The Straits Times, 2 May 1914

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.479 SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. M4Y 2. 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      185 1 mm PPBBODIfWAHTSn Millinery LATEST CREATIONS Just opened out FROM P. Barthelemy Co., Jfc"^ -^m. Jht^ A^ 2Safr KATZ BROS., Ltd. THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD., ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. FOR PROM Marine burmeister wain 30 r h p !llt iry DIESEL MOTORS J m SERVICE GUARANTEED O.ZUU D.H.I 1 LOWEST FUEL CONSUMPTION
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      167 1 ROBINSON CO., SOLE AGENTS FOR RALEIGH CYCLE Guaranteed Fox* Ever. THE /^^^o^^^' MODEL ALL- //S r %nS\ 21 STEEL W RALEIGH. 1914 MODEL 21. This Machine is of a new design the utmost skill and experience of many years' Cycle Manufacture has been put in the construction of this model.
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      10 1 GOODRICH TYRES. Sol:: A kvts i ADAMSON. GILFILLAN CC., LTD.
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    Company Meeting.
    929 2 UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD. Commendable Increases. The minutes of the forty- first annual general meeting of shareholders in the Union Insurance Society of Canton, Limited, held at Hongkong, ou April 17, state Mr. W. L. Pattenden presided, and those also present were I Messrs. J. W.
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    Ancient Jewish Capital.
    90 2 Dr. Ernst Sellin, ac Austrian theological professor engaged in excavation work iv Palestine, reports that be has discovered in tbe bill of Balanta, in Samaria, the foundations of the ancient Israelite capital, Sbecbem. Although the professor was only able to work less than three weeks, he sue
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      166 2 Study your Complexion Jmr if you n%s, mTv have a beautiful skin and complexion mil preserve them with iff "'Hazeline' Snow" 1 (Trad* Hark) Ml Y\l\ If charms awa y roughness, tenderness, if^jjjtv^^ ll3l\ Yq\ sunburn, grrasiness, eruptions Si VftV\\\ and the disfiguring effects of all \jr^^^H^B^k' H I \v\vj^.
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      62 2 PORTABLE STEAM ENGINE8. Tbe old time Portable Stem Bngioe ifnow g i vi g pi tee to new. r ideas. R Garrett and Sons, Liaised, have introduced Hntoo V*Jve Kmgino axiox Superheated Steam id wU:c 1 it is olaimod half a ton of ooal will go M l*r a* a
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      370 2 VHYLOSE YOUR HAIR y~" v cOHm m shampoos And occasional light dressings of Cuticura Ointment will prevent it when all else fails. Pample of rarh vliii 32-p book firrhnm nrjirm depot: Newlx-ry. L' 7. < h;.rhr!mu-.- s<i I < i:<l<.ii. !t. Towns ACo Syilnrv. NSW I i-minn. IM l'»p> Town;
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      309 2 UNIVERSAL (Patent Fumi(atop) RBOOMM«NDBD BY THB DBPT. OF AORICDLTCRB. F.M.B. WHITE ANT j AND IN USB ON NBARLT BVBRT ROBBBR BSTATB IN THB F M 8 EXTERMINATOR. SOLE IHPURTBRSi AYLBBBURY GARLAND, LD., IPOH. Incorporated In the F.M.B. OBTAINABLE IN SINGAPOKK FROM JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. _HJ 122)o FAR EAST OXYGEN
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    German Naval Views.
    1001 3 CRITICS AND THE BRITISH PROGRAMME. Disputed Tonnages. The recent statement of Mr. Churchill concerning the Navy has occupied German opinion less than almost any other British naval Budget speech in the last decade. For the German layman, says the Berlin correspondent of The Standard, it apparently contains
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      299 3 <jd| FOR LUXURY IN WRITING UBE THE I Swam i FOUNTPEN It is not a oheap paa to buy, bat it is oheap to use. It ontlacts ail others beoauae it hat the haxisst, smoothed point whloh yean ol writing do not toooh Tb« Ink flow to aoawHio. and anly
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      52 3 A Good Rule for the Home. Make it a rule of your home to always keep on band a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safe Kuard against bowel complaints. It always cures promptly and no household is sale without it. For sale by all Dispensaries
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      688 3 CAN THIS MAN READ YOUR LIFE? The riob, poor, exa.ted and bumble seek bis advice on Bn«ine«*, Marriage. Friends Ene mies Chtßges, Speculation, Love Aff.irs, Jou'i ey-, and all events of Life. MANY SAY HE REVEALS THEIR LIVES WITH AMAZING ACCURACY. Fpm tMt Rs idinet will be unt for short
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      658 3 STEAMER SAILINGS. COMBINED SERVICE OF THE OCEAN 8. 8. CO.. LTD.. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN 8. N. CO.. LTD. BETWEEN Frcmantlo Perth North Wast Australian Ports, Java and Singapore, Regular Fortnightly Railings between Singapore and Western Australia, calling at Java (ax inducement offers), Derby, King's Sound (Port for the Kimber ey
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      592 3 STEAMER SAILINGS. AUSTRALIA by BURNS PKILP LIKE Sinqaporb to Java Ports, Tort Da»win Thursday Island, Bhisbank and Sydnfy, via Torres Straits. A Uo taking pair eDg«r« and cargo with tranhbirment for oilier Vutokian, South Acstralian and North Queensland Ports, British Nbw Guinea, Nbw Britain, Tasmanian and N«w Zealand Ports. Smooth
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      635 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION GO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA. ADEN, EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills ot Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about— MAIL LINES Homeward (for Europe). 1 Connecting at
