUHK'S CAY-ARE FILLETED (in Brina) ANCHOVY PASTE.
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      221 2 Be Business-like Whatever the exknt of your correspondence may be, the pen sLojld only be used tor the signature. We have TYPEWRITERS with all the latest att.chmei.te at prices to suit all pockets. W e are offering a few enquirers Free coupon*, which will entitle the holders to a eptcial
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    THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY, LTD.
    824 3 Manager's Report for Four Weeks Ending December 27, 1913. The accompanying sheet of mine measurements and assay results shows a total of 851 ft., made np as follows: Sinking 29 ft., driving on lodes 62 ft., and a cross-cutting 200 ft., and compares
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    78 3 Jack Johnson, the negro boxer, and his wife returned to Paris on December 12 after having been injured in an automobile ac oident at a level crowing on the railway near Montreuil. They were driving from Boulogne to Paris and failed to notice that the railway barrier was closed. Johnson
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      258 3 Welll Zerner, DIAMOND MERCHANTS. JEWELLERS AND WATCH DEALERB. Head Offloe 1 99, Boulevard Magenta, Paris. Soli Importers for The World-Renowned Wlktor'n Light and Agents of tbe Roskopf Patent Watch ISTiktopin X^JL^h/t. The Wiktorin Light is tbe most modern and up-to-d.*tu Lighting System. Patented all o»er tbe World. CC Not »bla
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      383 3 LIKE OIL ON THE WATERS Like the quieting influence of oil poured on the angry waters in storm, Little's Oriental Balm calor and soothes the tortured nerves, stops the i _crooiating pains and bids Sciatica release its bold on the sufferer. Little's Oriantal Balm has been the standard, the I
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      153 3 RANBEOUNGB GLAZED STONEWARE. Drainpipes and Junctions. ALL SIZES STOCKED. SHARPE, ROSS CO., LD. KELLY WALSH, LTD. MOW READY t THE IMPERIAL ENGLISH, MALAY AND CHINESE 1914 DIARY 1914 We have also a large and varied collection of LETTS', SMITH'S, WALKER'S AND COLLINS DIARIES FOR 1914. ENGLISH AND JAPANESE CALENDARS FOR
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      660 1 SIEAMER SAILINGS. o. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANG, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Stcamora will leave Singapore on or about— MAIL LINES Homeward (for Europe). (Connecting at From Singapore.
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      615 1 STEAMER BAIUNBB. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortoightly service is maintained betwe«n Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London end Antwerp, under m&il contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twiu-ecrow Steamers maintaining this servioe have bet n specially designed and constructed, and are fitted wi:h a'l
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      806 1 8TEAHEB MILIIH8. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pabang, Berserah, Kretiy, P»k», Tringgaca, Bisut, Semera Baohok, Kelantan, Tabai, Bartgnara, Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Siogora, Lioon, Kobsatnni, Bandon, Laogsaeo, Taka, Cbumpon, Kohlak and Bangkok. Due Departure t PRACHATIPOK Jan. 14 s.a. BORIBAT Jan. 14 Jan. 17 NO STEIMER Jan. 18
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      521 1 STEAMER MILINM. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. AND DEUTSCH DAMPFSGHIFF FAHRTS6ES. HANSA BREMEN. Combined Servloo. The steamers of th: sa Companies maintain i a rf nular Ret vice between Hamburg, Bremen I Antwerp, Rotterdam and Emlea ani t'je Straits, Caiit and Japan. Hcmnward*, they are desintohed fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg
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      663 1 STEAMER SAILINGS. ~n7d. l. NORDOEUTSCHER LLOYO. BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company rail fortnightly from Bremon, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp'on, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naplos (connecting Mar-eillep, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Sau, Suez. Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore Hongkocg, Shanghai Tsingtsu, Nagasaki
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      868 5 SINGAPORE UNITED RUBBER PLANTATIONS, LTD. DIRECTORS. fof mi. IVOR PHILIPPS, n.so.. M.P idafriaaa). Ka F. W". CIItINE Mm c v p»hry. Mr. JOHN TI'RNBR. Mk. A O. WRIGHT. SECRETARIES AND OFFICES: BRITISH MRIH BORNEO RUBBER TRCiT, LIMITED, JOJ, Win. h«Btk* Housb, Oi.i> B*o*i> Sirkkt, London, E C. REPORT OF THE
