The Straits Times, 25 May 1914

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.498 SINGAPORE. MONDAY. MAY 25. 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      259 1 hITI" BEER. Guaranteed CHALMERS tfCPD sTAftl Start to fs f 1 n >f r\ p. V 3 -r BY wearin v There's No liiunrDU/cjiD W "Short Waisted" FeeKng UNUtKWtAK. j in Chalmers "Porosknit" Union Suits. They have elastic fitting backs that sketch both sing"lCtS G)H i\f\ "up and down" and
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      218 1 ROBINSON CO. Hold a Large and Varied Stock OF HOUSEHOLD LINENS AND Table $$k Napery The Shamrock, one of our many designs. No. *****. Extra Heavy Fine Bleached Damask Cloths, in a Shamrock design, as illustration, All Pup* Linen, manafactnrcd in Irelacd, hemmid ready (or nee. Sieih: ljxllyds. lixlJyJs. 2x
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      10 1 GOODRICH TYRES. SOLK A UNTS ADAMSON. GILFILLAN A CO., LTO.
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    Pirates as Soldiers.
    697 2 CAPTURED DURING ANCESTRAL WORSHIP. Thrown into a Cave. An amazing story of a Hongkong Chinese lad, who was captured by members of the Tai On piracy gang and held for ransom for the sum of 1100,000 is to hand to-day, says the China Mail of the 14th
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    Pulling Roosevelt's Leg.
    201 2 A London man who recently arrived in New York from Brazil (according to an American telegram) brought with him the story of how ex- President Roosevelt, who has been on a hunting and exploring trip in South America, was made the hero of a carefully stage managed
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    Danger of Riding Astride.
    135 2 A medical correspondent writes to the London Times:— The statement that the Kaiser has issued an order expressing liis desire that the wives of German army officers sbalL discontinue immediately the practice of riding astride on horseback will afford satisfaction to all who realise the dangers
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      309 2 Neuralgia, Nervous Breakdown NURSE HALL, c/o Mrs. Bassett, Commercial Phce, Lanclport, Portsmouth, Kng M writes: "1 was sufk-ri:i liom nervous breakdown with Internal Neural^i.i, v. hen 1 began a course of Phosferine. After having Liken it for three or four months, 1 felt better th in i had done for
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      52 2 A Oood Rule for the Home. Make it a rule of your home to always keep on hand a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera ant 1 Diarrhoea Keuiedy as a safeguard against bowel complaints. It always cures promptly and no household is safe without it. For salt "by al Dispensaries
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      457 2 To enrich the blood To strengthen muscles, bones, nervi 3 and brain you cannot do beUer than take SCOTT'S Emulsion. In every part of the world this valued food tonic has proved its worth as the purest and best of all forms of cod liver oil treatment and the richest
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      192 2 M Cod Liver Oil S wnKa with £jAJjj fl; Malt Extract f\ v| The World-renowned (j v Repairer of Weakened lv |7 Constitutions lv) The first spoonful of this remarkable i ill restorative starts the weak and wasted person on the road to recovery. ll 1* I \lj Improvement is
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    Modern Advertising.
    1068 3 CHAIRMAN OF MESSRS. PEARS DEAD. Th Late Mr. T. J. barratt. Mr. T. J. Bariatt, chairman and managing director of Messrs. A. and F. Pears, Limited, died at half -past seven on April 26, at Margate. Mr. Barratt had been ill for some little time. The Financier says
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      230 3 RANEEGUNOE GLAZED STONEWARE. Drainpipes and Junctions. ALL SIZES STOCKED. SHARPE, ROSS CO., LD. LUNCHEON AND TEA BASKETS AHO CASES. Spccmlly designed _H Motor Car, i'yjp'*' Will stand on /8/k££?i st( T ot Car. Only 9\" deep jrJt? 12'biRh,2!J"long. •i" J>T^^, For 4 persons. Completely fitted, f boet quality. ri «io.
