The Straits Times, 17 March 1914

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.440 SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. MARCH 17. 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 182 1 "EVERYBODY WANTS n GENTLEMEN'S MACKINTOSHES I z^Z I Discount I O I iJ L\ Off Catalogue Prices (j?L B FOR 6 DAYS ONLY. \jpjj| I ENTIRE NEW STOCK JUST LANDED. Every Garment Guaranteed i 1 pkJ RAINPROOF. |j H SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY, liJ^JWt March 19, 20, 21, 23, 24
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    • 32 1 FODDER CONTRACTS $2O Per* Month. COMPRISING: 4 Bags Mixed Food-Bedding Shoeing iaa often as required). Greasing and Setting tbe wheels of Carriages. H.S. KIRWAN, No. 3, The Arcade. TeL 251. 811 n
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    • 76 1 WAH HENG CO. PHOTOGRAPHIC BTOREB. DEVELOPING, PRINTING AND ENLARGING AMATEDRS' WORK. Platee, Paper*, Films, Chemical*, Cameras, LeDEe?, and General Photographic Materials. Frames of every variety made to order. NO. 95. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. Opposite Ade'plii Hotel. 178 18-6-14 SLEDGE MILK IS GENUINE Swiss Milk from cattle grazed on the FAMOUS
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    • 187 1 'Km. XS JL .^^i J^l -m. M a Large and Varied Stock <^^^B^fc, WEt)DIN Q GIFTS. t^j Sterling Si ver Rose Bowls, Tgg*j|B|g£^. jjj//f£^* I_^^**^ oompiete with plinth, Net and OUss No. 461 I. Sterling Silver Georgian." Nt>. K A. 162 V Sterling Silver Lioire Bins. Diameter Afte noon Tea
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    • 9 1 JEFFREY'S PILSENER BEER. Soli Aobnts: ADAMSON. GILFiLLAN CO., LID.
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  • 820 2 FAVOURITES BEATEN IN SEMIFINAL Victory of Dilwyn. The Waterloo Cap was won on February 20, by Messrs. Dennis's Dilwyn, whioh was ranmng in the nomination of Mr. A. F. Pope. The favourites in the semi-final ties, Messrs. Dennis's Distingue and Mr. E. L. Towns bond's Tide Time,
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  • 203 2 Statistics published by the Canadian Naval Service Department disclose a striking development in the use by the public of the Government wireless syst m. Daring 1918 a total of 272,097 messages, representing 4,275,759 words, were handled by the coast stations, an increase of 75,887 messages, and
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 377 2 |||P^ your Children against weakness I \j\ I by giving them \\\\S m 'kTFPI FR'H with Malt Extract [Tx^ It increases their strength, builds Vr>^ KrXTjj up their growing bodies and gives uffi them a hardy constitution. It nourishes the brain and th? nervous iMJm KtA system it strengthens the
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    • 43 2 Trouble Averted. That little cold and sore throat of yours must be checked at once or it may develop into something worse. Take a few doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and your troubles will soon vanish. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 591 2 BACK, HANDS AND FACE IKIASSOF SPOTS Full of Water. Painful and Sore. Could Not Be Dressed Sometimes for Days. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Completely Well. 11, Station Kd.; Portalade-by-Sea, Kng.— "For eight year* or more I waa troubled with eczema. My back, handa and face tcame out In a
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    • 1452 2 RANEEGUNGE GLAZED STONEWARE. Drainpipes and Junctions. ALL SIZES STOCKED. SHARPE, ROSS CO., LD. Rtocs No. 1, Bor9 on the First Dp y. Entrance, 136. Distance, Scurry Course. THIRD DAY. Saturday, May 9, 1914. lAS. THB STEWARDS' STAKES AND PLATK Velue 1600. A Handicap for Pony ExOriffins that have run at
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  • 843 3 £1,200,000 SPENT ON NEW YORK POST OFFICE. Finest in the World. It is claimed for the new post office at New York, says the correspondent of The Standard, which has been constructed at a cost of £1,200,000, that it is not only the largest but the finest
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  • 160 3 The annual crosscountry races, open to the British and Indian armies, for the Alderson Cups, took place at Poona on the 2nd inst. The course, roughly, was five miles. Four teams started in each section and the 110 th Mahrattas' team won among Native regiments. Their first
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 477 3 ittfclOVt ALL BLOOD IMPURITIES. BUILD UP YOUH HEALTH with tSSENCE OR r:-Uia EXTnACT cr REO JAMAICA i ;^>o t^fji tffijf sGsrn ffffii •^^■■■■^■■■•^■■■^BBW^B^BBBWa^aWJßnWißnm^^BßnwfißßßH!* L^-^ Pronounced by the HICHtST MEDICAL <UTKPBITIII ti:e most ISSatftTOIND LIVER, DEBILITY, ERUPTIONS, RHEUMATISM, J33TINATE SKIN DISEASES, &c. RESTORES THE WEAK, REVIVES THE DEPRESSED WILKINSON'S SARSAPARILLA HAS
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    • 75 3 A Family Necessity. Every family should be provided with Chamberlain's Pain Balm at all times. Sprains may be cared in much less time when promptly treated. Lame back, lame shoulder, pains in the side and chest and rheumatic pains are some of tbe diseases for which it is especially valuable.
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    • 441 3 POSITION UNRIVALLED IN LONDON, ENGLAND. THE LANGHAM HOTEL, Portland Pl<c< and R«»«nt St L, ndon, W, FAMILY HOTEL OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, In Fuhtoiut-li ..d He. lthy Locality. GRAPHITE LUBRICATION. By using this method it is olaimed Cylinder lubrication cost is redaced 90% in either Steam, Gas. or Oil Engines.
