Malaya Tribune, 29 January 1914

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  • 21 1 THE MALAYA TRIBUNE. Vol. 1.- No. 24. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1914 Price 5 Cents. tlK malapa tribune. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29.
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  • 174 1 rSOrTB \FKI''A HANDLES ITS LABOUR PROBLEM. SENSATIONAL MOVE. Reuter's Service. (Renter's Service.) London. Jan. 21>. i sensation has been caused by tion of the South African eg in connection with the LaliMir surest c Hidden and secret deportation taken place of ten South Labour leaders who are now
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  • 91 1 Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 28. At the Glasgow conference. Mr. *nKe, the Chairman of the Amal- "1 Engineers, announced «t al] the officials in South bad l>een arrested, while the wteand funds have been confisrod thi'i they were unable to finds to South Africa for fear f confiscation.
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  • 76 1 m BEGINNING 0 F THE END. Reuter's Service. m London, Jan. 2<s. me coalmen have recommend the strikers fork to-morrow, whereextra emplo ver8 concede the that ten firms lhe nse and that the rt *°ived to pay a levy Bien who continue to tbat the trike ha
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  • 73 1 PRESIDENT AND WIFE ESCAPE. LANDTNG PARTIES ASHORE. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 28. A telegram from New York states that owing to a revolution and fighting at Hayti, the German cruiser 44 Yineta" landed eighty bluejackets and two machine guns at Port-au-Prince. President Oreste and wife have
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  • 96 1 P. ft O. EASTERN SERVICE TO BE AUGMENTED. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 28. The P. and 0. S. N. Co. announces that the steamers 44 Borneo, 44 Sunda, 44 Palawan, land 44 Sumatra have recently been sold, two for delivery to Japan and others to buyers in
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  • 70 1 DISTINGUISHED PASSENGERS. SAVED. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 28. A telegram from New York states that Mr. F. W. Yanderbilt's yacht Wdrrior has struck on the rocks off Cape Aquatra on the coast of Columbia. A steamer rescued the Vanderbilts, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, and Lord
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  • 34 1 NECESSITATED BY NAVY ESTIMATES. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 28. There was a prolonged Cabinet meeting yesterday. It is believed that there was discussed the increase in taxation necessitated by the Navy Estimates.
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  • 46 1 THE ALSACE GOVERNMENT RESIGNING EN BLOC. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 28. A telegram from Strassburg states that the resignation of the government of Alsace-Lorraine, including the Govei nor. the Secretary of State and Under-Secretaries is impending as a result of the Zabern affair.
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  • 68 1 Ministerial Crisis in Por tugal. PRESIDENT DEFEATED. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 27. A telegram from Lisbon states that a ministerial crisis has arisen which resolves itself into a conflict between the President and the Premier. A Congress of the two Houses yesterday adopted a resolution supporting the Premier and disapproving
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  • 58 1 PRESIDENT WILSON'S RECOMMENDATIONS. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 2S. A telegram Jfaom Washington states that President Wilson, in a conference with the Senate's Foreign Relation's Committee yesterday, strongly advocated the cancelling of preferential treatment to American coasters on the Panama Canal. He also urgently recommended the adoption of
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  • 58 1 N. S. W. WINS SHEFFIELD SHIELD. Reuter's Service. (Renter s Service.) London, Jan. 28. A telegram from Sydney states that New South Wales compiled ('>75 runs, of which Kelleway contributed 138 and Macartney 201. Victoria, in two innings, made 332 for the first and 311 for the second.
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  • 32 1 Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 28. A telegram from Tangier states that the murderer of the French Agent Valdrome has been found dead in his cell, hanged by his braces.
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  • 37 1 Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 27. A telegram from Nairobi states that Fritz Schindler, a cinematograph operator, has been mauled by a lion he was attempting to photograph, and has died of his injuries.
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  • 21 1 Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 28. Another long Cabinet meeting was held to-day and another will be held this week.
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  • 17 1 Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 28. Mr. Austen Chamberlain hits decided to contest West Birmingham.