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      278 5 CHUBBS SAFES LARGE SELECTION ON SHOW AT Huttenbach Bros. Co., 13, COLLYER QUAY. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY'S ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE. HONGKONG TO EUROPB Vu Chika, Japan, Canada and thb Omitid Statbs. Bmpre«sofßuhßia| I Quadruple sorew. BmpresaofAs^a t() l 16,860 tons gross, Bmprees of India I ,n\ (Twin sorew Empress
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      197 5 UN on 88 cp. of new Zealand, ltd. BINOAPORB TO NEW ZEALAND DIRECT, AUCKLAND, WBLLINGTON LYTTHLTON AND DDNBDIV. ALSO calling at samarano and fu (if indccrmknt orrsßs). The Company's Steamer Aparima, 6.704 tOD. B',S:8',S: VUt > Commander, i* intended to maintain a regular foor-montbly rvice bet weon Singaporb and New
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      523 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW DETACHABLE EFFZETT MOTORS'. 9, 8 and 4 H.P. Can be fixed in a mome it to any lighter, Sampan, or boat, Ignitioi Mignfto, no battery reqiirel. CuVg^aV^aiJ^MfrV ESTATE AND SHIPPING SYNDICATE, No. 11, R 111 k Quay. 141-b 81-1 SHERIFFS SALE. IX IHE C aVM OF CHOP
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      567 5 ||fj% The Tiger is one of the most destructive r of animals, and is a source of much danger to life. SUN LIGHT SOAP preserves and lengthens tjic life of your clothes, but it is a source of destruction to all dirt and unclcanliness. The amount of destruction wrought by
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      421 6 HOTEL VAN WIJK CO., LTO. To-nigHt, MUSICAL DINNER. The Band of the S. M. S. Gneisenau will be in attendance. Dinner will finish at 9 pm. sharp. K. J. J. TIDDENS, Manager. TWO SEATER VULCAN FOR SALE. 1812 Modil, very romy, roocnlly ovtrhauled acd painted. 10 15 H.P. 1 our
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      165 6 6HEONB BROTHERS. Dentists, Ko 28. South Brldga Ro*M, tirsl-tlaPB Meehanioal DenM-try, Old Orowas Bridge, Filling and Vnle>Jeile Duration ol W »r gcaranif erJ. CHARGES MODERATE. FULL LINE DENTAL SUPPLIES Beet Ttoib Pew lets and Fnubeß (or ta'.e LADIES' TOILET SALOON. Shampooing. Singeing and Hair Cut. Marcel Waving. Bleaching and Dyeing
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      477 6 ronrth h.m. Kia«G«f*V. International RUSBER 4?I£ lltk AND ALLIED MDCSTaiKS Yut-fnsitnU i EXHIBITION JBStt Cor ltd aaiae FieM-Mar<hill tke hi. .-las. laaaoer as Viwwiat Knchtnerof ,h«iibibitioniofl»oS Khartuia. •t.d 191 1 (Lobilob) a»d Th g,,, 4 ■911 (Ni« York). Denhnii. C.V.O A similar Eahibilioa v AirlealuralMall .ill nol be h«U a«aia
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      130 6 INSIST ON GETTING "SHELL" _f| I p-f THE EASTERN BHPPINQ CO.. LTD. FOR PORT SWBTTENHAM AND PENANG r.s. PIN ISM and s.s. OMU'SRK will —>-, be doop'.tctie I (or abo-e porto rvery Tuosdaj SECOND and THIRD FLOORS tf^* rc peetivuy ili^ l Tue kbov? 3ti-aa,t)rB bsvo excellent arc at oomuiodatioa
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    141 7 FIXTURES. Wednesday January 14 High Water, 0.19 a.m., 11.31 a.m. Thursday, January 15. High Water. Ml a.m.. 0.4 p.m B. I. homeward mail closes. Friday, January 16. Hich Wat«r. 1 -2} a.m.. 0 50 p.m. S. R. E. iv.) Rifle Club meeting, 6.80 p.m. Saturday, January 17.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    194 7 Daily (Except Somdat) By Tuii. Federated Malay States, Malacca and Penang 8 p O 4mas,Tampin, Malacca, Seremban Port Dickson, Port Swottenham and Kuala Lumpur 8 am TO-DAT. Tobi«« Tinggi, Bcngkalis and lia^au Meran 8 pm Bangkok Produce 3 pm Batu 1 'ah.it Menu 8 pm Medan Medusa
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    208 7 The B. I. contract packet steam-r Toesta with mails from I*>ndon up to the evening of December 2rt, left Nogapatam at 10 a.m. on Sunday, January 11, and may bo expected to arri.-c here on Saturday morning, January 17. The Imp. German mail steamer Goeben left Colombo
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    350 7 Latest Arrivals. An, w. llrit. str. 4290 tonß. Capt Williamson, Jan 14. From L'|xiol, Doc li. (i.e. and ABO dp. \V. Manstield A Co. For Yokohama. Jan 14. i: is Un hi. Nor. str. 675 tons. Capt Folkestad, Jan If, From Bangkok. Jan 9. G.c. and 2p. Seang
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    102 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day. TAN.IONG PAOAIL Bast Wharf Basin Hon<; Moh. W. Section No. l...Taroba, Elcphanta. Shiibs Wharf Nil. Main W. Sect. No. 2...()rteric. B...Amasitan Maru. 4-..Nil. 6. ..Charon. 6...1xi0n, Sandakan. New Doce 7. ..(Under construction) Wist Wharf 8...D01i, Thossalia.