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      45 3 Waiter.- Thick or clear, madam f Debutante.— Oh I don't take wine, thank yon I Experientia Docet. Customer And how do you first learn to cut hair?" Tonsorial Artist: "I'm a learning, Bir For Children's Hacking C-ngb at Nigbt Wcoda' Grtat Peppermint Cure, Is 9d.
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      438 3 London Selling Agents TEA. INDIGO FIBRKS \Sold on comBRISTLES miuion in British as?**, kjs^ 2 RIBBKR. I>Rl,<; S roiTON. WOOL Snmplei valued. ORBS, MICA B GUMS. AND But ports for Cl NKRAL I consignment* in. PRODUCE dicated. KEYMER, SON CO. i'"P»*« D«pt.) H'hlt.-frUr«. London Telegrams. "K.ymcr. London. Ew. ItM SOMETHING
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      940 3 STEAMER 3AILIHCB. AUSTRIAN LLOYD UNDER MAIL fS* WITH THE AUSTRIAN CONTRACT tjflL^ GOVERNMENT Monthly Fast Line, Trieste-Shanghai From and to Trieste and Venioe, calling at Port Said, Suez, Djibouti, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai. OUTWARD doe to arrive: HOMEWARD due to sail s.s. Koerber 9,890 tons June 24 s
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      634 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. p. e?o. STEAM NAVIGATION GO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PENANO, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADBN, BOYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Throagh Bills of Lading issued tor China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Porto. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES Homeward (for Europe). Froo, Singapore. ISS^ita
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      508 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service ia maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this servioe have been spacially designed and constructed, and are fitted
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      761 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pahang, Bersorah, Kretay, Paka, Tringgann, Bisnt, Semerak, Bachcr, &elantan, Tabai, Bangnara, Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Singora, Laoon, Kobsamui, BandoD, Langsnen, laku, Cbumpon, Kohlak ard Bangkok. Due Departure ».a. MAHIDOL May 28 May 37 °o REDANO May 37 May 3O not oalling
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      520 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. AND OEUTSGH OAMPFSCHIFF FAHRTS6EB. "HANSA' BREMEN. Combined Service. The steamers of these Companies msintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen Antwerp. Rotterdam and Emdea and tho Straits, China and Japan. Homnwards, they are despatched fort nightly for Havre and Hamburg and ono j a
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      596 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D, L. NORODEUTSCHER LLOYD. BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAiL LINE. Tho fast and well-known mail steamers this Company Bail fortnightly from Bremen, Hambnrg, Lisbon, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Gunoa, Naples (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Saia, Suez. Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau,
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      594 5 CHUBB S SAFES LARGE SELECTION ON SHOW AT Huttenbach Bros. Co., 13, COLLYER QUAY. STEAMER SAILINGS. COMB'NED SERVICE OF THE OCEAN 8. S. CO.. LTD.. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN S. N. CO.. LTD. 11KTWKKX Fremantle Perth North West Australian Ports, Java and Singapore. llcgalar hVrtniglitly sailings b<twten >in,'»porc aud Western Australia,
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      570 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. AUSTRALIA BY BURNS PHILP LINE Singapore to Java Ports, Port Dabwin Thursday Island, Ukisi'.ank and Sydney, via Torres Straits. Also tahiug pidfcagers aad cargo with transhipment for other Victorian, South IMltllll and North Qukknsland Ports, British Rbw (iiinka, New Britain, KMUnAI »nd Wt/H Zkaland Ports. Smooth Passage. Superb
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      206 5 l £!p2SK After the day's work or play comes the inevitable cigarette, and to men who J < 'si insftt upon the best the inevitable is only another word for State Exp sh. There in not an atom of impurity in a million of them. CIGARETTES. M^v rCf Packed in
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      346 5 DO YOU REALISE the importance of pure Soap? Do you know that Sunlight Soap makes clothes whiter, and work lighter? True economy is to use a pure Soap. Sun- j&liw light Soap is guaranteed ,JLx pure, therefore can- W%s'',/fu^not destroy your Jf&^ r/ nLy\Ji\ clothes. Pre- JW^isxl serve your J^^i^sr^H^&4^^
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      172 5 SEANG LINE OF STEAMERS a.i, Glenogla 8,750 Tons. b.c Seang Bee 5,799 Took s.b. Seaog Ctiuon 5,775 Tons FOR HONGKONG. AMOY AND SWATOW. s.h. SEANU BEE, ou May B, 1814. B* GLENO3LB. on Juue 6, 1914. FOR PENAVG AND RANGOON. B.H. SEANG CUOON, on .May 21, 1814. These steamers have
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      749 6 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. auction sale: Of EXCELLENT WAX POLISHBD TEAK UOISEHOLD FURNITURB; COTTAGE 1'IANO; TENNIS GEAR; PLVNTS, ETC., Tbo Property of The Vi nerab'e Archdeacon H. C. Izard, At The Parsonage, No 5, Fort Canning Road, On Saturday, June 6, at a p.m. An excellent toned cottage piano by W. J.
