The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 December 1913

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  • 17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAFOBE MONDAY DECEMBER 22 1913. no. <s f oi:,
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  • 153 1 Serious slips are recorded in mines in Perak, over half a hundred coolies being buried alive, many of them at Tronoh Page 6. The Times has begun a series of articleb on the Indian Peril Page 7. The Premier has had another audience of the King and
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  • 1214 1 king to an old canal D m or :t short while ago. he was full of Urn* I pessimism of the laudator temp The service had gone to the dogs, Mac old day canal officer, the canal officei celleiu M al officer worili be* ing had disappeared,
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 183 1 i SUPERB SUBLIME THE GRANDEST FILM fff|||f| UAIItCO" Whither Goest EVER SHOWN V AIIIS Thou?) SENSATIONAL SPECTACULAR 1 I T jl A CINEO PICTURE— PLAY j, MASTERPIECE **L- m 4,500 20 persons A TALE OF IMPERIAL lions ROME IN THE DAYS INTHEFILi 0¥ ARENA —jr- NERO ~'_2™ TO BE SHOWN
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    • 354 1 I Entire Change of Programme I I AT THE HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH. I NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. I To Night 930t0 11 f THE HONOUR OF THE FLAG STAR b (Thrilling Drama) WITH THE AID OF PHRENOLOGY A. B* (Farce Comedy) >J THE STRONG MAN'S BURDEN A. B. I (Powerful Drama)
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    • 149 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Wednesday last day of Koh and Cos 6ale Page 5. Cure for skin troubles, The Dispensary Page 1. Good Offices to let next to the Free Press Office Page 2. Notice re application to the Court to wind up the Kwong ik Bank— Page 2. Diiwara goes ou
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 138 1 THE WEEK. Monday 22nd High Water— s-12 a.m.. 6 34 p.m. M. M. Homeward mail due. Children's Band, Botanical Gardens. 5 p.m. Emulation Lodge, 8.30 p.m. Tuesday 23rd. High Water 6-7 a.m.. 7 10 p.m. M. M. Outward mail due. Pulau Bulang mtg., Kvatfs. noon. Tanglin Club, informal dance. 9
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  • 178 2 An interesting wedding was solemnized SI lohn the Diviue by the Rev. K. A. done, on Wedne>* The parties were Mis Violet Aitkens of I reen, near Keut, and Mr Cyril Kinder of Bungsar Fstate. Kuala lmpur. The bride arrived from England i v Mond i> by
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  • 146 2 The tirst of the annual competitions in connection with the Selangor Fire Brigade were held on Thursday, when the water aor drill event was decided at the new aiding opposite the Sultan st. Railway S a tion recently purchased for Fire Brigade purposes. Messrs B.
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  • 196 2 The King has been graciously pleased to confer the decoration of the Albert Medal i t the second class upon Shaikh .Mobiden, r-ndal of stoker>, BjBJBI Indian Marine. On \oril 14, 191:>, the Shatt al Arah outer bar is buoy in the I'ersiau liulf was being
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 54 2 What BI the greatest boon he askt d, Vnd Batai ujion the mighty throng, •.me said 'twas health, some said 'twas wealth. Vnd s«> they argued loud and long. Al a voice from out the crowd Cried out. you all are wrong, I'm sure, reatest boon to mankind given. v
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    • 719 2 Notices IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. ■sU No 604 of 1913. In the matter of the Companies Ordinance 1*39. AND In the matter of The Kwong Vik Banking Company Limited. ROTIGE is h reby given that a Petition for the winding up of the
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    • 741 2 Notices NOTICE. Dr. Noble Co.. Dental Surgeons, beg to announce that they have removed lo No. 6-G second floor Bonham Street Building above "The Dispensary." The offices will be in charge of Dr. L. F. RANDALL. 2-12 21 RILEY, HARGREAVES AND COMPANY LIMITED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN' that the Transfer
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    • 625 2 Notices TRONOH MINES, LIMITED. tc (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) ai Dividend No 39. ti A dividend of Is per share free of Income Tax has been declared payable in London on 29th inst. and will he paid locally on the arrival of the list cf Kegistered Shareholders from tbe Home Office.
