The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 20 December 1913

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEX CENTS SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20 1913. NC H.OM
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  • 136 1 Mr Lloyd George has started his land campaign in Scotland —Page 9. The Legislative Council met yesterday and carried through much useful if minor legislation— Page 12. Topics of the Week are on page 7. The London Financial Letter with numerous references to local companies on page
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  • 1085 1 Whi >) My stay at Sincapore was Dnmarl by any event: but it is the abiding SftftM at present of hatred, malice and all ut: charitableness." Thus Sir James Brook. K.j-.h of Sarawak, iv February, 1And "at present" affords some con solatiou As regards, howev. t. the
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    • 284 1 LJt m 1U T "IVr 4^ "IYT Oa f*A i~\ stirring and emotionai xlvJ-DIJNI SON oC Cv ARE MAKING A IN 3 PARTS ENTITLED SPECIAL DISPLAY OF iTHE pride of Suitable Gifts for Xmas -Bft.JftU ftVK^ A. JBL JL AiJLaJLMLK^ that existed between the North and the South in the
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    • 167 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Senior Eurasian Clerk wanted Page ft. Notice re Dr Noble's removal Page ft. Tenders for converting Beaconsiield for Medical Students Page ft. Special meeting of the 8. K. A. on Dec. 80— Page 2. Robinson's for some special Christmas lines Page 1. Turkeys for Christmas Page 1. Transfer
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 166 1 9 < THE WEEK. Saturday 20th. High Water— 3-26 a.m.. I*sl p.m. Moon Last Quarter. B. I. Outward mails due. N.D.L. Outward mail due. Cricket: S.C.C. v SRC. Old Bedfordians' Dinnei. Hockey S.C.C. v 3rd Brahs, Alexandra. Yorkshire Sports— Tanglin. 2 p.m. Sunday 21st High Water— 4-18 a.m., i-8 p.m.
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  • 161 2 The tirst Children*! Christmas party given on Tnesdaj by little Mi>s Mar t Young, at England House." the >idence of the Hon. Mr Robert Young ,iud Mrs Young. Her guests had beeu led to attend in Fancy Dress, some Us previously, and judging by the i uuber
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  • 156 2 Hiuhly Paid Secrf.t Services Watch Mo\ ftMftftTft. the purpose of detecting the movei cut of the rebel leaders and their agents, rvice of secret detectives has d formed in the President's office. These ;>re called high class detectives and they are well educated in Chinese and acquaint
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  • 155 2 1 A conference of the aces of Inner Mongolia has been held in I chumuchien. It was decided that each ••.be should raise a defence force of 500 I and that wheu one tribe was attacked <>uter Mongolian brigands the other •::■••-> -hould go its
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    • 590 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. rth Sunday, in Advent. Dec. 2ist 1913. 7 4'> a.m. Holy Communion. (Choral) Hymns jy, 311 part II 4S. t-15 a.m. Matins followed by Holy Communion, 1 Plain! Hymn 320. 4 p.m. Sunday School and Bible Classes. 5-30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon, Hymns 49,
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    • 408 2 XMAS GRAMOPHONE RECORDS. DOUBLE SIDED SH J ,25 EACH Star of Bethlehem I PHILIP RITTE, Holy City TENOR. The First Noel MIXED Hall Smiling Morn. f QUARTETTE. O come all ye faithful H Hark, the Herald Angels f Xmas Time in Merry England For Auld Lang Syne f Old Jim
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    • 817 2 Notices I NOTICE i Dr. Noble 00.,. Den al Surgeons, beg to announce that they have removed t«> No. 6-G second floor Bonham Street Building above "The Dispensary." The offices will be in charge of Dr L. F. RANDALL. 212 2-1 c RILEY, HARGREAVES AND COMPANY LIMITED. NOTICE IS HEREBY
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    • 553 2 Notices CHOP LOH KEE SENG CHOP LOH CHEE SENG NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the above !hops are requested to s- nd full particulars f same to t c undersigned immediately. H. ROLAND LLEWELLYN. Gresham House. Battery Road, Singapore. 4 12 uc $10 REW4RO. Lost in Singapore
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    • 344 2 Wanted CHINESE CLERK WANTED \a< m EVAIT 20 12 WANTED Wanted at must be «|uick at figures and perience and know Apply to A. B. 0 20 12 WANTED Want* d ences Appi>. JOHN LITTLK 19-11 WANTED Refined and domestical I assist management I establish uj< 1 I. otograph and