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      270 6 BRITISH INDIA BTEAM NAVIGATION OOVPANY. LIMITED APCAR LINE. FOR PBNANO AND CALCUTTA. The Company's Steamer KILWARA, 5,878 tons, G N. Ramage, R.N.R., Commander, wili be despatched for the above ports, on Saturday, 80tb May, at 4 p.m. She has excellent accommodation foi Ist and 2od-clas9 passengers. For rates of freight
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      484 6 NOW ON SALE. Dollar Share Values. (Second Edition.' HISTORY AND PROSPECTS or thr LEADING DOLLAR COMPANIES CAREFULLY EXAMINED BY THB STRAITS TIMES CRITIC This moat convenient band- book is now on sale. It is cot a theoretical analysis bat a practical examination of the actual position of all the leading
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      235 6 ARTICLES FOR SALE. MOTOR CYCLE FOR SALE. Twin-cylinder Douglas 1912 Model. Two ppeed g*ar, kick starter, excellent condition. Ap^ly to Box No. 689, Straits limct. 226 385 A STYLISH TURNOUT FOR SALE. An English-bnilt Victoria with a smart bay cob and harreM complete. Apply E. S. MANASSEH, 101, Rivtr Valley
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      307 6 NOTICES. NOTICE. NOTICE is heroby given, that all the roads and approaches kt Cluany Hoog Lim Market, belonging to the Estate of Cbeang Tew Mnoy, will be closed to public traffic frcm A a.m. to 6 p.m., on Mouday, the 26th May, 161 1. Dated tlia 20th day of May.
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    133 7 FIXTURES. Monday, May 25. High Water. 11.1 a m.. 10.12 p.m. I'Lildren s Baad <iardons, 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 2ft. High Water. UJt a.n 10. tO p.m. Sinnnixin Art flub E vhiuitiou. p ire AsHizea. Wednesday, May 27. Hitfh Water. 0.1! p.m.. 11.9 p.m. M. M. imtward
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    162 7 To-day. Hongkong, Shanghai MM Japan Khyl>er 8 pm iiatu I'iihat Aing Hin 8 pm Malacca and P. Mohan Hong Lian Bpm Malacca and Muar Kaka 8 pm i\ Swetti nhani and Telok Anson Perak 3 pm and Calcutta Torilla Bpm KsTCerkia, Australasia, Haansiaa, ladia, Igyat ami Europe,
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    242 7 Tin' M. M. company's steamer Ville de la Ciotat left Colombo at 11 p.m. on Friday, May 22, and may bo expected to arrive hero at about 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27. The P. and O. homeward mail steamer India left Hon^kon^ at 1 p.m. on
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    629 7 Latest Arrivals. ktmtmm Ipaar, Mi -tr. -.wi kaaa, Cain Walker. M.i. H. li.in oU«Btta, May 15. <;.<■. an. l il.p. A. (iilnll.ui Co. For Hlnag, Rds. 11. ii ium. lit it. str. 2'>lHtonx,Capt Allison. May Jl Prom Saigon, May 10, Rie*. t. May 23. Calypao, ISiit. str. Wttaaa,
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    103 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day; TANJONO PAOAR. Bast Wrahf Basin Itpira. W. SsctionNo. l...T.'esta, Van Cloon. Sbiibs Wharf Nil. Main W. Sici. No. 2...T,,ri11a. B. ..Fernando Poo. 4.. .A. apaar. 6 ..Miuiieroo. o...Kinkasan Maru. Titian, Patani. Niw Dock 7. ..(Under construction)
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    266 7 BXCHANOB Sixoapoki, May 25, 1914. On Londom Bank 4 m/t 2/4,") Demand 3/4 Private 8 m/s 2 4;.. 8 m/g w 2/4 Oh O»m4wi Bank d/d 288j Private 8 m/s 212; Ok Fbamui Bank d/d 2C31 Private 8 m/a m 298 Om India Bank T. T. M|
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      MINING.
