The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 April 1914

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. rEN CENTS SINGAPORE. TUESDAY APRIL 28, 1914. NO. 8,121
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    107 1 Weights for the first day's racing appear on page 12. The annual meeting of the P. A. It. was held od Sunday —page 6. H. H. the Sultan of Kelantan attended the Theatre Royal on Sunday —page 7. Two Bengalis have been charged with the murder of
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    AN EXCITING DAY IN EAST AFRICA.
    1670 1 The extraordinary variety of big game in Africa is quite remarkable. Why this particular continent should have been so favoured is a mystery, particularly as we always understood that the Ark discharged its living contents in Europe. South America, for example, has the same
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      366 1 PALLADIUM For Five Nights Oniy 1 Commencing WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29th. THE GEM OF INDIA IN 4 REELS. Preceded by a specially selected Programme. A TRIP TO JAVA HER SPOILT BOY Western Drama of a Mother's Lowe.) THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE IN RIO DE JANEIRO (Educational). VANITY'S PITFALL IN THE RUSSIAN ZOO
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      142 1 I GIVE YOURSELF A TURN BY PAYING All X VISIT TO THE X HGAIETYJ PICTURE PALACE Corner of Albert and Bencoolen Streets. And see the following pictures we are screening TO-NIGHT And Following Nights. i IN THE SECOND SHOW! Among others are the following WHEN THE EARTH TREMBLED A GREAT
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      248 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Latest styles in wristlet watches at Koh and Go's Page 6. Fuller's chocolates and sweets on sale at Robinson'6 Page 7.' United Engineers have Link and Mersey golf balls on sale Page 1. The .lohore Government want6 two assistant schoolmasters Page 2. The Gem of India at the
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      139 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday 28th. High Water— o-17 a.m.. 11 33 p.m. Wednesday 29th. Bigh Water 0-51 a.m. Lodge St. Michael Regular, 9 puu. Meeting Justices, 2-15 pm. Thnrsday 30th. High Water— 0-7 a.m., 1-30 p.m. P. O. Homeward mail due. Straits M. S. Guild, 8 30 pa. Research Soc, Y.M.C.A..,
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      296 2 SEE OUR WINDOW roR GRAMOPHONE BARGAINS SMALL STCCK ONLY TO CLEAR. RIDICULOUSLY LOW PRICES WHICH CANNOT BE REPEATED I is EXHAUSTED. Robinson PIANO Go. SEE TIE GREA* DETECTIVE MUNTONE Inravt'l the Mystery uf THE FINGER PRINT A Fplendld Detective Story by the Sclig l'o!\ BO pe »"0., IN 2 PARTS
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      525 2 Notices NOTICE. The auction Sa'e of the Goodwill, Stock intrade, t lanr and Ma< hiuery of the Singapore General and Electrical Engineering Co., Lid. is canct'ih A POWELL Co., Auctioneers. 28-4 NOTICE. TENDERS ARE INVITED from responsible contract. us for the pulling down of HunicauHouse, He tts Koa<i. also for
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      629 2 Notices i WARNING The number pl»t«fl of Bullock Cart No. 99") (red ground and white figures) are reported stolen. W. E. HOOPER. Registrar of Vehicles. Singapore, 27th April. 2s- 4 30-4 ASSOCIATIONS OF ENGINEERS NOTICE. A Special General Meeting will be held on Thursday, the'aOth Aptil 1914, at 9 p.m.
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      575 2 To Let TO LET May fair "St. Michael s Road, a conjmodious new bungalow, st lotor garage and water laid. Apply 33 St. Michael's Road. M-4 SO-4 TO LET From Ist June 1914. The compound house St. Helen No. 8 St. Thomas walk, gas and water laid on. Apply to
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      261 2 Wanted^ WANTED AT ONCE luouiaK Dr. WILSON 28 4 GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE. NOTICE. Aj plic. MaHier B hip« ticat«- aud j, dates with Local exantteatfc who holds a Kdu, Tues(irt\ i sth. WARNING. (hatt tot 1914 payable I of the Bank tM I I THE BANK Siuj H 4 COWPANION
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    GERMAN SPY'S PLOT.
    1462 3 TO IJETKAV NAVAL SECRETS Woman ACQUITTED Federick Adolphus Gould, alias Schroder, a German, was on April 3rd., at the Old Bailey, sentenced to six years' penal servitude for an offence under the Official Secrets Act. His wife, Maud Gould, who was alleged to have tried to carry
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    ENGLISH TOBACCO.
