The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 April 1914
1914-04-02
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Title Section16 1914-04-02 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. X CENTS NO. 8 100 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY APRIL 2. 1914.16 words
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Article101 1914-04-02 1 > Teams for Easter sporting fixtures are given on page IS. The betting on the Tetrarch for the Derby is hardening Page 7. The Regimental boxing tournament was concluded last evening— Page IS. There was some interesting lawu tennis j on the Plain yesterday Page 12. The101 words
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Article1728 1914-04-02 1 At tail season of hM denial many are no doubt smarting in the Im§ of :th,tiueaee from tobacco: and th»> tortures u hicb they inflict are by no mean* coolined to themselves. Such merit as they acquire should in common fairness enure to the benefit of1,728 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement680 1914-04-02 1 THE NEW TEMPORARY ~2 TO-NIGHT! 8-10 to 11-30 TO-NIGHT!! A I H A M RR A I —FANTOMAS— j fc,^ JhA D BjU THE THIRD STORY ■W Bf M B -THE MYSTERIOUS FINGER PRINT' M THE FOURTH STORY, CINEMA HALL 'the tragedy at the masked ball" Behind thi- Old Building680 words
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Advertisement226 1914-04-02 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. More of Little's sale specialities Page 6. Notice re Ayer Panas rubber Company —Page 2. Notice re -Fraser and Xeave meeting Page 2. Garner (^uelch for Grand Marnier liqueur—Page 7. Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Kobe Bombay line sailings Page 8. Caldbeck Macgregor's stock Bulloch Lade's whisky Page 6. Third226 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous136 1914-04-02 1 THE WEEK. Thursday 2nd. High Water— l-9 a.m., 2-58 p.m. j P. O. Homeward mail du< M. M. Outward mail due. Sultan of Kelantan arrives, Johnston's Piei Friday 3rd. High Water— l-42 a. at.. 3-40 p.m. Tapab, Evatts noon. 1 Polo Club meeting, Exchange, 5 pm. Mark Lodge Regular, 8.30136 words
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Article47 1914-04-02 2 The Garett Compound Superheated Condensing Engine installed at the Jelapang Mine, Ipoh, is an example of efficient working at the lowest possible cost. The Borneo Company, Limited, Singapore, will send full particulars upon application and also comparative worfera* cost of successful! installations in Matey a.47 words
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Advertisement196 1914-04-02 2 THE ROBINSON PIANO i COMPANY, ram BEST ENGLISH MADE i GRAMOPHONES FROM $25 TO $150 l RELIABLE MOTORS. I FINE TONED SOUND BOXES. SOLIDLY BUILT CABINETS, HIGHLY PLATED FITTINGS. Illustrations and price lists post free on application. Ribeiro's special Scribbling Paper Per Packet of 240 folded sheets. less 10 per196 words
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Advertisement709 1914-04-02 2 Notices m mR P4IV4S RUBBER tSWE ltd NOTICE OF CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS. Notice is hereby given that the Transfer of th Company will be closed from ruesday, the 7th April. 1914, to Tuesday, the 4th Apiil, 1914, both days inclusive, for the nirpoae of preparing dividend warrants. By Order709 words
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Advertisement509 1914-04-02 2 Notices MUNICIPAL NOTICE. j Notice is hereby given that the Pri3ge which crosses the ftaylang Hi in Grove Road will be CLOSED to name ON and after Thursday, the 2nd APRIL, for two weeks. Traffic will be diverted to Gaylang Road and Tanjong Katoog Koad. By Order. J. POLGLASE. Municipal509 words
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Advertisement597 1914-04-02 2 Wanted WANTED AT ONCE For Kuala Lmupur. a Reliable ami Experienced Norse to look after a child, two year* of a£< Apply stating salary required to F.C 0. co CKAS G'ENIER A SON. Kuala Liuupur. F.M BL 24 24 WANTED IMMEDIATELY For Singapore Office Temporary Typist Copying clerk for about597 words
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Advertisement332 1914-04-02 2 L To Let TO BE LET FURNISH! D Ansd< ll Lo4f4 mouth- turn JKithroomn. Tennis Apph H c/o TO BE LET Road. Apph LOh North Bridge Road. Singh) TO LET A new bungalow Entry April, K>. > ALI ARBAR BAHAMA IM TO LET PARTLY FURNISHED Com pound House A Pl''\332 words