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    • 1199 3 BTEAHEB BAIUNBB. OOMBINID ■■RVICB OP THE OCEAN 8. 8 CB.. LTD.. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN t. N. CO.. LTD. MTwMa FMNMUtftte Part h), North Wart Australian Port a, Java and Slngdpcra. Regular Fortnightly sailings between Singapore and Western Australia, calling a Java (aa inducement oflon), Derby, Kiag> Sound (Port tor the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 623 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANO, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued tor China Coast, Persian Oulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers ill leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES Homeward (for Europe). (Connecting at From
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    • 546 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service ia maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this servioe have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted
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    • 771 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pahang, Berserah, Kretay, Paka, Tringganu, Bisnt, Semera Bachok, Kelantan, Tabai, Bangnara, Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Singora, Laoon, Kobaamui, Bandon, Langsuen, Taku, Chnmpon, Knhinfc n( j Bangkok. Due Departure s.s. PRACHATIPOK Mar. 18 s.s. BORIBAT Mar. 18 Mar. 81 Mar. 22 Mar.
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    • 505 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. AND DEUTSCH DAMPFBCHIFF FAHRTB6EB. "HANSA" BREMEN. Combined Service. The steamers of t'i- so Companies maintain a regular service b it* ten Hamburg, Bremen Antwerp, Rotterdam and Emden an] the Straits, China and Japan. Hoiiip.wsrdf, thf y are despatched ."fort nigbtly for Havre and Hamburg
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    • 648 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. NORDOEUTBCHER LLOYD. BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well. known mail steamers this Cjtnpany Bail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg, L'sbon, via Rotterdam Antwerp, Sontbaran'OD. Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (eonnoctinw M.irse.l.i's Naples, Aitxandriu. and vice versa) Port Saia, Suez, A.I. a, Colombo, Penang Singapore Hongkong,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 151 5 JENATZY TYRES. Hooglandt &l> Co« 9 Singapore. The Gentleman's Motor Bicycle THE SUNBEAM The Chains run through Oil in Weatherproof Gear Cases. Tbe machine, ISCLUDIMQ THE ENGINE, is dc-igned and made in the Sunbeam Ftc'oric. Illustrated List frea on application to— H. WOLSKBL AND COMPANY, Sole Agents, S.S. FJ.S. imperial
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    • 338 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. SEANG LINE OF STEAMERS. a b Glenogle 8,760 Tons. 8 8. Soang Bee 6,799 Tons e.g. Seug Choon 6,776 Toni FOR HONGKONG. AMOY AND BWATOW. r.s. OLKNOGLK, on April 8, 1914. FOR PENAN6 AND RANGOON. 8.8. SEANG BEE, on March 80, 1914. Tbefe steamera have excellent nocommodation for
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    • 254 5 THERE'S ONll'Y ONE THE HIPPODROME Circus and Menagerie. ARRIVED ARRIVED ACKNOWLEDGED THE BARNUM OP THE EABT. NEW ARTISTES! NEW ARTISTES! Cull.vl frcm the principal Circa ws of Europe, South Africa and America, also our 300 of Performing Wild Animals. Performed and Trained by Domteup G. Urban. A stud of highly
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    • 359 5 BON-TON TOILET SOAP is an elegant Toilet Soap delightfully perfumed with White lilac. Tt is highly pleasing, to the senses, and is suitable for the most delicate complexions. It is absolutely pure and refined, and is tastefully packed in dainty cartons each containing three tablets. LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. COMPOUND HOUBE TO
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    • 639 6 K\\\ WP-!iJi///^ 11/ /m\ BUY "SHELL" YOU CAN RELY ON THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY. THEY DON'T CHANGE. OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. "Victoria" Motor Cycles The Strongest and f H the most perfectly 3 built Machines. f 3« 3 9 B Prices and particulars from The Union Trading Company, Sole Agents, S.S. and
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    • 20 6 PHOTOGRAPHIC STORE STUDIO. Amateurs' Work, Developing, Printing and Enlarging. KONG HING CHEONG& COMPANY. Adelphi Hotel Buildings, Singapore. Branch ct Penang.
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  • 153 7 FIXTURES. Tuesday, March 17. High Water, 1.4 a.m.. 2.3 p.m. St. Patrick I >.i v. Bandmann Coy., The Dancing Mistress. Wednesday, March 18. High Water, l.tl a.m.. 8.7 p.m. Kamlmann Coy., The Laughing Husband. Thursday, March 19. High Water. 2 H a.m.. 4.40 p.m. P. ami O.
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  • 269 7 To-pat. Bata Pahat Aing Hin 8 pm Malacca, Penang and Colombo Hirano Mara Bpm Tebing Tinggi, Bengkalis and liagan Meran 8 pm Billiton and Batavia Poh Ann 8 pm Sambas, Pamangkat and Pontianak B. Fo Soon Bpm Port Dickson and Port Swettenham Kuala 3 pm Malacca and
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  • 154 7 The P. and O. homeward mail steamer India left Hongkong at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, and may be expected to arrive here at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18. The P. and O. outward mail steamer Arcadia left Colombo at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March
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  • 50 7 Qs >n Fort Canning and Mount Fab. i BB«aj laily at 1 p.m., Singapore staiuLiril t.ino, corresponding to 6 a-m. 1 vi time. The time gun ix fired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore vt.m lar.l t me. on every day excepting Sunday, wiirn it is fired at one o'clock.