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  • 1900 3 Why Market! ar*> Weak— Ths Position in Rubber Kamunin^ Dividend— Benosb Ih veloprnents Anglo Sumatra's Pro' grehs Rubber in Johore. Nov. 10. Our security markets continue far from satisfactory ab a whole in tone, although brokers with an investment clientele report very steady demand for securities. Several
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    • 185 3 Cod Liver Oil It WITH vs? Malt Extract Famed thrc.u-hout the world for its purity. digestibility %nd delicious flavour. P^N Health -giving j| Food for- I A Gr o w i n v ar. y. Overgrown r*l A V i Nursing- A Mothers, Joi v or Invalids V /k j
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    • 257 3 net SKBlti V < r ■■The most essential quality! of a tablet in order to secure absolute efficiency is that it shcu!d 1 break up rapidly in water. Bayer's Tablets of Aspirin are distinguishable from imitations by the fact that whilst the J^HH genuine tablets disintegrate in a fe\x- seconds
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    • 156 4 THE RUDDER AND THE JIB ARE SMALL BUT THEY TACK THE VESSEL. A tin of Milkmaid Milk is small but it's use means the Difference between good health and ba4 health very often USE MILKMAID MILK AND ENJOY GOOD HEALTH. ASK THE DOCTORS THEY KNOW. NESTLE AND ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED MILK
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    • 60 4 I CL6ANS6 YOUR BLOOD wiTHCRIMAULTitC 01 sarsaparilla el A^tm \%m k^9 m c_^SLw^^_______w 1 ll T i For Cuisine AND Cleanliness TRY THE EMPIRE HOTEL KUALA LUMPUR. 5-12 5 6 r f% V.RIGAUD'S g|| OF JAPAN .3 lL TOILET WATER L*K£*»3tfj Beware Bf *SK" jj of imitations. j geipi v
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    • 249 4 SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Telegrams SIEMENS, SINGAPORE. Telephone No. 647. Electrical Engineers. Manufacturers and Contractors. SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAKO OKS. Ll He,,) <>*■„;;— Caxton House, Westminister, London. Supplies Dept. and Storts Upper Thames London. Lamps and Fitting* Dept. Oalston, London. Works Stafford and Woolwich. Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd Near Entraoce
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    • 95 4 BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. Q_\_f To His Majesty King George V. DUNLOP MOTOR TYRES ARE UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST. DUNLOP I PRICES i ARE UNDOUBTEDLY THE CHEAPEST. THEN WHY BUY Inferior Makes at Fancy Prices? TRADE MARK THE HALL MARK X^^ 7 A MOTOR mE OBTAINABLE AT ALL GARAGES DEALEBS. I FAREASTOXYGEN
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  • 1638 5 STRIKING PLEA FOB THE KING'S INTERVENTION. Genbbal Election. If Ministers are so entangled with party cords that they will make no honest effort to avert civil war, let the (town appeal from them to the people. We believe that there would be such an uprising
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    • 147 5 fT<wt cannot fare letter than tmtik^l WOLFE'S I Arc J• I SCHNAPPS j It is to ordinary s v •i• IS I 1U Nrt **«i *at T.a.c. T.w but CiGM'JVt. G. F. KELLNER Co., CALCrTTA. P A SCOTT Co., RAMGOOH. I GLASS: AND PORCELAIN RUBBER LATEX GUP. IN HALF LEMON
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    • 181 5 GOLD WATCH FREE I CHEAT OFFER BY A WELL-KNOWN FIRM. IT COSTS YOU NOTHING TO TRY. T.. i anyone who can supply th* names of these two wellkno»u Kn?lis£ Towns, inrt fulfills condition* l^low. we I rtvr ..ur £3 Lady's SOLID GOLD WATCH. WngtUkOor:.t ntanii>ril, fuaranieed tin— kec PtT. as
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    • 403 5 lU* I PERHAPS one of the many imitations of LEA PERRINS' Sauce is on your sideboard at this moment. If you do not enjoy your meals as you used to," you do not have to look far for the reason. Have Lea Perrins' served, not in a cruet, but always
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  • 300 6 Questions put to witnesses before the Dominions Royal Commission suggest that the mail routes of the Empire may be to some extent in the melting-pot. India, as we know, is agitating for two mails per week instead of one. and should India get what she wants it
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  • 200 6 (Quicksilver is used mainly, according to the I'nited States Geological Survey, in the manufacture of fulminate for explosive caps of drugs, of electric lighting and scientific apparatus, and in the recovery of the precious metals, especially of gold, by amalgmation. An increasing demand has been reported in
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  • 471 6 Per P ft O str Nankin, due Dec 19.— Mr i Mrs Aveary- Jones, D Alexander, H. C. Eckhardt, N. Rough. W. Duncan. Mrs Miss Chambers, Miss Cosgrove, N. Falls, Mrs W. E. Handy and child. Mrs Houghton and child, Rennie. Mrs N. Farr and children v D.