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Article303 1914-04-02 3 -> i ••ding interest aru bf photo ftgl on the progress o h lia has been issued by tin It gives not only th< w of the achieve Indian (lovernment in tht i:n. but a compreheiiMvt ::onal policy pursued irlv ti" fumom Kmperor in reply to the303 words
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Article109 1914-04-02 3 i trefc lMth. Mr Oliver, the -Mud forests, in reply to a t! 83 to i Btfl affect rainfall states: a number of of observation stations, 1 Forests do not affect the I iity of the air to any apThe relative humidity the forests is greater than109 words
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Article72 1914-04-02 3 letMn that the lot of the Rand whatever may be the case with D colleague is sometimes t places. One of them, at ippened to be stationed in a ,'ic position either for despatchlag iiie darts of love. He pa ing glance with a wealthy r and the72 words
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Article469 1914-04-02 3 DIT( H MOTOk: vi. •Uist as a Dutchman was fchfl Bnl to fly in IVnang and also the motor up and down the Hill, so have representative* of the Netherlands been the Bni to travel by motor car around the Island. The coveted distinction had very fittingly469 words
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Article311 1914-04-02 3 sin T. Lotoh's Challbng Bombay, March 4. Sir Thomas Lipton. passing through Kouibay to-day homeward bound from Australia had an interesting chat with an in•terviewer about his new challenger for the America Cup. I never felt more confident," he said, than Ido now. No, I cannot give away311 words
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Article92 1914-04-02 3 Helen is bound for the rac Vecked in her bravest attire. See with what delicate graces, Helen is bound for the races The badge in the foam of her laces Telling to all who admire, Helen is bound for the races Decked in her bravest attire." 11. Helen is92 words
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Article317 1914-04-02 3 The report of the Ba-an >erai Company, Ltd., for 19H, to be presented at the meeting on the 10th instant, stated that no extensions to either the rubber or co conut area were made during the period under review, but during the current year it is hoped Unit317 words
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Article204 1914-04-02 3 Madias, March 16. Death is reported of Mr John Adam, Barrister, until last week Crown Prosecutor in the High Court. The deceased was born in Aberdeen in 1849 and was the son of the Kevd. Dr John Adam, of the v ree Church of Scotland. He was204 words
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Article159 1914-04-02 3 London, March 20. At a crowded meeting of the Indian Section of the Royal Society of Arts yes terday Mrs Villiers Stuart epitomised her recent book on the Gardens of the Mughals. She urged that the possibilities of the new capital were not even yet fully realised,159 words
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Article192 1914-04-02 3 The N\C. Daily News translates the following from a Chinese newspaper On Thursday afternoon, a woman and her husband Wu Sih-fan presented themselves before Judge Chang of the District Court of Justice. The woman stated that they were natives of Ningpo, and had been married for192 words
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Article820 1914-04-02 3 P« P ft O M .it., -h the itr Delta at Ookunbo, do< Hobden, H. S. A. White, (J. Hni— J Waller. E Kllis. Kajah Mmla of Sarawak. J. Ko tsnn 1;. v> rtMNßpaon, J V I>t uujiuond i. rfemaer, Mr Campbell. I Gubbins. K. Kil. Per Pa820 words
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Article221 1914-04-02 3 Per N Y K str Katori Maru, sailing March 81.— Kydd, Mrs M( K. n/i Mr A Mi- BeuewitE, Mr Mr- Sum <). V. Kickt u< Idi >d, Craigon, Mason, Mr Mrs Lean, Mr A Mi> J. Hunter A "I ohildm, J Kerr. Mr A .Mrs Bi221 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement181 1914-04-02 3 FOR INCANDESCENT OIL LAMPS USE "Cross n Kerosene THE CHEAPEST REFINED OIL ON THE MARKET. CROSS y nvjJ is specially suitable for burning in incandescent lamps and will give you MORE LIGHT m a LOWER COST THAN ANY OTHER BRAND OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS tf* 4 M pj» per 4-Gallon181 words
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Advertisement30 1914-04-02 3 THE BOWRING Pm. Co., Ltd. HIGH GRADE LUBRICATING OIL. MARINE ENGINE CYLINDER OIL Finbbury Court, London. Gaggino Co. Agent*. Office BOMH4M STREET Mo. 6 A. Depo.it ROBINSON ROAD, Mo. 18.30 words