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      541 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twia-screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted
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      851 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pahang, Berserah, Eretay, Paka, Tringgana, Bisat, Semerak, BACliob, Kelantan, Tabai, BaDgnara, Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Singora, Laoon, Kobsamai, Bandoa, Langsui-n, Taku, Chumpon, Kohlak and Bangkok, Dv« Departure BORIBAT May 2 s.s. MAHIOOL May 4 May 8 s.s. REDANG May 6 May
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      532 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. AND DEUTSCH DAMPFSGHIFF FAHRTSGES. "HANSA BREMEN. Combined Service. The steamers of th< bo Companies maintain a regular service between Hanbur^, Bremen Antwerp, Rotterdam and Eindei ani the Straits, L'nin and Japan. Homnwardp, thry aro despatched fort nightly lit Havre and Hamburg and one 1
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      627 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. "n d, l. NOROOEUTSCHER LLOYD. BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. Tho fußi and well-known mail steamers this Company can fortnightly fr. 111 Bremen, Hamburg, Lisbon, via Rotterdam. Antwerp, Soa'i itiup'ou. Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (con—ni lH M&ri-eilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Sain, Sac/, Aden, Colombo, tVnang Singapore
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      210 5 "JENATZY" TYRES. Koog^andt «dte Co« 9 Singapore. MIDLAND MOTOR TYRES. We beg to announce that we have been appointed Sole Agents in the Straits Settlements and F. M. S. for the Midland Rubber Company, Ltd., Birmingham, and now hold full stocks of the above Tyres. Price lists and full particulars
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      145 5 Goo^tear Jm(\ mik rr BPECIAL FEATURE I'^l^M^ T^V^i MADE ENTIRELY OF |B PLANTATfON |H RUBBER; I v ?O^,Xj toughened under a special V M secret process, so that it i I y^SvJyl easily outclasses FINE llafe tf* :^S*f HARD PARA. /i^Ml C ;^3-f^^) Ask y° ur friends who > V
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      504 5 Lever's Genuine Carbolic Soap. For washing Clothes, Linen, Flannels, Blankets, Sheets, Bedding, Floors, Woodwork and Furniture. WHILE IT WASHES IT ALSO DISINFECTS It is a perfect Soap for use in Sculleries and Kitchens, keeping all -inks free from disagreeable smells and the rooms pure and fresh. Manufactured by LEVER BROTHERS
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      511 6 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. POLICE NOTICE. POLICE OaOIR MIDI I'XDEi: II TION fi (8) OK -THK MINoi; OFPBNGES ORDINANt K. WOt," FOR THK REODLA TION OF Ti.x'H VI IIIK HACK COl'K-K, ON THK OCCASION Of RACE MEETING. 1. GMlbgM aUi r feti'-g down their paMectifTH wll tc rmkc I in t-.o piece
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      374 6 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SIN6APORE. Suit No. 105 of 1914. IN THB MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE 188J, AND IN THE MATTE,.. o*' THE SINGAPORE FOULTRY AND DAIRY FARM, LIMITED, IN 1 I.JUIDATION. Tli- creditors of tbe above named Coin-p-.ry are required on or
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      302 6 CHINESE CLERK WANTED. I Wanted, Smart Chinese Clerks for Head Office on Pulan Bnlaog. Typewriting and knowledge of bo. kk-ifing essential. Apply Box No. 069, btraits Timts. 25 6-5 NOTICE TO EXPORTERS. In view of the xpicted C3mpletion of the PANAMA CVNAL and its early opening for Merchant Tonnage, tbe
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      482 6 NOW ON SALE. Dollar Share Values. (Sicond Edition.) HISTORY AND PKOSPECTS or ma LEADING DOLLAR COMPANIES CAREFULLY EXAMINED BT TBI STRAITS TIMES CRITIC This most coavenient hand-book is now on sale. It is not a theoretical analysis but a practical examination of the actual position of all tbe leading Dollar
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      212 6 Nyals Cream (with Peroxide) a non-greasy skin food, unrivalled .<or porupUxion, leavint no phine or sticky alter feelinjf, will Lot eanfo or pv-motr *be grow-.b rf hair npo D tbe face— 60 cXt. a J»r A.OENXS Maynard Co., Ltd., Singapore:. BIOCITIN THE MOST EFFICACIOUS NERVE TONIC. Obtainable at aU Chemists
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    148 7 FIXTURES Saturday, May 2. Hilth Water. 1.27 a.m., Ml p.m. I>JH|M«>ra It. C. meeting, K\*tt's. noon. s. H. a. aMataaa. Madam Kalna Vieliria Theatre. Sunday, Ma; 3. Biuh Water. Ul a.m., S.lO p.m. Sin^.ijiore Ins Inter |«>rt Shoot Monday, May 4. Hitfti Water. Ml a.ra.. 8.1 l
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    141 7 To-day. Pontianak IS. Mm Onan Bpm Mala a. P. Swettenham n:ui« Klang 8 pm MM, I. aim in. .Ti --clton, Kudat. Sandakan, etc. Manilla 8 pm Medan Medusa 8 pm Nhh and Calcutta Onsany Bpm Batu I 'a hat Hong Wan 3pm Mat I'andjang, Rengkalis, Siak ami
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    24 7 Daily (Bxcipt Sunday) By Tkun Federated Malay States, Malacoi and Penang 6pm Gemas.Tampin, Malacca, Seremban Port Dickson, Port Swettenham and Kuala Lumpur 6 am
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    214 7 Tlic Imp. German mail steamer P. Alice left Manila at 10 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, anii may be expected to arrive here at da} light ou Tuesday, May 5. She will mo-t probably be despatched for Europe, on the name d*y at 6 p.m. Tin' I*.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    495 7 Latest Arrivals. Mataram. Out. li.m htr. HfO tons, 9) crew 7 ynns IMt h.p. Com. Siliniitt, Mm Fiomi Hot, M*y 1. For Kiouw, May t. kk TUaUnu. M ISM. v.iclit 150 tjus. er< w 10) hp. Com. Fom, May 1. From Tougkah, April -21. For Bangkok, Inc. Rds.