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  • 615 7 Latest Arrivals. Amherst, Brit. str. 135 tons, Capt Scott, Mar 16. From Kelantan, Mar 13. O.c. aud 4 d.p. Heng Joo Seng. For Kelantan, Mar IS. Kds. Angliiu. C.r. sir. 1<H)1 tons, Capt Cordes, Mar IH. From Swatow, Mar 9. O.c. and 1270 U.p. 1!. Meyer Co. For
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  • 96 7 Wharves at which Vessels arc Berthed To-Day. TANJONO PAOAR. Bast Wharf Basw Nil. W. Sbctioh No. l...Olencairn. Shbbrs Wharf Nil. Maim W. Sbct. No. 2.. .Haiphong. B...Seang Choon. 4.. .80mbay Mara. 6...NH. 6...Ajax, M. Castle. Circe. Nbw Dock 7. ..(Under construction) Wbst Wharf
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  • 269 7 EXCHANOR SiMOiPois, March 17, 1014. On Lowdok Bank 4 m/i 3/4,», Demand 2/4 Private 6 m/s 2/4$ J 8 m/s 21 O« Qbbbuvt Bank d/d 2»BJ Private 8 m/s M 342J On Fumes Bank d/d 294 J Private 8 m/s 209* Oa Ikdu Bank T. T. M
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 188 7 v3£l BeUen 10 10 Ampang 8.75 9.25 1 1 AyerWeng C.50 10 10 BeUt 2.70 2.85 10 10 Bruang 1.80 10 10 Kampai 10.26 10 10 Kanaboi 1.60 179 10 10 Kinta Association 10.00 11. CO £1 £1 Kinta Tin 1.16.0 2.0.0 j £1 Lahat Miner 6.75 6.26 10
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    • 642 7 vTel BnyW BeUer < 2/- 3/- Allagat 1/6 2/1 £1 £1 Angle-Java 8/8 4/6 2/- 3/- Anylo Malay 0,6 10/8 2/- 3/- Batang Malaka /9 1/£1 1 Batn Tig* 3.3 0 2.9.6 noiu ay- a/- Bekoh -m /iv £1 £1 Hukit Kajang 1.116 1.15.7 £1 41 Bukit Lintang 2.0
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    • 114 7 41 £1 B. Smelting Co. 12/- 18/0 41 41 Pret. 1.1.0 1.8.0 6/- 6/- Electric T'ways 4/8 5/--10 10 Frauer Neave 64.60 60 60 Hammer Co. 97.60 1C5.nl 100 Howarth Erakine 46X0 100 7% Prat 100.00 100 100 Kat« Bro, Del. 125.00 185.00 10 10 Maynard Co. 16.00 100
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 36 7 Try them Once. Win ,hrr you need a digestive tablet, a •ie or an active cathartic, Chamber--1 I blets arc j ist wbat you need and delight you. For sale by all Dispe nsariea atnl Dealers.
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    • 113 7 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. March 20.— At Maisonette. Tanglin Rd., Kiip, nor wax polished teak household furniture, etc the property of Dr. J. A. R. Olennie, at 4. March 31. At saleroom, teak household furniture, at 10. March 21.— At Massilia, No. 8, Oilstead Road, Java Teak household furniture,
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    • 310 7 Impoi*ta.nt> THE THREE CASTLES CIGARETTES are now being pack- d with one coupon and a miniature in every tin, twenty-five of these coupons will entitle yoa to an artistic gilt frame, free from advt riisement, in which to place the uiin'atare. These Coupons may be sent to the British American
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    • 107 7 AT THE HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. NOW SHOWING IN TUB SECOND SHOW The Greatest and most exciting exclusive Dt ttctivo Film Produced by RnffuTs THE CLUE OF THE BROKEN FINGER LBNOTH 5 000 Kt. Illoatra'inß tbe story of an innocent Mtn's flight for freedom, introducing til the up
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  • 1143 8 The Straits Times. TUESDAY, MARCH 17. MR. ASQUITH'S CONCESSIONS. We would like to think that the present is the period during which extremists in politics on both sides are permitted to blow off steam without the danger of doing much harm to anyone. Bat we are not very con fidont
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  • 16 8 H.M.S. Yarmouth was to leave Hongkong last Saturday for British North Borneo, Labaan, Singapore and Colombo.
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  • 34 8 Pourpe made a splendid flight from Suez to Port Said, where be arrived at 11 a.m. on February 17, having accomplished the distance in one hoar. He received a tremendous oration on bis arrival.
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  • 37 8 Tbe first steamer of the Menagerie* Maritime* Co. on the new Australian service, via Brisbaue, will teach Brisbane on October 20. The last steamer of the old service will sail from Melbourne for Marseilles on September k«.
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  • 11 8 Latest advertisements of the day appear on page 6 and 11.
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  • 39 8 Tbe Resident of Perak has appointed the first class ladies' waiting room at Ipoh Railway Station to be a place for searching persons suspected of having any opium or hand a other than Government chandu secreted about their persons.
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  • 45 8 A wireless message from tbe Bibby Liner Gloucestershire, which left Rangoon on the 4th inst., reports the death on that vessel of the Yen. William Donne, Archdeacon of Wakefield, from heart failure. Archdeacon Donne had been staying for some time with the Bishop of Rangoon.
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  • 48 8 The P. and O. steamer Oriental, from Japan, collided with tbe Japanese steamer Hokusei Maru, from Chinwangtao, yesterday, and the latter sank, states a Shanghai wire of March 10. The Oriental's bow's were slightly damaged. Both vessels were proceeding up the Hwangpoo at the time of the accident.
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  • 51 8 Somo little time ago a German trader named Warner was murdered in Papua. Seven natives were convicted of the crime and condemned to death. The Lieut.-Gov-ernor of Papua has commuted tbe sentence of five of the prisoners to 14 years' imprison ment, and of the remaining two to imprisonment for
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  • 62 8 A telegram from Philadelphia states that Mrs. Lucile Polk Carter, one of the most prominent socionty leaders in America, has filed a petition for divorce. Mrs. Carter, her husband, and children were among the sur vivors of tbe Titanic disaster, Mr. Carter escaping in the same boat as Mr. Ismay.