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  • 95 6 P O Delta, connecting at Colombo with Macedonia, sailing Dec. 26.— Mr Mrs G Keatinge, W P. Hume. Mrs Storry, A. G. Cory Makepeace, N. McCulloch. Per P O Sardinia, sailing Dec. 30.— Major and Mrs Dewar, Mr Mrs Fraser and infant Mrs Walham, Miss Miner, G. E.
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    • 223 6 Don't be IliiiP hoodwinked H would be easy for us to sculpture our tyres, or supply Ibcfl) under a fancy name, and to exact from customers an additional outlay. We sbould tbus obtain a temporary advantage. But we prefer to forego sucb temporal/ whantages. WHY DO Michelin Tyres cost little
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    • 219 6 I SUPPLIES FOR Estates Mines Etc. Ant Exterminators. (The Universal.) Pot fumigating with Patent Universal Powder. Arsenite Of Soda. (For killing weeds.) and Locusts. Calculating and Adding Machines. 1 1 h. Brunsviga and Bri-Cal.") Cement. "Borneo," and Buffalo brandsFresh stocks monthly. Cigarettes. (De Reazke). Ca|dbeck M p, Co r Cigarettes.
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  • 1350 7 fmu% mamxn— J:il h; f J»UbellL JOTaftftfc lit >.ld enough lo t,, nember 1. 1 and the Tammany Ring— do you Mr Kditor. Nash's famous car toon. 'Twas Hun N which imid»- such has' i! rums been cleared out since by -of law and polling booth,
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  • 203 7 The International Reform Bureau is planning to inaugurate some work for the rikisha men in IVkiug. It will seek to follow out some of the suggestions given by Mr Burgess at the last meet ing of the Peking Missionary Association. It is said that there are 30,000
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  • 690 7 i WHVTTBE BEBT OF THEM HAVE 10 SA\ ON VAHIors BUHJECTfI HOflE RECIPES'. How to have Thick and Pretty Hair H DM Taleuth."' Boapi ami artificial shauip«x)s ruin many beautiful heads of hair. Few people know that a teaspooaful of tfood stallax dissolved in a cup of
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    • 211 7 "For the Blood Is the Life.*' WHEN YOU ARE ILL With any disease due to impure blood •uch aw Eczema, Bcroful«, Scurvy, Bad Lee*, Abscesses, Ulcere, Glandular Bwellinge, Boils, Pimples, Soree of any kind, Pili:e, Blood Poieen,Rheum.»tinm, Qout, etc.f don't wabte your time and money on lotions and ointments which
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    • 368 7 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE And a collection of Plants *c. To be held at No. 18 Armenian Street. On Saturday, 20th Dec., at 2.30 p.m (on view from Friday, the 19th inst.) CHINO KENO LEE Co., Auctioneer 171 2 20-12 AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Leasehold and Freeholc Land
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    • 546 7 PALLADIUM THEATRE AND Picture Palace ORCHARD ROAD MOST MODERN THEATRE IN FAR F4ST Grand Opening will be Announced Shortly. g 1 I Entire Change of Programme I AT THK I HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH. I NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. I To-Night 9-30 to 11 f THE HONOUR OF THE FLAG STAR (Thrilling
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  • 2012 8 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, Dec. 20, 1913. ■3ere sDa!l the Press th* People s rigtt mV.atafe Onawed by influence and untribed by gain Here pat^lDt Truth ber c;;r'siis vrtevfts ttvm. Pfarfarssi u> Pehgioo. L.< tairy ana Las*. To those who have had little leisure or inclination to consider the
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  • 301 8 The President of the Cnited States has nominated Mr Alexander Sweek, of Tortlaud, Oregon, as Minister to Siam. Capt. K. E. Kirkpatrick 3rd Brahmans is detention barracks visiter and held officer for the ensuing week. Mr E. Xireuheim, of the Malayan Trad ing Co., left Penang for Hamburg by the
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  • COOLIES WAGES.