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    96 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day TANJONO PAOAR. Bast Wharf Basin Nil. W. Section No. l...Ara>;onia, Teesta. Shiirs Wharf Helios. Main W. Sect. No. 2...l'atani. B...Tarian. 4.. .Annan Maru. 6 ..Fionia. 6...1Vi-lus, Alcinous. Niw Dock 7. ..(Under construction) Wist Wharf B...Tcn]>aisan
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    124 7 Arrivals. Per str. Perak, May 2.— From T. Anson via ports: K<v. J. R. Lee, Messrs. D. J. Smith aud Hook. Per str. Kaka, May 2.— From Muar Mr E. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. Mitchell. Per str. Ban llin Ouan, May 1. From Pontianak Mr. and
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    F.M.S. Rubber Exports.
    42 7 The acting Commissioner of Trade and Customs informs ns that the export of rubber from Port Swettenham to different places during April, 1914, was as follows Tons. roit.it Kingdom 817.69 Europe 85.92 C.jL.u 65.34 Straits Settlements 154.98 America 50.74
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    40 7 The Hoimc of Lord* his ciron a second ro.idin^ to the lah of lutuxifatiug Liquors ou Sun !:iy Hill, whi-h proposal to reduce the li j'.irs of tilt' opoiiinjj of pilbll bouses OD Sundays and to make oihtr it •ittiotions.
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    268 7 excriANut Bimoapobb, May 2, 1914. Lokuoh Bank 4 m/s m, 3/4] Demand w a/4,, 1 Private 6 m/s 3/4) 8 m/a a/4: Om Qibwiht Bank d/d 28HJ Private 8 m/a 24-J j Oh Fbarob Bank d/d 394 Private 8 m/s 298 On Imdia Bank T. T. 174
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      MINING.
      189 7 l 6 a Buyers. Value <£ 10 10 Ampang 1 1 AyerWeng 10 10 Belat 2.70 10 10 Bruang 10 10 Kampai 10 10 Kanaboi 1.50 10 10 Kinta Association 10.00 £i £1 Kicta Tin 1.15.0 £1 £1 Lahat Mine* 5.25 10 0 Malayan Collieries £1 £1 Malayan Tina
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      RUBBER.
      655 7 sal 2/- 2/- Allagai 1/4J 2/- zd £1 £1 Anglo-Java 2/9 8/9 2/- 2/- Anglo-Malay 9/8 10/8 2/- 2/- Batanc Malaka -/10 1/1 £1 £1 Bain Tiga 2.8.9 2.15.0 2/- 2/- Bekoh /6 -/8 £1 £1 Bakii Kajang 1.11.7 1.14.7 xd £1 £1 Bnkit Lintang 2.18.6 2 17.6 norn
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      GENERAL.
      119 7 £1 £1 B. Smelting Co. 12/- 18/6 £1 £1 Pref. 1.1.0 1.8.0 S/- 6/- Electric T'ways 4/- 4.6 10 10 Fraser Neave 60.00 50 60 Hammer Co. 100.00 110.00 100 Howarth Brskioe 45.(0 100 7%Prel. 1.0.00 100 100 Kat« Bru, Del. l'io.OO 135.00 10 10 Maynard k Co. 12.50
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      13 7 The oornploto list of club fixtures will be f ml on page 16.
