The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 February 1912

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1 12 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    16 1 Singapore Free Press AN D MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3, 1912. NO. 7,i37
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    181 1 meeting is said to have takm place between King Slanoeland Dom Miguel at Dover at winch the former signed an abdication l'a^»- 7. Tlx* Daily Chronicle publishes forecast of the Home Kale I'-ili showing a cost to England oi two millions tot 1"> yean Page 7. Twentyseven
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    THE SWIMMER.
    1103 1 a little crowd bad mi**%ji»i along the beach, (n groups or singly, ."us! buddled against the driving rain. i&*q stood and watched th<- hen, <>m thr sen t»* l»(»;it- were specks, ;ii tintt magnified t» monstrous size, at others almost t&iddea ia the mitl of tailing rain. >\
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      692 1 ALHAMBRA, B R E O A AD H TO-NIGHT! i <<t&je p&ii s ecy Diiwy^ SPECIAL FOR A PEW NIGHTS MORE lilt UUliLbfcll UH 11 W% PROGRAMME FROM RAGS TO SILK "hl'""* 'ZC ''I'Jn"". T" t^ harima hall cinematograph A HUGE SERIES rhl »»d lßlerestin« Film. Every minute m 1%
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      96 1 Zo*tose Btwertteementft. \<>. Malacca Streel t«> let Page 5. Servants agencj office I'a^* 1 l. Freehold propert) Rosemar) t«>i >al«' j)iiv;ii»i\ Pag« Special Dinner al Vao wi.il- Pan« 1. Dan lop motor tyres Pane Kemindec of Rale tA 28 Kirn Keal Road Page .">. Auction salt- o; fiirnitiii-c aud porcelain
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      320 1 THE WEEK. Saturday 3rd. High Water— lo-3 am.. 11-41 |»iv. Full Moon. B. I. Outward Mail due. Xt Eleven B.C.C. Tin Garrinon S.C.C. •iiul B.C.C. v. RafAeu Bchool. Pajam Mi el mil;, noon. I'.uWit K. W. Mtg., ii< kmi. Hockey B.C.C. v U.K. .v k.i.a B. M.vi. He-opening Bukil Timata
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    UTILISATION OF NIGHTSOIL.
    204 2 Betide* >etiinn Bu||land the example of competitive examinations, China also fore t»tal)ed Kurope )>> some centuries m the Science o( returning to earth as much an possihli* «>f what i» taken from it m the. *ay of food. The latter example ha« been followed, on more ncientific
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    THE EVIL OF PUNCTUATION.
    200 2 It would h»' d»-litflit to wriTern. proof r^ii«l»'rs, printers, if there VON no purutuation. So romuiaa. no ■eini-eotons, and nothiu« hut th»- full stoj>. The lawyer* have achieved this >p)t ndid xriintv. ;ui.| the legaj docUBMBt is drawn up m 1 \u> manner of Urn Ovtek
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      502 2 T HE LABOUR ASSOCIATION fsuol LIMITED. r^J^l *!3 E=^ SINGAPORE AND BATAVIA pCT F^ R^l FOR COOLIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION £ARTEJ Genuine Agricultural Javanese Labourers can be supplied to ALL ESTATES on the Shortest Notice. Telephone 748. E. R. WEARE, Manager. Graphophone Records. WE HAVE JUST UNPACKED THE FINEST SELECTION
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      524 2 NOTICES I NOTICE Is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the SINGAPORE NURSING ASSOCIATION will be held (by kind penßiaeton of V. J. Hallifnx Beg.) m the Board X >oin. Municipal offices »)ii Monday, Ibe ">'h February ;it 10a.m. Fel) 1 |.f PRIVATE DAIRY A small supply of
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      615 2 NOTICES SHORTHAND CLASSES. Mr. J. E. Tyler (Government Printing OAoe) has arranged to hold classes m Shorthand al M| Hi^h Street on two evonlngji a week at hours to suit pupils. The tirst meeting will he held on Thursday February the llrst from Ito p. m. when Mr. Tyler will
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      432 2 TOR SALT 1 (FOR PEOPLE Oni^^ 1 FOR SALE PRivat; v J| riie. beautiful and freehold propert, Un,,,,, ROr 1 fn.niin«th, ent,.n, v, M R^i I Koad.Sni^apo,,., bold under i Gtovernmeui M^j reeofq.ut rent. Rosemary building site, probabh Bingnpore; the central pun <onfa.ca l|»cloua plateau „s M extens.v, and char,
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      179 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREW S CATHEDRAL. 4tfa J"« bman l; 1---7 1 MaUnti and Utany. 7-45 a.m. Holj Communion (Choral), Hvhidh -')i't. m I j'.'-i. orporati Comronnion of (".K.M.s. 9-15 a.m. li..i\ Communion (Plain). p.m. Hunday School a Blbli I lai B •"I 1 BvenHonita Sermon, Hymnx ]7<). .->i7
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    THE ROYAL PROGRESS IN 1911.