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  • 52 1 FIRST CIVIL GOVERNOR. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 28. A telegram from Washington states that President Wilson has appointed Colonel Goethals the first civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone. This discounts the news in the wire previously sent of his appointment to be head of the New
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  • 75 1 New York Fire Bugs” A TOUGH'S CONFESSION. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 28. From New r York we learn that during the trial of one of a gang for placing a bomb in a tenement house, another member of the gang confessed to having placed eighty bombs in houses in the
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  • 41 1 MOVE FOR MORE PAY. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 28. A ballot 1s taking place among the marine engineers of the United Kingdom on the question of a strike for increase of pay, remunerafor overtime, and extension of home leave.
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  • 247 1 Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 28. Commander Evans is paying a visit to Paris, where lie is being much feted, being entertained at luncheon and presented with a gold medal by the Paris Municipality. He lectured before the Geographical Society, where M.Poincare bestowed on him the
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  • 346 1 TAIPUSUM OR DEEPAVALI Letter from Hindus to His Excellency the Governor. LATTER FESTIVAL UNDESIRED. We have received the following from Messrs. Donaldson and Burkinshaw, the well-known liMsvyers. It is a letter addressed trr H. E. the Governor and is an appeal against the Deepavali festival being made a public holiday.
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  • 156 1 To the Editor of the u M<ilay<* Tribune.'* Sir,—With reference to the pan appearing in your issue of the 27th inst. regarding the proceedings which took place at the public meeting held by the Hindu community on the night of the 25th inst.. allow me to correct
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  • Page 1 Advertisements

  • 1439 2 (Social to the Malaya Tribune") The University of California and Leland Stanford Junior University are the only great American institutions of higher learning at which rugby has taken the place of American football as the most important of athletic events, and the Stanford-California Varsity struggle every
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  • 680 2 IMPORTANT DECISIONS OF CONFERENCE. Decisions of far-reaching importance which have been reached by the International Conference on Safety at Sea are outlined by Mr. Andrew Furuseth, the president of the American Seamen's Union, and one of the United States' delegates, in a statement which he has issued
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    • 215 2 ALMUSAWA Co. W. M. KaSSim, C.E., Consulting Architects. Architects, Com mission-Agents Surveyors. 3, Raffles Place, ADELPHI HOTEL? The favorite resort of English and Continental Tourists Families and Commercial-travellers MODERN ACOMMODATION! Cable Ad^. WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION H,CH UFE Sin g4porc IN THE HOME COMFORT EfIST! A.B.C. sth Edition STYLE AND LUXURY Telephone
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  • 930 3 VRTICLE BY PKOI'ARKKR. y fl. Parker, in the rr" r article contributed to .if* Quarterly Bsiiew»* 1 its almost to day 1' c .jmi, dragging tlie v after him. hot a irrellonfl activity the ..nestion, said to the N .i who accompanied y. n y t the
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  • 704 3 A DARING EXPLOIT. One of the most daring and most impudent robberies in the annals of New York has been perpetrated by river pirate-;. The robbers crossed the river Hudson from Hoboken to Manhattan in a tug they had previously stolen, and in the darkness got close to
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    • 266 3 The Malaya Tribune. Can be had at the following depots Singapore. Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, Ltd. Messrs. Kim and Co. Raffles Hotel. Adelphi Hotel. Hotel de l'Europe. Hotel van Wijk, Stamford Roud. Messrs. Koh Co., 90, Bras Basah Road. The Refreshment Buffet, Tank Road Railway Station. Sepoy Lines —at the
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    • 341 3 I GASOLENE LIGHT CYCLE CO. 4. 5-1 5-2 Beach Road. (Next to Raffles Hotel.) Sole Agents for Motor Cars on Hire Day Night. star T lr,to L n E Zc H D ell, f M 0T C E s PAIGE AND LITTLE CARS. M tor POPE B. S. A. Motor