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      75 7 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. May •">. At saleroom, unredeemed pledges at 10. May 7. At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at 10. Chlng Kent Lee and Co May 4. At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at IP. May 4. At saleroom, freehold land at Tiong Bahru, at 2.:'> May 4. -At faloroom, valuable
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      89 7 EMBASSY NO. 77. n fHSI 2S a |i viro'i'nia .^sfa O fe so VIRGINIA .^Qah. Jat^WaV .^a^L^w^ .JaW .^ilaW at^aaaaaf k^^^^R^ carlsbergT BEER^ <0 i^^>N@J^ r World wide Sole Agents THE FAST ASIATIC CO., LTD., Singapore. COME AND INSPECT YAMJVrO 'S LARGE VARIETY OF GREEN. BLUF, RED UATTIUPO r ANO
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      105 7 A STANDARD ATTRACTION AT THE HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, NOKTH BRH GB ROA.D. TO-NIGHT, AND FOR 3 NIGHTS MORE ONLY. ALEXANDER DUMAS MASTERPIECE The COUNT of MONTE CRISTO (Five-Reel Exclusive), Produced on a Most Lavish Scale by the FAMOUS players CO., with James O Nell, the Famous American Actor, in the
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      55 7 Tiim balls M Fort Canning and Mount 'l l\ilxi drop daily at 1 p.m.. Smj,'ai>oif 4 standard tinio, (•orr.sponding to 8 a.m. I Oliwairai nu'.in timr. Tin' time yun is I fir.. l at U 9'alaak ooon. indicating ItaMM I -Un.Lird tune, on every day HMfMg .iiiuJay. when it is
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    The Straits Times. SATURDAY, MAY 2. AIRCRAFT AND DEFENCE.
    1174 8 The Straits Times. SATURDAY, MAY 2. AIRCRAFT AND DEFENCE. Mr. Churchill has a trick of saying things that compel attention, and we are not surprised that the Britannia Airship Com uiittee has taken as its text these words from his speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet last year The enduring
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    15 8 Auctioneers' licences ore granted to Teok Aik Wah and L. C. Brown, both of Penang.
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    18 8 The cable steamer Colonia reached port from Hongkong yesterday and is expected to leave for London on Monday.
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    23 8 The King will not be advised to exercise bis power of disallowance with respect to the Ordinance to amend The Pensions Ordinance, 1887.
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    25 8 The notification by which the Kedab River and ports in Kedih from Yen northwards were declared to be infected en account of cholera, is withdrawn.
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    26 8 Reports of the Mubauimadan and Hindu Endowment BjuHh, Bhlgßpore, Penang and Malacca, for the year 191.'!, aro published in the current issue of the Government Gazette.
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    30 8 The notification published in the Government Gazette of March 31 by which the Dort of Colombo was declared to be infected on account of plague, was withdrawn from April Ml
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    28 8 The monthly meeting of the Church Workers' Association will be held at the Parsonage on Wednesday, the 13th, at 4.30 p.m., and not tho first Wednesday as usual.
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    28 8 While proceeding up the Thames on March -'•<, the P. and O. steamship Persia groundod on the middle Blythe sands. She, however, was subsequently refloated and entered Tilbury dock.
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    38 8 On Monday night, at 8.15, at Prinsep Street Church, the Rev. J. A. B. Cook will lecture on certain questions raised in the now book, How China ought to be governed." This meeting is open to the public.
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    36 8 The Malay Mail hears that the next issno of the Journal of tho Sr>cii>fv of Comparative Legislation, published by John Murray, will contain an article on Registration of Titles in the F.M.S. by Mr. Justice Innca.
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    40 8 Messrs. Sime. Darby and Co., Ltd., Malacca, Sereruban, and Singapore, have been appointed sole agents in the Straits Settlements and F.M.S. for the Midland Rubber Com pany, Ltd., Birmingham, and now hold full stocks of the well known Midland Tyres.
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    45 8 Tlie P. and O. intermediate steimer Nubia has been delayed by a dense fog on her voyage from Hongkong to Singapore and will arrive two days late in Singapore. She will be despatched from here on May 7 and from Port Swettenham on May 8.
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    53 8 The next meeting of the Penang Athenaeum, on Monday, promises to bo very interesting. It is the fir>t of the n I part of the Session, and the Hon. R. Young, the new President, is expected to be in the chair. The debate will tie on the snbjoct, Should wise
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    40 8 The Governor has approved of the following promotions in tho Singapore Volunteer Corps:— Singapore Royal Engineers (Volnuteers), Second Lieutenant l>. McL. Craik to be Lieutenant. Singapore Volunt er Infantry (Malay Company), Sr»cond Lieutenant J. A. Lucie Smith to be Lieutenant.