    3072 3 [Al*L RUVHTH Hf.sKUVKD. Hi. v,:.r n»i i )i;,s been mi *ntfui period In Royal Circles, >o eventful mvi no fall of detail that Oonrt officials hjml kho* concerned with tpacia] rommitiees m p London. Scotland. reland and \V;i|,. s have had many anxious boomiim planning
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      491 3 ONE LADY TELLS ANOTHER OF THK HERITB OF DH. WILLJAM0 1 t'IN'K Pills «ts a Woman's mkj>h ink. That is how Mrs. Woodworth. of Kampar, F. If. S. Pound a Cure for her Blood Poverty. Insomnia, and Headaches. The immense popularity hi< h I m Williams' Pink Tills have enjoyed
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      266 3 ii 1 1 A f j/t 1 1 "'Hazeline' Snow" (trade mark; Let the skin be rou«'h or wrinkled, dry or greasy "Hazeline' Snow" will do more V V to i"^ s t°re its youthful freshness and fine texture than an) other preparation. The skin absorbs '"Hazelixe 1 Snow rapidly
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    DEVELOPMENT OF PAPUA.
    614 4 PLANTATIONS INCREASING. s. ooo Natives [xdcktubbd. Progress m land settlement is shown m the annual report of the Government of Papua, issued with the new year by the External Affairs department. The net increase m alienation was only 669 acres but a stern face against speculative acquisitions
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    WOLFRAM IN BURMA.
    717 4 The discovers of wolfram m parts of tin- Tenasseritn Division of Burma has led to the opening ot numerous mines m those parts, m ;i previous issue of Capital (say! the Rangoon correspondent of that journal 1 1 m .i short if IlipaSl II suininar\ of the
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    A Reliable Remedy.
    76 4 ion are not experimenting <>n \«>iir<*elf when yon tnUi -Chamberlain h Ooagk H<iu«hl\ fora eokl as that pre)>aration h«i> won it^ reputation and »\t«n.sj\< sale b> its nruark able MM Of OoMs, and v.m always tx iU-ih nd eil ujH>n. It is equally vaJuahle for adult^ and
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      419 4 E Wolfe's lUc CoilTlSiilTiC! (am l3^Alltn|f £f 9# MJ A Refreshing and cfl^^ Elxhilarating Drink and 3^i^ valuable Medicinal f^ woLrr* Beverage m all cases of L^^iT I Malaria.GraveUnsomnia, mmJZmm H Kidney Troubles, Stone ass I m Bladder, Urinary I |gsl^^ H Affections, Colic, Debility, I H Stomachic Troubles, I
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      166 4 WOULD _rfn N A "\^T*\ RENOWNED Stuhr's 1 DELICACIES. Genuine Caviare. Anchovies m Brine. Shrimp Extract. So H fey all Mifh-cUM Provision Dcaltrt. CF.STUHR CO.. HAMBURG Hngll*h hxpurt Agent: W. I.UVhU f m.SDOS E C Warm Days I BH brin<* with ihcir pleasures some H discomforts. Then it is really
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      187 4 f^^ftts FRIEND /^iL I /A PLEASANT I I INTRODUCTION 1 I A Scotch W.iisky of Distinctive Quality, Bottled m Scotland by the Proprietors, D. J. McC A LLUM, Edinburgh. Jl gents Cildli-ck, Macg'egor Co., Singapore. I GLASS RUBBER TAPPING CUP, fl HALF LEMON SHAPE, SIZE 10 OZS USED ON THE
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    SOME HUMOURS OF 1911.
    996 5 Mi Walter Emmanuel, whose wittj hai «ria always uiiium t| fh M Punch has contributed to the Pall Mill Gazette a playful Chronicle of ti'- Omitting dales regivi some ol hi- humorous paragraphs: persons named Smith charged with defacing the tombstone of the poet placing tin
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    ANTI-ROLLING TANKS.
    760 5 CM late, m marine engineering circles, considerable attention lias been p ij j to the prevention of rolling ol ships al sea. and various devices have been proposed and experimented with for the attainment Of this end. The devices include an apparatus, called the Schlick gyrostat, by whibb
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    89 5 Tlie new island to uhicli the sen re rentiy gaTe i»irth >outU of Trinidad lia» been named »>> tbi' negroes Ha I,;i I'atte. i\hi(b means, says tbe West India Coin mittee C'ifciilar." ShaUehand island." a name <says Ihe Globe) which seems likely to stick. Specimens of the soil liave l>een
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    AUSTRALIAN OIL INDUSTRY.