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    226 7 Arrivals. Per str. Krian, Jan 14. From Kelantan Mr. Fox. Per str. Glenfarg, Jan 12. From London Mr. Mathewg. Per str. Cuaron, Jan 12.— From Fremantle Mr. and Miss Broad, Miss Moakhouso, Messrs. Fra->er, Hog and Betson. Per str. Ixiou. Jan 13. From Vancouver: Messrs. J. Mcßain
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      EXCHANGE
      103 7 SmsAPOBa January 1 Ok London Bank 4 m/a Demand Private 6 m/a 8 m/a On OHMAirt Bank d/d Private 8 m/a 14, 1914 4. 2/4 i, 3/4A 28bj 3441 On FftAVCB.......Banb d/d Private 8 m/a 2941 101 On India. Bank T. T. Private 80 d/s 9m HoNoiono...Bank d/d Private
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      PRODUCE.
      155 7 HiNOAi-OBa, Jamaiiy 14. 1914. Sambier buyers 6.20 do (Cnbe No. 1) nnpioked W.Mi ?opra Snndried 12 40 do Mixnl 13 00 Black bu)<^rs 18.25 do White 6% bujcrs 82 60 >fcgo Floor Sarawak 8.2S do Brunei No. 1 m ro 'earl Sago 4.20 'ot!i c Bali 29.SO ;offee Palembang,
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      MINING.
      192 7 f? c 1 Buyers. Sellen 10 10 Ampang 9.L0 10.00 1 1 AyerWeng IXO L 0 10 Urlat 2.40 2.70 10 10 Bruang 0.60 0.75 10 10 Kampai 10.25 10 10 Kanaboi I.RO 1.80 10 10 Kinta Association 11.00 12.C0 El £1 KicU Tin 1.10.0 1.16.0 81 £1 Lahat
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      RUBBER.
      621 7 1 Buyow. Sellers, /aloe I/. 2/- Allagai 1/6 2/El £1 Anglo Java 8/0 4/9 >/■ 2/- Anglo-Malay 9/- y.'-'y 2/- Ba&ng Malaka -/9 1/3 £1 £1 Batu Tiga 2.1.0 2.7.6 norn 2/- Bekoh El £1 Bukit Kajanß 1.7.6 1.12.1 £1 £1 Bnkit Lintang 2.2.6 2.10.0 norn I/- 2/- Bnkit
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      GENERAL.