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Article166 1914-04-02 4 At MBl 1 |> UTt of the MM Mroutitl .lerusulein passes Ihrongb Jaffa Tins port is very inferior OM and only small MMMtiDfl rotoll i. tn withiu the belt of dangerous rocks thai et\c. itttmen and other sbipa hive to uM>.i;.iu in the open !«pa a mile166 words
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Article173 1914-04-02 4 The ii../ette of India published the prospectus of the Anglo American Exposition to be held iu London between May and October. 1914. The Government of India iecMai not to participate in it. The object of the Exposition »s to celebrate in a fitting manner the hundred173 words
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Article164 1914-04-02 4 Keferrini* to the case of Standard Developments Limited) v. Collins, heard by lud^e Parry at the Lambeth County Court and reported in The Times of February 16, in which bis Honour described the action complained of as an electrical trespass," the Law Journal says To nn^ the164 words
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Article106 1914-04-02 4 if a European Power were to declare war against England in all probability the t\rst move of the enemy would be to destroy the works in which ammunition for military purposes was being manufactured. There are only five of these works in the United Kingdom, says "Civil106 words
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Page 4 Advertisements
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Advertisement600 1914-04-02 4 l/VYI LlVinr\l V J sterilized natural milk si f V BR,7^slD 1 NEVER VARIES. |i Pure Fresh Cows' Milk. "MILKMAID" Sterilized Milk. 1 fY37 J 7 dLS #7 This analysis is given by T. H. y*^ J k J(t/m/Z'^UO IVarmnn ;m<lC. C. Moore, Th.s is a n.ont analysis ot an600 words
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Article363 1914-04-02 5 Mabonia trad* for the riling the 1 -t March 1918, i!_ ii^ure of 142^ millions th.' tonnage of shippi rt. which duriu^ t: «Mi fr H nillion i \enue of th- the t from X to X4 50, ■nr it amount'o. The trade of t: town the363 words
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Article240 1914-04-02 5 rmmt htm ieeUted to the pieces of Philip 11. s ptmmmM in the Musee de l'Armee Ihese pieces consist of lhow piece, and two "ron Mtol -tr-el. for the protection x v chiselled, the :i:mous arniourer>. i>t>>ulerius they possess .alue. Their commid they be pi i, td240 words
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Advertisement189 1914-04-02 5 Chs J. Gaupp Co., 33, RAFFLES3PLACE. Watchmakers, Jewellers Marine Opticians REPRESENTATIVES MAPPIN WEBB, La Carrying a large stock of Sterling Silver AND Plated Ware. Specially Suitable for Wedding Presents. the v I l^*'^s» -^sS"\ .^J edkt HtHei withoui x^ PARIS, 8 rue ivienne Sold b> all Chemists. JDOULTON'SI jSANITARY WAREJ189 words
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Advertisement649 1914-04-02 5 Auctions AUCTION SALE Or UNREDEEMED PLEDGES from tbe following Pawn shops On Tuesday, the 7th April, at 10 a.m. At Messrs Hong Hin Co., 14, First Cross Street, Malacca. Chops Eng Hin Tong. Chee Hin Tong. Lian Shing Tong. The pledges will be on view at the above address on649 words
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Advertisement586 1914-04-02 5 Blr your Children %sJr\ against weakness ]$|fi JJLfI I by giv i n g th e m \\vL V m 'KEPI FR'B gj|j Cod Liver Oil $0 j|| with Malt Extract jTy% It increases their strength, builds \s§ (TX*n up their growing bodies and gives \K t them a hardy586 words
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Article26 1914-04-02 6 BIRTH. F. A. GOLDEN. -To Mr and Mrs F. A. GOLDEN, of Fairlawn, Kuala Lumpur, on the 29th instant, a Son. At Port Dickson.26 words
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Article, Illustration1222 1914-04-02 6 The S ingapore Free Press. Thursday, April 2, 1914. v »j,..e« ilft-. "ia*?«i v tsi i aMbad v The affairs of Norway, Sweden and Denmark do not greatly interest the majority of English people, except in so far as they affect the relations of the family counections of our own1,222 words
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Article929 1914-04-02 6 Mr W. J. Davies, the new student interpreter of the British Embassy, has arrived in Tokyo and taken up his duties. The Asahi reports that the Bank of Formosa has decided to establish a branch office in London for the purpose of facilitating direct importation of foreign capital. Mr It.929 words
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Article630 1914-04-02 6 ■1.1 1 LI Duupi A ca'l to MM at ahm.; l*| brought a hundred Volunt. ind men, to the Drill Hall wallifc. PIMMMg. Tbe major :lothes and ahout a do/.-u iinner jackets, which were utt. rlv taken hy gai out would ha\e been men and 01 Malay Company,630 words