      186 7 LO 10 Atnpang 8.50 1 1 AyerWeng C.60 LO 10 Belat 3.70 2.90 LO 10 Bruang 1.80 LO 10 Kampai 10.26 L 0 10 Kanabo! 1.85 1.(5 L 0 10 Kinta Association 10.00 11.(0 El £1 Kinta Tin 1.16 0 2.0.0 EJ £1 Lahat Miner 6.26 6.00 10 0
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      RUBBER.
      644 7 Wml BuyerB< Sellor8 2/- AUagai 1/6 1/11 £1 £1 Anglo Java 2,9 8/7 2/- Anglo Malay 8/4 i 9/1 xd 2/- Batang Malaka -;lt) 1/1 61 £1 Bata Tiga 2.7.0 2.11.9 norn 2/- Bekoh /6 -/7i El £1 Bukit Kajang 1.1.9 1.U.l 61 £1 Bukit Lintang 2.12.6 2.17.6 norn
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      GENERAL.
      125 7 El £1 B. Smelting Co. 12/- 18/6 El £1 Pref. 1.1.0 1.8.0 I/- 6/- Electric T'ways 4/- 4 6 10 10 Fraaer A Neave 61.00 63.00 50 60 Hammer Co. 100.00 111.00 100 Howarth Erskine 45X0 LOO 7% Pref. 100.00 LOO 100 Katz Bro, Del. 120.00 in .00 xj
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      12 7 F, r Chroiic Cbi«t Complaints. Wioda' Oreal 1 vpperoiiut cure, Is. fid.
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      144 7 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. May 20. At saleroom, freehold land and house, etc., at IMb May 2!. At sali-nxim (rc'lmld properties situate at Pabir l'anjin^ Koad and Kranji itoad, at 2.30. 7— At Tho Dairy Farm Nos. 9 and I^, Chancery Lane the Goodwill, Dairy I'ten^iW :iu>l Lives stock
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      62 7 CARLSBERG BEER^ fr^-Jlasi— TtO^J^M^MMsH»^F^ I J^^^^^^T World -wide Sole Agents THE FAST ASIATIC CO., LTD., Singapore. BUY "SHELL" YOU CAN RELY ON THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY. THEY PONT CHANGE. OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. I 3HOUID BE ON THE TOILET-TABLE OF Sold in three grades: OILY and NONOILY at $1.25 per bottle. PERFUMED
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      66 7 HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH. NORTH BRIDGE liOAD. TO-NIGHT! TC-NIGHT!! PRESENTS THREE-REEL DENMARK FEATURE FILM I THE BLACK GANG REVEALING TUB TACTICS OK A STRONG GANG Of BAN )ITS. PATHE MASTERPIECE IN THREE ACTS SAVED BY HIS VICTIM PORTRAYING A REAL HUMA-N STORY of LOV£ s n i HIN3ERANCE, GAUMONT GRAPHIC, No.