      124 7 vSS.2 Bn BeUaw alue 41 £1 B. Smelting Co. 12/8 14,0 £1 41 Prof. 1.2.0 1.8.6 5/- 5/- Electric Tways 4/- 4/8 10 10 Fraser Neave 68/0 55.m 60 60 Hammer Co. ICO.CO 107.50 100 Howarth Erekine 45X0 100 7%Prei. 100.00 100 100 Kat« Bro, Det. 180.00 140.00 10
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      300 7 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. January 17. At "Woodgreen" No. 7, Upper Serangoon Road, household furniture, plants, etc., at 2.S0. Chin? Keng Lee and Co. January 15.— At Nos. 13 and 14, High Street, shop furniture fitting, clock, etc., at 11. January 17.— At No. 9, Tong Watt Road, valuable
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      80 7 OF ALL EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES BOUTON ROUGE ARE THE BEST. MACHINERY T EVERY KIND. %s^Ci^ 425 (SING.). O \j\» <#& t^A Q^ jP For MINES, ff P ESTATES, V\o^ SAWMILLS, POWER STATIONS, Etc., Etc. CARLSBERG BEER^ than the Bost \^JM^S&iSr use. Sole Agents THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD., Singapore. MADE FROM
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      65 7 Grand Change of Programme AT THB HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, NORTH BRIDOB ROAD. TO-NIGHT, SECOND SHOW. THB SPRING ROUND UP. (Powtiful Drama) STAR. AUNTS TOO MANY. (Faroe Comedyi A.B. SO RUNS THB WAV. A B. THB SMUGGLER'S PRISONER. (Thrilling Dr«ma) MELIKS. NEVCR KNOWN TO IMILI. (Faroe Comedy) A.B. SGBNTING A TERRIBLE
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    The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14. CANADIAN LAND GRABBING.
    1085 8 The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14. CANADIAN LAND GRABBING. It is commonly assumed that all a younp man Las to do in these cUy is to go to Canada and make his fortune. If be happens to have been born with a long nose for business, and if, above all,
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    22 8 The next general meeting of tbe Kelantan Planters' Association will be held at the Kelantan Sports Club, Kuala Lebir, on January 18.
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    25 8 A Bengali railway policeman who attempted to strike tbe European station-master at Klang has been sentenced to a fine of 126 or fourteen days' rigorous.
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    29 8 The South Seas Photographic Asxociation of tbe Straits Settlements, F.M S. ami Sumatra, or, in JapaDooe, the Nanyo ijbashin Kyowakai, ha» been duly registered iv iLt Settlement of Penang.
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    32 8 The case against K. N. Manikam Chetty, who was charged in the second court with making false claims iv the civil district court, has been concluded and the accused dis char gel.
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    30 8 The Captain of the A trous roported upon arrival in port from Jeddah this morning that of the 685 pilgrims who were on board five died between Penang and Singapore.
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    35 8 The performance at tbe Alhambra cinematograph last night was attended by the Sultan of Pontianak, who was accompanied by a representative of the Turkish Government who is now passing through on his way to Manila.
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    39 8 Messrs. Harrisons and Crosfield, the Kuala Lumpur agents for the P. and O. Company, inform the Malay Mail that tho frright rate on rubber shipped from Port Swettenham to Colombo has been reduced to $10 per 50 oubic feet.
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    42 8 Messrs. John Aird and Co., who are discontinuing business, have disposed of the whole of their plnnt and machinery to Messrs. George Cohen, Sons, and Co. It includes twenty locomotives and a largo number of cranes, steam navvies, boilers, and other appliances.
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    49 8 The Singapore Venture Syndicate advi c us that at their sale by private tender, yesterday, the following prices were realised Smoked sheet $118 to $121.37 per picul, nn smoked sheet $110.65 to $113.65, scrap crepe $83 to $88, bark crepe $80.10 to $86, virgin scrap $78, loose scrap $62.
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    47 8 About midnight on the 9th inst., gangrobbers to the number of about twenty entered a house in Rawang belonging to a contractor employed on one of the estates of the Mexican Crude Rubber Co., Ltd. They were armed with revolvers, and got away with money and jewellery.