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Advertisement180 1914-04-02 6 i BULLOCH LADES PURE MALT H SCOTCH WHISKY. KNOWN AS jjjjj LABEL. WHISKY. ipft! UiKNI'S: MAGGREGOR CoT\. TTfculnitl) Retail Wine i Spirit Merc-hunt-, Tl r if| Ail r OFFERS KEEN CASH LI T ILL u uALI for two weeks only. SPLENDID LINES FROM LADIES DEPARTMENT. ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS OFFER SIMILAR180 words
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Article264 1914-04-02 7 CHANCELLOR TO THE FORE Federalism Discussed. -..f 'le]. n*i 9 nkm I ink I llm OWMmI sat for to Ibi l i Mr F> eadiug. throat trou In: it be bad been be to i hi lent yesterday inemorandum of General as read at the Cabinet.264 words
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Article33 1914-04-02 7 Jon Mirch 81. The Home Rule ('oraraons following on a i by Sir K. Crrey ffll tranquil aud there is a general the prospects of a settlement »idly brighten33 words
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Article33 1914-04-02 7 THE FIFE ELECTION. ..lingworth, Liberal whip, has ap r a writ for Kasfc Fife. :nounced that Mr Jim Larkin .:< >t> K ist Y ife. April 1. Mr Larkin accom White ha9 left Dublin33 words
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Article30 1914-04-02 7 lpoh, April 1. that the Government ru plating having a specification pre- with i view to calling for tenders ion of electric supply for _hting aud other purpor--30 words
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Article47 1914-04-02 7 nd Co. pikuls pikuls o. ■m:- 10,011 lohort- itl i 11,595 4,800 Malacca): 4.250 <imhrie Co. EhM tetong: —6,1*9 against total -i months 19,519 against Skat Salak JO.jnO against f o:tl months against ng: 15,625; against 10,854 total U months 163,171 against 107,112.47 words
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Article97 1914-04-02 7 "g, March 16.— With reference to reports that China has reaffirmed predominance in the Yangtsze district and has cancelled the French Pukow lit, Keuter'a Peking correspondent mils that the former question was I up in the course of the Nankingftftffhsiang Railway negotiations, but that kM ho97 words
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Article180 1914-04-02 7 MORLEY HOLDS OFFICE. Paget to come to London. [Bj Submarine CabUj. Ridteb'r Skrvjcr. I'Oiidon. April 1. In the House of Lo Lord Crewe stated that Mr Asquith had asked General Paget to come to London to give a full account of what occurred at the interview180 words
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Article28 1914-04-02 7 London, April 1 The revenue for the iMltsrwM (76,961,000 an increase of i',477 000. The revenue for the y t ;.r is i. of £9,441,000.28 words
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Article40 1914-04-02 7 London. March 81. The death is an- I nounced of Sir Hubert Herkomer, k. O, He was for nine years Slade professor of tiup arts at Oxford, and has received art honours in most countries of Kurope.40 words
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Article49 1914-04-02 7 London, March 31— The death is m nounced of Lt Col V. 8, Heuston. < m K.VM.t who was seconded for service with the Chinese Government in 1894, opened the Chinese Medical College Tientsiu. and commanded the only Chinese hospital ship in the Japan Chinese War.49 words
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Article13 1914-04-02 7 London, March Ml. The Derby betting is 3 l Tetrarch.13 words
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Article11 1914-04-02 7 Sydney, March 81. The lumpers have resumed work.11 words
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Article34 1914-04-02 7 -hingtou. March 81. The Bill repeal ing the exemption of American coastwise shipping from the payment of Panama Canal tolls has passed the House of Re•ltatives by l IM to IH2.34 words
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Article12 1914-04-02 7 Kl F*a>o March 30. Torreon has sur reudered to(ieneral Villa.12 words
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Article263 1914-04-02 7 Coveted by Japan < Vtking, March 17. Following upon the Hanyebping deal it is understood that the Japanese are endeavoring to obtain control of the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company. It appears that i-'heug Kun-pao holds 18,00C hundred taei shares out of a total of forty thousand263 words