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    • 480 2 Wanted WANTED PLANTER ;o prospect and report on agricultural com den in Sumatra. Good knowledge of timbers md Gutta Percha trees essential. Probable ;ime r# quired 4 weeks. Apply in writing, stating terms, to D. BRANDT A Co. 2212 24 12 WANTED Wanted at once, a senior Eurasian Clerk must
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    • 499 2 Apartments BOARD AND RESIDENCE ufortab.e furnish* d Rooi. 15, HIVES ROa It-It BOARD AND RESIDENCE One single an ;l>ie rnai 3-11 BOARD AND RESIDENCE Rooms vacant at ILLAWARHA River Valley Road. 11-9 BOARD AND RESIDENCE Silver Bank. Iff Residence. English hon 4 i io V] THE W Singapore Free Press
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  • 966 3 nm "Mmukhn" i \l l That the ancients had n knowledge of,! an 1 utilised many of the so called modern I inventions, is being brought to light by orations in Egypt and Babylonia, says, Mr T. i. Blynii. writing in the "Bliiladel phia U»( oid." The
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  • 492 3 Famous Willi Btakdingb. Among many striking pictures thrown on the screen during Mr. I. s. p. Hand- cock's lecture at the British Museum on Saturday afternoon, none was so startling io preconceived notions as the view of a considerable stretch of the walls of ancients •lericho. The very
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  • 670 3 OVER ONE HUNDRED PABBKKGI KIBBING. Port Arthur. Nov 24. The Commander of the Fort Arthur Ad miralty has informed the Marine Ah*air6 Bureau that a Chinese merchant steamer, the Teyu. of some 7<><> tons, ran aground at Miao Island, off SfcoaugtaO Bay, late on
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  • 335 3 Pal O I mWA flush Egypt nt Cot* Uitt4 i i rer, m« M i Llßa Q. W. v\u Ji.van %fr A ,11 Allen. Hon. 'I S. Smith, W.L*. Leonard, A. •fcacgaaa, U .11. Martin. Mr A Mrs 8 Tom lin son. I>. T. S MacAula\ Paterson, A.
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  • 107 3 P&O Delta, connecting at < witi; Macedonia, sailing Dec. M. Mi A Mrs Keatinge. W P. Hum. Makepeace. N. McCulloch. Per P&O Sardinia. .c. au Major and Mis Dewar, Mi a Mrs Fraaer and infant. Mis Walham. Miss Miner. G. E. Noble. lei i' a o Hin.alaya connecting
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 65 3 For Colic and windy spasms. Take Woods j Great Peppermint Cure. Sold everywhere 80 cents a bottle. a%\ W\\ W% W\. TV^ V^ Horse Power, 35 h.p. #V X Ie fl \I M 11 Weight, 3,000 lbs. gfjL*^*^»* MsmfmmwT Price $3,000 (chassis The Motor Truck that you've been waiting for
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    • 355 3 Health for Infants For over half-a-century Savory Moore's Food has been in general use, both at home and abroad. It has the reputation of being a thoroughly reliable food for Infants. Savory Moore's Food supplies ju t the nourishment an infant needs, in an easily digestible ami \erv palatable form,
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    • 126 3 MASSAGE Miss HARU Mr. FUJITA, KN STREIT. Are well known to many Doctors ln Singapore as the most accomplished Japanese Masseuse and Masseur. We Advise Ladies and Gentlemec jur Missage as well as Medicine. If you ere healthy try Massage twlct a. week io keep your Health for i ver
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    • 168 4 A WISE MAN IS NEVER POOR. This is phenomenally true just as much as regards the health as the pocket. If you drink MILKMAID MILK you will prove yourself to be wise and it is very unlikely that you will be poor in health. Incidentally you will be better off