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  • 328 4 We have no idea of the politics miniating the Dominions Commission, the second interim report of which has jnst been issued, but it would certainly appear from the telegram in our yesterday's issue that they are not heartwhole supporters of the Australian policy announced in the cry, "A
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  • 191 4 It is intersting to note from a telegram in to-day's issue that the coal strikers have repudiated the instructions and authority of their Union and return to work Oil the old terms. We imagine this step heralds the first opposition of sensible working men to the
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  • 309 4 The K.O.Y.L. I.'s. at Ipoh. BEATEN ON MUDDY GROUND AFTER GOOD PLAY. The "Times of Malaya" says that Saturday afternoon's downpour did not make things very promising for the football match, and the teams Lined up on a sodden ground with numerous puddles. It was naturally a somewhat ragged game
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  • 145 4 WELL-KNOWN PERAK PLANTER. We regret to record the death which took place at the En Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, of i H. Connell, manager of the M Rubber Company's Snngei X Estate, Sungkai, Perak. Mr. < nell. who was in year, had been ill with fever
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  • 87 4 Quite a large numlier of missionwry teachers of the various Mission Schools with their girl pupils assembled at Johnton's Pier to Iml farewell to Miss Sophia Blackmore who is leaving Singapore on furlough to Australia t<> sc«' her aged mother. This is the fourth sendMiss Blackmore has had
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  • 270 4 The following changes, transfer!* and promotions of memlters of t Im* Negri Sembilan Clerical Service will take place shortly. Mr. A. Lopess, Chief Clerk, Land Office, Kuala Pilah, to I* Chief Clerk to the Chief Police Officer, Seramban. He will lie succeeded at Kuala Pilah
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  • 62 4 There are 15,000 persons untitled observation for plague In Mafc district. .Java. Miss Gratio, whose anexpec death from Malaria fever took 1 at the General Hospital, Kua pur, on Thursday, was well-kuo for the deep interest she too* educational matters. Her uul 111l 11 death is greatly regretted, anUrge attendance
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    • 238 4 KeiMWalsh, Ltd. Singapore. MEW ii ANNUALS, 1914. Just <o Hand. "> "and. cts. 1 Whitakcr's Almanac 1 cloth leather sides 1 O 2 Do. do. paper binding 080 3 Hazell's Annual J °J 4 Daily Mail Year Book gJJ 5 AlmanakdeGotha J »JJ 6 Who's Who JO 7 Lloyd's Calendar
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    • 88 4 Chs. J. GAUPP AND CO. Raffles Place, next to Robinson Piano Co. WATCHMAKERS, JEWELLERS AND NAUTICAL OPTICIANS. FINE DIAMOND JEWELLERY A SPECIALITY. ENGLISH AND SWISS GOLD AND SILVER W T ATCHES. SURVEYING AND NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS. SILVER and PLATED WARE FROM IHAPPIN WEBB, Limited. ARMTH SMOKING MIXTURE. THIS HIGH CLASS MIXTURE
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  • 854 5 0 f'l.KKK^CQUITTED. S. r t K. S. Menon. a tele<>f the General Post aving a message ad;ĕc*\ sunĕ was heard before h, the Fourth Court I uv afternoon. r,.' r \V(i lte ll. P.M.G., prosecuted Postal Authorities Mr. .1. Mello appeared on l»ef.'f die accused. M Mr. Bell
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  • 823 5 Farther evidence was recorded In the Police Court at Ipoh on the 26th inst., on the resumption of the preliminary inquiry into the charges against Mr. C. W. Van Cuylenburg, late manager of Gunong Kroh Estate. Inspector F. C. Clarke of Gopeng Police District stated
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  • 101 5 The following is the agenda of the ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners to he held tomorrow 1. To confirm, if approved, the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting, of Dec. 30, 1913; 2. President's Remarks 3. Questions by the Municipal Commissioners: 4. Letters 5. To Lay
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  • 89 5 Mr. D. M. Barry, Assistant Commissioner of Police, F. M. S., Kuala Lumpur, returned from leave by the P. 0. ss. China." Over 4,O<M) Chinese visited the Museum during Monday and Tuesday. There were fruit and cake sellers in the compound to cater to the inner man. The death of
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    • 254 5 P'"Tis not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more-well DESERVE IT." 1 OPEN NIGHTLY THE MOST MODEHN AND UP-TO-DATE THEATRE J! j[ AND PICTURE PALACE IN THE EAST. THURSDAY k FRIDAY JT POSITIVELY 2 NIGHTS ONLY. p A Mammoth Programme E Which can only be seen at the
