Malaya Tribune, 14 January 1914

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  • 23 1 THE MALAYA TRIBUNE. \Ol- A# No. 12 SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1914 Price 5 Cents. The Malaya Tribune, SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1914.
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  • 224 1 rFRTllN DISTRICTS TO BE o-DER martial law. (Outer's Service,) LONDON, Jan. 13. The'e have been two important nents South African mien of the i* r River workshops at Cape v >rk and the irieieaders are endeavouring to C'. out the remainder. was an attempt last r; 1 blow
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  • 27 1 Reuter's Service. [Renter's Service.) London, Jan. 13. Pretoria messages state that the wicket match. M. C. C. v. the iraasjial, was drawn owing to ram.
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  • 49 1 Bl ant, F.R.G.S., in a lecavels in British East KO3 rounci Victoria 1 sa d that the natives their clothes and mats stones, and sometimes on the *oi dead crocodiles that lay [lis is -trance news -cc our Bengalee n Seraneoon Road their clothing on their
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  • 55 1 a h a young lady sire to take her church. With the of warmth say the bestow upon me the lal tude of escorting system over the gCe nlerv eni n g between the ted for the worship of Being, and the portal domicile after
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  • 113 1 POLICEMAN ACCUSED OF THE CRIME. {Our Special Correspondent.) Shanghai, Jan. 14. The alleged murderer of the well-known Chinese Hsia Zuifong, Managing Director of the Commercial Press, Honan Road, Shanghai, has been arrested. He is one Wang Ching Jui, formerly a policeman, and admitted at the preliminary trial
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  • 50 1 TUTUHS IN MLITARY CONFERENCE. (Our Special Correspondent.) Shanghai, Jan. 14. The resignation of Chen Chao Chang, Governor of Canton, from his post will be eventually accepted. The Government of the Republic is calling upon the Tutuhs of the various provinces to meet in conference to discuss military matters.
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  • 257 1 THE STRENGTH OF THE v FLAG IN THE EAST. As Singapore has recently been visited by several foreign warships of different types, it will be interesting to note the German naval strength in the East. The German cruiser squadron, as the group of German naval vessels out here
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  • 52 1 Acquisition of Coconut Land in Johore. A local syndicate is securing from the Johore* Government about 1,500 acres of coconut land in Cucob, comprising several small Malay holdings. The very same land vwas, two years ago, negotiated for by., an F. M. S syndicate, but the transaction
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  • 121 1 Judgment was given on the 12th inst.jn the case in which Manikam Chetty, a money lender, was prosecuted for dishonestly making claims in the District Court which he knew to be false, by (a) taking out a judgment summons against R. C. Rozells, though he knew the said
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  • 112 1 The annual geneift mooting of the Persukutuan Jawa Peranakan was held on the Club premises, Changi Road, on January 11. The chair was occupied by *M'\ S. Osman. The reports and accounts for the half year ending December 31, 1913, were submitted and pa-^'< and the following officers
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  • 192 1 The way in which Miss Maud Pereira, of Race Course Road, was relieved of her reticule, containing dollars 35 in notes, by her "trusted" Hylam servant, was described yesterday afternoon before Mr. Talma. Miss Pereira, in the course of her evidence, said that she placed her bag
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  • 86 1 VILLAGES WIPED OUT IN JAPAN BY LAVA. ENORMOUS DAMAGES. Just as we go to press a Reuters telegram informs us that sixty earthquakes have occurred daily in the South of Japan. The flames and flaming lava have reached Kagoshima city. The damage done is enormous. Two Japanese
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  • 186 1 SPLENDID ATTACK ON LALANG AT SELETAR. 14 Continue the Good Work." One of the 4 Malaya Tribune's" scouts bring- us good news this morning. As we stated in our second issue, we intended to keep a very sharp eye on the lalang decorating tiie sides of the
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  • 44 1 We have received a letter signed M Georgy M having reference to the law of bigamy and Chinese, but we regret we cannot publish it as the name of the writer is not given. The name, of course, is not necessarily for publication.
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  • 53 1 "Prisoner," said the Judge, the police say you were disgracefully drunk. What have you got to say to the charge Sir I deny the charge in toto, I was not drunk. I would scorn to be drunk, Sir. I was in a state of alcoholic trance n The
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  • 66 1 Canon Hannay (George Birmingham), the well-known Irish author, maintains that nowadays the most dramatic sermons are preached in Ireland. A friend of his heard a preacher in a Connaught village expatiating on the terrors of hell. "The lion will roar at yez," he told the congregation. "The owls will hoot
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  • 448 1 Mr. S. F. B. Martin, solicitor, of Penang, is going home on leave in February. The typical Scot is always a moderate man. —Lord Haldane. Where are our typical Scots A motorist has a right to smash himself, but he must not smash his friend. —Mr. Justice Ridley. Mr.