    235 3 Apparently the seven thousand pounds given by the Development Commissioners for the growing of English tobacco is going to prove money well spent. On the waste lands of Norfolk, land which was let at a shilling an acre, it is found that tobacco of a perfectly marketable quality
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      247 3 NOTICE of REMOVAL THE DISPENSARY Ltd., beg to intimate that they will be removing shortly to more convenient and commodious premises. Formerly occupied by the Banque L' Indo-Chine in RAFFLES SQUARE Midway between ROBINSONS LITTLES. FOR KEROSENE OIL ENGINES THE IDEAL FUEL IS "Cross" Kerosene THE CHEAPEST REFINED OIL ON
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      82 3 t THIS J j! IS I I "I I x i WATERBCRY'S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound iC^ TASTELESS ODORLESS 1+ y^WRu e atest .scientific pre- J X ZISfiEU parationof COD LIVER t f ~JZ~~>\ OIL. Does all that is c"T.'!^'^iJi claimed for it and super- 1+ .^~tT=*.i iedes the
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      285 3 |Of KcrLcK |STS \VV/ (Trade Mark) )j¥j'W m CoD L v T f R O|L H 1 1 Malt Extract f Vl The World renowned //I Repairer of Weakened |U \lj Constitutions lu| 1| II The first spoonful of this remarkable l\\ HJ 1 1 restorative starts the weak and
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    ARMED MERCHANT SHIPS
    287 4 arming in ai.y Imp .> baldly likely to I U the time of writi:i<i. the v 1 i! Hstim it- i- he surprised if the DOMi; up by tl tion befoi Mt. Fort] mer m med r with Iwo 4.1 !>v the I "hips will have Bciftl
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    DEEP-SEA HARBOUR FOR BELAWAN
    252 4 Sumatra Post intimates that the tTiiment bus decided to adopt the deepBea harbour plan for Hel.iwan rather than the coastal harbour scheme, thus discarding the original Nobel plan, which propo >uilding of a new coastal harbour uat, would fit into the plan of a deep-sea h
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    DRIVING BELTS.
    78 4 Frequently considerable trouble arises through the right Belt not being selected and the drives not properly arranged The GANDY Belting which i 8 world famous a« for its strength, durability and gripping power is especially suitable for (bib climate and is not affected by heat or moisture. The
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    PASSENGERS EXPECTED.
    384 4 Pa i > *-ti Maloja. correcting with the li;dia ut Colombo dm "M:<\ i.-Mi ,V Mrs J. C.G. Sponner, H. C. Smith. P. W. M. rarquharson. K T. Maliui. A. Newbary, Mrs Kvenuette. W. <i. s Scott, s Jones, Messrs D. A H. L. Owen, W. 11.,,t«>.I 1
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    Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
    133 4 Per N Y K Kashima Maru. sailing April 2-.— A. J. Fox, Mr Mrs Evens, Mrs Pearson A 2 children. Mr I Mrs F. I>. Sim- A child, Mr Mrs A. L 8. Palmer, Mrs H. S. MeKenzle A infant. Fat NYK sir Mishima Maru. sailing May
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      502 4 ff 4~^A W Tk TBL TF MM MM ~MM~ M^l [7VVI LlvMAl U STEWLIZED NATURAL "milk" H V BFC7\ND 1 NEVER VARIES. J O^-^-m^TJ^^r^i^J Pure Fresh Cows' Milk. "MILKMAID" Sterilized Milk. 4^*t* 1 7liSr£ijl^£Slt This analysis is given by T. H. y^ t ,\JtC/UUA/C'iv^ Pearman and C. C. Moore, T
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    DOLLS OF ALL AGES AND NATIONS
    217 5 ml»> doll:- out I Q| M :.;hinlv;il)lr nurn' I \ijinsky and the toy shops, the connp have been scoured to •>:i> Palace which Miss Truth" Poll Show h irranging for t ml i.'hil- hihition. owed a very wonderful exhibition, hut this collection 1 digger
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    THE REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS
    288 5 be made at the annual lie Goldsmiths and Silver.iat the directors shall rec» litional remuneration partly by way oi 4e of net profits, is a tUer which the share hoi deal with without any outside |i neral question of directs, however, an iiupor .tble and conscientious
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    16 5 ill Stomach trouble*. Take Woods' l Grtal Peppermint Ca re. At all Stores 90 cents *bof.