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  • 60 8 The Panama Exposition Commissioners who arrived in Bangkok at the beginning of March left on the 12th inst. for Saigon by the Donai. They have interviewed the Minister of Foreign Affairs and have been in close touch with the General Adviser's Department, and they have been given every facility to
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  • 66 8 A correspondent wires to the Bombay Chronicle as follows In connection with the combined military and naval manoeuvres, and the surprise attack on Karachi, testing the Port defences, it is understood that plans and papers of the highest military importance have been stolen by secret agents. An arrest was made
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  • 61 8 Australian Governor-Generals have shown a singular tendency to resign after a comparatively short term of office. Lord Den man was appointed in 1911, and his three-year period will resemble that of Earl Dudley from 1908 to 1911. The first GovernorGeneral, the late Marquis of Linlitbgow, held office for only two
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  • 69 8 The fourth anniversary of the Straits Athletic Club was held on Saturday and Sunday, at 55 A Macpherson Road. At the post prandial proceedings on Saturday evening Mr. E. K. Cheng, bon. secretary and treasurer, toasted the success of the club and Mr. A. Gurubatham, President, toasted the health of
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  • 68 8 It is reported that the Portuguese Government has concluded a contract with the Norddeutscher Lloyd for a direct steamship service from Lisbon to Hongkong and Macao. The steamers are to call at Libbon every four weeks, both on the outward and homeward journeys. All port dues, including cargo, sanitary, anchorage,
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  • 71 8 There are more ways than one of making a mule drink. In two years not a single Asiatic company has complied with the new registration of partnerships law in Bangkok. But a partnership concern has attempted to sue and the court has found that an unregiHtered partnership is not a
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  • 70 8 George Finferr, a mining engineer employed by the Canton Province Mining Co., ith offiobs at 33 Queen's Road, Central Hongkong, was arrested in that Colony by Det. Drury when about to board the Suian on a charge of being in possession of certain ammunition without having obtained the necessary per
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  • 82 8 Maurice Papimiau, the Frenchman who was taken up to Klang to stand his trial on a sci I 'Us charge concerning a young Eurasian girl, has. been found not guilty and brought back to Singapore. Here he will be proceeded against in a case in which he was concerned somo
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  • 90 8 The University of HongkoDg has been presented with a valuable net of surgical in struuients for teaching purposes by Messrs. A. S. Watson and Co., who have thus followed the excellent example set by many of the leading engineering firms in England in equipping the Engineering Faculty with up- to
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  • 94 8 When the Aqoatania, the Canard's latest leviathan, is ready to sail on its maiden voy age this spring, her owners declare that she will be the most perfect vessel that ever left a shipyard. While many millions have been expended to make her the stauncbest ship aflsat, a fortune has
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  • 401 8 Mr. George E. Stanley Dix, formerly of Ceylon, lately of Vancouver, was drowned in Georgia Gulf, British Columbia, on February 2. It is understood that when Mr. K. H. Onraet, Assistant Superintendent of Polioe at Penang, goes on leave Mr. S. B. Henson will be transferred" there
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  • 55 8 The members of the Hippodrome Circus company have arrived by the French mail and the baggage and general gear arrives tomorrow so that the circus will be all ready to open on the Beacb Road ground to morro x night. The first matinee will be given on
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  • 65 8 Tbe col'ections from St. Andrew's Cathedral for tbe past week, amounting to 1123.55, have b.en stolen from the vestry clerk while on bis way to the bank. The Rev. H. G. Peile asks that if any Cathedral chit signed between March 10 and 15 inclusivo should
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  • 215 8 In the second court, yesterday, Mr. Talma sentenced one European, Gustaye Neilson Olson, to four months' rigorous imprisonment, and fined another, Frank Ludgrove Plummer, $25, or, in default, one month's rigorous imprisonment, for cheating. The ca>-e, presented by Inspector Nicols, was brought by Mr. Eng Choo
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  • 223 8 Io your issue of Saturday, writes a c >r respondent, you have a paragraph on the J«va Agricultural School aud moution that this is the firttt of its kind in the Netherlands indi'S." It may be of inten-Nt for you to know that this is rivilly inaccurate.
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    • 234 8 T A NSA 1* iTAriSANJ THK ONLY GRNUIWB "'E^^^^^^J^Sf^tfl I IN I>IKTS AND SI! r -C SPUTB# Wholesale and Retail from CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., SOLE AGENTS. LAWBONS LIQUEUR JM THE WHISKY '^'-SaL FOR THE MAN rak 0F li Discriminating Taste. of i* p r ice: $11 .25 per case of
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    • 157 8 »CE»IC I MUMTM FI LTVI S FiOCBI IN THE GRAND VARIETY PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT. Second Show, 9.80 to 11 p.m. A Vitagraph Feature THE SNARE OF FATE IN 9 PARTS, taw Pith«s GantU. IMrd Edition. Provlncil lull Flfht AND an Excellent Comedy sketch by Geo. Fields THE FOLLIES OF A DAY
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  • 129 9 HUNDREDS DROWNED IN THE FLOODS. Agonising Struggles For Life. Ridtir's Tilioram. London, March 16. A message from St. Petersburg states that the full extent of the Kuban caUstrophe is still unknown, the telegraph being interrupted. Later. A graphic account of the Kuban catastrophe says that 176 railway navvies
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  • 106 9 SWEDISH BARQUE WRECKED AT LANDS END. Battle Cruiser Damaged. KsCTSk's TILIORAJt. London, March 10. A week end gale has ravaged the south and west oasts, and scores of houses were unroofed at Queenstown. TheSwolish binjne Trifolium wts wreck ed at Lind's End, tho captain and four of the
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  • 78 9 Reuter's Telegram. London, March 17. In the soccer match at Cardiff, England defeated Wales by two goals to nil. Later. During the England and Wales match at Cardiff the weather was stormy but the ground was fair. There were 12,000 spectators. Play in tbe first half was
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  • 58 9 htutll'l TILIORAJt LondoD, March 16. It is not expectel that President Wilson will pay the slightest attention to Mr. CbamberUiu'* recent motion in the Senat calling in question certain statements of the U. S. Ambassador in London with regard to Panama Canal tolls The government apparontly is disposed
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  • 38 9 KrcTCK's Teleuram. London, March 16. The scores in the billiards championship were Reece 9,000, Stevenson 8,845. Play was very exciting. Stevenson at one time led by over a thousand. The winner moots tbe champion, Inuiin, today.