    327 5 The present Australian production of kerosene from shale is 2.000,000 lo 8,000,00(1 gallons per antiuin. with an mi J mediate prospect tor a large increase. Australian oil men look forward to producing 18,000,000 gallon* yearly, m addition to making the byproduct* of naphtha, benzine, etc.. equal to
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    Cold May be Avoided.
    57 5 When pour feet are wet aud cold, and yont body chilled through and through from expo siir»-. takes hi^ dov,. ot Chamberlains 1 Cough Remedy, bathe \our feel hi hot vratst before going to bed, and you arc almost oertaiato ward oiT i seven odd. Wot
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      987 5 AUCTIONS AUCTION SALE By order of the Liquidators ot the Tauii>enis Para and Cocoanut L'lantations Limited, at MESSRS. Chine; KMMQ Lek A Co\s Salkroom On Monday, 12th Feb., at 2-30 p.m Freehold Agricultural land situate off Changi Boad m the niukim of I'ayah Lebar, Singapore area 21 acres, 1 rood,
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      646 5 KSfi; s v TAKE MY ADVICE fcQjc) 1 \^p/ DUPLICATOR, fgg^ R^ <D)bWs^ perfect copies yft PERFECT EASE p)^ JODJ Price $8 <■<><}>. fiO(>a gfcj SHARPE, ROSS Co., L" Singapore. AUCTIONS. 8 TO-DAY j AUCTION SALE OF 1 Valuable Teak Household Furniture and Effects, Rubber Tyred I Victoria Dog Cart,
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    The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, Feb. 3, 1912.
    1597 6 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, Feb. 3, 1912. '••>■* mill. i. r m. Nt ri *i i.ii'iot r r .iih •>•• p.e e;» d:»w. If we were to search the whole of our national histor> for the name of that statesman who had the largest opportonities ready made to his
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    52 6 Hi" Excellency the tiovernor has appointed Mr. H Marriott to bo his Private retary. Mr. W, S. r bdan i- appointed to i magistrate for the Settlement of Ninga. The general mooting of the straits Asiatic Mocietj will takr» j)lacn on Monday Pebruars l til «t p.m., m the i:
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    408 6 Mr. Julian Fmnkel, of l". Llojd Koad, reports th»- loss »>f several articles vulaed :<t about MO. They raniahed during Jnnunry. iccording f«» th»> Miiung World. for tunoi hnd boon nmde and lost m tin* tin mnrk»'t during la>t >r tt r, Ihe nmrkrf hay mn h.-.'n highly spt-culat iv«\
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    CINEMATOGRAPH DISPLAYS.
    192 6 In the Ojuetta p il>lUfa contained tli. drafl ol H n u rhicb it is intended to intro amendingthe I li. |C) Th« ObjecU and I, tins Bill is Intended for 1,. regnlatinic public ciuematograi by proriding power to prevent plnyi from being bold il tb. be offendve
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    HOUSEBREAKERS BUSY.
    140 6 Him Soon Mcc m. bj Sl€Mn. Bebn M. I i to »1j»- police; thai oa n to t.^ boaac a| No. B felegie Ha hinaa eTeniag ba found that hi^ roon broken >>]>* n and clothiiig ialu< w.tv miaaim SCeatn. H. Bstvopp And Millaoa 1 ployed t >
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS
    57 6 Kftntm Mine. I ».i r i I lyaf PjaiuM Hukit Liateng l'aj;nn lA. II.MQ Pißgok Ld. Radellfl I':mtai •lebong Radaag Jan Pailuu^ A««'uts Hoogtandi i i o Hatu H;it.«. .l.uni.nv Asiati. I Co. Mount \>i-<t)!i Jol VkN-iii^ MuttentMch Bra*. I RoyaJ Johoic I pikala n \u«mhs.i.i>
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    DIVIDEND.