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Article211 1914-04-02 7 WBDOOra Stki\kns— Hillkk. On Saturday 28th March at 2.30 pin the wedding of Miss A. W. Ililler of Durham, and Mr M. Strivens of Province Wellesley, was solemnised at Christ Church. The Rev Keppel Gamier officiated. Many friends of the bride, who was very popular during her seven211 words
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Article188 1914-04-02 7 The n» w histrict Court buildings, situated near the present Supreme Court and Government otlices, will soon be ready for occupation. They are excellently designed, and form a distinct acquisition to the architectlitfl of the Colony. Internally and rnally, they have a pleasing aspect. They are188 words
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Article124 1914-04-02 7 The Kxcellas continue to delight tbe audiences at tbe Palladium with their clever act. nud tbe brothers (iould, in their ragtime and dancing interlude, unfail ingly itOON enthusiasm. Xatiolny, the eccentric juggler, has had a very successful stay here. Not only has he displayed wonderful skill in his124 words
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Article88 1914-04-02 7 Bert Willison's Anglo American Circus aud Menagerie, now playing in Burma, is expected to arrive here, and open early in May, and Capt. J. W. Price, the well known balloonist is the generul agent for the Circus. Bert Willison was here some seventeen years ago, but retired88 words
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Article157 1914-04-02 7 3BBIOUB RESULT! of Bursting A Button. PitUhurg. February 6th. Finishing dinner to day, Mr J. F. Jones, a wealthy real estate man, weighing 860 pounds, sighed contentedly and forced a button from his vest with such force that it split i into fragments, one of the pieces157 words
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Article83 1914-04-02 7 The late Lord Minto was remarkable as being one of the very few people who have survived a broken neck for any length of time. It wag in the Grand National of 1878 thai he met with what is usually a fatal accident, but it did not prevent him from83 words
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Article271 1914-04-02 7 Inquiry Into Pasir Paxjano Tragedy. In the second court yesterday, Mr Forrer commenced a preliminary enquiry into the circumstances of the Pasir Pan;ang murder. The four Javanese who 1 have been arrested by the police and charged with the murder of Karapadrath Misir a member of the271 words
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Article318 1914-04-02 7 The announcement by one of the weekly journals that it is going to stop offering big money prizes for competition recalls a very ne;it little swindle which was played or nearly played on a journal of that type some years ago. The prize in this case was318 words
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Article276 1914-04-02 7 Firm or Yu kkrs Involved, The arrest of Mr Keu/.o Iwahara, a Director of the Mitsui firm in Tokyo, in connection with the Naval Scandal, has created a stir among the Company's officials. Recently a special conference was convened of the chief officials of the Mitsui Bank,276 words
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Advertisement300 1914-04-02 7 ROBINSON C 2 Hold a very large stock of Ladies' Smart and up-to-date Shoes for Walking, Carriage and Evening Wear including the following four numbers No. Pi. ■> UDIES SMART PATENT COLT COURT SHOE. No. 24. no -a&R; a ssl ,^™s«*, Price $7.00 per pair. buckle, smart cuban hetl, w»..No.300 words
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Advertisement686 1914-04-02 8 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. THE SPRING RACE MEETING (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF^RACIHO) WILL H HKLD ON Tuesday the sth, Thursday the 7th, and Saturday the 9th Hay, 1914. PROGRAMME FIRST DAY. Tue.-day. h May, 1914. 1. THE OPENING STAKES. Value $600. A Selling Race. A Handicap lor Horses. All686 words
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Advertisement883 1914-04-02 8 THIRD DAY. Saturday, 9th May, 1914. I ft 8. THE STEWARDS' STAKES and PLATE. Value $500. A Handicap for Pony Ex Griffins that have run at the meeting. Entrance $25. Distance, Race Course. If there are more thau Twelve Entries, the race to be divided into two races by the883 words