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  • 61 9 Rll'TII! TeLEORA*. London, March 16 Tiflis and other town« are overhung by a heavy yellow clou 1 from which mudtly rain is falling. These phenomena are due to a dust storm over the Baku section of tbe Trans Caucasian Railway, which was inter rupted by accumulations of dust
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  • 36 9 RII'TKRS TkLKi.KAM. London, March 16. Upwards of balf a million oopies of the Times had been ordered to day (tbe price of the paper having been reduced to Id. from the 18th inst.)
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  • 33 9 ItEl Tin's TILEOEAM. London, March 17. Tokio official telegrams speak of eighty three victims of an earthquake and 435 houses wrecked in the prefecture of Akita. Communications are still greatly delayed.
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  • 89 9 Suffragettes Paiot-Smearers in a Cathedral. Reltir's Teleoram. London, Maroh 16. Suffragettes have daubed white paint over the entire interior of Birmingham Cathedral with words votes for women and similar war cries. A magnificent Burne Jones window it is feared is permanently disfigured It is supposed that a suffragette
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  • 66 9 Riutir's Telegram. London, March 16. The Senate of the University of London has appointed a committee to advise upon tbe organisation of imperial studies in London and the creation of a department of imperial studies. Tho committee includes Lord Rosobery, Lord Bryoe Lord Hambleden, Lord Milner, Sir Krishna
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  • 49 9 rlaoraa's TaLiaaAit London, March 17. A message from Capetown says the Indemnity Bill is through the committee stage in the Senate. Mr. Smuts made some concessions regarding references to deportees, the principal being deletion of a paragraph in the preamble describing them as permanently und sirable."
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  • 33 9 Beutkr's T klf.i.imm. London, March 17. Mr. Bryan has ordered an investigation of the death of Mr. Johnston, postmaster of Tocarte, California, who was killed while defending his store against Mexican marauders.
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  • 22 9 Kiorai'i Tblidram. London, March 17. In the House of Commons, Mr. Harcourt introduced tbe Kist African Protectorate Loans Bill.
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  • 68 9 Quotations Current Yesterday. The following mossa«e has been received in Singapore, dated London, Maroh 16 Plantation Para first latex crepe on spot 2/5^ Para to arrive 8/OJ Market firm. The East Asiatic Company favour us with the following report The market in London yesterday wat firm. The
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  • 319 9 Malay Charged with Reckless Driving. Malay chauffeurs figure fairly frequently in the police courts on account of the reckless manner in which some of them negotiate the crowded streets, although in most in stances they have the good fortune to avoid doing actual damage. This is not
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  • 34 9 It is reported that there are op to date 249 Japanese exbib tors registered for the Seniarang Exhibition, which is to open in August next. Half of these exhibitors hail f-om Osaka *nd Kobe.
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  • 174 9 MR. ASQUITH ON ATTITUDE OF OPPOSITION. Are the Concessions Accepted Riutir's Tblboram. London, March 16. Mr. Asquith in the House of Commons today makes a statement explaining the details of his offer to Ulster. The Unionists complain of the hectoring tone of Mr. Churchill's Bradford speech and
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  • 86 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, March 16. The report of tbe Penang Chamber of Commerce for last year shows a membership of 40, eight being new. It states tbat the trade of the port is well maintained. Tin shipments decreased 1,000 tons as compared with 1912.
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  • 233 9 Settlement in Action Regarding Weekly Sun. The anticipated settlement in the suit arising out of tbe purchase of the now defunct Weekly Sun newspaper by the Sembrong Rubber Estate, Ltd., was mentioned before tbe Chief Justice (Sir W. H. Hyndman Jones) in the Supreme Court, today. The
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  • 379 9 Bandmann Production of London Success. There is a suggestion of Parisian vivacity about Oh 1 Oh 1 Delphine, staged by the Bandmann Company lost night, which makes it a very bright and enjoyable entertainment. Little effort has been made to get away from the accepted lines upon
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  • 143 9 STEAMER LOOTED NEAR THE PORT. Pirates as Passengers. Riutek's Teleoram. London, March 17. A Hongkong cable says that pirates in the guise of passengers have looted the Norwegian vessel Childar, bound for Swatow. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hongkong, March 16. The Norwegian steamer Childar was pirated and looted
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  • 401 9 Career of the Distinguished Oceanographer. Sir John Murray, K C.8., whose death in a motor accident is reported to day, was born in Canada seventy-three years ago. His record is thus sketched out in Who's Who Murray, Sir John, K C.8., cr. 1898 F.R.S., LL.D., D.sjc,
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  • 283 9 German Aviators Threaten Freocb Supremacy. CominentiPx upon the remarkable perform anoe ol I'jqold, the Oerman aviator, who lately flew 1,760 kilometres without a stop in lOhr. 2tiuin., thus beating the world's iuration record, a correspondent of the Paris Excelsior draws an interesting comparison between the notable
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  • 244 9 Franzen and Co. Versus A Bankrupt Chop. The case of Messrs. Franzen and Co. v. Chop Cbye Heng Long came before Mr. Justice Sproule again yesterday, the matter having been held over from last week to permit of the Official Assignee attending on behalf of the
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  • 636 9 Business of the First Annual Meeting. The first annual meeting of tbe Central Perak Planters' Association was held on the 14th inst. at the Ipoh Club. Mr. A. B. Milne (chairman) presided, and there were present, Messrs. W. Vanrenen (Kinta Kellae), B. O. Tatham (Serapo), E. G.