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      569 5 1 Auctions MORTGAGE SALE OF THE BRITISH TONGKANG SONA LETCHME as she now lies in the Singapore River. To be held at Powell Cos Sale-room On Tuesday, the 28th April, at 2.30 p.m. The British tongkang Son a Letchme as she now lies in the Singapore river. Built in Singapore
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      634 5 Auctions REMINDER. This Day, Tuesday, at 4.15 p.m. AUCTION SALE OF Teak Household Furniture &c. At Edenhall," Nassim Road POWELL ft Co., Auctioneers. 21-4 28-4 AUCTION SALE OP A BROWN AUSTRALIAN COB thoroughly broken to saddle harness At Powell Co a Sale-room On Wednesday, 29th April, at 11.30 a.m. Any
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      410 5 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Leasehold Land and HOuses, Situate at Beach Road. Clyde Terrace, and North Bridge Road, Singapore On Monday, 4th May, 1914, at 2.30 p.m. L q 9 uVrent 8 »3 leaBeh ld laDd &Dd *H Bt-ach Road, art-a m 0 ft. Annual 2 q^rTnt «2 leaSth
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    The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, April 28 1914.
    1021 6 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, April 28 1914. Municipal affair sas a whole do noo often come under the purview of the elector or rather, under the now appointed Commission, we should say the tax payer. The annual report of the President is a favourable opportunity to consider some matters,
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    1224 6 Mr J. V. G. Mills, Cadet, has been appointed Assistant Controller of Labour, Kuala Lumpur. Inspector Leonard has been transferred from Seremban to Taiping in succession to Inspector Bremin.who is now stationed in Ipoh. With today's issue Messrs Robinson and Co are sending out their list of gramaphone His Master's
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    THE P.A.M.
    55 6 IFnm (tur o Kuuhi 1. Ihe annual m of lUtey. VM "Kor Huh. th.sr.M.rn,,^ M I fady«n b«iaf uuiuim man and Mr|j.« The Btaodine oommii follou Skuiner. M. Man Darby. The Chaiii iati a criticis.r, chaige tickets, and th. mm I the view that the Legalising would not
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    SELANGOR CLUB
    43 6 {From Our (j, Kuala Lumpur, k\ At tbeadjourne.: Club ou Saturday, Mi pointed !."<■> I;. JQf ri, li C. Kmmll and C. H lie commit; I Item ebtiin proinih. itt..' would work on lii i MMI h Miiiller iitnouni price of driuktv
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    CHOLERA IN PERAK.
    20 6 (/'/•>/// Our 0,. ]p. 1 1 i out in th» SuugM Sipu( there bn coolies. The outbreak it > <
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    SAIGON RICE MARKET.
    175 6 in their monthly rii 24th April, by th«- MM n AtlantiquH. Mes^r* Win. <. H.«, report as follows on th< Mack Arrivals of the pa.i tbe inl continuing to prove liberal u I having almost cleared out*tatm tract6. the market i« mucl were it not for the
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    F.M.S. STAPLES.
    50 6 The following are the lui Tin and Tin Obb, March Itl4 pik. against pruxiiu;ti< 95,619,331 agaii 099 against 1807,181. Jan.- March '207.944 pikuls if 191 du! I If Woli kam. Mar. 181 pik. to pik., duty IM GOLD.—Mar. I Immu.kxn 1 clangor w Perak minus plus 760. *i
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    RAUB A.G. MINING.
    41 6 The following was the result ol operations at Kaub for the (our weeks ended the 25th April. Bukit Konmn. Mone enubed Gold obtained Ml 2.407 du Bukit Malacca, stom* (tush Gold obtained 3'A'd o/,* k*m 1 1.595 dwts.
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    MIXED RACING.
    161 6 The racing man, in harness again thin week, will be quite m ning of horses. The sportsman of tbe eighteenth century was not so i pleased, sa\6 the "Expn A mixed race took place at tli amp ton meeting of 1724 übrn t« four cows, and a calf
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      110 6 COATES' Wm ORIGINAL PLYMOUTH GIN /s£B?£ Bottled at: ySi. Black Friars Distillery, Plymouth, Specially for: Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants. ~z ADVANCE DISPLAY NEW RACE MILLINERY J J NOW ARRIVING 1^ John Little &C* L 1 i. THE LATEST STYLES IN WRISTLET WATCHES. We have
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    THE ULSTER ARMS.