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    53 8 The total number of Chinese immigrants arriving in Singapore during December was 22,443, compared with 16,802 during the cor responding month of the previous year. The total for the period, January to November, however fell, as compared with 1912, from 235,842 to 218,586, and the total for the year from
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    76 8 A Kuala Kubu telegram says that a large number of miners are at present anxiously waiting to start operations on lands already alienated to them in the mukim of Peretak. The minim; leases for those lands were issued in the early part of last year, and eats have already beon
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    76 8 Because he refused to let him buy one cent's worth of bananas, Meb i'hui, a coolie on a rubber estate on the Perak river in tbe Teluk Anson district, killed his kepala, Mook Nam, on October 26. The accused made a statement admitting that he went into Mook Nam's room
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    77 8 Writers of the Pitman system of stenography may be interested to know that at the distribution of prizes in Pitman's School, Southampton Kow, the Principal stated that tho school had achieved the distinction I f heading the list in the shorthand examinations of the Koyal Society of Arts, the London
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    96 8 If after- dinner speeches are to be cat down so ruthlessly- in London, recently, three were delivered at a banquet within five ininutts they will speedily reach the vanishing point. The "hustled" oration is rather illogical, when we come to think of it, says The Globe. If speeches are not
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    126 8 On his way to Jefferson City from a bear hunt with the Governor of Arkansas, Gov. Major defended the mode of punishment in the Missouri Penitentiary, where prisoners are kept with their wrists in iron rings suspended from a wall above their heads for days at a time. Tbe prisoners
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    105 8 Tho Railway and Canal Commission Mr. Justice Bauk.s, Mr. A. E. Gathorno Hardy, and Sir James Woodhouie has granted an application by the South E intern R lilway Company and the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company for have to increase certain rates for passenger traffic. The com pauios propose
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    133 8 The Times of Malaya of Monday's date says The Magistrate's Court at Ipoh wan held in the open air this morning, for the purpose of dealing with iiJ vagrants, who had been collected by tli<- yo\Uv. dv. ing the weekend. A mass of miserable, outcast humanity, tbe vagabond.-! were herded
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    392 8 We much regret to hear that His Excellency tbe Governor has received cable advice from home announcing the death of his mother. Mr. and Mrs. M. Jacobs entertained His Highness Raja Kelantan, Tungku Sri Indra, Tungku Hussan and Tungku Mat to a dinner at their residence at
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    Sympathetic Resolution.
    146 8 We aro asked to publish the following resolution:— We, the women of the Methodist Episcopal Mission in Conference assembled, wish to express our hi arty sympathy with and appreciation of the work done in this and other places by the Young Women's Christian Association. We reali/.o the great
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    Maud Allan and Her Art.
    195 8 We understand that seats are being freely booked fur tl.e Maud Allan Cln rniavsky performances on February 4, 5 and 6, and those who wish to secure sbo 1 seats should make early application. Tliis will bo the only opportunity to see these artists, who
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    Wearne Bros., Ltd.
    254 8 In the report of Woarne Bros., Ltd., for the year ended October ill, the directors congratulate the nliarchul.li ih upon the success achieved during kka tirat year of ilia company's history. The total uett profit tarutd duriug tlio period under review aiuouDts I* •llf.M&Ol. On July IH,
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      344 8 RoNE© TYPEWRITER RIBBONS CARBON PAPERS to suit all machines. The QUALITY and PRICE represent the HIGHEST VALUE it is possible to obtain. Made in our owj^actory, under skilled supervision. SAVE MIDDLEMEN'S PROFITS. RoNEo Ltd., y^ 'V WORLD-RENOWNED rj^\\ WATCHES 3?j[ J WARRANTED TIMEKEEPERS \i 'Jr LONDON MAKE. Jo^ Gold Bracelet
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      185 8 THE MANAGEMENT HAS PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THE RETURN OF '1 HE EDISON KINETOPHONE and its presentation AT THE ALHAMBRA for SIX NIGHTS ONLY COMMENCING TO-NIGHT, Second Show, 9.80 to 11 PH. CHANGE OF KINETOPHONE PICTURES EACH NIGHT. AND THB MMMHM CHOICE FILMS Max and the Portmanteau. New Pathe's animated Gazette,
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    AFRICAN STRIKERS.
    95 9 BALLOTS FAVOURING A GENERAL STRIKE. Miners Repudiate Their Leaders. Rbctbr's Tblkorax. London, January 14. The Johannesburg ballots show that the shop assistants, warehousemen, clerks, type setters and other callings have voted in favour of a H'-neral strike. The ballots of the miners hitherto received have resulted similarly and
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    BASUTO OUTBREAK.
    44 9 White to be Charged With Murder. K»UTBB'<> TILIQBMt, London, January 14. It is reported from Jagersfontnin that as a result of tho inquest on the Bastito whose death led to Friday's outbreak, a miner I named Stockonstroom will bo charged with murder.
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    CRICKET IN AFRICA.
    24 9 Km im Tklki.ium. London, January 13. At Pretoria, the M. C. C. versus Transvaal cricket match was drawn oivinf to rain.
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    THE CROWN PRINCE.
    32 9 DlB OSTASIATISCBI LLOYD TbLIORAH. Berlin, January 13. The Crown Princo has given his support to tbe measures which have been initiated to assist sulTen.rs from tho Baltic Sea Hoods.
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    EASTERN AFFAIRS.