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  • 128 9 The army head quarters staff entertained Sir O'Moore Croagh at a farewell lunch at tbe Imperial Gymkhana Club, at Delhi, on the 3rd inst. In a special Army Order issued by Sir O'Moore Creagh His Excellency, after expressing satisfaction at the steady progress made in rendering
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  • 94 9 WORST RECORDED IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Signal Obscured by Fog. RauTia's Tilioram. London, March 16. The Mossvale railway accident is the most serious ever record d in New South Wales. It was a cold night and rain was falling. The crash was hoard a mile. Eight were killed
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  • 67 9 Question of Dismissed Policeman. RIOTIR's TILIOBAM. London, March 16. A meeting of Great Eastern rail way men at Stratford resolved to issue strike notices if a dismissed policeman who acted as organiser of the railway police was not n instated. Tbe chairman of the meeting, referring to the
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  • 58 9 RbDTIR'3 IILIQRAM. London, March 16. The Duke of Wellington has addressed a letter to the Lord Mayor appealing for a public fund of ton thousand sterling to acquire the battlefield of Waterloo on tbe occasion of the centenary, to prevent building thereon. A committee has already
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  • 43 9 Riuter's Telp.i-.kam. London, March 17. The Prince of Wales has left for Norway. He crossed the Channel in the gale which continues general roun J the coasts, and sometimes reaches hurricane force. There has been great damage and flooding.
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  • 27 9 Kidtib's Tilioram. London, March 16. Sir John Murray, the Edinburgh oceanographer, has been killed in a motor accident, and his daughter seriously injured.
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  • 16 9 ReUTER's TILEORAII. London, March 10. The Derby betting is 4 to 1 The Totrarch
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  • 28 9 RbOTIE'S T»I I'IRAM. London, March 16. At Vienna the trial of nine Russians, charged with espionage on behalf of tbe Russian General Staff, has begun.
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  • 74 9 Kectie'k Tilugkam. London, March 16. The secret conforenco of ministers at St. Petersburg is explained by the necessity for greatly increased military and naval credits at the present international juncture. The Chief of the General Staff was present. Die Ostasiatischi Lloyd Tiled ram. Berlin, March 14. During a
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  • 54 9 Die Ostasiatibch* Lloyd Tiliuraw. Berlin, March It, Messrs. Siemens, Schuckert declare lliat they have not bad any business connexions with the Mitsui Bussan Kaisba, nor vti'.h a paper manufacturing company. Them rest of both directors has nothing to do with Siemens, Schuckert. The Mitsui Bussan Kaisha represent the
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  • 37 9 Dm Ostasiatischi Lloyd TiLaoBAM. Berlin, March 16. The Anglo- Italian Railway Company's Adalia concession has expired, and the com petition of the Aidin railway with the Italian lino from Adalia to Burdu is thus removed.
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  • 28 9 Da a OsT&suTiscn Lloyd Tsliorab Berlin, March 10. At the request of Signor Giolitti, the Marquis Giuliano remains Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Signor Salandra.
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  • 2248 10 (Fbom A Correspondkst.) Weltevreden, March 14. At the annual general meeting of the Sourabaya Chamber of Commerce held at that place recently Mr. P. C. ter Kuile was ekcted president for the current year and Messrs. A. C. Voorhoeve and W. Brandon vice presidents. The committee elected
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  • 997 10 Uses to which well-known Varieties May be Pat. A correspondent writes The subject of Fruit-growing in Malaya having now been ably brought forward by our local press, it will be advisable not to let the subject immediately drop. It is undoubtedly true that the fruits in Singapore,
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  • 531 10 From a report received by Mr. C. Drieberg. secretary of the Agricultural Society, the efforts made to improve fruit cultivation in Ceylon, through the introduction of choice varieties of grafted fruit plants, would apprar to be meeting with success. Mango and orange plants put down in experimental
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  • 368 10 New Schemes for Docks And Waterways. The purchase of a site at Esqaimalt for the Pacific Coast dry dock, and the receipt at Ottawa pt tenders for harbour works at Victoria, mark fuither stages in the development of the great scheme of harbour and waterway improvements undertaken by
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  • 181 10 Arrivals. Per str. Sithonia, Mar 16. From Portland Mr. Barlow. Per str. Kuala, Mar 16.— From P. Sham Capt. A K. Chancellor. Per hi. van der Capellen, Mar 16. From Letong Lim Kong Ho, Oy Hoy Djan and To Bok Tons. Per str. Selangor, Mar 17.— From
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  • 54 10 Bukit Katil.-6,700 lbs. The Lord Chancellor and the Judges have now drafted rule* under which poor litigants will be given legal advice free, beginning on May 1. In the event of their cases proceeding, counsel and solicitors willing to serve their causes will be paid from Treasury
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  • Sporting Intelligence
    • 263 10 Fristensky, the European claimant to the wrestling championship, and Pan! Simpson, a heavyweight wrestler, met at Chicago in a oontest on February 16. The former won three straight falls. The Reichstag by a big majority on Feb raary 17 voted in favour of paying the first instalment
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    • 195 10 Chinese Swimming Club. The Chinese Swimming Club was beautifully decorated at its anniversary on Sunday by Mr. C. Kenneth Cbea, and the following events took place 100 Yards Swimming Championship, Ist C. Kenneth Chea. 2nd Chia Tek Chye, 3rd Cheong Kong Liat. 50 Yards Boys' Championship, Ist Chia Kirn
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    • 454 10 SC.C. Tournament. The following ties will be played to-day if the state of tho Padang permits, which, as we go to press, is doubtful Championship. Kleinmann v. A. K. a' B. Terrell. Dean v. Stoat. Day v. Moding. Threlfall v. Donnell. B. SINOLBS. Stevens scr. v. Feindel owe
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  • Correspondence.