    • 49 8 < roni Our Own I Ipoh i Park Bwutar IMair ,to reduce coolies wages, men to I omen I 'contend that fee ratee th« paying are the highest in M to DOOM into li, i ICtb. '1 nit:. l Plaofc to which ino«,t of them belong.
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    • 528 8 Amount lj acki Pong J t, lasa val at New that he w«born of (lerroau pn when A crocod le mci by man in the I, the slaughter house A Polii 1 sTM paid to tin- man. r. W. Kuncimun. \i.\.. S >teh Churrh and
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    • 165 8 AT THE LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET At "The Guidhall," London, ON THE lOth NOVEMBER, 1913, THE ONLY TWO CHAMPAGNES SFIRVED WERE BOLLINGER AND VEUVE CLICQUOT. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co. SOLE AGENTS. (AGRAPHOPHONE FOR XMAS g ,-4\ 'COLUMBIA HARMONY HORNLESS <^|||i? GRAPHOPHONE lß&\w* xmas $25. Special records! CRRISTMAS LATEST PRICE §10 'j)jj ISSUE
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  • 65 9 PAULINGS CONTRACT. I*► v Submarine Cable]. KKITERB SSEVICS. Ung Dee rd ffrench, repre *srs Paulings. London. H agreement financing the con tion of a railway from a point opposite It! -iHilnngyifu I eul.au with a branch from Cbongtefs I'ittl of Hunan. The meut i HIlt of Lord tTrench
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  • 55 9 San Francisco and the Dominions. London, D g -Berlin messages say ■scSi toios for German re tibi tion 1. Th. j s OS ll nitioual tact, is the un t adequately organising tbe ldon h ing of promin soon noM si the nnoninioosly pledged wnnk upport of the
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  • 30 9 British Competition. l>ee. 19. The Brooklyn l v two million iri w ith Llos fog thousand dollars. The ac •Soil of the sharp advance in \merican Companies.
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  • 40 9 Nt, hr «cmi orlicially :bat the International Commission for the delimitation of the southern of Albania has concluded its has unanimously agreed upon :he line proposed by »lreat Britain in onforunty with the views of Italy and ia.
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  • 30 9 London I»ec. 19 It is stated that the Memorial Theatre Committee I obtained a site in Rloorasbury for a onal theatre at a cost of sixty thousand pouu
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  • 265 9 For various reasons the Queen of Hollaud has uot been abl- lit Kugland since heraccession to the throne. King Ed invited her several time* ami a State l been discussed, but tbe younr periodical attacks of ill health ha v« .ly stood iv the way of
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  • 157 9 The rule by which Wesley's helpers had deduction made from thei. salaries for every dinner given to them at the house of one Of their flock, would not have suited ■one of the old Scottish ministers. Dean Ramsay tells many tales of £he Rev. Walter Dunlop, of the l\P.
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  • 71 9 MR LLOYD GEORGE IN SCOTLAND. [Bj Subinaiu,. Ciblel. RbUTBB*B BBKnOB. London, December Ih. Mr LloydGeorge open* the Scottish land campaigu at the end of January. It is understood that the Scottish land report favours taxation of land values, nud believes that the question of a minim tun wa^e
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  • 72 9 London. Dae. 19. Two bombs exploded with cannon like report last night against the walls of Holloway gaol, close to the cells where tb. igettes are usually confined. Practically no damage was done. The boaaht damaged the outer wall but did not touch the buildings. Two long
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  • 69 9 Half-crown Inc ease. Londftn, Dec. 19. The half-crown increase in wages of London policemen which was confined to men with more than fifteen sear- service, and was iV signed to deter men from joining the Union which outsiders are promoting, has had the contrary effect, and there
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  • 76 9 Closing Down. Leeds, Dec. 19. The result of the Corporation's ultimatum of Dec. I s is that the tramway men have resolved to return to work and it is expected that the result of the strike will he that the Corporation will partially contract out certain public utilities.