    8 6 l|)o)i. I iti\ Ldend of iixpeni i
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    191 6 v coconut famine it reported X"*" stangsar. The pi k < p. nut bat from 1 to 7 oeill I D .1 •.•rrni^ht Capi. argill, v»i tb« M. S h gone m command ol the Guid< s to Meernt, has. wr IP, succeeded m <m > i n^ oil th<
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      322 6 I lager AMSTEL beer I IS SUPPLIED TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Gold Medal Amsterdam 1883 Diploma of Honour Brussels 1888 Cross of Honour and Medal of H. M. The Queen Worlds Exhibition Amsterdam 1895 Highest Award 3 First prizes Milano 1903 SOLE AGENTS, CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co. IGRANDE CHARTREUSE.I Iff
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      65 6 I An. HOBFFER. p.p.a BILLIARDS. FHE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CUSHION. 1 (Alco< k's Patent with Improvkmentb ok j John Rousts, Kf.tired world's Champion) j aksolutely THE BEST CUSHION TO DATE FOR ANY CLIMATE. JOHN ROBERTS, 1910.! ONLY OUT aina hu; khom John Roberts, London REPRfcsKS TATIVK FOR THK KAST C. N. LUMB
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  • KING MANUEL'S ABDICATION.
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      CONFERENCE WITH PRETENDER AT DOVER.
      165 7 CONFERENCE WITH PRETENDER AT DOVER. EAT Chapter of Romance. »> Submarine ('ah!.-1. perial News Service. liondon, via Durban. n.ws baa leaked oal thai there «ai m r.t meeting between ex-Riaf Manuel and the pretender Dom Miguel al the Lord Warden Hotel, Dover, on Tuesday. The particular! read like chapter of
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      MIGUEL OFFERS HELP.
      37 7 IMFBMaIi News Service. London, via Durban. Keuter learns that at the meeting of ex< n og Manuel and Don Xignel at Dover 1.. latter spontaneously ortered his lllnmal belp tewarda Sfanuera restoration. n 1
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    CRICKET.
    65 7 HI .C.C. v. Victoria. Imperial Xews Servick. London, via Durban. fhe four dayt match between tho M.C.C. and Victoria at Melbourne ootnnienced m gnal heat before meagre itteiidanee. Tho pitch a*ai perfect. Marylebone batted Aral and >o far have icored 298 rani lor the loss of five wicket*. Hearne
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    BRISBANE RIOTS.
    64 7 Police Stoned and Shots Fired. TIIPKRIAL XI'WP SERTICI. Tx>ndon, via Durban. Briitbane meeaaget my that ■oom riotg kiai taken place there and the police u»rt >toned. They diapened the crowds b batona. A sliot was fired and narow* miaaed an inspector. SeTecal anewle have been made, and the
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    Mr. BOTTOMLEY'S AFFAIRS.
    55 7 Imperial News Service. Tendon, Tia Durban. Mr. Justice Swinfen Bady has found Mr. Koratio Bottomley guilty of misffiaianoc •n't breach of trust on the summons of a Utor of the Joint Stock Trust and Kinance Corporation, and has ordered •mn t«. pay £36,779 sterling to theOAcial iver
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    OPEN SECRETS.
    54 7 Imperial Nbwb Bsxticb. London, via lMib»a.' i the trial at Leipzig. Bertrand strw n tK charged with seeking to obtain certain information pa it of which he admits having tried to get, hut thr defence ion endti that the information \\as nor secret d the attempt to obtain
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    197 7 I. 'Mil CariuU'hae] will enter >!po»i his itii'> as Governor ot Bengal a; ih» be •^uMiiii^ of April. Detention Barrack Visitor for ensuing ■<k Capt. I W. Tom lin son, 2nd Bn. I'he buffs. Field Officer, ('apt K. W. Tom.'.•id Kii. The Butts. (In- Bomba> Corporation Uave voted an •unna!
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    HOME RULE.
    189 7 THE COST TO ENGLAND. Newspaper Forecasts. By Submarine Cable]. I.MriruAL Nkwi Sutocb. Tendon, via Durban. The haih Chronicle gives a forecast o( the lush Home Rule Bill m which it state* that the Irish Parliament will hare con tool of the Customs and Kxcise. Provision will be made
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    PRESBYTERIANS WILL HAVE NONE OF IT.
    80 7 IIIPKKIAL XLWS SeKVUE. Ix>ndoD. via Durban. Ten thousand Irish l > n-shvt«Tian> hare leld tfve siiiuiltarn'uus mooting! m Belast and b*T€ ronolTed fco <all on khe Gottrnnient with which, apart from Home Inle, so many of ilwm lynnthiec mivh Irish rr»'sbyierians troin diameter. The
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    PARIS TAXIS ON STRIKE.
    71 7 Kmtebial News Service. Ixmdon, via Durban. There has l>een taxictih >tiike m 'aiib for the \n>i two months. Yesterday he Companies attempted lo bring out tombec of vehicles wecorted by raJraa iers and cyclist police. One of the latter el] and the mob of strikers rushed
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    PANAMA CANAL TOLLS.