    • 129 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Kindly allow this letter spaco in your correspondence column in the hope of it catching the eye of the person (or persons) who indulged in the disgusting habit of throwing balls of paper from the gallery at ladies in
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  • 247 10 Joachim Raff, A Neglected Musical Composer. The story of a man who was intended for one of the learned professions, but through lack of means became an elementary school teacher and finished up by being a musical composer, was told at the Royal Institution last month
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  • 328 10 The secretary of the Bode Rubber EstateH, Limited, has loaned i. circular to the shareholders which states that the great reduction in the selling price of rubber has rendered it impossible to properly finance the working of the estate and bring the whole of the planted area
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  • 99 10 There was quite a large gathering at the Jewish Synagogue, Waterloo Street, last Sunday afternoon, the occasion being the marriage of Miss Rebecca Levy, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Levy, of Crows Nest, Wiikie Road, with Mr. S 11. rgcr, a son of Mr. L.
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  • 937 11 Was the Recent Activity Fully Justified The following interesting review of the rubber market position, from Mr. T. E. Williams, of Marling Evans and Co., stock and share brokers, 29, Mincing-lane, E.C., was rented in the Financial Times, of February 17: The present activity in rubber
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  • 883 11 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, March 17, 1914. Messrs. Lyall aod Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list of I quotations this morning:— No* Valui Buykrs. Sellers. 2/- Allagar 1/6 2/1 1 Antjlo -Java 8/3 4/0 1 Anglo Johor 6/- 6/3 2<-
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  • 422 11 People Going Back to the Heart Of London. For some months past there has been a steady but certain exodus of suburban residents into the more central parts of London, with the result that more than one metro politan borough is in a position to make the
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  • 368 11 Appreciation by Retired Civil Servant. The Aiurita Bazar Patrika, of Calcutta, publishes a long and lively letter from Mr. F. H. Skrine, J.i'.S. (retired) who, writing as one who has no private axe to grind," tells bis Bengali friends that he considers them the most gifted of
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 35 11 The Man Who Qeta There U mm mm wfaa hM *\<m* wmi tUk w* Mm 4 **d flmm at t»-lm Ma bed? VITUMHn MTAMUZB m LMI ML OOMPQUM MwMtag, ■taaagUl rvp'Galahlnf W' Of ALL OHBMISTS.
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    • 58 11 'Tii carried in case, portmanteau and bag, Tis carried in knapsack and swag, O'er ocean and main, by steamer and train, Everyone carries it, health to maintain For no powder or pill, no syrup of eqnill No mixture or lotion, no preparation or potion No brandy or rum, no whisky
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    • 258 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENT.-. CALL AT MOUTRIE'S FOR MUSIC of the Latest BANDMANN Productions SVOCAL SCORES, WALTZE AND SELECTIONS. AN ASSUREDLY GOOD ENTERTAINMENT is wba< is to he got out of the CAPITAL PROGRAMME TO BK PBKSKNTKD TO-NJGHT, Seoond Show, 9.30 to 11 p.m. THE ICONOCLAST A Thrilling and Sensational Broncbo Motion
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    • 184 11 VX er* S ""r*» -I IN \> \w g\ 25 and sO.\N^. 4^ OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. RAFFLES HOTEL. Special Dinner ON SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1914. Skating after Dinner. MUSIC BY THE PARISIAN TRIO. PALLADIUM. Commencing Wednesday, March 18. FOR A SHORT SEASON ONLY SENSATIONAL ATTRACTION AND ENGAGEMENT At Contiderablc exp:ose cf
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  • 1904 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 bo provisional and that intending passengers may alter their arrangements, subsequent to the issuance of this list
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  • 418 12 The Proposed Capital Increase Sanctioned. Mr. F. T. Verner presided at a meeting of the Oriental Rubber Company, Limited, held on February IT to consider a resolution authorising an increase in the capital from £40,000 to £55,000 by the creation of 15,000 new shares of XI each.
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  • 16 12 When a woman needs sympathy, cry with her when a man needs it, swear with him.
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  • 1044 12 Story of a Shipwreck on the Breton Coast. A weird picture of a shipwreck, worthy of the strong, uncanny pen of Emily Bronte, is drawn in The Temps by M. Anseline Chaugeur. "It was February 9, 1918. The H'aux lighthouse, on the island of Bn'bar, oft the
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  • 145 12 Live wire news from America is served np by the Sydney Sunday Sun. For instance a New York telegram of February 34, states A wealthy Pittsbarg real estate man, Mr. T. F. Jones, inadvertently almost blinded one of his guests at dinner on Thursday evening. Mr. Jones is a heavyweight,
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  • 457 12 Bag of Twenty-five Thousand in A Day. An estimated day's bag of 26,000 birds has resulted from the "pigeon shoot organized by tbe Dovon Farmers' Union. Tbe shoot was one of the most cxtenoive ever held, and between 15,000 and 20,000 guns took part. The plan of campaign
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  • 354 12 Sir A. Conan Doyle's Plea For Reform. Sir A. Conan Doyle spoke at the Ethical Church, Queen'B-Koad, Bayswater, on the subject of divorce reform, which be declared was urgently called for. Uo remarked tbat England bad always been a land of compromise. How it ever became so