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    • 180 4 For Cuisine AND Cleanliness TRY THE EMPIRE HOTEL. KUALA LUMPUR. 5-12 .5.6 F. CLARKE Co. 307, (JUEKS-6T., Singapore:. Livery Stable Keepers. Fodder Merchants. For Rubber-tyred Gharries and Best Rubber tyred carriages, ring up Telephone 9.6, FODDER delivered to any part of tht Islard, Rubber tyred Victorias Palanquins foi private use
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    • 252 4 SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Telegram?; SIEMENS, SINGAPORE. TKI.KI'HONE MO. 647. Electrical Engineers. .Manufacturers and Contractors. SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAMO KORKS.Ld I Hen 4 i.'^r*; Caxton House, Westminister, london Supplies Dept. and Stores Upper Thames London. Lamps and Fittings Dept. Dalston, London. Work. Stafford and Woolwich. Singapore Gold Storage Co., Ltd. tiear
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    • 103 4 BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. To His Majesty King George V. DUNLOP i MOTOR TYRES ARE UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST. DUNLOP PRICES ARE UNDOUBTEDLY THE CHEAPEST. THEN WHY BUY Inferior Makes at Fancy Prices? TRADE I jfi^^A MARK THE HALL M *RK A MOTOB T¥RE OBTAINABLE AT ALL GARAGES DEALERS FAREASTOXYGEN (fcACETYLENEI COMPANY.
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  • 1256 5 .From our w n 'Sorr.spomirn*., November 27. ■g -Irawn ou: the k Burghs and South Lanarkshire are j drawing to a close, and at thedateof writing only safe prophecy is the familiar one of the journalist in doubt 'both sides pro: tnselves confident of victory.'' In the Northern
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  • 262 5 an appeal under the Children Act heard in a King's Bench Divisional Court resulted in the important ruling that a parent who refuses to allow a necessary operation to be performed on his child is guilty of neglect. The matter came up on the appeal of Mr
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  • 317 5 A few years hence the docking of an 1^,(00 ton ship like the Ceramic at Tilbury will occasion no surprise. The Port Authority's programme, of which an instalment is already being carried out, contemplates the ultimate provision at Tilbury of a big new dock, reached by an
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 548 5 isim.l H. S. KIRWAN, X IVISIQ *{A F dder Contractor Job Masier Horse Dealer, Breaker A raiaar Telephone No. -^.A\m E—r\^3m 13 r\ M Immediate Attendance on Sick or Wounded Horses, Cattle or Dogs etc., in the absence 24th DECEMBER, 1913. of a Veterinary Surgeon. Carriages Renovated Everything for Xmas
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 21 6 Wehh.— On December 19, at Nelson, New Zealand, the wife of G. R. Hulden Webb, of a daughter, both well.
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    • 40 6 Kinder— Aitkkn.— On 17 (h December, at the Church of St. John the Divine. Ipoh, Cyril Kinder, of Bungsar Estate, Kuala Lumpur, and Violet F B. Aitken, daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. John Ai ken, Bessels Green, Sevenoaks, Kent.
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    • 37 6 In -ker.— On December 19. at h a residence No. if, Race Course Road, Edw.vkd Henry Desker aged 53 years. Inoall.— On Nov. 2R. at Buroam, A. LENOX Ingall, late of F.M.S Civil Service, aged 55.