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    53 8 The general meeting of the Djapoern llndragiri) Kubber mi.nny, Limited, (in liquidation) whs liplil at the registered office" of tl'.e cjiupany, French Bank Buildings, at noon, to day. Mr. P. Gold presided, anil presented the directors' report and accounts i.ir the year ended August SI, r.M.'i. These were accepted, and
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    63 8 The Chuan Chin Huat. a so :\i ty rryis tered on May 30. 1907, under Ordinance I of Ma\ is called upon to furnish proof of its existence to the Besi*far*i of Societies within three months. The Straits Settlements Football Club, Singaporp, and tho Tilling Lok Hon-f. or Shoemakers' Ouild,
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    67 8 The report of the Eastern Mortgage and Agency Rtates that, after providing for interest p iid and accrued on debenture sticks for expenses of management and other charges, a balauce of £4,(29 is shown at the debit of revenue account fur the year tn Djcember SI, to which must bo
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    67 8 In the Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Spronle, Mr. de Mellor applied for an order for the arrest of Mr A. I. Warner, described as a doctor of science, Singapore, who had boen a'ljuilicited bankrupt and against whom a receiving order was made. Service, however, hil not been effected,
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    74 8 Three years ago, when tho White Star liner Olympic entire! the North Atlantic service, the only dry dock in the world capable of taking her in was at Belfast. Km there are five, all of them in British territory namely, at Siogaiwre, Bombay, South ampton, Liverpool, and Belfast, while iv
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    134 8 The hitherto undisputed belief amongst kauri gum diggers in New Zealand, that it is no use expecting to MOM ou gum below sandstone, has been pleasantly shattered by the enterprise (if an ol.i hand (who is said to avorage £1 a .l*y at his worki, who decided to try his
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    174 8 Writing editorially on Big Dances, and more particularly those associated w ith the celebration of Patron Saint's days, the Malay Mail says: We shall feel no surprise if it turns out that for the pry-ou t %t least, we have seen the last of such faaatioM in Selangor. The feeling
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    424 8 Mr. R. D. Buckley, of the Mercantile Bank of India, Kuala Lumpur, will shortly be transferred to Singapore. Mr. A. E. Holmes- Brown, of tho F.MS. 'l ways, has been transferred to Johoro Bahru as District Locomotive Superintendent. Mr. W. S. Kames is appointed a police magistrato
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    Singapore and Aeroplanes.
    121 8 The London and i.'liiua Kxpress i-mivul yesterday has the following comment: -We MN vh ri I ti rt ad in the Parliamentary intelligence of a L.mdon eveniny newspaper on April 7 that, replying to Sir J. D. Uces, M Kobt-rtft Hail au aeronautical establishment li nl been
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    Singapore-Panama-Atlantic Lines.
    114 8 A preliminary announcement published elsewhere in today's issue indicates that shippers of cargo from Singapore are to be given the opportunity to smid their goods to America via Panama Canal as soon as that waterway is open fur ordinary truth.;. Notification is given to this effect by the
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    Madame Kalna at the Theatre.
    330 8 To-ni<>ht at 9.1.~>, Madame Kalna will hold Iht tttt concert in Singapore ut the Victoria Theatre, when she will present the programme that appeared in these columns on Thursday. This is Madame Kalna's first vinit to Hie East and she experts to extend her tour
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      170 8 BULLOCH LADE'S r\ SCOTCH WHISKIES. gl tdaue (is? |^"""?J Commonly known as f ß^tl to^H^H they are the acme of P PERFECTION QUALITY. tSP Sole Agents CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants. JOHNNIE WALKER Nil 1^ WHISKEY. y> LARGEST SALE. fc|sf LITTLE'S SEMI-DIESEL CRUDE OIL ENGInIs"
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    ULSTER'S REVOLT.
    287 9 IMPROVING PROSPECTS OF A SETTLEMENT. Nationalists Prevent Prosecutions Ruttbk's Tblbobam. London, May 1. The Morning Post and tho Daily Chronicle s»y that the Cabinet on Monday resolved to pros -elite in the I >üblin Court twenty kadi rs of the gun-running episodes, including Capt. Craig, and Major McCalmont.
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    America and Mexico.
    88 9 THE HOPES OF GENERAL PEACE ABANDONED. Tampico to be Attacked Rkutkh's Tklkoham. London, May 1. Admiral Kl. t 'her lms reached a friendly agreement with the British company whose property he threatened to seize. Washington messages say tbe mediators arc now prepared to proceed with their plans
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    OBITUARY.
    32 9 IIMTH;'- Tl-LKiiKAM. London, May 2. The death of Sir James II nderson of Belfast, owner of the News Letter, and fornii r President of the Institute of J iiirnalists. is announced.
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    CONTINENTAL PARAGRAPHS.
    74 9 I>l I: (Xi v>l ,1 IMIIK LloYli TkLEc.KAM. Berlin, May 1. Prince Henry of Prussia has returned to Hamburg from South America. Canton is to receive a commercial expert. The war tax levied on greater Her! n has realised 1 million marks. Count Berchtold's statements at Herlin are
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    SHIPPING SUBSIDIES.
    74 9 I)KK OSTASI'.TISI UK LI.oVD TkLKOKAM. Berlin, May 1. Tbe Keichstag have referre the steam ship subsidy question to a committee. The subsidy for mail lines to tbe East and Australia hu been dropped, but that for the branch lines to the Carolines an) New Guinea is continue 1.
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    NEW MILITARY BILL
    45 9 Dll OMTAaIATISC-HB LIOTD TbLBORAM. Berlin, May 1. Speaking in committee of the Keichstag, the Minister for War announced that a new military bill was not in preparation, bnt whether mch a bill wonld be necessary later on was no*, known at present.
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    ENGLISH RACING.
    175 9 Result of the Thousand Guineas Rkl-tkk's Iblbobam. London, May 1. The result of the Ono Thousand Guineas was: Princess Dorrie 1 Glorvina 2 Torchlight 8 Thirteen ran and Princess Dorrie won by threequarters of a length, a neck separating second and third. Clarehaven Second (Joy), and Sunwin (Wing),
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    WHITE WOLFS RAVAGES.