    73 9 DIR Osi vsutisi uk Lltvd Tki.k.i;ham. lierliu, January 13. The ambassadors of tbe Triple Alliance have presented to Sir Elward Grey replies which are favourable to his pr jposals on tho island question. Paris papers declare that General Li man' von Sanders's removal from tho co:n f uand
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    GERMAN SHIPPING.
    35 9 Der OnMmm Lloyd Tfxigram. Berlin, January 13. In conjunction with Swedish companies, the Hansa Line is establishing a monthly i line of steamers between Sweden and Nor- i way and India and Burma.
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    A Native Chess Champion.
    298 9 A Java paper givt s some particulars of Si N usa. the "aink chess champion, who is visitn n I'.itavia. Si Narsa hails from the' Karo liiuli lands situated to the north of the Toba Lake. He is tho eon of a proiM in. Nt kampong
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    Finger Prints
    101 9 A great compliment ha* born paid to Scotland Yard by tlir mqm4 <f tlie Paris Oiief nt I'.ilir. for information regarding the Eng lish tiuu. r print hytttem. winch M. Heooion appi ar» to tliiuk of adopting. This is due to tli. fact that, while tb« French police
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    84 9 The advance statement of tin rxporta from the F M.S. in 1913 *ives a total of 7H2 9H.< picuU f. r IVrak, Selangor and Negri Sembilan, which is an increase of about 20.000 picnls on 1912. Tbe total value was about •78,745.287, a decrease of nearly $9.50,000 on the previous
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    SELANGOR MINERS.
    63 9 t Proposed Reduction of Coolies' Wages. (Fbox On; Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, January 14. The Selangor Minets' Association, at an extraordinary general meeting, resolved od a general reduction of coolies' wages by ten per cent. Regarding the Machinery Enactment, the meeting resolved to wait for six months in
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    THE CHANNEL TUNNEL.
    643 9 Sentimental Objection No Longer Prevails. Mr. Arthur Fell, Ml., chairman of the House of Commons Channel Tunnel Com mittte, discussed the question of the projected tunnel in a paper which he read before tho Royal Society of Arts. He sketched the proposals for the construction uf the
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    The Court Cards Coming.
    164 9 That vivacious and clever variety comhi nation, The Court Cards, are returning to Singapore in a few days after a successful tour in China and Japan. They play here five nights, January '22, 23, 24. 26 and 27, and this visit will be their last appearance
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    Y.W.C.A. Building Fund.
    65 9 The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following donations received on Toes day Amount previously acknowledged $11,593.83 Members' Self Denial 28.80 Per P. 25 00 Mrs L. C Williamson 10 00 Mrs. Lim B on Keng 10.00 Capt. C. A. Radcliffe, R.N. 10.00 Capt. 1.u1.N 10.00 J. D. Pierrepont
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    London Rubber Auction.
    151 9 RESULTS OF FIRST SALE THIS YEAR. No Improvement in Prices. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, January 18. The tone of to day's auction was dnll and there was little change in prices. One thousand two hundred tons of plantation were offered for sale, of which 930 tons
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    88 9 Quotations Current Yesterday. Tho following message has been received in Singapore, datod London, January 13: Rubber on spot in London Plantation para first latex crepe 2/8 Para to arrive 3/0} Fine smoked sheet 2/8} Unsmoked sheet and biscuit 2/2} Market firm. The East Asiatic Company favour us
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
    227 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's 122ud auction was held y- Ktcrday, when there were offered for sale 1,263.61 piculs (or 168,481 lbs.) and sold 1,103.78 piculs (or 147,171 lbe.i. The prices realised were: Messrs. Guthrie and Co. report Singapore, January 13. After a period of
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    Gneisenau Festivities.
    254 9 The officers and men of the German cruiser Gneisenau, at present in Singapore harbour, are participating in a fairly continuons ronud of sporting and social engagements. Within the pant fow days the officers have been out on shooting trips in Johore and elsewhere. Lust night they were tho
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    Bank Surprised.
    315 9 MAD CONDUCT OF MATUTINAL INTRUDER. Unrewarded Enterprise. There was an extraordinary occurrence at the Bank of Taiwan in Kobiuson Road this morning. About six o'clock the accountant, Uda Narikazu, heard a knock at the front door of the bank. Tho knocking was loud and persistent, and so he
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    KENNY RUBBER COMPANY.