    50 7 Impkrial News Service. London, via Durban. a Cotnmitte oi the N»>w "Sork Chasmber >l Commerce presenting a n*solution idvocating uniform tolls of a dollar a ton m shi]»s passing through the Panama anal declares thai American ships can* iot b»' favoured without abrogating treai«'i it-fa Great Britain.
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    FURTHER HONOURS.
    24 7 IMTKXIAL Xkwi Service. Ijondon, via Durban. Mi- Xajeetj the Kin<j conferred on the Infante Oarloa, the Grand i'to*s of the Victorian Order.
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    IPOH HIGHLANDERS.
    34 7 I I. V.I > I ipoh. pen, 2nd. If i*. proposed to Form a kilted Scots nnip.iiiy with piper* as part <>; the M. S. V. The scheme ha- the approval of lieneral Stepbenstn. < >.<.'. > <
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    SAMSENG PUNISHED.
    191 7 Tlll;i. v BOILINU lll< I M' "I'mmim,." Acting Inspector Hoss o) t)n« Marine Police brought a Teochev named Koh Yew r»«'t«>i«' Mr. Maundrell. third magistrate, t'st«iil:iy morning, on ;i charge of volun barily causing hurl to Tan Ah Wee, "Taikong or steersman of twakow So. .!."><i<;. Complainant said
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    REPUBLICAN COFFERS.
    130 7 HELP FROM SHIPPING COMPANY. By Submarine Cable]. Impeblax Xews Service. London, via Durban. The nhareholdem of the China Merchant* Navigation Co.. have resolved to transfer their >hips to the Republicans as security for a loan on receipt of assurances thai the cotupany w ill be the object of
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    STRIKE FIASCO.
    92 7 Lisbon remains under Martial Law. Kkcter's Service. London, via Bomhay. Keuter's correspondent at Lisbon sa>s it U officially stated that the strike is everywhere ended ami thai the Government is master of the situation. The Chamber has adopted a motion tor prolonging martial lan m Lisbon lor Another
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    ITALIAN SEIZURES.
    91 7 Turks to Proceed. Ueuteb's Service. London, via Bombay. A message from Paris stales that a semi -official announcement has been made that J7 of the Turks on board the Manouba which was seized by the Italians And who are undoubtedly Hed Crescent male nurses, are to be allowed
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    PERSIA'S GOVERNMENT.
    52 7 [mfeiial Nbws Skrvick. IjODdon, via Durban. Renter learns that a report that it m intended to ask the Persian Government to recognise British and Russian protectorates of Persia i- totally unfounded. Russia and Britain are exchanging views with reference to proposals for assisting Persia to establish a more
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    THE LATE DUKE OF FIFE.
    47 7 Impkrial Xk.ws Skrvice. Ix>ndon via Durban. There will be ftve weeks' couri mourn* in^' for the Duke of Fife. An Alexandra mesaage say<a it is underStood that the cruiser Suffolk >\ ill con \ey the body of the l>uke of Fife to Kngland.
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    PENANG NEWS.
    95 7 '/•In'*-, on* i-.t /i i »pesf>on>lsttt.'S Penan- Feb. 2. Sergeants Bedrup and Sawtell and constable VYilkins have resigned the police force here. Redrup probably r oes to \us tralia ant] the others to England. The death has occurred at Madras on .lan. 11 of Sidney Wi. ks Hawes
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    NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION FUND.
    82 7 Already acknowledged Sl<>7 Mr U. Purdy 1 Standard <>i! staff I Asiatic Petrolenno Co staff Id Mi M. K. Plnnipton Adiiinsoii Oilflllan Co stall 10 Dr. s. c. m r, Fraser i Neave staff 4 |{o(l\ b a Davidson id Mi I". Craig 6 Derrick Co
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    ALLEGED EXTORTION.
    230 7 ECuropkas Charged at Police Court. 'Die case m which a European named McKernon and a Tamil named Michael were charged with attempting to extort «s"> from Sinasaniy, another Tamil, was continued before Mr. Acton, second magil trate. yesterday. The parties are employ ed by Tophauv, Jones and Hailton.
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    S. V. A.
    290 7 The annual meeting of the Singapore Volunteer Artillery was )iel«i In the Drill Hal) l;«st evening, under the presidency of Capt. Makepeace, there being present also Lt. Blah and about 3n members of the Corps. The Oftcer Commanding, m dealing with the affairs of the Corps, referred
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    Y. M. C. A. DEBATING SOCIETY.
    244 7 On Thursda> ni^lit ;it the M. C. A. Hall a new session of the Parliamentary Debating Society was commenced with an address by Mr Walter Makepeace. In introducing the ipeaker, Mr Bear, President, referred to the value of a debating society m making public
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    14 7 The Bnglifthman states that it is pro >posed to abolish the Royal Indian Marine.