    37 9 Rk.i tk.h's Tklk.imum. London, May 1. A Peking message says White Wolf haf reappeared and looted Ling Tai and Chungs'u in Kansu. It is reported that the dinbauded Kansu Mohammedan troops arc joiuing him.
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    MAIL STEAMER ASHORE.
    55 9 ItKL TKI: 1 TK.LKiiIiAM. London, May 1. A Tokio message says the mail steamer Siberia from Nagasaki to Manila wirelesses that she is ashore at Formosa. She has forty three first class passengers aboard, including tho wife of the Governor of the Philippines. Details are lacking as
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    40 9 Dkh Ostasi vtische Llovh Tklki.i \m. Berlin, May 1. The steamer Siberii, of the Pacific Mail S. S. Co., is ashore on the cust of Formosa. She is in a dangerous position and has eighty first class passengers on board.
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    50 9 The Sitx ria is ouc of the fine twin screw is. i 00 t. vi bm!i of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company carrying on the service between Honiikonj and S.in Francisco, via Julian and Honolulu. She was due to leave llonckont! bound fur America on the 19th cf this month.
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    GERMAN AVIATOR AT PERM
    43 9 ]>n: Ostasiatiscuk Lloyd Tklkorah. Berlin, May 1. The German aviator who was arrested at Perm is sentenced to six months' solitary confinement for photographing plans, and describing and trespassing on fortified points. The airship and the arms are confiscated.
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    GERMANY AND CHINA.
    60 9 Dkr Ostasiatiscuk Lloyd TMMsUM. llerlin, May 1. The Reichstag committee adhere to their decision to locate tbe Colonial Court at Hamburg. The committee also suggested that (iermany should waive tho Boxer in ill innity in the interests of German influence. Hi rr /iramermann said the last idea
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    44 9 Quotations Current Yesterday The East Vsiatic Company favour us wiih ihe following report The mirk.it in London yesterday was steady. The closing prioun were Hard Fine Pi.ra Spot lU| Forward 21 1; First latex crHje 'i< livery May 26^ June... 25]
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    IPOH LIBEL CASE.
    46 9 Damages Against Times Of Malaya. i r\.'i» Olr Own Cobkbsi-ondbnt.) Ipoh. May 2. Mr. Justice Woodward to-day gave judgment for 13,000 damages and costs against tbe Times of Malaya in the action for libel brought by Mr. K. W. O. M< rcer. planter.
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    33 9 Old Rubio, the one time Towoestor omni b'ls hone and subsequent winner of tin Grand National of 1908, i» being ridden about in tho Graf ton Hunt district by Mapr F Douglas Pennant.
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    Rubber Reports.
    1948 9 PROGRESS OF LARGE MALAYAN PRODUCERS. The Sungei Way Company. Mr. Thomas North Christie, in moving the rpport at the meeting of the Sungei Way (Selangor) Rubber Company, held at Glas gow, said that the board prt&ented their statement with a justifiable feeling of satisfaction, for. even despite the
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    AMERICAN HUSTLE.
    275 9 The New G. E. R. Manager Starts Work. Mr. Thornton, the new American general manager of the Great Eastern Railway, made his first appearance af his new office on April 7. Everybody was bustliDg about, and an American accent is beiog steadily culti vated. Wli'o a Standard representative
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    BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION.
    443 9 Dealings of the Chop Chai Heng Long. In the Bankrnptcy Court, yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Justice Sproule, tlio affairs of Chop Chai Heng Long were investigated, Seah Eng Woon being called and examined. The debtor firm were carrying on business as traders in Kling Street. In the coarse
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    SINGAPORE FIRE BRIGADE.
    319 9 Strength and Equipment of The Force. Mr. T. Wilson, superintendent of the Singapore Fire Brigade, has issued his annual report on the dt pirtment for the post year from which it appears fi.it the strength of the brigade was as follows: Ono superintendent, one sccjnd otli-er, one
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    BRITISH SHIPPING SUBSIDIES.
    210 9 Sums Payable From the British Exchequer. An interesting While Paper has jnst been issued by the Treasury setting forth the sums payable out of the Exchequer of tbo United Kingdom in tli? year 1912 13 in respect of steamship subsidies for foreign and colonial services. Tbe largest
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    Highlands and Lowlands.
    64 9 Messrs. Baric? and Co., write from Kuala Lumpur, under yesterday's date: We have this morning received a cable from the secretaries of tbe Highlands and Lowlands Para Rubber Co., Ltd., informing us that the proposed scheme for the amalgamation of the Ayer Kuning (F. M. 8.) Rubber
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    LONDON FINANCE.
    892 9 CRITICAL VIEWS OF THE FUTURE OUTLOOK. From Our Special Correspondent. London, April 9. We are through the troubles incidental to tho end of the financial year (much less severe on this occasion than usual) and can fuel fairly confident of a longish spell of cheap money. The Stock
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    The Land of the Niger.