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  • 582 2 DUKE OF BEDFORD'S 25 STREETS. Purchase by Mr. MallabyDeely, M.P. The hugest deal in land on record between two private individuals was officially announced recently by Reuter. It is the sale by the Duke of Bedford to Mr. Mallabby-Deely, Unionist M.P. for Harrow, of the nineteen
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    • 223 2 Whitbread's Ate Stout. The Nitrogenous properties of Ale are drived from the Hopes and Melt. Theiefore avoid clapified chemical Substitutes by drinking. WHITBiIEAD'S GENUINE ALE d STOUT (Largest bottlers in the World.) SOLE IMPORTERS:Mfeare Bros. I-B. RAFFLES QUAY. HIGH CLASS AMERICAS DENTISTRY, LATEST METHOD. FONES BROTHERS, Separate Coinpartoie»U for Ladle*.
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    • 299 2 REQUISITES FOR RUBBER ESTATES. LATEX CUPS, Glass and Porcelain, half lemon and flat Bottom Shape. MOMI CHESTS. 24 ins. by 19 ins. by 19 ins. CEMENT. "Sakura" Brand. ACETIC ACID. 44 lbs. in bottle. FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY TO: G. OTOMUNE Co. THE CROWN DRAPERY. UP-TO-DATE MILLINERY SPECIALISTS Dainty White
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  • 638 3 A very distinguished British man of science had the foible, says Prof. Brander Matthews, of inventing thrilling episodes, and pretending that they were of his own experience. On one occasion, after he had spun a marvellous yarn, with himself in the centre of the ceil, a sceptical
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    • 261 3 IN SiST CN HAVING rise imperial. Dairy Go/s Best Indian r U T T E R—m ..,-vrr g. L. F. G. i, TT j. MAMINER "pQ OVEKNMENT OF BURMA ••the Butter Contains no Foreign fat, is of ood Quality and Quite fit for use." Smgcpcrt Jlg^i:--5, i' Kitneida Street. International
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    • 359 3 THE BANGKOK POLICE. A Severe Criticism from the North. There seems to be widespread dissatisfaction over the ineptitude pf the Bangkok police regarding tli? disappearance, with certain funds, of the compracfores of three banks, and also in regard to the non-arrest of a murderer, the j eahouteofwhoro,it is alleged, is
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    • 238 3 I?PA ii7P A HI AT VAIN LIMITED. SINGAPORE arid IPGS. HAVE IN STOC 8f OS O N OItD R. Tlir:c Stamp Prospecting Mills. Fiv,; Stamp Mill (850 lbs. Stamps.) 10 Inch by 7 irch Blake Crusher. Battery Shoes and Dies, &c. Screening.—Drill Steel. One 4 inch Empire. Prospecting Drill. Two
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  • 369 4 The Editor of our contemporary the "Singapore Free Press" has received a letter from Miss Laura Radford, the General Secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association, on the subject of the criticisms which have appeared in the press following the appeal for $75,000 for this establishment. Miss Radford takes
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  • 321 4 Reuter informed us yesterday of the interesting fact that four young Tibetans, the sons of Governors of certain f' istricts, have completed a seven months 1 course at an Army College in England, and go to Rugby next term. Incidentally, it seems somewhat strange that candidates
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  • 255 4 A ROUND OF FESTIVITI During the visit of the (,< cruiser Gneisenau" to Sing a great deal of entertainii being done here for the officers, especially by th. German community. Th are heartily reeiproeati: welcome, as host> M Gneisenau." Last evening the officers cruiser
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  • 193 4 University autlioj itieIndia, who have often complaii of the very elemental k:. wledge of the vernaculars p by Indian students, will be essential agreement with the remarks made by Mr. J. D. Anderson, lecturer in Bengali at Cambridge, in a p at a recent meeting of the East
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  • 22 4 We draw the attenti readers to an interesting article entitled "The Cross ai Crescent," which appears issue.
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  • 20 4 The “India Rubber untitled has some complimentary on Mr. B. J. Baton's re his vacation visits to El rubber factories.