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  • 460 9 FLEEING PEASANTS FALL OVEB CLIFFS. Child Thrown Into Fi.xmks. Hideous massacres have been perpetrated iv West Honan by a robber gang in comparison with which, says the "C. C. Post "White Wolf's" brigands are mild. The gang i- headed by one Suen Yucbang. Its operations lately have
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  • 515 9 The announcement that the Y.W.C.A. Annual Meeting will be held Jan. 9th in the Victoria Memorial Hall calls to mind the beginning of this work in Singapore. It was in 187.3 that the late Miss Cooke, of the Female Educational Society of London, who had been
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  • 323 9 To TBS Editok OP THS Straits Echo. Sir. Regarding your advocacy of a reform in the banishment laws of tbe F.M.S. (why only F.M.S. are not the same laws in force in the S.S. I think we all see tbe undesirability of engaging the services of informers
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  • 58 9 The engagement is announced of the Rev. William Gilbert Cobbett, rector of l Eversh«,t, Dorset, son of the late Mr William Cobbett, of Beckenham, Kent, to Ellen Florence Skinner, daughter of the late Allan Maclean Skinner, c.m.g., 3 formerly of H.M. Civil Service, Straits 3 Settlements, and of Mrs Allan
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  • 127 9 Singapore, 19th Dec. 1918. The local share market is still very idle with prices in some cases slightly under those of a week ago. Monetary conditions have not improved iv the interval, aud speculators are doing nothing. RUBBBB.— AngIo-Javas changed hands at 4s 7|d
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  • 37 9 In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday ■morning before Mr Justice Sproule, Mr V. 1). Kuowles oq behalf of Yeap Yeow Teck applied for his discharge which was granted subject to three month's suspension from this date.
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  • 428 9 The matter of pure milk is always of some moment, especially in the East, and it is interesting to learn that the Model Dairy Farm now supply the Beri Beri hospital. Pasir Panjang Lunatic Asylum, Sepoy Line Lunatic Asylum and the General Hospital. The Batbboume Dairy Farm supplies
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  • 146 9 "QUA VADIS" AT THE ALHAMBRA. Recent features of the Alhambra programme have indicated the wonderful extent to which the modern art of cinema tograpby has been carried. No less im pressive is the superb film which will be shown for the first time this evening "Quo Vadis V* A pictorial
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  • 115 9 Mr Alec Ross, who is the business manager of the Palladium Theatre, has had a long experience in catering for the entertainment loving public, and is in process of making engagements with the many high class entertainers with whom he is familiar, to appear at this theatre. It should be
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    • 279 9 "■Str* ffSJC. Fine st quality tobacco \£%fc3u&l__ m i j unrivalled skill in manu XlKarffejrV lacture and absolut trc9£3§lK& hygienic factories have JBBBSfc^^/v^^trn^ made State Express Ciga QH|w2^t*tf32swf!! rettes the finest the g^nv .^mm^^pm^^ world produces Packed in patent vacuum tins ensuring their per j CIGARETTES [S c a t
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    • 439 10 Shipping BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP LINES, LTD. AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE MANILA. THE s.s CITY OF DURHAM," is due here from New York on or about the 26th December, will have prompt despatch for the above port. For freight, etc.. apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., Agents INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd Direct service
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    • 530 10 Shipping BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ltd. i FOR Penang, Rangoon and Calcutta. The Company's Steamer ELLORA 4,999 tons, H. A. Sharpe, Commander, will bo despatched for the above ports on Thurs day, the 25th instant, at 5 p.m. She has excellent accommodation for first and second class passengers. Terms
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    • 694 10 Shipping 1 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 Twinscrew Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all
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    • 597 10 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. NAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1913 1913 Dumbea Dec 21 Australien Dec 22 1914 1914 Cordillere Jan 4 Polynesien Jan 5 Magellan Jan l* Paul Lecat Jan 19 Nera Feb 1 Dumbea Feb 2 Atlantique Feb 15 Cordillere Feb
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    • 736 10 Shipping N.D.L Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAII LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers o this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connectinj Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veisa Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau Nagasaki and
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    • 605 10 Shipping P. 0. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY Fop China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon L Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth J and London Through Bills of Lading Issued tor < hina j Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American i» Ports. j Steamers will leave Singapore on or aL MAIL LINES 0
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    • 847 11 SJH p p i n g Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Th N We p stern Pacific Railway Co. c7J!T c Via China J a P an Honolulu and San Francisco to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. grating the N.ft 21.000 Ton
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    • 1002 11 I SINGAPORE'S ONLY COMPANY. ImEST M|D Up JJJ OF AN/ FASTeT. S3T PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE .THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAI lOFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, EX The Company has £20,000 deposited with tbe Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life
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    • 501 11 The Eastern United Assurance CORPORATION Ltd. Head Omcß-HBIMAMML (Incorporated in the EMntta Settlements). Authorized Capital $5,000,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.— Risks accepted on Build ings and Merchandise at curreLt rates. MARINE DEPARTMENT.-Insurances effected on Hulls and Cargo. For full particulars as to rates and all other n formation apply to J. D.