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Advertisement1120 1914-04-02 8 Shipping m7m. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. MAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt 1 and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD i 1914 1914 Cordillere April 12 Amazone April 13 Magellan April 26 Atlantique April 27 Polynesien May 10 Paul Lecat May 11 j V. dela Ciotat May 24 Cordillere May M Chili June 71,120 words
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Advertisement700 1914-04-02 8 Shipping N. D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers of Ihis Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Bamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veisa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau Nagasaki and700 words
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Advertisement535 1914-04-02 8 Shipping STEAM NAVIGATION COMPAQ For China, Japan, Penang, Cey| tri Australia, India, Aden, Egy pi Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading iCoast, Persian Gulf, Continental an< Port* rt^« Steamers will leave Sin^apor MAIL LINES Homeward (for i From Singapore, connecting Colombo with 1914. ss Dtvanha Apr 3535 words
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Advertisement847 1914-04-02 9 Shipping Oe KONINKLWKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ WIIH KLANDH INDIA OOVKHNMENT. ■ta <t Singapore, The Sbipsagency, Ltd, 2-3, Collyer Quay nndennenfoned daten of departure are only approximate. tianak Apl 2 p tavia. Seuiarang and Sourab.i A 3 Macassar Balik Papan, Don K gala. Palehhh. Kwandang, imlann. Taroena. Peta, Tauiako. Totok, rontalo and847 words
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Advertisement531 1914-04-02 9 I SINGAPORE'S ONLY COMPANY. L RfiEBT p,, o up CAPITAL OF INY EASTER^OMPAI!^ PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, EX. The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the531 words
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Advertisement235 1914-04-02 9 THE BANK OF TAIWAN, Ltd. Incorporated by SPECIAL IMPERIAL CHARTER. Capital Subscribed Y10.000.00C Capital Paid Up Y 7,500,000 Reserve Funds Y 3,610,000 HEAD OFFICE TAIPEH, FORMOSA, (Taiwan). BRANChr.o AND AGENCIES: Amoy Iloilo Moji Tainan Bombay Kagi Nagasaki Takow Canton Keelung Osaka Tamsul Calcutta Kobe Shanghai Tokyo Foochow London Bwatow Yokohama235 words
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Advertisement564 1914-04-02 9 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. I PAID-DP CAPITAL |i 5 000 000 RESERVE FUNDB na.wu.ooo Sterling £1,600,000 at 2s.- »15,000,000 I mmm 1 Silver 817,650,000/ W2.biO.COO J Reserve Liability of Proprietors... 115,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORB. l Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Deputy Chairman. S. H. Dodwell,564 words
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Advertisement346 1914-04-02 9 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. POUNDED 1787. HEAD OPFICKSJ NORWICH AND LONDON. Liosses Paid exceed £80,000,000 Lowest Rates of Premium. Prompt and Liberal Settlements. T HE BORNEO Co., Ltd. Agents FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1881. Direct Government Bupbbvisiob Government Audit. Policies are WORLD WIDE and Noa Forfeitable. Large346 words
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Article898 1914-04-02 10 Of the twenty five cars that finished in the Melbourne to Sydney reliability contest seventeen were fitted with Duulop tyres.! The distance between these two Australian! cities is62Bmileb,and the weather throughout the run was hot, and at times quite stifling, as 10. deg was registered during the trial.898 words
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Article47 1914-04-02 10 Oh, Britons never shall be slaves. At least to foreign foe But they are slaves to various knaves, The names of which you know. Cough, cold and chill that make them ill, Their slavery ensure, But they may free themselves at once With Woods' Great Peppermint Care47 words
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Advertisement202 1914-04-02 10 By Appointment To H.M. King George V. "ON WE GO! EDINBURGH further endorses the verdict of Olympia and Manchester regarding the popularity of DUNLOPS Census of Tyres fitted to cars exhibited at the Scottish Motor Show:--555 Dunlops Q"7Q Total of all other makes BRITISH FOREIGN combined OLYMPIA MANCHESTER 7,400 DVNLOPS202 words
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Advertisement369 1914-04-02 10 Cloanlinocc f^S^^^^Wx* Icdllllllcbo ISrA o£fob I iJ^A W% TROPICS the v» ->~? ms -o «jo&z*^ fk KUALA LUMPUR. IL jA J« 5-12 5-6 lit^^^W '^\W DYSFNTFR Y Wi«winnr LARGE STOCKS ALWAYS ON HAND nilPßflfni? S supplies obtainable from uiAnnnuiiA ALL DEALERS garages BROWN'S SPECIFIC. To be had at the Singapore369 words