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  • 1423 6 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Dec. 22, 1913. Here *ha!l the Press th: Pec; t Igßt .uai»t»& Cnawed by influence and nnbrioe: salni Here pat Mot Truth .ie c :r/t4mr. fWaad to Rehfjicv? Lo«J\7 VTi'. Lrf. A new add added prominence to the unfortunate S mill African difficulty has been
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  • 696 6 The Russian cruiser Askold has arm. I here from Saigon aud ber live stuck-up funnels are very prominent in the Road>. Many liberty meu were about the streets yesterday. The Askold was one of the' ships not captured by the Japanese at the' battle of Tsushima, escaping to Shanghai. She
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  • 95 6 Book Changes. (Frmm Our Omm CmWfmMMmmmm Ipoh, b> Mr Dinsmore. tbe I) .P.P. at Ipoh. is ordered home ou tdck leave. Mr .1. McCabe I ned fron weak ago. and took ip i duties on Monday !.t~ more. Mr W. Burton, rewnue at Tapab. MagiA Trici Tbe Bmmm
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  • 243 6 Birds and K\ Two new lulls to be introduced iuto Council are the Wild Bids and \r Protection Ordinance Amendment ;md the Companies Ordiuam ndment. The objects and reason of these reare as follows. Wild Biki This Bill amends the princi; aaos hy making tbe exportatio bird 6,
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  • 49 6 It is intended to keep this fund open only to day and to-morrow, so tbat tbe young ladie6 may recem- their sh.< what subscribers have given to show appreciation of a years courteous service, before Christmas Day. Amount already received |4ti on Saturday $5.
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  • 117 6 < The death is reported of l»r. H. < Klinkert, formerly professor of the Malay language at the lni\ The deceased was born ia 11 spent 12 years in tbe East Indies as a missionary. He was an officer in the <>n; Orange Nassau. The German Crown Prince, who has
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 145 6 KELLY AND WALSH Ltd. NOW READY THE IMPERIAL ENGLISH, MALAY AND CHINESE j 1914 DIARY 1914 A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF LETTS S, SMITHS, WALKERS AND GOLLINSS DIARIES FOR 1914. ENGLISH JAPANESE CALENDARS KELLY AND WALSH Ltd. i A GRAPHOPHONE FOR XMAS _^S=^^^^%r^\. "COLUMBIA HARMONY" <^^__^^Si^^__f\ GRAPHOPHONE vE 36TIT? 1 SPIXIAL
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  • 133 7 THE "TIMES'' ARTICLES. Submarine Cable]. Kki teb'p Sebvioe. Loudon, Dec. lU.— The Times has begun a series of artich- aeaded "Tn.' Indian Peril dwelling on the dangers threaten the security of British rule. The Im after ti neral situa tion remarks that mmni about tbe I,idian> in
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  • 26 7 lon Dec. 11. It is tteted at Paris r'rom the ambassadorship al St. Peteretmil in .January. SO r>- Diet the Chamber r ons.
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  • 32 7 London The second Intermgress for drawing up a map of the world ap of sixteen miles ted yesterday at Paris. tp fcas now 1 a practically cieiit form.
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  • 40 7 Heavy Loss of Life. London. D 'egiam Irom that the \\u rrived there briug- harrowing >tories of the eruptious at '•yui Islands, N I, on Dec. 6 and 7. It that over rive hundred persons have pen>hed.
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  • 56 7 To Help the Chinese. London. Dec. 20. The British naval mission to China does not sail for the present, as Capt. Christian has up to now only secured the services of three naval and six are required. It is improbable that th^ mission will be complated till
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  • 60 7 Posen. [*cc. 20. —At Castle Dakoayokce, Graet/, Count Nielynski. a member of the Reichstag, hearing a noise during the night, thought it was burglars. I went down with a gun and found the Countess and a nephew in the Countess's room. He shot both dead, and reported
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  • 102 7 rassburg, Dec. 19 The Court martial on Lt. Foerstner of Zahern fame ha^ sent enced him to forty three days imprisonment for the assault on the crippled shoe maker. The Colonel s Advice. urg, Dec. 20. satlWl was M evidence of Colonel Reuter at the Foerstner trial.
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  • 179 7 Mrs Radcliffe, wife of the Master Attendant, and Mb* Radcliffe yesterday left for Home by the Austrian Lloyd steamer Africa. Commander RadclifTe accompanies them as far as Penang. It has been decided to issue from Jan. Ist a monthly Parish Magazine, entitled The Cathedral Monthly Paper." The Rev. H. G.