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    78 7 i Captain (1. B. Omit i, popularly known I as tLw Sakai King," who has been m t Singapore lot a week on buaineM and pleasure combined, lejivos this afternoon by the steamer Omapere for Penan g, on return to his Sakais and lubber plantations on the west coast of
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      41 7 •"When \om- dealer tries to palm off an imitation of Rigaud's Kananga Water or "Bi)\ Old thing" which iH not what you want, then is the time to throw a little hot air" iDto uau and keep away from his> store.
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      14 7 For all internal complaints dy sentry cou^.l olds &c, take Wooda' Great Peppermint Cuie
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      194 7 ROBINSON &Co 1 JUST RECEIVED A SMALL SHIPMENT L LADIES UNTRIMMED STRAWS and m LADIES READY TO WEAR HATS IN THE I LATEST STYLES at the Smoking Concert. I When you pass round cigarettes at the I ▼T r d Smoking Concert be sure they are State X Express- the
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      802 8 I SHIPPING BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ltd Port Swettenham, Penang, Negapatam, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore, Karikal and Negapatam The < impanj 's Bt< .< mci •TAROBA 6. tons, ci Mi By turners, ommander. will be despatched for the al»o\e potts on Mondax the oi h instant, at •"> p.m. She
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      646 8 SHIPPING N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained bet ween Yokohama ia ports to Marseilles. London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Qoremment. The New Twinscrew Steamers maintaining this service ha\» been speeialh designed and const riuteil. and are
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      670 8 SHIPPING P. &0. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Eiadintf issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. 1 \> 1 2 Outward (FOB hina)
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      688 8 SHIPPING N.D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightl) from Bremen. Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton. Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Fort Said, sue/, Aden, Colombo, Peuang Bingapore, Hongkong, Bhangnai, IWngnM, Nagasaki and
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      783 8 SHIPPING I BRITISH INDIA Tn^TT^ Hon*jko:iß and Kg*, 11 FULTALA UIM tons, H ileHpatchf il '•th instate. Term- and rafc ol fa 1 1 M Ith. BOUSTEAD M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMEMAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, hfon, Egyp and Marseilles OUTWABD Dumbtt Tonran< Fell ;11 AuMial.en M.v. Vi>\\ 11. -1. I.
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    GAY PARIS.
    659 9 a MIDNIGHT RBHBABBAL. Kt\ wi) PinuensM. Every year, just before Christmas, tlm little Gaite Rochecbotiari produces s rtvw (a stage version of "jn ami Aboal P.iris ;i- it were), which has become one of she »OCi«J events of the winter. The o*4*4 Rochechouari is on the outside bouicraids,
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    MOTOR AUTOGRAPHIC RECORDER.
    142 9 A Dew autographic recording device to be placed on an itomohile gives ;i coin, pine record of the operation of the na> chine fora period of 80 boon. It thows i»t, .1 glance how long tin- machine waa standIng m the garage or elsewhere, and when m
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      747 9 SHIPP ING. lIDIHI t o ylTkTsTe n kaisha Jg§|p|^ WESTERN PACIFIC S||||3 DENVER RIO GRANDE KISEN KAISHA. gig?fiffi 25SJT: S.s. SHIN\() MAltr Ji.oootous. S.S. NIPPON MARr lljSs\om (UMODun,) HONi.KONY; to SAN FRANCISCO via CHINA and I VI'AN PORTS and HONOLULU Western Pacific Denver Rio Grande Vhr°^\ tXZSSS S t>< 'f
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      658 9 SHIPPING BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., Ltd. To Penang, Rangoon Calcutta. One of the Company's steamers is intended to leave Tanjonn Pagar Wharf every week. Passengers and Cargo booked by the above steamers at through rates to all ports m India and Ceylon, also to East African Ports, Mauritius and
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      548 9 BANKS CHARTERED BANK of India Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. PAID UP CAPITAL £1,200,000 RESERVE FUND £1,625,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1,200,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, E. C. AGMU&'J&I AND BRANCHES: Aimitsar Hougkong I'uket Bangkok I poll Rangoon Batavia Karachi Saigou Bombay Klaag Sereuiban Calcutta Kobe Shanghai
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      418 9 insurance Tederal life Assurance Company of Canada. Established imh-j. IVQTTPAvrr, 8 8 CURRENCI Li NbUK AxNGE m Force, over -1"».()(M).OOO.OC New Business, 1910. over $6,640,000.0 C HF£S»v£ ett Surplus above "abilities fct KhbERVE and all outstanding claims. Direct Government Supervision. Cash Loans, Settlements, etc. made localiv Policies are M WORLD
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      81 9 Absolutely Safe. When v-u bave oold gel a bottie ol hamberlain'a Coagh Remedy. It will kmmi i jroa up nil right and will mud oil uv tendency toward pneumonia. 'n,is mcdv contains no opium or other DarooUc and may be mven as ooofldentl} to babj aa t<» J<u lulult. For
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    FIGHTING HOME RULE.