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Article1466 1914-04-02 11 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, April 1. RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. o*h loauß. Paid. Last Div butbbs. Sellers. 85.000 if* 2b Allagar 9% 1 6 2 1 800,0 0 £1 £1 AngJo-Java 3 4J 4 4 150,000 2b 8b Anglo-Malay 24% lnt 9 9 101,466 words
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Article63 1914-04-02 11 (COBBBCTBD DP VO April 1). Bank 4ma 34} demand 3-4 1-32 Private credits 8 m/i 3*4 11-82 credits 6ms 3 -4 1 France demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 288i India, T. T. 174} Hongkong, demand 16*% Yokohama, demand 114% Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 66§ Sovereigns, Bank Baying 18.6463 words
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Article147 1914-04-02 11 April 1. Tin 150 tons Bold 187.70 Gambier buyers 6.25 Gambier Cube No. 1 10.75 Gambier Cube No. a 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. S'poie buyers 18.75 Pepper, (White fair) 84.50 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) 24.00 Nutmegs (80 to the Ik.) 26 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina) nom.147 words
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Advertisement215 1914-04-02 11 SUPPLIES FOR Estates Mines Etc. Ant Exterminators. (The Universal,) For fumigating with Patent Universal Powder. Arsenite Of Soda. (For killing weeds.) and I.OCUSts Calculating and Adding Machines. (The Bransviga and Bri-CaL") Cement. Borneo/' and Buffalo brandsFresh stocks monthly. i Cigarettes. (De Reszke). Ca|dbeck Macgpegop fe Cigarettes. Weinberg). Dlstpil tors F215 words
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Advertisement46 1914-04-02 11 The Singapore Straits Directory for 1914. Price $8.50 per .jopy. 19.00, poet free to places in Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, Johore, Kedih, Kelantan, Perils, Trengganu, British North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei to Siam, Stigon, Netherlands India, Ac., $9.50, post free. Publishers: FRASER AND NEAVE, LIMITED.46 words
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Miscellaneous914 1914-04-02 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Steamers Nat. Tonnage 4 Master From Consignee* For Aiting Dut 704 Bauer Pontianak, 30 8 Ships Agency Pontianak 2 Atlas Brit 967 Vijgonboom Pladjoe, 16 2 As Pet Co Uncertain Atagoean Maru Jap 2523 Kawamura Miike, 20 3 M. H. K. mas Is Ayuthia Ger 261 Freese914 words
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Miscellaneous101 1914-04-02 11 NEXT MAILS DUB. From Europe.— Per P. O. Delta due April 5. Per M. M. Paul Lecat du«- to-day. From China.— Per P. O. Dcvanha due to-day. London Mallt DesjtaUhtd. Left. Due. Arrtttd. B. I. Feb 26 Mar 20 Mar 20 M. M. Mar 2 Mar 24 Mar 24 P.101 words
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Article431 1914-04-02 12 :iein the championship tournum nt b,tween Moding and Threlfall produced some thrilling play, and a mag uificent recovery on Moding s part when apparently a badly beaten man, that ap 1 strongly to the sporting sentiment of the many onlookers. Threlfall was expected to put431 words
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Article91 1914-04-02 12 h. im Brawn final. Donnell owe I beat G. E. Teale scr., 6—l. Moding v W. H. Threlfall. unfinished. A. Class Doi Final. Kleinmann and Hill owe 3 beat Winfield and Foreman scr., I—6,1 6, 7 5, 6 2. TIK- »-<»i: TO-DAY. CHAMPIONsHir. F. Moding v W. H.91 words
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Article252 1914-04-02 12 The Kiangnau Dock and Engineering Works launched a new vessel for thft •huen Steam Navigation Co. on Monday afternoon (March 16th. 1 The vessel, which has been named the Shu- Hun. was built by Messrs Yarrow and Co. on the Clyde. She was shipped in pieces252 words
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Article53 1914-04-02 12 Mr J. A. Jeffrey has been appointed manager of the Yokohama branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in succession to Mr K. T. Wright, who has left for England on furlough. Mr Jeffrey has come from Singapore, where he spent two years, being previously stationed at Calcutta for a53 words
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Article691 1914-04-02 12 The Concluding Bouts. There was a very large attendance at the Tivoli Theatre, Tanglin Barracks, last evening when the second of the two days boxing tournament took place. Besides the military there was good gathering of civilian friends. The sport was good and an enjoyable evening was691 words