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  • 38 7 REASSEMBLY OF PARLIAMENT. [Bj Submarine Cable]. kucTßt'a Servicb. London, Dec. 20. —Mr Asijuith has had a second audience with the King this I week. His Majesty sigued the Proclamation re assembling Parliament for Feb. 10.
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  • 40 7 London. Dec. 20. The North of Ireland llngby Club held a crowded meeting at Belfast and unanimously decided to cancel the engagements for the season, in order that the members might drill with the lister Volunteers.
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  • 66 7 Labour in the Ascendant. Sydney, V S. Wales. Dec. 20. Of five landing elections, the Labour Party won two. the Liherals two and the Independents one. The Labourites therefore have an absolute majority of ten. The Government*! success is largely due to Premier Ilolmau's personality and
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  • 150 7 Passed with some Amendments. Washington. Dec. 20. The Senate has passed tln> Currency Bill in form very similar to that of June last, but with amendments designed to prevent the undue inflation ot the currency predicted by Senator Lodge, Senator Koot aud other protniuent Republicans, including
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  • 37 7 No Demand for 4 35 per cent. London. Dec. 20. Cnderwriters Like 75 per cent, of tbe Port of London loan of a million sterling at 92 bearing interest at 4 per cent.
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  • 32 7 London D j c. 21. LaGioeonda has been brought to Rome and housed in the Ministry of Education, where King Emanuel and mauy notables viewed the famous picture.
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  • 62 7 And a Futile Telegram. Paris. Dec, 20. A ten round contest between .lack Johnson and dim Johnson, what was described as the heavy weight championship of the world, ended iv a draw, the angry spectators demanding their money back, alleging that the fight was not a serious
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  • 282 7 Bl Mkn Ahrkstkh. Dawa Singh was the dead man's name, and he was a leading man in the Sikh and Bengali community at Chemor. The six Bengalis who are now charged with murdering him lived iv the karapong, of which he was the recognised headman. Recently, it
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  • 93 7 IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE. Retter's Servicb. [By Submarine Cable]. Washington, Dec. 20. The Supreme Court has finally decided a long pending suit by a firm of manufacturing hatters of Danbury, Connecticut, who sued for damages for a boycott by the Hatters Union. The decision establishes that Labour Unions
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  • 21 7 Glasgow, Dec. 20.— Two hundred auxiliary postal workers at Glasgow struck work yesterday evening, demanding increased pay.
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  • 147 7 Wellington. Dec. 20. —The strike is now practically ended and the. seamen have decided to resume. The coal miners are the only other important union still striking, lt is expected that they will follow and declare their strike ended. At a meeting held here, for the purpose
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  • 31 7 Membership Forbidden. Loudou, Dec. .*>o. The Commissioner of Metropolitan Police has warned the force that membership of the union is contrary to regulations. He reprimanded tbe promoters.
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  • 41 7 Leeds Dec. 20. Out of 4,993 men ou strike employed by the Leeds Municipality, 2028 had resumed yesterday evening. Arrangements have beeu made to replace the others. It is expected that all departments will be working on Monday.
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  • 45 7 A Futile Conference. Dublin, Dec. 20. The renewed labour conference broke up on the third day without result. There had been hopes of a settlement before Christmas, but the parties are still divided iv the sharpest manner on the question of reinstatements. > mm <
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  • 54 7 Splendid Public Support. Berlin, Dec. 20. Prince Henry, presiding at the National Aviation Fund committee meeting, announced that the contributions came to a total of £361,725. permitting the devotion of large sums for the instruction and salaries of airmen, the establishment of a base, and the provision
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  • 51 7 A Countervailing Duty. St. Petersburg, Dec. 20. The Minister of Commerce proposes an immediate import duty of sevenpence on every 36 lbs of corn and all cereals in grain, except rice, peas and beans. The Minister contends that the German export bounties are hindering the development of Russian
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  • 51 7 Many Seek to be Heroes. London, Dec. 20. Foster Stackhouse' has received thousands of applications for the British Antarctic expedition of 1914. In order to give the expedition an imperial character, he has invited Australia and New Zealand to provide two geologists South Africa meteorologists and Canada a
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  • 22 7 London, Dec. 19. The Holloway gaol bomb affair was an amateur effort merely intended to make a big noise.