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    • 87 4 Chs. J. GAUPP AND CO. i Raffles Place, next to Robinson Piano Co. t Watchmakers, Jewellers and Nautical Opticians. Fine Diamond Jewellery a Speciality. English and Swiss Gold and Silver Watches. Surveying and Nautical Instru= ments. SILVER and PLATED WARE FROM MAPPIN WEBB, Limited "BINFRED" CIGARETTES. The World's best Value
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  • 460 5 cpeakebs ATTHE V.W.C.A. V the Editor Of the Malaya 1° Tribune. _\Vi11 youailow me to proSir ur columns against the test 1" > assumption that our '.'re being enveloped by i evil and that the will be able to increase f ni r voung women, 'v Tespeakers talked Hfnku'n
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  • 416 5 To the Editor of the Ifa'aya Tribune really most unfortue ear that the Postal Ser- growing from bad to worse. r 0rie those departments in J «Himent service which is close touch with the community and with generally. As such it P acm i as much as
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  • 91 5 To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune.'' Sir,—Is it true that the Municipal Engineer's department is unable to cope with the work at its disposal I am led to ask this on account of the large accumulations of rubbish in Peking Street, last Friday. The rubbish cart was
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  • 90 5 Two nude giant figures in bronze, representing Adam and Eve, placed at the entrance of the Werner-Alfred bathing establishment at. Potsdam, Prussia, were removed during the night and flung into a ditch. A paper on the doorway stated that the deed done by Potsdamers who were
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  • 63 5 A lady who devoted herself to hospital work during the Balkan warMiss M. Edith Durham—has returned the gold medal M For Merit awarded to her by the Montenegrin Government in 1907. She* states that after "the mutilations and gross cruelty and injustice n which she witnessed during
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  • 90 5 Big Building Operations Despite Tin-Slump. The slump in tin and the fall in rubber have not robbed capitalists in Seremban of their ability to lay out large sums of money in buildings. Buildings are springing up in all directions in that small town and evidently there is a demand
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  • 97 5 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association informs us that at the 122 nd Rubber Auction held on Jan. 13, 1,263.61 piculs or 168,481 lbs. were offered for sale, of which 1,103.78 piculs or 147, 171 lbs. were sold. The prices realized were: Sheet Smoked $109 to $123.
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  • 108 5 The news of the death at Madras of Mr.Justice P. R. Sundra Ayer, though it comes to hand rather late, will be received by the local Madrasiswith profound regret. Mr. Sundra Ayer is one of the three Ayer-Judges who rose to prominence through their
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  • 188 5 The Dutch battleship 44 De Zcven Provineicn," flagship of tho battleship squadron of the Netherlands East Indies fleet, arrived from Batavia on the 10th instant and is now in the Aibertilry dock at Tanjong P i gar undergoing bottom cleaning and painting. She flies the ensign of Commadore
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  • 49 5 We are informed that fresh tenders have been called by the Municipality for the supply for 1914 of bullocks and carts for the Road Department. We understand that the successful tenderers will be paid on the "crow-flying" system, and have been asked to quote according to this.
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  • 266 5 STEFANSSON RETURNS TO FIND SHIP GONE. All doubts as to the position of the Stefansson Expedition mentioned a few days ago in Reuters telegrams is removed by the receipt of a message from the leader sent from Point Barrow, Alaska, on October 30. The message says:
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  • 108 5 At the general meeting of the above Association held at No. 10, Cornwall Street, on Tuesday, January 6, thefollowing gentlemen were elected officers for the year 1914 Patron, Mr. Lim Ah Woo President, Mr. Teo Liok Swee; Vice-President, Mr. Cheang Hong Tian Hon. Secretary, Mr.
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  • 70 5 H. S. Bank. The local manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has received a telegram from his Head Office, Hongkong, stating that, subject to audit, the directors at the forthcoming half yearly meeting will recommend the following: A dividend of £2 per share; a bonus of £5 per
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  • 1121 7 his reached us of the W*Z f „f Lord Headley to r« rer?l danism, and an article newspaper com■»n t- n f A s the paragraph *iV upon h. c ting especi«holire inaMahom- 1 us Ido not apologise fefive!batim:--"Mnch excite.atthebe^ni ,u c week v, I
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  • 117 7 Lord Headley's conversion may give an impetus to the moement for the establishment in London of a worthy Mohammedan place of worship. At present the 4 services of the large Islamic community have been held in restaurants, and the need for a mosque has been
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  • 126 7 RELIC OF 44 1900 TO BE SOLD. A German marine transport, under command of Captain Lieutenant Crelinger, passed through Singapore on the Buelow yesterday, on the way from Tsingtau, China, to Hamburg. There are fifty-one men in the transport, of whom four are commissioned officers. With the
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  • 142 7 The battle cruiser Tiger, the largest vessel which has as yet been launched for any navy in the world, took the water at Messrs. John Brown and Company's shipbuilding yard on the Clyde. She was ordered for the British Navy in 1912, and will displace about 28,500
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