    175 7 GOVERNMENT REJOINDER. Troops for Belfast. marine CablelKicteb'b Skbvicm. V p, mates of the the K.tMn. !;ow vary with a million t i Ireland 1 it troop trail s have vance north Kf Tit aud \orkshire iblia and the Manchester It is believed that u:ial law is immi-
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    TELEGRAMS.
    274 7 a Colombo cable is taking r interesting MM on to us. The SuiTragettes Pier and Pavilion, estimated be I vard :be inscription. "Mr y killed Mrs I'ankhurst. rcy until women are Boston. April lrtth. Professor Richard predicts that the west f-rica will gend yellow receive in exchange i. as
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    MEXICAN CRISIS.
    157 7 MARTIAL LAW IN VERA CRUZ. Americans Shot. [By Submarine Cable"! Rxutzr's Sebvtom. Vera Cruz, April >6. Admiral Fletcher has declared martial law and notified that disorder will be promptly and severely punished. All carrying firearms without permission will be shot. The city is quiet. Washington, April 27. A
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    THE TRAIN MURDER.
    35 7 London, April 27.— 1t is alleged that the man who murdered a woman in a train is an ex sailor and the victim a married woman with whom he had bad relations.
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    THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.
    33 7 London. Apnl J7. The French general elections took place yesterday. Among those i\ elected are M. Briand, M. I'.nrthou and M. I aillau\ (whose wife murdei Calmette the journal!^. 1
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    MURDERED WATCHMAN.
    144 7 CH\R(IK Two BENGALIS In the »econd court yesterday Inspector Maun mentioned a case in which two BtlfH«, Abdul A 1/ and Fa/.il Dad. are accused of causing the death of a watchman named Seemoouchakhan in (irove Road on Saturday evening. The circumstances of the crime are as follow:
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    STAR OPERA COMPANY.
    117 7 There was a packed house at the Theatre Royal on "Suuday niyht to see the Star Opera play the Star Princess. The performance was under the atronage ■f His Highness the Sultan of Kelantan and suite. At about 9.1 HH. the Sultan arrived and was received by
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    PROPERTY SALE.
    140 7 The following properties were disposed of by auction at Messrs Ching Keng Lee and Cos Sale room on Monday afternoon 999 Years' Leasehold Land and house No. 14 Teochew Street, area 1,758 sq. feet, monthly rent $90 bought by Mr Tan Yew Liang for 913.400. 999 Years' Leasehold
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    THE S.C.S. CHOLERA SCARE.
    102 7 Until the report which the secretary of the Swimming Club expects to receive from Dr. R. A. Campbell of the Municipal Health Department this morning is forthcoming it will not be known definitely whether it was really a case of cholera that caused the scare on
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    ATTEMPTED MURDER.
    218 7 K.0.Y.L.1 Private Attacks Cortoral. In the second court yesterday before Mr Forrer Inspector Nicol charged Harry Olroyd, private 10,689 of "a" company K.0.Y.L.1. with attempting to murder corporal Francis Arthur Cobb by attacking him with a ra/.or at Tanglin Har racks on Friday. The affair took place in
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    THE PALLADIUM.
    202 7 Commencing on Thursday next there will be shown for a week at the Alhambra a film similar in one respect at least to the one which excited some controversy there a short time back viz "East and West." The new picture is "The Gem of India" ami it
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    "HAMLET" AT THE ALHAMBRA.
    172 7 The opportunity provided at the Al hambra this week, of seeing Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson and Miss Gertrude Elliot in a cinematographic representation of "Hamlet," is one that should not be missed. Shakespeare on the film cannot perhaps be regarded as affording satisfnr tion. It is
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    "TO SUCH BASE USES...."
    210 7 TO SUCH BASE USES. When Mr Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel prize he certainly did not ex pect that his name would be used in a manner which Hans von Weber, a wellknown German writer, now describes in a satirical Munich paper. On passing, he says, or evening through the
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    THE MAN-EATING PIRANHA.
    653 7 Colonel Roosevelts interesting articles ,on Brazil are being published with all r right reserved in the Daily Telegraph. The y I following short extract from one of them y will show the kind of writing "Teddy" is now going in for. g j The steamers halted. Colonel
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    CHURCH FOR WOMEN ONLY.