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  • 683 6 A BATCH OF GOOD STORIES. From a list of examples of the effect of the misuse of accent, published in the 14 New York Tribune," we take the following:— At a trial between two London music publishers before the Court of King's Bench in 1813, the matter
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  • 348 6 THE LONGEST SUBMARINE CABLE LAID. The laying o* the new telephone cable between Nevin, in Carnarvonshire, and Howth, near Dublin, a feat which has just been accomplished by the Post Office cable ship "Monarch" during heavy weather, has made a notable addition to the telephonic facilities between
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  • 307 6 THE EFFECT ON INCOMES. In the course of an article on the insufficient pay and prospects of junior medical officers in asylums and public institutions, a correspondent of M /he Times" points out that one of the results of the National Insurance Act has been
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  • 156 6 Tho Relegates of the Association of the Swiss Press, assembled at Soleure, have embodied their conception of the ideal newspaper in a series of detailed resolutions which they have carried unanimously. The newspaper being, in their view, "the sole intellectual provender of the masses," the
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  • 217 6 Mr. Robert Mdncl, a well-know.i scientist, who has been conducting experiments with milk, has made a sensational statement to the effect that milk from consumptive or tuberculous cows is not a means of infectinc; children who drink it with consumption, while, on the other hand, it
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  • 129 6 The Czarevitch has hern described as the most valuable (hild in the world. If he succeeds to the throne, he will be in possession of some £10,000,000. at which sum the private fortune of the Romanoff- is valued. His yearly salary as ruler of the Russian people will be £2.000,000,
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    • 292 6 FISH BRAND KEROSENE Of 2 Tins. Trade Mark. The Best Oil on the Market for House Lighting. OBTAINABLE PROM: CHOP CHIN HUAT HiN, 246, South Bridge Road CHOP CHIN KWANG, 23, Circular Road. CHOP JEE MSN, 303, Beach Road. CHOP EfiG JOO SENG, 30, Beach Road. THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO.,
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  • 49 7 untitled WAS NO ANATOMIST. atlv went into n d addressed the four hams I*' linU ago, and they |r ,i any more of m- r.. .iifd the man. oi those hams ■p*""- rt gar? they're off Vv pi] take three of p the voting wife. I
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  • 51 7 j-. theatrical noted actor. 44 just t,' motor accident m e about a beautihad married a P ueventv-eight years. -at indignant, k one of the loveliest t thai thai beautrfnl, ™-1 fiWnnld sell herself to p I queer little lK>y/ he said, 'this f pi—it's i4
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  • 89 7 Q] ingenuity than occasion recently to -to rwc brgi flat-irons ol the Iniown as the "tailors' goose.' 1 frratcheil head in some ]>er- rtn nvei th< proper plural form ■Tiro tailors 1 gooses he mutter- Tna* dotsn'l sound right at tailors geew —that sounds Oss
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  • 99 7 h describing hiss own wedding, tn-a A Kestrosjtect of I rti Yean re ordl the remark of hi well says. v For m Quaker wit, this will be iouu«l hard t<> match." striking salutation tia brida couple received from ikerclienl of mine, a shrewd r merchant. Presented
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  • 144 7 An American State Secretary told an amusing story- at a dinner in the capital. He was urging the need of research and information as a pre-requisite of lawmaking. 44 We need the light/ he said. m If we work in the dark, we shall go wrong,
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  • 215 7 AmonjT many entertaining anecdotes in Lady Ihifl-dordon V reminiscences entitled, 44 The Fourth Generation," is this of the poet Tennyson. Before my little Meter was born I was sent with FVaiilein yon Zeschau to a hotel at Freshwater Bay. in the ls!e of Wight, near where llr.
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  • 95 7 The late Patrick Ford. Ireland's best friend in America, was talking one day about the English. "They are so sanctimonious, especially toward the Irish." he said, M and their sanctimoniousness, by Jove, isn't hypocrisy—it's stupidity. 4 They're like a bishop friend of mine, who has just bought
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  • 135 7 After many years. Hicks met Rix, a friend of his schoolboy days. Almost half a century had passed since they had gone to school together, and now each was a grey, haired father of a family. Hicks was entertaining Hix. and was showing him his household gods.