    484 9 Tapping To Be Taken In Hand This Year. The. report of the Kenny (Solangor) Rubber Company, Limited, states that since the formation of the company tbe directors havu acquired at a low price (£1 15s. per acre) an additional block of land, adjacent to the compauy's property
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    Property Sale.
    156 9 The following Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Messrs. Powell and Co.'s sale room yesterday afternoon The freehold residential property known as Fern hill. 8 Orange Grove Road, Tanglin, area •200,741 square feet, part of grant 31, monthly rental »116, J. A. Elias $11,600 freehold land
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    68 9 As a thankoffer ing on the coming of age of their elder son, Lord Titchfield, this year and to mark their silver wedding, the Duke and Duchess of Portland wrote on December 15 to the committee of management of Mans field Hospital asking them to accept a sum of between
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    THE SINGAPORE ASSIZES.
    380 9 Progress in the Milkmaid Milk Case. A mass of evidence has already been tend ered for the prosecution in the Milkmaid Milk case at the assizes and it is a pretty safe assumption that the jury, clear-headed business men as they may be, would be hopelessly at
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    FRANCE AND SIAM.
    456 9 Trade Relations in The Mekong Valley. In his address at the opening of tho Couseil de Gouvernomtnt last month, ob serves The Bangkok Times, tbe GovernorGeneral of French Indo-Chiua discussed the relations between Siaw and France in a statesmanlike manner. He said he was particularly happy to
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    War Canoe as Wool Carrier.
    134 9 Times change and we with time 1 might be writ as a motto on what is surely one of the remarkable vessels of the world, the once doughty Maori war canoe Tematahoturoa, that is in the near future to sport a first class oil engine,
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    126 9 In bis bumble way a Chinese named Ah Soon did his be it to play his part according to the best traditions of melodramatic fiction when he attempted suicide after losing his little all at the gaming tables. Leaving bis wife and family in Singapore he went to Johore with
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    MUNICIPAL FINANCE.
    744 9 THE CITY FEELS THE PINCH OF POVERTY. Failure of Debenture Issue, The Singapore Municipality, about as much as any private individual, id feeling the pinch of poverty at the moment. Its advertised issue of a 12,000,000 loan— part of the 4J millions sanctioned by the Government under the
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    A Local Wedding.
    164 9 On Saturday last, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, a marriage was solemnized between Mary, the only surviving daughter of Mr. in. l Mrs. J. i'o A. Pereira, of 106, Orchard R»id, and Mr. George Daniel Neubronner, also uf Singapore. The bride had bridesmaids', dower girls and pages in
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    Death of Mrs. Warden.
    158 9 A very painful impression was canned in Kuala Lumpur and neighbourhood when it became known (hat Mrs. Warden, ife of Capt. Warden, of Kent Estate, ha I died early on Tuesday morning. Capt. and Mrs. Warden were only married in March last in Ceylon, where Capt.
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    Planters Confer.
    3293 10 THE SALE AND MANUFACTURE OF TODDY. Indian Immigration. Despite the comparative inaccessibility of the place of meeting, delegates turned np in fall force at the meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya at the Lower Perak Club, Teluk Anson, on Sunday, reports The Malay Mail. Mr. 11. W.
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    DECEMBER RUBBER RETURNS.
    39 10 Pelep.th Valley.— s,ooo lbs. K t.i Tinggi (Johore).— 4,4oo lbs. Siginting.— 2,soo lbs. Cluvelly.— 2,9o9 lbs. Burma Development. 1,668 lbs. Durian Sabatang.— 636 lbs. Koala I'ergau. 4,700 lbs.; total oompany 's year to date 29,800 lbs.
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    S.V.C. ORDERS.
    1010 10 'By Maj J. A. K. Glknnie, Ao.Cowt dt., S.V.C. Singapore, January 18, 1914. s. v. c. Balest jt Rifle Range. I The range is allotted us under I Saturday, January 24, 1914, at 230 p.m., S.R.A. Monthly Handicap. I Saturday, January 81, 1914, at 2-80 p.m., S.R.E (V.)
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    SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    45 10 Notes in General. The final match between the Fathol Karib and the Persenangan Stia Clubs in the league competition of the Malaya Football Association will be replayed on Saturday next. The game is likely to be very interesting. Mr. N. Mamat will referee.
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    Golf.
    183 10 Harrison Qolf Club. The results of January competitions are as follows Thirty two cards taken oat. Mrs. Storrey's Competition.— (l) Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Slevt'ns. (2) Major General T. E. Stephenson and Mrs. Badham-Thorohill. Sepoy Lines Golf Club. The Ladies' Spoon for January has been won by Mrs.