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  • 238 12 Astonishing Announcement From America. While Mr. Marconi and others are spending laborious days and nights in making wireless conversation possible, it has been left to an American experimenter to (go one better and demonstrate the possibility of wireless thought. Writing in the Electrical World, Mr. Burton F.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 230 12 ON SALE VERY SHORTLY THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF THE LATEST USEFUL NOVELTIES NOT* A CATALOGUE ASSORTMENT BUT SELECTED AND SHIPPED BY OUR CONTINENTAL BUYER AT PRESENT IN LEIPZIG. EVERYTHING for EVERYBODY AT JULIAN FRANKEL FURNITURE COMPANY. No connection with any other Furniture House. Only Address: ORCHARD ROAD. Tel. No. 244
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 38 13 ill' I j J/iiin ./iiiihi;' imiiii:|.ii i>«';»M"i'Mniiiiiiiiin[i[:"""i»'"vv- „niuMini»)UHniiHi>iUWh»nni/iinnWj'i»i^''!llll^^ (Jft=^ft^ :> SEMI-DIESEL I McIRl crude oil I ffl^^^^ ENGINES 6 to 2O B.H.P. "^^^P^ m Fu P articuiars and prices on application to the Sole Agents: UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED, j
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    • 71 13 Ist February, 1914. GOODRICH TYRES FURTHER Reduction in Prices. IF you have not obtained NEW PRICE LIST, apply to THE GARAGES or THE SOLE AGENTS, Straits Settlements, Malay Peninsula and Siam Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd., SINGAPORE, PENANG AND MALACCA. RAILWAY MATERIAL I OUR SPECIALITY. 91 Very Very Large 9H Low
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 1227 14 SINGAPORE S ONLY COMPANY. LARGEST PAID-UP CAPITAL OF ANY EABTtRN COMPANY. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE i Winoheatar House, Singapop*. LONDON OFFICE I S3. Old Jawry, E.C Tbe Company has £20.000 deposited witb tbe Supreme Court of England, and oomplies with the Biitiah
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    • 495 14 BANKim. KMTSCH-MUTIMME IMK. HUI MM W iWITaa, (Ik iseta MM.IM Seal Ofttcf ..............Shanghai, Board of Directors... ..Borin. BRANCHES ■etlte, Calcutta, Hambnrfr. Canton Hankow, Hongkong, Kobe, P kinp, Tientsin, Tsinantu, Taingtan, Yokohama, THE FOLLOWING BANKS AND BANKERS ARE REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Bank taer Handel und ladnrMe. Berliner HandeU-Oeaeilechali,
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    • 1168 14 INSURANCE. HESITATION is very infectious as regards tbe acquisition of Life Assurance. Hundreds of wives are left unprovidjd for on account of their hesitation to either sanction or encourage their husbands' application for Assurance. Only when death removes the latter and they are face to face with grim necessity IB
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  • 1113 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Disastrous Motor-Cycle Race. A thrilling thongb tragic story of a motorcycle race disaster in India was told to an Englishman representative by Mr. A. P. Carson, the competitor who came to grief while returning to pick up Mr. Munro who died
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 177 15 WESTINGHOUSE AND STRONG ffi "AURIGA" PATENTED DRAWN WIRE LAMP PLEASES EVERYONE and INFRINGES NO PATENT. WESTINGHOUSE /^^v ELECTRIC FANS (gUBm British made throughout. V vJJ^PJb 9V FROM 60 to 250 VOLTS. SOLE AGENTS CENTRAL SSS LIMITED, SINGAPORE and KUALA LUMPUR SUNBEAM CARS 1914, 16 H.P. TOURING CAR, Movable front seats,
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    • 16 15 For coords and chills. Take Woods' Great Prppermint Core, fold everjwhtre, B 0 oeats a buttle.
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    • 174 15 I M Grand Prix^v > C^Grand Prix <teFranre^ J\*™* Prix M de s?!o c (VV «13 MW* la sarthe //I/ TAX 1912 I \7he first eight cars on/ /jTT'lh 491Q //M m<^/ysa\ Endless Qiainof J %s4^ Records Proves? the Supreme JF<sil 1/ ml I iiiT.anihTv f\F till J of "Continental"
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 391 16 LARGE French STOCKBofTILEB and RIDGES ALWAYS PATENT on Roofing Tiles Ventilators AND Finials Tile Crestings RIDGES. WANTS. CHINESE CASHIER WMTID. Want d, Chinese Cashier for Raffles Hotel. Personal Security required. Apply to Manager, Rafflos Hotel. 14 8 DRESSER WANTEO. Wanted a qualified dresser for Kuala Pahang. Apply to the Manager,
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    • 386 16 ENGINE Mini WMTEO. Chinese Hnfeine Driver and Fireman required f:r an Estate. Apply F. W. Barker Co., Winchester House, Singapore. U 8 B 17-3 CLERK WANTEO. Wanted, Intelligent Clerk, (Chinese Pieferred), for an Estate near Maar. Apply, The Watt rbouse Co., Ltd., No. 2, Almeida Street. 14 8 17 8
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    • 550 16 TO BE LET OR SOLD. HOUSE TO LET. No. 16 and 10, Devonshire Road. Entry from April 1. Apply 171, Waterloo Street. 6-8 44 FLOOR TO LET. To let, 2nd Floor, No. 8, Malacca Street, Entry March 1, 1914. Apply Meyer Brothers. 811 v TO LET. Furnished or unfurnished. Roßf-cottage
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    • 702 16 MOTICEB. GUAM KIAT ft CO., 37. Phillip Street. Ship-Cbandlkrs, Government and Municipal Contractors, General Importers and Exporters and Commission Aoents. Telephone No. 1171 1288 (Private 1450). 8-8 n KIAM KIAT ft CO. SHIP CHANDLERS, tSVflW— t and KuiilclparContractori 106, 108 109, Market Street. Telephone Nor. 421. I. J. GOLDBERG, THE
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    • 568 16 ARTICLES FOR SALE. FWBME. One 16 H.P. Star Car, five aeater just be: n completely overhauled and painted, Equipped with spare wheel and extras and in first-class running order. Apply to F. R. H., c/o Straits Times. 193 v FOR SALE Bay Mare, goes well, almost new eet of harness
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    • 438 16 SINGAPORE CLUB FIXTURES Straits Times List. The following fixtures fjr the current week and important forthcoming fixtures are kindly supplied by the secretaries of the various clubs. Convenient forms on which to mako tho returns will be supplied on application to the Manager, Straits Times. Singapore Cricket Club. Lawn Tennis
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 223 16 Straits dirties. ADVERTISEMENT RATES.— Miscellaneous wants of every description are inserted at the prepaid rate of per four lines for ono or two insertions. Notices of Births, Marriages, or Deaths, if not exceeding four lines, 91 each insertion. For p.p.c. cards, on page 8, 92. Inch Scalb Ratbs are as
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