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    • 345 11 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE FOUNDED II HEAD OFFICES, 1 NORWICH AND LONDON Losses Paid exceed £30,000,000 Lowest Rates of Premium. Prompt and Liberal Settlements. T HE BORNEO Co Ltd. Agon* FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1882. Direct Government Supervision Government Audit. Policies are WORLD WIDE and hem Forfeitable.
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  • 613 12 \nvr.si Dai in the Belgian CONGO. •Before and siree the days of Livingstone ■a combination of the roles of missionary aud explorer has beeu no rate thing, but lit is seldom, in the twentieth century at any rate, that the establishment of a new 1 mission station
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  • 299 12 A SOUVENIR OF FRANCE. Old Steamer as Relic. The little steamboat Louise, which, according to cable reports, made the first passage through the Panama Canal, is a relic of the French enterprise associated with historic recollections, and the Figaro this morning proposes a public subscription to enable the
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  • 418 12 This Ceylon Government Official Frund Cure In Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills. Sharp pains in the joints and muscles plainly indicated to Mr. J. de. S. Abeyasekera, the respected coroner of Matara, Ceylon, some time ago. tbat rheumatic poison had invaded his blood soon afterwards
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    • 412 12 r§£\ wgi %3~y The most valuable weapon In the fight against Consumption Pelham House, Pelham Square, Brighton. I have Seen suffering for several years past from tuberculosis, first of the 11IMJ ibsequently of the larynx, and it is impossible for me to speak too J vol extraordinary effect your preparation
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    • 176 12 A Real Lever Simulation GOLD WATCH FREE. s~ £y\ liiY^V fff 'y. one shiliin.: :*.r..t I ft w a VIUI.IAMS* 1 .1.4 >> f). v. N IMPERIAL DAIRY Co. OF BOMBAY. Pure Creamery Butter: mads in Bombay. Mr. M. Hunter, chemical examiner to the Government of Burma says The Butter
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    • 112 12 Chs J. GAUPP Co. Raffles Place, next to Robinson Piano Co Watchmakers, Jewellers and Nautical Opticians. Fine Diamond Jewellery a Speciality. English Swiss Gold Silver Watch Zeiss Prism Binoculars. Surveying and Nautical Instrument-. VERY COMPLETE STOCK OF SILVER AND PLATED WARE FROM MAPPIN WEBB Ltd s •> Smokers of discrimination
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  • 345 13 I discontented importers end South Af, I MM establishment of a ■kip l.ne M tbe meane of de hveianCe(r -f shipping "rii, 'tion of th, eonditione under b the carrying trade of the world ll locted n fo >"" fteerj m elweys forth- Al mv a few
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  • 135 13 am voluble, but, no doubt, well- j meaning, gentleman travels e\ cry ruornii in one of the electric express trains from -outhport to Liverpool. Those unfortupeople who are seated in his vicinity are favoured all the way with varied, but dogmatic, dissertation upon things in gene
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  • 133 13 nt Taft, speaking of rare nee of mind, recalled the case of a young woman of his acquaintance. She had gone to the railway station to I a man friend of the family, and alighted from the train the young man lost his bead and
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  • 59 13 The old time Portable Steam Engine is now giving place to newer ideas. R. Genre* I Sons. Limited, have introduced I i'iston Valve Engine using Superheated un in which it is claimed half a ton of coal will go as far as a ton in the older
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  • 880 13 eUxAonn'e Baron* poi Poua Wbbks i mm, NovnifßßH 29th, 1918. The accompanying sheet ol Mine Mea suremeuts an.l Ass tv Results shows a total of -tt»2 ft. made up as follows; Sinking 40 ft., driving on lodes MO ft. and cross cutting 242
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    • 21 13 TO THOSE HOMEWARD BOUND J CAMBELL LATHAM &Co Court Naval Military Tailors, 59 CONDUIT STREET, LONDON W Mr. H. G. DISS.