    585 10 ULBTBU*| PnBPAI ITtOlte. 0 Alter an animated discussion the Belfast Corporation decided to let the old Town Hall io the Unionist Council tor period of two year*. For some Inscrutable reason the Nationalist members of the Corpora lion opposed the proposal, although the building has l>een standing
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    GIRL VIOLINIST.
    544 10 TAKING M \si>.! |*.> Si,.\\| Mi>> l>;«i>v Kenuedjr. the brilliant young Australian violinist who won sue < fNs it* London, haa iliarniiiod )i«'i career and )j<') art with ;i Daily Mail repretteutattVf. I i.ould strain tunee on the j>!;nw» by ear when I u;j* tiny child," ihe laid,
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    £49,000,000 FOR PHILANTHROPY.
    404 10 1 1': 1 i Gifts m American Millionaires. \U a <>t;i> BAR. N. w York, Dec. 1 1. Anit'i h ;T> philanthropic i»«'iirfa< lions for l'.'ll. ;i> compiled bj the New York Herald," total £49. 000, 000. MiipiiKtsing all records. Since 1901 the mitiflrti amount of monej
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    RUBBER ESTATE RETURNS.
    699 10 The Total where given represents the output since Jan. 1911, except where a figure m brackets is given, representing bo many months. When a month's return is missed, this total represents the last available total. Dec. Jan. Total. Mlagar 49,464 Alor Pongsu :>.:55 4 11,147 Alor Gajah
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    TIN RETURNS
    62 10 Beial Bruang m Bruseb Cbenderianc Gopeng Heawood Katntniing Kanahoi Kn Kinta .\>s,», Kledi 152 KtmimU i" LalmU Menglenrfta Lodt Middletou Nt'\\ < m.|«. Qg 17 \.>u Tainbun I*. Consolidated Ptngkaira I'lisin^ Bahra Kaliinan II vj Rambutaa 1 i Kaul> ■< u»M Bedbilli Royal Jol m i Serendah Siputch
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      143 10 Chamberlains Cough Remedy In Africa. ■tr. rii t ITys, of l.< li. Orange Hi ver on] testiitoH to the _:«mkJ qualitiesoJ Cham' her lain 'a Cough Remedy. H< \s bare axed it neverel times r«»i <>ni ohildrea and ourselves aad expect to ooatinue with II a^> w» nave round it
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      728 10 I Messrs. me important? S 1 limited f Birmpm, inqimi® 1 fys are open to appoint buying Agents m various districts |5 M for the sale of their well-known goods. The Midland 88 Rubber Company has been established #S nraiiL'fac- S| jg turers for over 55 YEARS (one uf ihe
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      36 10 W. J. GARCIA 219, Orchard Road. Piano, Organ <fc Musical In* ments dealer. Pianos bought, sold or exchange Good prices allowed for old I struments. Cheapest and best stock of M^ and small musical gooas Singapore.
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    SHARES.
    1247 11 3ap. Ibsue. Paid. Labt Div. Buyers. Sellers. 85,000 2s 2a Allagar 10% 4i 5 71 150,000 2s 2s Anglo-Malay 45% int 16 9 17 <} 50,000 2a 2s Bataiig Malaka 2 4 •> 10 80,000 1 1 Batu Caves 75% int 11 15 0 12 5 0 80,000 1
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    EXCHANGE.
    65 11 (Corrected up to Feb. Sj Bank 4m g 2-4f n demand 2-4 5-89 Private credits 3 m'g 2-4$ n credits 6ms 2-4 28-81 France demand Bank 204 Germany, demand 288| India, T. T. 174 Hongkong, demand 15$ Yokohama, demand 114 Java, demand 140$ Bangkok, demand 66 SOVERKIGNB, Bank Buying
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    PRODUCE.
    135 11 Ft*. 2. Tin w.*» tons sold* 96.4«1 Gambier 102:> Gambier Cube No. 1 15.60 Gambier Cube Xo. 2 nom Pepper Black ordin. Spore buyer* 22.87 k Pepper, (White fair) 31.00 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) no m Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) nom Mace (Banda) jjq Cloves (Amboina^ nom.