    1619 10 LEAVES FROM A LOMMISbIONER'S NOTE-BOOK. The Terror of the "Juju." P. Araaury Talbot writos in The Times HwkM in Mm world are tragedy ami comedy so inextricably iuterwoven as in the lovely, treacherous Nigeria, draimd by the great river from which its name is <!<
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    361 10 Sunday, May 3, 1914 St. Andrew's Cathedral. 3rd Sunday after Easter. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). Corporate Communion of the C.E.M.S. Introit, Like as the Hart Service, Hugh Blair Hymn at Offertory, 193 Hymn at Communion, 320 Hymn at Ablutions, 181 Nunc Dimittis, Barnby. 9.15 a.m. Matins and
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    14 10 Notices of Church Services should reach this office by Friday afternoon at the latest.
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    APRIL RUBBER RETURNS.
    100 10 Batu Rata.- 15,447 lbs. I'ajam. —26,ooo lbs. Mount Austin (Johore). 56,900 lbs. Alor liajah.- C.600 lbs. kjm I'auas.— lo,7oo lbs. Bukit Liutang— l6,soo las. Krubong.— s.ooo lbs. Lciidu.— 7.MHo lbs. lv_ M. ■Ml lbs. lVrwata.— 4,4oo lbs. i: i.MU. '.i.j-i i lbs. Kembia.— M.4M lbs. Til> SUM
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    RESTAURANT MUSIC.
    1548 10 Bands thct Must Play Anything And Everything. Among all tbe musicians who never receive their just due, at any rate so far as the honour and glory attached to the capable fulfilment of a very difficult task is concerned, tbe conductor of the restaurant orchestra must surely rank
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    THE BOY AND THE MAN.
    407 10 Headmaster of Eton on Home Influence. Public schools have been accused of all kinds of evil and have been extolled as the givers of all good knowledge and grace to the Englishman. Tbe headmaster of Eton, Dr. Lyttelton, cares for neither of these superficial idea*,
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    Blakan Mati Fund.
    48 10 Tbe Rev. H. G. Marshall gratefully ac knowledges the receipt of tbe following denotions to tho soldier's institute at Blakan Mati:Previously acknowledged 12,224 Singapore Volunteer Artillery 25 S. Moutrie and Co. 10 Central Engine Works 25 C. M Phillips 10 Sams under 110 12 12,806
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    Imperial Institute Bulletin.
    241 10 The first quarterly issue of Vol. All (1914) of the Bulletin of the Imperial Institute contains, among the reports of recent investigations at tbe Institute, an article on the little known economic products of Souialiland and a report en the composition of mouazite, which is used extensively
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    450 10 Training and Prospects for The Meeting. Just one or two horses could be said to have been extended fully this morning, which can be taken as meaning that the several trainers consider their many charges quite fit and not in need of a trial on this the last
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    SNOBBERY OF STREET NAMES.
    564 10 An Amusing Instance From Washington. Some time ago," says tbo Cologne Gazette, Germany suffered from an attack of iconoclasm in combination with snobbery, and throughout the towns and cities street was wiped out to make room for road,' which sounded more distinguished. At that time it
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    I.O.G.T.
    79 10 I.O .G .T The white Hose of Yorkshire \sA\if- will celebrate its tenth anniversary of luntitution uu Monday, the 4th inst., eMMMMeiag at 6 30 p.m., with Lodge business followed at H p,ui. by asocial gathering. A K-arty will be given to all past an I present memb> rs, und
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    Sporting Intelligence.
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    NOTES IN GENERAL.
    134 10 Sir Arthur Young, X.C.M.d., has accepted the office of President of tho Singapore Football Association for tho current season. Miss Nell Kenny, of Sydney, the Australian champion lady swimmer, has arranged to attempt to swim across tho English Channel from Dover to Calais this summer. To win
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    The Bowling Championship.
    59 10 We give below the reßult of the bowling match for tho championship of Singapore in which members of the Tanglin and Teutonia Clubs took part. There were altogether eighty rolls Esche (Teutonia) Champion 1.'.-'l Aii tliol.-. 1485 Licbking 1415 C'ohnitz 1384 Sims (Tanglin) 18H0 Schulze (Teutonia) 1372
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    Home Football.
    531 10 Championship Tables. Following were the poflitionsot the League* when the mail left home on April 10 2 d g la Ireland 8 2 0 1 6 2 5 Scotland 8 1 0 2 4 2 4 Knjjiiu.l 8 1 2 0 8 6 2 Wales ...*****41 Scottish League—
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    SINGAPORE AMUSEMENTS.
    68 10 The Alhambra management is putting on to night a number of features, viz No Quarter, a Mm red British d film and The. Mills of Qgi, a three part l'atiie drama, in the second show. These with Life is a Game, another tin in the first show, form
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    53 10 At the Marlborough picture theatre, tlicru will be serial kttMOttoM to ui^lit. In adi, -.11 tv llie well ku >wn Irish I'l.iy, I'lio Shauyliraun, it has a thrillm,- two part picture, The Death W.ight, in Urn s< ,u<l ftbow, ami a tliiei reel Vitascope dnina, A Yjblu i Soul, in
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    THE MOVING AGE.