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127 1914-04-02 12 The death is announced at his Hiranuraa residence Thursday afternoon (Feb. 26th) of Mr Samuel Cocking, a resident of Japan for 46 years. He was born in Camberwell, London, in 1845, came to Japan in 1869 and introduced many foreign ideas into this country127 words
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Article73 1914-04-02 12 Mr James Duff Brown, lace chief librarian of Islington Public Libraries, who has died in his 52nd year, was the inventor of the open access system as it is known in English public libraries. Political turbulence has added new words to the Japanese vocabulary. Thus gombei,' derived from the name73 words
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Article178 1914-04-02 12 F&TUBB8 IKD PI.AYKKS. Singapore will have only two players in the Colony Cricket eleven to oppose the F.M.S. at Penang on Bitter Saturday aud Monday. These will be G. C. Clarke, of the S.C.C., and G. G. James, of the S.R.C. Other local players, of course, would undoubtedly178 words
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Article163 1914-04-02 12 Tmk Pknanc; TEAM. The Flection Committee of tbe Maho raedan Football Association have issued invitations to the following players to go to Job ore and Singapore to represent Penang: J. Chee (Ittihadol Khairiah 1 Che Pin (Crescent Star* Abdulhamid, Sini Merican, Abdulrahman, Indoot aud I M Pawan163 words
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Article64 1914-04-02 12 The following is the draw for Ist round, St. James' Cup, which must be completed by Sunday. April 12th. F. W. King Bye. W. Ferguson v C. Grahani Browne. .1. Uinnie v A. P. Blencowe. J. M. Valon v A. W. 1). Dove. P. R. Marsh v64 words
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Article58 1914-04-02 12 A large crowd witnessed the match between the Straits Jovial and the Juveniles F. C. in the above competition, yesterdaj afternoon on the Association's ground. The game was a fast and well contested one and after a hard fight the Jovials succeeded in scoring a goal and retired58 words
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Article39 1914-04-02 12 The medal for March has been won by G. R. Allen. Seven cards were taken out but only two returned, the scores being G. R. Allen. 84 15 69 F. B. Croucher. 86 10 7639 words
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Article286 1914-04-02 12 TIMBER FERROCONCRETE PILES. An Austrian engineer, Mr Michael Heini bacb, has patented a combined pile of timber and ferro concrete, the main object of which is to utilise the timber portion in the position where it will be aafe against decay and the concrete portion where it will be safe286 words
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Article31 1914-04-02 12 Apioline Chapoteaut is superior to steel drops or pennyroyal and is a safe remedy for ladles. Recommended to remove pain, obstruction and the irregularities peculiar to the sex. 16 j 131 words
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Article644 1914-04-02 12 The Barque E. J. Speuce is at the wharves discharging ballast. The Bangala is expected to leave to day fci Calcutta via ports. The Renavon is at present discharging cargo at the wharves and leaves to day for Hongkong and Japan. The M.M. Company's steamer Paul Lecat left644 words
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Article89 1914-04-02 12 Perßangala: Lt J. C Leech, Dr Mrs F. E. Auten, Miss M. M. Cooke, Mr Mrs G. E. R. Gram by, Mr at Mrs Bacon, Miss Roucdf-, Mrs Hart, Miss R. Meyer, Miss D. Biloyesskyand, Miss M. Tikosky, Messrs J. Parker, R. H. Watson, W, G. Dove, A. Cattanes,89 words
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Advertisement260 1914-04-02 12 £100 A YEAR to your wife and children for at least twenty years and much longer as your wife shall live. SUN LIFE A Sr OF CANADA Full particulars upon request S. J, HO W t stating age. RUBBER. JACKSON'S SMOKING AND DRYING APPARATUS. We challenge anyone to j)io\e we260 words
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Miscellaneous213 1914-04-02 12 WEATHER KEPOKT. These Weather Telegram are trauc i!"ttfl by ootutetf of the B. K. Tel. Co. ami cc; o the observations made at H.iD^k ng \IK.) Oh.servatory, ami at Manila Ohm» num y (UN.: L'hfc data are date and hour of deB;muh the RBrometer reading Ouches in HK.. Milll metres213 words
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