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    • 809 13 •-4H mfkJ^m^ DO YOU ODOLISE? Odol, the World's Dentifrice, is the preparation to use, for a few drops mixed with a tumbler of water form an emulsion which will thoroughly cleanse and purify the oral cavity, destroying all injurious bacteria. It is the rinsing of the mouth and the brushing
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    • 798 13 IN 1913. WE ARE LIVING IN A FAST AGE! IN A HURRY TO GET RICH IN A HURRY TO GET SICK IN A HURRY TO LIVE IN A HURRY TO GET POOR IN A HURRY TO GET WELL IN A HURRY TO DIE THAT S WHERE WE'LL SAY PUT M
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  • 449 14 Takkn bob a Madman and Put in an Asylum. Petersburg. Nov. 16. An exploit of tbe Russian railroad police on lbs express between Moscow aud St. ivtri-shurg has precipitated an amazing quarrel hi-tween four of the chief departments of ibi Bespits the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, the
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  • 954 14 The first total here £lv en represents figures f)r 1912, the last column represents output for Cilendar year to date in all cases. Year 1912. Nov. 1913. Allagar 93,500 16,350 143,450 Alma 9,600 7*,8 Alor Gajah 47,871 9,600 86,055 Alor Pongsu 80,830 8,020 92,692 Anglo Johore 47.193
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  • 111 14 Yt-ftr 1912. N 1 1 1 Bruang 4 I 1 Bruseh 3.415 Cbenderiang Dungun i Wolfram 264 Gopeng Consol 6,944 Heawood Kam lining Kanaboi 2,606 201 Kinta 8.380 Kinta Association 5,042 Mi Kledang 1.274 141 Krawat Pulai 6,114 Kutnpar Labat 01 Malayan Tin Menglembu Lode 8,855 4' Middleton
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  • 32 14 Beaufort 51,816 8 1 British Borneo 101.170 17,197 1 Langkon 9)19,553 tS,fOO Melalap 10)49,972 Membakut 6)Sapong 108,900 15,100 Utittt Sekong 82,887 9,005 10*South East 8,116 II Tenom 81,075 151,210
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 602 14 UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. I HAVE ALWAYS LARGE STOCKS OF Girders, Corrugated Iron, Hy-Rib Reinforcement for Roofs, Walls, Ceilings, Wunderlich Metal Ceilings, j Locks, Hinges, Tower Bolts, IN FACT EVERY REQUISITE FOR THE BUILDING CONTRACTOR! ENQUIRIES INVITED. I MMM |MMrM.^MI mmmm MB eußnanansnunn snaßnßßßßnßßßßM^Mßßßs^S"BMss^^^^^«i^^^»™'™^^^"^«^^^^"~"~'^~^~^" IMB MM| p LLMJMW aM 1 mv
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  • 1492 15 Issued by FRASEEi Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, Dec. 10. Oaf lawua. Paid. Last Div. Reykß' Sbll.rkb 85.000 3* 3b Ailagar 9% 16 1 11 500,0 0 £1 £1 Anglo Java 4 4J 5 7 150,000 2r 2h Anglo Malay 16% int 7$ 9 4 50,000 9b
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  • 86 15 East Wharf (BaHin)— Nil East Wharf Section I— Nil Sheers Wharf— Dut oily Main Wharf Sec. 2— Ceylon Maru 3 Ume Maru 4— Nil s— Nil 6 Reyoiersz New Dock Sec. 7 (Under construction.) West Wharf Sec. 8— Ikalis Jardine's Wharf Sec. 9— Nil Pulo BraDi
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  • 70 15 (Corrected dp *o Dec. 191. Bank 4m s 3.4$ demand 2-4k Private credits 8 m/i 2-4 19-32 credits 6m 1 2-4 1516 j France demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 238$ India, T. T. 174J Hongkong, demand 16$ Yokohama, demand 114$ Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 66 Sovereigns, Bank Buying
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  • 151 15 Dec. 19 Tin 225 tone sold 185.40 Gambier 6.75 Gambler Cube No. 1 10 75 Gambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. Spore buyers 18.85 Pepper, (White fair) 88.00 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) 24.00 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina) nom. Bali Coffee
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  • 46 15 Time-balls ea Feet "saesar mmA Faber drop dally al 1 p.m., Singapore stani ard time, correspoadlag lot a m Greeairv* mean time. The time-gaa Is trad atll o clock noon, Indicating Singapore steadai* time, on every day exoepclag Sunday waem it is fired at eae o'clock^^^
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 164 15 "Royal Household" Whisky. i- Guaranteed to he Exactly the same in every respect as that supplied regularly to The Royal Household hy Messrs .lames Buchanan Co.. Ltd.. who hold the I a r<j;est reserves of Whisky of any individual firm in the world. The necessary arrangements have now been completed