    285 11 Many Patents lor Motors And Cinema. Locomotion was the principal feature of ntions, it. eluding moving pic Haaon pitint IaMM by \i:> rx'r ec«i..aodi leinema patrtta, th<, projection of iv natural colours being still the '.iv. lu\ i. Btoi s have abo« v apeeiaJ mt< rent iv
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    715 11 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, May 2, 1914. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue tte following list ol |uot;itions this morning No* TIM Buvkrs. Sillers. I a; ii' 2/- xd 1 Au K loJ*t» 8/9 1 Aufclo Jobore 1 3 8/6
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    VOGUE IN HATS.
    369 11 The Slight Changes Which Mark The Fashion. I loners are conactvathv iv the matter t:iuW.»ril n iii -^i ntativc inquir ing among London's I adian batten about m w fashions in hatn for the spring was ahsurnl that the model for 1914 is practically the same as
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    THE SUPER-BANANA.
    255 11 THE SUPER- BANANA. Foods Affected by the Simple Liftrs." Wli.it is Urn im rccntage of carbohy Tl it is tl.r bavaixa ejaeatioa at the Horticultural Hall. wfatM the Simple Life Exfaibitioa i> bt-in-j hi I>i. The fm«l pnUaai is a om-tiut source of woiiy. .XliMtnuls miMt always taaWaiSMl ■aj rent,
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    OUR NOMADS.
    941 12 A suggestion was made in these columns by a correspondent, says The Times, to the effect that the Englihh are to some extent urged abroad and into restlessness by the difficulty of getting good scrvauts. Cause and effect are hard to disentangle in such a cafe, but it
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    The Eiffel Tower.
    153 12 It is now a quarter of a century since the Eiffel Tower was completed, the huge iron structure haviog been opened to the public on March U, 1-S9. M. Eiffel, the famous engineer, wh > was risponsible for its con■traction, is still hale and hearty at eighty
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    32 12 Professor Bancroft, of the Cornell University, states that he has discovered a heat k- 8 lisJit. The latter is known as the electric tin riy, but it is not yet commercially available.
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    TELEPHONE TERROR.
    840 12 Fears That Are Fed by Modern Hurry. Are you afraid of the telephone I If so, it seems that you are suffering from telephunobia. the latest addition to the list of unreasonable phobias which are becoming a feature of high-pronsure civilisation. In the Gazette des Hopitaux de Paris
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    FAMOUS "BLUESTOCKINGS."
    278 12 FAMOUS BLUESTOCKINGS." The Age of Salons and The Women's Movement. A meeting of the New Constitutional Society for Women's Suffrage was held at the Hall, Knightsbridge, recently, Mrs. Cecil Chapman presiding. Mrs. l'ertwee delivered an addross on "Famous 'Bluestockings,'" in which she gave short accounts of the lives and doings
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    OVERSEA GIRLS.
    469 12 Lady Gwendolen Guinness's New Farm. An interesting experiment, an Overseas Training School for Women, is being started by Mr. Rupert and Lady Gwendolen Guinness at a farm near Woking. It is designed for women of the educated classes who intend to emigrate, and whose brothers and friends, young
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    LECTURE HUMOUR.
    197 12 A Lost Dress Jacket and a Brass Band. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle told the members of the Institute of Lecturers, at their annual dinner in the Hotel Cecil, how he was once hailed by an exclusive American audience as a lender of fashion. It was at Mcrristown, where
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    FOG SIGNALS AT SEA.
    280 12 Apparatus to Find Direction Of Sound. A Glasgow man has invented an apparatus which should assist shipmasters considerably in the difficult task of deciding the direction from which a signal comes in times of fog. Everyone who has been at sea in a fog knows that,
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    A Barbarous Baron.
    103 12 Baron Oominico Cainarda has been arrested for having imprisoned his two sisters in his castle at Naples since 1896. Oariug to suspicions having been aroused, the pulice, early in April, searched the castle and found on a mattress in a damp dungeon au insane, half clad woman.
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    Passengers Overseas.
    813 12 FORTHCOMING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. Latest Lists The folio ring passenger bookings to the Straits are taken from the London and Chink j Express. It should be understood that, in some instances, bookings way be provisional and that intending papsecßors may alter their arrangements, subsequent to the issuance of
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    "COAL" FROM CHALK.
    272 12 4 Interesting Experiments At Leeds. Interesting experiments in the manufacture of chalk fuel briquettes by the Suddinc process took place at the Leeds briquette works in Front Row, Uunslet, recently. The demonstration was witnessed by Sir Charles Buckworth-UerneSoanie, the chairman of Suddinc (Limited), Colonel the Hon. H.
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      258 14 INSURANCE. FEDERAL LIFE MSURUCE COMPANY OF CANADA. Established 1882. Direct Government Supervision, Government Audit. Po'ioies are "WORLD WIDE." and Non-Forfiitable. Large Net Surplus above liabilities for Reserve and all outstanding claims. New Buaineas, 1918, over... 19,876,000.00 Cash Loan*. Settlements, etc., made locally. Numerous modern schemes. 4. H. EVANS, Manager, South
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    THE MOTORING WORLD.
    1090 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. The Motor Ship Fionia Referring to the new motor-ship Fionia, whioh is due in Singapore about now on her first voyage, The Engineer of a recent date says The persistent way in which Messrs. Burmeister and Wain, of Copenhagen, keep on
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