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  • 156 7 Conversation had drifted once more to the ever-interesting subject of marriage. The Wmalring room was full, and almost every man had contributed something out of his own pergonal experience to the discussion. Some said long engagements were better than short ones, some held that marriage was an
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  • 185 7 An Englishman travelling through Ceylon described a startling experience that befell his hostess at a dinner in Trincomalee. The dinner was excellent, but when it was about half over I was startled by hearing my hostess tell the native servant to place a bowl of milk on
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  • 219 7 The cloakroom man at a large restaurant fell suddenly sick, and a substitute took his place. The new man was told not to give out any coats or hats without proper identification, and so, w r hen an old gentleman demanded his hat and explained that he had
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  • 24 7 44 The world doesn't judge a man by his own clothes, but by his wife's" —(The White Thread, by Robert Halifax.)
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  • 101 7 44 The whole secret of giving parties is to ask the pretty people to meet the clever ones."— (WeecK by Olave M. Potter and Douglas Sladen.) FROM v YOUTH WILL BE SERVED." 44 Cold soup is worse than meeting an old love in spectacles." 44 No nice girl
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  • 66 7 "There's an awful lot of rubbish talked about men not understanding women and so on. 1 find them as simple as daylight myself. They couldn't surprise me if they were to try. You simply want to let them take their way in little things and teach them to take
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  • 42 7 Dress, next to beauty, is the most deadly weapon in woman's armoury, and often supplies the want of beauty itself." The hour and the place have admittedly an enormous effect an the emotions." —(Love and Lovers, by Orme Balfour.)
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  • 52 7 Mr. Arthur Porritt, in the M Sunday, at Home.*" tells of little girl who, in addition to her set prayers, had what she called her 44 inside prayers," one which was And let me be always happy and very beautiful and have a lot of children, for
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  • 68 7 A North Dakota paper offers the following apology to one of its readers: M We wish to apologise to Mrs. Orland Overlook. In our paper last week we had as a heading 'Mrs. Overlook's Big Feet." The word we ought to have used is a French word pronounced
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  • 52 7 See the Connection? —During revival meetings in a Western city placards giving notices of the various meetings, subjects, etc.. were posted in conspicuous places. One day the following w r as displayed: Subject— "Hell: Its Location and Its Absolute Certainty." Thomas Jones, baritone, will sing"Tell Mother I'll Be There."— Ladies'
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    • 24 7 JUST ARRIVED ONE 16-20 H.P. WOLSELEY CAR ONE 11.9 H.P. and 15.9 H.P. ARROL=JOHNSTON Full Particulars from the Sole Agents, Central Engine Works, Ltd.
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    • 85 7 Made in Dublin. FOR DIRECT EXPORTATIOK By READ BROTHERS, Limited. Dog s Head Guinness with the Dog s Head Label on every bottle. The Dog's Head Bottling Is superior to any stout because it is brewed from the only stout water in the world: the DUBLIN WATER. Keeps in all
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    • 635 8 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Valve Wells and Pipe Lines at the Pumping Station Mackenzie Road. THE Municipal Commissioners of Singapore invite tenders for the construction of Valve Wells, the erection of stanchions and girders and the laying and fixing of 24' diameter pipes in and near Mackenzie Road Pumping Station together with
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    • 159 8 TO LET! Convenient Floor Spaoe in Heart of Singapore. This Valuable Space Comprises Office Godovan Vault of Reinforced Concrete. Entrance from both Battery Road and Coliyer Quay. Alterations to Suit Tenants! Apply to:~ "A. W." c o. "THE MALAYA TRIBUNE* 20a—20c, Coliyer Quay. The Offices and Printing Establishment of THE
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    • 570 8 N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A fortnightly service is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all
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    • 504 8 P. o. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA. JAPAN, PEN A No. CEYLON. AUSTRALIA, INDIA. ADEN. BGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bull Df Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Porta. Steamers will leave Bingapre on or about MAIL LINES. Homeward 'fur Europe). 11» 14. i
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    • 367 8 M. M. MKBBAGERIES MAIL LIKE CHINA. JAPAN. CEYLOS EGYPT ANh m m r; TI Hombwabd l *Dumbea" ki v Cordillere V sr« Atlanl' Chili Apr. n n Amaaone Apr. h Paul Lecat M Dnmbea V.. 5 u Cordillere w J m ••Magellan" -m c BRANCH LINK X 15 Ai,r. I
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