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  • 70 7 A QUIET MARKET BUT SOME DIVIDENDS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 2C. Final dividends declared are Carey United, live per cent. The Oriental 3 per cent. Interim dividends are, Petaling 37^; Batu Caves 40; Pelmadulla 10 per cent; P. K. V. Anglo Ceylon o per cent.
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  • 187 7 Many in the Straits and in Ceylon will hear with deep regref of the death of Mr Arthur Lenox Ingall, late of the Federated Malay States Civil Service, who died on Nov. 26th, at Burnhams, Bucks, at the age of 00. He was a son
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  • 263 7 Lowther Kernp Paull. This more detailed notice of the marl riage of Mr Lowther Kemp to Miss Paulf is to hand by this mail in the Standard oXov. 14th:— There was a pretty wedding yesterday afternoon (Thursday Nov. 13th» at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, when Mr Walter
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  • 273 7 > < In the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd the matins on Christmas Eve will be at 10.30 p.m., followed at midnight by the usual pontifical high mass by Mgr. Barillon. On Christmas Day the masses will be at 6.15 and 8 a.m., and the vespers at 5 p.m., Mr
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 165 7 Fresh Consignments of DELICIOUS SWEETS CHOCOLATES CAKES Etc. SEED CAKES 2 lbs. $1-35 CALIFORNIA FRUIT CAKES 2 155 PLUM CAKES (SULTANAS.) 2 135 DUNDJEE CAKES. (FANCY) 2 1-35 FRUIT CAKES (CURRANTS Etc.) 1 lb. 0-65 1 100 ii m 2 1-35 mv ac in i a ROBINSON C° The Tsl9_mph
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 403 8 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 24th December, will have prompt despatch for the above port. For freight, etc.. apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., AOEKT9 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd direct service
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    • 554 8 Shipping 1 BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ltd. APCAR LINE FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA. The Company's Steamer "DILWARA'' 5,378 tons, G. N. Ramage, r.n.r., will be despatched for tbe above ports on Wednesday, 24th instant at about 4 p.m. She has excellent accommodation for first and second class passengers. For
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    • 663 8 Shipping NY. IL 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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    • 598 8 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 18 Paul Lecat Jan 19 Nera Feb 1 Dumbea Feb 2 Atlantique Feb 15 Cordillere Feb
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    • 774 8 Shipping NLDJL S lorddeutscher Lloyd, Bremeo f IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. A The fast and well-known mall steamers of lis Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, lamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp m, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting C [arseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veisa! P ort Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang ingapore,
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    • 542 8 Shipping P. &oT TEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY or China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, lediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading loaned tor China oast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American orts. Steamers will leave Singapore on or abont MAIL LINES Homeward (koh Eorofki r rom Singapore, connecting
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 803 9 Ship ping Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. *c New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Franco to a'l points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. ATr° U !L l^w\VV Jon Triple Screw Turbine Line.h "SHINYO MARU "TENYO SKI rui'sfn a
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    • 1429 9 SINGAPORE'S ONLY COMPANY. UR SE ST PAID-UP CAPITAL OF ANY EASTERN COMPANY. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LUTED. HEADIOFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with Om British Life Assurance
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  • 664 10 (CONSTABLE. 14s NET.* Admiral Dewey can wiite as well as figLt. His autobiography has a naval interest far beyond the limits of the American Republic, which this officer has served with such devotion and distinction, and it is, moreover, such a frank and unassuming autobiography that it
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  • 183 10 View of the Archhishop of York. In dedicating at Moor Monkton Church a memorial window to the late Key. Charles Slingsby, who was killed while hunting, the Archbishop of York defended the association between bunting and the life of the professing Christian. He would be a very