    334 7 The first women's church in England, the Church of the New Ideal, was opened at Wallasey recently, when a large congregation attended at each service, one of which was confined to women. The church is officered entirely by women. The Rev, Hetty Baker, of Plymouth, preached
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      57 7 41 Every dog must have his day." An ill wind 'tis that blows no good 11 A wilful man will have his way Don't laugh until your're out of the wood You've h ard before these proverbs old, Of that, I feel quite sure, But for a cough, have you
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      299 7 FULLER'S DELICIOUS SWEETS AND CHOCOLATES MIXED SWEETS Alb 85 cts. lib. $1-70 CHOCOLATES ilb 55 cts. lib. $1-10 CHOCOLATE ALMONDS |lb 85 cts. 1 lb. '$I^7o DUCHESSE ALMONDS Ilb boxes $1-70 CREAM WALNUTS j ib SI 10 PEPPERMINT CREAMS Alb $055 MIXED CARAMELS '-lb $0 55 MILK CHOCOLATE 15cts'& 30cts
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      516 8 Shipping ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAM SHIP Co., Ltd. AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE For PHILIPPINES The s. s. DENBIGH HALL will have prompt despatch for the above ports on or about the 28th inst., to be followed by the s.s. KATHLAMBA due here from New York on or about the sth May, for
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      590 8 Shipping rHE SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC COMPANY Ltd. I OR Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Noji and Yokohama. The Company's Steamer, M CANTON 3.400 tons J. M. Renstrom. Commander, is due here on or about Wednesday, 29th April, and will receive prompt despatch for the above ports. For freight apply to ADAMSON
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      561 8 Shipping N. Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINE. i A Fortnightly service is maintained between J Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and < Antwerp, under mail contract with the Impe- i rial Japanese Government. The New Twin- screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and
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      678 8 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. MAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1914 1914 ?olynesien May 10 Paul Lecst May 11 V. de la Ciotat May 24 Cordill£re May 25 Shlll June 7 Magellan June 8 itlantique June 21 Polyn£sien June 22 lINGAPORE-BAIGON-HAIPHONG.— A Branch Line
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      682 8 N. DX Norddeutscner Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bouthampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veisa) Port Bald, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtao Nagasaki and Kobe
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      447 8 Shipping STEAM NAVIGATION COMPAQ For China, Japan, Penang Cey| Pr Australia, India, Aden, Eg ypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bill* of Lading Uw,^ tOf Court, Persian Gulf, Contin. ui, Steamer* will leave Slngap^r or MAIL LINES Homeward (rou From Singapore, cor? 4 Colombo with 1914. DrlKi 88 Assay
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      668 9 Shipping i oyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. Mew Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Francisco to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. s jOO Tou Triple Screw Turbine Liners BHINYO MAKU TENYO vKl'.' the Quetna of the Pacific.
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      525 9 SINGAPORE'S ONLY COMPANY. LARGEST PAID-UP CAPITAL OF INY EASTERN COMPANY. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, EX. 1 be Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance
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      233 9 THE BANK OF TAIWAN, Ltd. Incorporated by SPECIAL IMPERIAL CHARTER. Capital Subscribed Yio,oofcooo Capital Paid Up Y 7,500,000 Reserve Funds Y 3,610,000 HEAD OFFICE TAIPEH, FORMOSA, (Taiwan). Branch^ and agencies: Anioy Iloilo Moji Tainan Bombay Kagi Nagasaki Takow Canton Keelung Osaka Tamsui Calcutta Kobe Bbanghai Tokyo Foocnow London Swatow Yokohama
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      547 9 IHARTERED BANK if India Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. AID DP CAPITAL £1,200,000 IESERYB FUND £1,890,000 eierva Liability of Proprietors £1 200,000 HEAD OFFICE: 88, BIBHOPSQATE, LONDON, E. 0. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES; imritßat Hongkong Penang Bangkok Iloilo Puket latavla Ipoh Kangoon lombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta Klang Beremban Canton
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      366 9 FEDEKAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1888. Dibbct Government Bupebvibioi Government Audit. Policies are "WORLD WIDE and Moa Forfeitable. Large Nett Surplus above liabilities tot REBEP.VE and all outstanding claims. New Business, 1913, ovip $9.87? .000.00. Cash Loans, Settlements, etc, made locallf Numerous modern schemes. J. H. EYANB, Manager,
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    CAMPAIGN AGAINST TROPICAL DISEASES.