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    • 77 15 Grimault's Skin Soap, so justly renowned of its cleansing and curative properties in removing dobie's itch, &c, prevents all skin diseases: it is nice to use, has a most refreshing smell and should always be used in hot countries in washing and shaving. 11 The Singapore and Straits Rough Diary
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 749 15 VKSSKLS IN PORT. Flag and Ton* Commanders From Arrived ror When Kuantan F.M.S. 249Egdom Kuantan, 15 10 F Dock Bleamers Nat. Tonnage Master From Consignee* For Anjou Brit 123 Phillips Bagan, is 12 Hork SoMg Bagan 20 BanLiong Dut 275 V. Tol T'ganu, 112 Tong I iantan Batavier Brit 215
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  • 2138 16 > un vkv Meeting, Friday D 19 1 KSENT. t{. k. The rthur Young. X.C M.Q H. K. Maj. Gen. T. K. Stephenson, CA b.n. Col. Secretary. B. J. Wilkinson, CM o. General. G. A. Goodman. A. M. IWntney. p gatt. .j. BaaaaV .ilmore EIID. L. H. Clayton.
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  • 106 16 The 11th day's sale was held at Messrs Ching Keng Lee and Cos sale room on Monday when 42 freehold building allotments off Gaylaug Road were disposed of and realized $3,670. At the 12th day's j Rile on Wednesday 28 freehold building! allotments off Gaylang Road
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  • 156 16 Incident it Saigon. Recent Saigon papers report that a somewhat serious mutiny took place on board the French cruiser Dupleix while at Saigou last month, 280 marines refusing to pass the inspection. The men, after! stating their refusal to comply with the wishes of their superior officers, gathered
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  • 116 16 Important Movement in the Philippines. A bill to set aside 200,000 Pesos for the acquisition and installation of machines and apparatus for the drying of copra in the municipalities in which that product is prepared for the market, has been introduced into the Philippine Asssembly. A few years
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  • 57 16 Peking, Dec. 10. It is rumoured in the capital that Chan Hsun, Commander of Nanking, has disobeyed orders from the Central Government and in consequence fighting has occurred between his soldiers and Fung Kwok Chang's troops. The latter, who has 20,000 men in his command, has taken
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  • 164 16 The N. Y. K. steamer Ceylon Maru arrived from Japan and China ports yesterday (Friday) morning with part general cargo for discharge here. The I'me Maru discharges a cargo of Japanese coals at the wharves. The M. M. Company steamer Dumbea left Colombo at 10 a.m. on the
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  • 236 16 While Gallantly Resisting PIRATICAL Attack. News of a daring piracy, involving the death of Captain Jose Francesco Xavier de Jesus, of the s.s. Kwongchauwan, trad ing between Hongkong and Kwongchau wan, reached Hongkong on the 10th on the arrival of one of the Macao steamers. It appears
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  • 129 16 Inspector Stokes, of Kuala Selangor, who has been in Kuala Lumpur this week in connection with the coining charges, had not been able to appear in Court for some weeks owing to a broken leg which he sustained whilst chasing a murderer. This happened about six weeks
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  • 43 16 Saturday, Dec. 20. Johnston's Pier, 2.15 and 3.15 p.m. Club Bungalow. 2.45 and 5.30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21. Johnston's Pier, 7, 9 and 10 a.m.. 3.80 and 3.30 p.m Club Bungalow, 5.30 and 9.30 a.m, 12.15, 3 and 5.30 p.m.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 178 16 OF COURSE our Bonus is good. BECAUSE Earnings from Investments were £536.864 While tbe Death Claims were only £365.124 in lAll the Premiums received were thus available for other purposes. SUN LIFE AS c s o«prv CE OF CANADA. S. «J. HO WEI, Singapore. Manager tar S. E. Asia. HUTTON'S
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 211 16 NEXT MAILS DUE. From Europe.— Per B. I. Taroba, with mails up to 28th «lt.. due this afternoon. N. D. L. Luetzow, due this morning. M. M. Dumbea, with mails up to 29th ult., due Dec. 23. From China. Per M.M. Australien due Dec. 22. London Malls Despatched. Left. Due.
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