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      101 11 SIR JAMES SCOTT'S Rubber Machinery r*Tj^ ffc^k ifejj^L— >4kk I»< if^VJI^B Wt^t Embodies all the latest t Improvements. :h machine is fitted with Special Safety Breaking Discs to avoid damage by any hard substance getting between the rolls, the broken disc being removed and a new one inserted without dismantling
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      121 11 De KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSGHAPPIJ UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. Agents at Singapore, The Shipsagency, Ltd, 2-3, Collyer Quay The u/.dermentioned dates of departure are only approximate. Rochusshn liatavia, Benanag, Soevabaya, Makassar, Balik-Papan, Douggala, Kwndlßfl, Ainnerang, Meuado, Tagoelanding, Siaoe, Taroena' Lirong, Peta, Tainako, Tallisse, Totok, Gorontalo, Tominibay Yeb d
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      88 11 SH PS ;.T T. PACAR KEPPEL HAR. East Whaif (Basin)— Min East Wnaif Sec. I— D. Z. IVnviMcwn Sheers W) art— Nil Main Wluif Sec. fllirlnnlij n 3 Lfunox n 4— Nil s— Nil 6 Meinuou, C'haroo New Dock Sec. 7— (Under construction.* West Whaif Sec. B— Nil Jardines Wharf
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      1030 11 VESSELS IN PORT. I Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For Wnen Kuphrosyne Brit ych 8.", Barrett Portsmouth. 101 N. Hebrides Cnrert ,i„ Sea Belle F.M.S. yet 400 Alnnnt Pahang 24-1 IMS i S/.igetvar Aus cru 9800 Nanta Boh. 11 i H H^M.t.it n„ T -,v,w, Aus. Consul Uncertain H.
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1107 12 Quicquid agunt homines nostri e6t farago ÜbeM. J t HQUL (tin readers will forgive us for alluding so often to the iaboUl unrest and its phenomena at home As spectators SBC most of the gamef those who look at this matter trora distance appreciate its seriou>ne>s
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    PICKING POCKETS.
    486 12 A PAYIKCJ >< < i I 1 v I I«>V a queueless young Chinaman faced Mr Sfaundrell, third ssagistrate, yesterday morning, on charges ot then ot ss and fraudulent possession ol 190.06. Accused < |aimed to be t ried. Acting Detective Inspectoi .McAfee conducted the prosecution. The storii
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    ARMED GANG ROBBERS.
    82 12 Hov'sji ■>. To^ > Looi i: I'ln- police Smve received details of a most audacious gang robbery which look phtce iti the heart of the town on Thursday night. A Chinese woman named Dug (ice Kok. of N, New Bridge Hoad. reports that at eight o'clock five
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    SPRING GRIFFINS.
    79 12 The Secretary ot the Sportniu 1 l\il> informs us thai the griffins, thirty m number, for the Spring meeting m May, are <iu«' on Teh 11 from Melbourne. It is said they area hettst loi Mhan usual the pries lias Ihh'ii raised SO *.liii and more time has
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    SWIMMING CLUB LAUNCHES.
    28 12 S« vi>\\., Fr.i;. tin. Johnston's Pier. 9, 10 and 11 a.m., 2;;o tdul 'i-'M* p:m. club JUfslow, 9-;V0 nn\l U\-W a.vi., IS-lt, and s">o p.m.
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      "NON EUROPEANS AND THE CIVIL SERVICE."
      1640 12 NON EUROPEANS AND THE CIVIL SERVICE." Sir,— Now at a time when the Chinese, Malays, Eurasians and other cosmopoiit lan races, non" Kuropean natural born British subjects who sire natives and residents of this Colony have come forward to protest against the exclusion of non*Buropeans from the Straits Civil Service,
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    166 12 How DI3EABE 1^ SPREAD. To the Editor, Bm, li would he i good thing it the Medical Health Officer would isit the markets. Clyde Terrace particularly some afternoon between 0 and 5.90 when he would see something that might astonish him. 1 bare often been m the market j»t this
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    57 12 'The Colleen Bawn Picture at the Harima Hall Cinematograph is such a sue Beat thai it is being continued, hut the rest of the programme is being altered. Ou Tuesduv a Japanese Professor will meet a local boxer one with the arts of jiu -jitsu and the other with his
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      208 12 £1 Ofl A YEAR F R YOUR tA/Ittn 1 \/V/ (CHILD OR YOURSELF) W Mlf For example, a man age 25, whose wife is about the sa age, would only be required to deposit £32-5-0 annual? m order to secure for his wife, should she survive £100 a year for
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