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    ENGLAND'S CANALS.
    487 10 Midland Authorities and State Ownership. Mr. Frank Impey, secretary of the Waterways Association, addressed a meeting of the Association of Midland Local Authorities at Walsall. He pointed oat that the Royal Commission on Canals recommended that the whole canal system of the country should be owned by the
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    92 10 One of the best known authorities on the history of shipbuilding has passed away by the death of Mr. David Bell. He had been associated with the shipbuilding industry on n the Clyde all his life, and as a yoang man II was the confidential draughtsman of the o celebrated
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    Heavy Weather At Sea.
    1107 10 Sho is just a little black tramp steamer, and a whole Kale is blowing in the Atlantic. Overhead tho sky is Kiey; across it scurry vicious looking black clouds. A great sea is runnirg, grey and black liko the sky and flecked with white. And awicibt
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    Stormy Weather on East Coast.
    82 10 Heavy weather prevails on Mm east coast >f MM Malay Peninsula anil, when the Kola iahru c»rre»ponduu t of the MaUy Mail wrote id .January 6, the sea off Tuinpat was runliug m) high that the coasting steamers could tot put in to discharge or
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    Correspondence.
    13 11 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondent^.]
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    Our Post Office.
    482 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—l was very pleased to note in your issue of the Rth M that the Chamber of Commerce is moving in this matter, for it is indei d hi^h tin)" that the pitiful state of aflairs in connection with our
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    HER SHORTCOMINGS.
    186 11 She plays a splendid game of bridge and she's a lino debater She alwayH uses French when she is speaking to a waiU i Political atl.iirs she knows almost from a to iz/ard. But she has novcr found out how to dress a tin key s Sh. m
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    Madame Nordica.
    127 11 Owing to the unfortunate mishap to the Tasinan while on the voyage from Australia to -lava. Madame Nordica, who is a passenger on tho stpanii'r, will not be able to reach Singapore in time to fulfil her concert engage uient on the Mates announced. Her arrival lovers of
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    STOCKS AND SHIRES.
    715 11 Prices Quoted In the Market Tbli Morning. Singapore, Januaty 14, 1914. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list oi quotations this morning NoM. VALOB. BDI1BB. BlUBM. 2/- Alla x ar 1-6 3/4 1 Anglo Java 8,9 4/9 1 Anglo- Johor* 6/- 0.8
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    On Reading.
    2676 12 LORD ROSEBERY'S ADVICE TO STUDENTS. A Solace in Old Age. I lie Earl of Rosebery, as Chancellor of Glasgow I'niversity, was present on December 11 at the admission of new associates of the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, which ■within the past year has been affiliated to the University.
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    GAN KEE RUBBER.
    838 12 Shareholders Agree to Increase Of Capital. The annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Gan Kee Rubber Estate, Limited, was held on December 15, at the Institute of Directors, 4, Corbet court, Gracechurchstreet, E.C., Mr. W. Arthur Addinsell (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said
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    39 12 The Empire Hospital, which has been erec tod in Vincent Square, London, was opened on December 9. The medical staff include Drs. Francis Laking, Victor Horsley, and Arthur Latham. Erery patient in the institution will have a separate room.
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    Passengers Overseas.
    853 12 FORTHCOMING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. Latest Lists. The following passenger bookings to the Straits are taken from the London and China Express, it should be understood that, in some instances, bookings may be provisional and that intending pasxengers may alter their arrangements, subsequent to the issuance of this list
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    London-Sumatra Rubber.
    245 12 Mr. K. F. Arbathnot, presiding at the meeting of the London Sumatra Rubber and Produce Estates on December 16, said that the directors had, during the period under review, carried out the arrangement approved by the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on January 13, 1913, and had disposed
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    THE MOTORING WORLD.
    897 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. The Price of Petrol. While eveiybody is looking towards a further rise in the price of petrol in Great Britain it is remarkable that in the central part of the United States tbe price should be decreasing. The various cuts made
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    The Trouble at the Sailors' Home
    265 15 The senior magistrate, Mr. A. V. Brown, on Monday, heard some of the evidence relating to the fracas which occurred on Sanday evening, at the Sailors' Home in North liridge. There was no possiblity of the case being completed as the injured man, a
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