    378 10 Colonial Office Coopebatiom With Amkhican Commission. Another evidence of activity in dealing with tropical diseases is shown by the work of the International Health Commission of the United States of America. Mr Rockefeller and his friends have guaranteed the £20,000,000 to institute a campaign against ankylostomiasis,
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    LOST EXPLORERS OF THE PACIFIC.
    329 10 At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society Mr Basil Thomson read a paper on Lo?t Explorers of the Pacific." The speaker said that beginning with Vasco Nones de Balboa, who was on the point ot launching forth into the Pacific when he was murdered,
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    SLOW TRAVELLING.
    131 10 One often hears of quick journeys being made between towns in Monthon Bayap and Bangkok, while the wearisome time taken by the river route from Paknampho to Chiengmai has been recorded by many writers. We fancy a new record has been set up for slowness in the journey
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    15 10 For Coughs and chills. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Sold everywhere, 80 centi a bottle.
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    A CHILD CONTRALTO.
    161 10 In a fourteen year old girl, at present being trained for domestic service at the Uford Cottage Homes, the West Ham Guardians claim to Lave discovered a contralto whose singing will in time bring her to the forefront of the musical world, i So impressed are the
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    SCOTTISH CAREFULNESS.
    123 10 There is some foundation for Southern j' kes about Scottish er carefulness, says a writer in the Bystander.'" For the first time in my life I heard a man devote a whole luncheon to telling his friends about the purchase of a .£5OO motor car. and then leave
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    WONDERFUL CURES
    117 10 have been made In cases that seemed hopeless. Rheumatic snflererg, with stiffened, crippled limbs, hare regained the agility of youth. Pain-racked muscles and joints have been relieved of every last trace of Rheumatism. And all by simply rubbing in that magic remedy, Little 1 Oriental Bala. Perhapa, friend,
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      418 10 jßfHfgfjj|Ba;ißjiT^rre ;r^T' lß; CT- ;i^^ -4ry*r* its- zi I PIMPLES, I BOILS BLOTCHES,; A* pei in the skin lias much t« I endure, it is not i comfiture and irritation a-id painful ~^>v but life is made miserable by i of spirits. The liver is torpid I*\ and the kidneya
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      299 10 388 miles at a speed of over a mile a minute on one set of tyres, and without a stop. Such was the performance of Mr. K. Lee Guineas in the Coupe de l'Auto race, 1913. tC course was exceedingly rough, abounded in sharp corners and bends, and each corner
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1460 11 Issued* by FRASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, April 27. af. lubdb. Paid. r ast Di* Rutbjs. Sellers. 85.0M 2b 2b Allagar 74% 16 2 0 500,0' 0 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 2 104 3 9 150,000 2b 2b Anglo-Malay 44% int 9 44 10 1 50,000 2r
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    EXCHANGE.
    67 11 COBBECTED OP TO April 171. Bank 4m a 2-4} demand 2-4 1-32 Private credits 8 m'f 2-4 11-82 credits 6m i 2-4 1 Fbance demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 288} India, T. T. 174* Hongkong, demand 16% Yokohama, demand 11 j Java, demand 141 i Bangkok, demand 66$ j
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    PRODUCE.
    151 11 April 27. Tin buyers 178.70 Gambiet buyers 6.40 Gambier Cube No. 1 10.76 Gambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. S'pore buyers 18.75 Pepper, (White fair) 85.00 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) 24.00 j Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 25 00 j Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina) nom.
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      186 11 "Royal Household" Whisky. i run teed to he Exactly the same every respect as that supplied nl.irlv to The Royal Household by Messrs James Buchanan Co., Ltd. All the largest stocks of Scotch .in Scotland are held by Messrs mes Buchanan Co., ]Ad.. and their subsidiary Companies and Messrs James
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      62 11 For Colic and windy spasms. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Care. Sold everywhere 80 cents a bottle The Singapore Straits Directory for 1914. Price 58.50 per copy. 19.00, post free to places in Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States. Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Trenggana, British North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei to Siam,
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      1000 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders From An; For Wne« Sea Belle F.M.S. 400 Ahmat Kuantan, 22 4 FJLS. P. Sham Yarmouth H.M. Cru. 5250 Cochrane Colombo, 21 4 S.X.o. Hkong Steamer. Nat. Tonnage <£ Mastei From Consignees For Alcinous Brit 4278 Brown Miike, 26 4 u&Held Macassar Aragonia
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    THE RACES.