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  • 59 10 The old time Portable Steam Engine is now giving place to newer ideas. Jt. Garrett k Sons, Limited, have introduced a Piston Valve Engine using Superheated Steam in which it is claimed half a ton of coal will go as far as a ton in the older
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  • 211 10 Many Complaints of Stolen Pets Many complaints have reached the offices of the R.S.P.C.A. during the past few months from people whose cats have been lost or, as the society thinks, stolen. The cats, it is said, are stolen for their fur. Black ones are especially
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  • 115 10 It is usually estimated that the life losses during the American Civil War, on both sides, measured *up to the million figure. The actual killed in battle numbered, on tbe side of the North, 100,000 on that of the South, 90,000. A large percentage of the losses
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  • 86 10 It is curious how foreign aristocrats gain a reputation for dressing well in this country, 6ays the Tailor and Cutter." When our own royalty and other British aristocrats go abroad all the rich natives and visitors envy them on account of their outfit and easy grace in wearing
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  • 1302 10 The first total where given represents figures f)r 1912, the last column represents output for calendar year to date in all cases. Year 1912. Nov. 1913. Allagar 93,500 16,350 143,450 Alma 9,600 72,833 Alor Gajah 47,871 9,600 86,055 Alor Pongsu 80,830 8,020 92,692 Anglo Johore 47,193 11,158
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  • 35 10 Beaufort 61.516 II British Borneo 101.170 17,19^ I Langkon 0)19,558 If Melalap 10)49.972 Meinbakut 6"- 8 Sapong 100,900 15,100 It Sekoug 82,837 9,005 1'" South East 8,116 II Tenom fc1.075 I^l 1G
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 171 10 &~ft fO^^T/ TRADE MARK NaY^^C/M TVfVJ ms^ VAINA W BRAND w I Tonic Gives abundant health and jg| Tvjg vitality after illness zfc? f/T^ l ¥~7 *i~TI Blood-Enriching h^t In^fl Nerve-Nourishing iv^i rrr^r Brain-Vitalising (3^l oQ Strengthening *Vt^ v&sji J 5535S 535 J Gives Appetite 'P*^ V^jJ Pleasant to take
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  • 1471 11 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, Dec. 20. OAP. IBDUB. PAID. LaBT DIV BOYEBb SKLLKRH 85.000 28 2b Allagar 9% 16 1 11 500,00 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 4 0 5 0 150,000 2e 2b Anglo-Maiay 16% int 8 6 9 3 50,000 2r 2s Batang
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  • 70 11 (Corrected op to Dec 20 Bank 4me 3.4$ h demand 3.4! Private credits 8m 2-4 10.32 h credits 6 n 2-4 15 16 France demand Bank 294 m Germany, demand 288f India, T. T. 174} Hongkong, demand 16$ Yokohama, demand 114$ Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 662 Sovereigns, Bank
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  • 151 11 Dec. 20 Tin 100 tons sold 58 1.1 7$ 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) 83.00 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) 24.00 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 25 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina)
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    • 249 11 i SUPPLIES FOR I Estates Mines Etc. Ant Exterminators. (The Universal,) For fumigating with Patent "Universal" Powder. I Senite Of Soda. I For killing woods.) and Locusts. I Calculating and Adding Machines, i flu *2 Hrunsviga" and "Bri-Cal.") I Cement. "Borneo," and "Buffalo" brandsI Fresh stocks monthly. I Cigarettes. i>,
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    • 124 11 Time-balls aa Fees f—^m-m TTf Faber drop d.airy m» i p. M Blasnaare -n ard time, corresponding to S a.m. Oraea wiea mean time. The time-faa la nrad al IS o'clock noon, indicating Biagapora staadaia time, on every day eioepttnc Banda* m-mmm it Is ared at aae o'clock. ****> Grimaultß
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 910 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tonn Commanders From Arrived For When Askold Rus cm 6000 Svechnikoff Saigon, 21-12 Bus Consul Mallaxan 25 Kuantan F.M.S. 249Egdom Kuantan. 15 10 F I>ock Steamerß Nat. Tonnage Master From Consignees For BanLiong Dut 275 V. Tol T'ganu, 1 12 Tong v lantan Batavier Brit
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  • 924 12 Asm vr. ATHI.KTIr Mketinu. Saturday was the culminating day in the K.o.Y L.I. sports aud a large company of civilians, in addition to the usual happy crowd of enthusiastic Tommies." assembled on the Tanglin Barracks Recrea tion (iround to witness the final struggle in a programme of
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  • 191 12 8, C. c. v. s. H. c. Played on the S.C.C. ground on Saturday the senior club winning. Scores. S. R. C. IO Keyt b Badham 5 E. de Sousa do 0 11. Pearce b Blackwall 4 K. Galistan b Badham 15 A. H. Gaudert b Blackwall 0 G.