    125 12 Thk Weights Race No. 1. Lossie 10.8 Preopal 10.3 Friendless 9.13 Hedonist 9.6 Sirdar 8.9 Lady Flower 7.7. Race No. 2. Brown Comet 11.7 Charity 9.5 e *.O Angela 7.12; Laksfoss 7.9 Carmen 7.8 Flapper 7.7 Two Lips Wistful Lass 0.7 Premier 6.7 The Flirt 6.4. If top
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    FOOTBALL.
    105 12 And A/i I' It was a very scratch side one short at that— which turned out last evening for the Sir. against the A/evedos. Defeat was nearly the penalty. The A/evedos played a fast, nippy game, and much of their combination was really clever, but they shot poorly. Both
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    S.R.C. LAWN TENNIS.
    57 12 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. Moid i>o A. K. Coelho and C. B. Leicester beat .we and <.'. .Martia, 6 4, O—C.0 C. CHAMIIOXSHir. T. Leijssius beat W. A. Aeria.V. 6, 6—4. B" Single Handk u. Iclntyro. owe v H. Van Cuylenburg. owe 111 (postpom Final. I li. Cockbum, owe
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    TO-DAY'S TIES.
    38 12 •Final. Mixf.h DOUBLM. w Aeria and G. Boswell v E. E. de Sou/a and S. Mclntyre. CHAMI'ION'SHII T. de Silva ?C Martia. "A" Bnou Hanoi. A. B. Coelho, owe 40 v C. K. Oliver, owe $40.
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    NATURALIST IN COLOMBO.
    240 12 Major Mayor, the naturalist, has been spending a few days in Colombo after four months' absence, and this week end goes np to Anuradhapura and to Trincomalee for specimens of bats. From there he hopes to go to Puttalam to secure specimens of small squirrels. Major Mayor
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    NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH
    155 12 London, April 3rd. His Majesty the King granted an audience to Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson Governor-General-elect of the Commonwealth yesterday afternoon, and subsequently Sir Ronald, with Sydney Buxton (Governor-General-elect of South Africa was entertained at a banquet, attended by 200 gentlemen, Mr Lewis Harconrt Secretary
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    S. V. C. ORDERS.
    943 12 Orders by Major J. A. R. Gleunie, Acting Commandant, S.Y.C. Singapore, 27th April, 1914. S. V. C. Balestier Rifle Range is reserved for S.R.A. Annual Meeting on Saturday, May 2nd, 1914. The Prize distribution will take place on Saturday afternoon the 2nd of May 1914. Volunteers
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    725 12 The Mataram will be despatched for Sydney via ports this morning. The P. and O. nomeward mail Delta left Hongkong at 1 p.m. on Saturday, and is due to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Thursday. The I'. and O. outward intermediate steamer Borneo is due at Colombo
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    129 12 Humour may be found in the most unlikely spots by those who keep a look cut for it, and a contributor to the April issue of the Railway and Travel Monthly has even discovered it in the naming of locomotives. Certainly, some of his examples are funny enough, though there
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    PASSENGERS.
    161 12 Per Kashirna Maru Miss L. Cecil, Miss P. C. Patens, Miss E. Mellor, Mr Mrs W. G. Pittam, J. E. Buckingham, E. R. Hallifax. Per Rumphius J M. Lagerwerff Mr Mrs Breitenstein, D. Loos, A. Fraser, A. Cramer, J. Schol, W. Zollikofer, Mrs F. van Leeuw baby, G. Crouch.
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      141 12 £100 A YEAfi to your wife and children for at least twenty year, much longer as your wife shall live SUN LIFE A SiS c v E OF CANADA Full particulars upon request t j stating age. a- AT THE IHARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH NORTH BRIPQE ROAD TONIGHT 2nd Show TO
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      435 12 NEXT MAILS DUE. From Europe.— Per N. D. L. P. Ludwig due May 8. Per P. &O. India with mails up to 10th instant, due May 1. From China.— Per N. D. L. P. Alice due May 4. Per P. &O. Delta due April 30. London Malls Despatched. Left. Dae.
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