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  • 30 12 a We are asked to state that the hooking 'or Madame Nordica's concerts will not )pen till .January the twelfth an error vas made in the previous announcement.
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  • 89 12 Mr. W. W. Jackson has been authorized :o tile specifications etc of an in\» ntion 'or an apparatus for smoking, curing and Irving rubber. The following Societies are declared no onger to exist Saint Francis \avier Society, Our Lady of Rosary Society. The Poor Aid Society of Saint
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  • 193 12 It is a magnificent attempt to depict pictorially the scenes of a litera-y l assic :hat is provided by the "Quo Vadis tilm now being shown at the A''i: mbra. Kor its first exhibition here, on Saturday uight, there was a crowded house, *and so
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  • 170 12 According to details of the affair at Esperan/.a, the police proceeded to the Huwksworth estates to collect the cane knives of strikers. The latter refused to hand them over and assailed the police with knives, sticks and stones, wounding two native constables and one European. The
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  • 967 12 Friday, November 21st. Larkin issues a manifesto to Comrades in the British Labour Movement against the Labour Leaders of the Trade Union movement for delaying a general strike in sympathy with the Dublin troubles. M Hold Fast and Fight Hard were the concluding words of a
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  • 299 12 The Wigham Buoy on Barat Bank, Brunei Bay approach has broken adrift, but will be replaced as soon as possible. Mariners are warned accordingly. The outward bound German mail steamer Luetzow arrived from home ports on Saturday morning with general cargo for discharge. She replenished her bunkers and
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  • 48 12 Calendars received From Boustead and Co. the Wall Calendar of the National Mutual Life Association of Australia. From Syme and Co. the date blocks of the Scottish Union and the Orient Fire. From H. and W. Greer, The Employers Liability Assurance Corporation calendar. And from the Dispensary Ltd. > <
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  • 66 12 East Wharf (Basin)— Nil I East Wharf Section I—Taroba Sheers Wharf—Nil Main Wharf Sec. 2—Nil 3—Nil 4—Nil s—Nil 6—Ume Maru New Dock Sec. 7—(Under construction.) West Wharf Sec. B—lkalis Jardlne's Wharf Sec. 9—Nil Pulo Brani Coal Wharf—Nil Keppel Harbour. Main Wharf—Nil Cattle Wharf—Nil Dry Docks. Albert
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 189 12 AUSTRALIAN Pure Creamery Butter > 4> < Singapore Cold Storage Co, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCHES 1 Smokers of discrimination I always select GARRICK SMOKING I TOBACCO ,w^Pl^__l^|=&| It has the distinction o f invigorating the N^J|KSS^bWHJ nerves and brain of I |^^^NGjfo^ C^^'7 the business man. Chs J. GAUPP Co. Raffles
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 213 12 > e> < WEATHER REPORT. These Weather Telegrams are transmitted by courtesy of the E. E. Tel. Co. and contain I the observations made at Hongkong (HK.) Observatory, and at Manila Observatory (MN.I The data are date and hour of despatch the Barometer reading (inches in HK., Milll 1 metres
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