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      93 7 WEATHER REPORT. Kandan<; Kerb.iv Hospital, May 24. 8 a.m. 8 p.m. 0 p.m. Bared. 82 Fah 29.974 29.862 29.912 Temp. 87.5 90.5 81.0 Wi-t linlb Thcr 81.0 80.5 79.0 Dir. of Wind S E S W S E Max. shade Temp. <*2.5 Mio. 75.4 Max. in Sun 154.5 Te rad.
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    DEATH.
    24 8 Chancellor.- On May 23. at the General Hospital, Singapore, Richard Charles, the beloved son of the Inspector- General of Police, and Mrs. Chancellor.
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    The Straits Times. MONDAY, MAY 25. SHIPPING COMBINE.
    1075 8 The Straits Times. MONDAY, MAY 25. SHIPPING COMBINE. Very circumstantial statements reached as recently that the P. and O Company was on the point of amalgamation with the Royal Mail Line. Whether that is a further development still to be disclosed, or whether the Koyal Mail got mixed in oar
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    20 8 There is some talk of another performance being given next month by the clever enter tamers in the K.o Y.L.I.
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    19 8 Two Chinese occupied sbophouses in Chulia Street, Penang, were gutted by fire last night and another was badly damaged.
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    55 8 The May sitting of the Penang Assize Court opens today in the Supreme Court, l'enang. Of the seven cases on the calendar, four are for murder, one for robbery and voluntarily caasiDg hurt, one for unlawful return from banishmrnt and for making preparations for committing gang robbery, the latter charge
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    9 8 Late.it advertisements of the day appear on page 11.
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    27 8 The coal ship Irismere, which was recently afire at Penang, and was snnk in the harbour, has left for Calcutta, where she will be drydocked and re-surveyed.
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    26 8 Yesterday was Empire Day, bat the out-wni-.i and visible celebration of the anniversary was confined to a display of bunting on some vessels in the harbour.
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    36 8 The S. V. C. Commandant's parade notified for to-morrow, the 2tHh instant, is postponed nntil Friday, tie 29th inst., at 5.15 p. m. The ordinary p trades for Tuesday will be carried out under company arrangeiucnt.
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    39 8 The inauguration of the monument to Napoleon I. in the Isle of Klba will take place on September 15. Tbo papers announce that several ministers, and proba|hy the Princess Laetitia and the Duke of the Abruzzi will be present.
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    67 8 In the Supreme Court, Penang, on Friday, the hearing w.is remmed of the case in which Ong Ah Sok is claiming for damages for breach of contract from Captain R. D. Caswell in regard to Avon estate. A partner of tbe plaintiff gave evidence and the further hearing was adjourned
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    69 8 The net profit of the Penggoong (Java) Syndicate for the year ended December 31 last amounted to £1,269, from which is deducted JEIS9 standing at the debit of profit and loss account at December 31, 1912, leav ing available £1,130, out of which it is pro posed to pay a
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    66 8 The speech delivered at a banquet at Wellington, New Zealand, by Sir lan Hamilton, Inspector-General of the British Imperial Forces, on the subject of the command of the Pacific has provoked retaliation on the part of the Tokio Press. It is considered unfor tunate that it coincides with Count Okuma's
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    86 8 Never before in the history of the firewood trade was the price so low as it is now and 100 pieces of tho large bakow or Loko, which were sold at 92.40 and t2.2() a year ago can be purchased for 91.30 in Taiping. The firewood dealers are having a
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    72 8 Capt. Cheapo has volunteered to replace Major Hunter in Lord Wimborne's polo team for America. This completes the team, which, as finally arranged, was to sail on the Carmania on the 2.*>th iost. No postponement of the matches will be necessary. The ponies sail in the Minneapolis. Lord Wimborne and
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    94 8 A gruesome discovery was made yesterday on the ground behind the Polo Club stables. Some children first of all noticed something wrong and they summoned a man who was horrified to rind, partially bidden in a heap of gra-is, the head and legs of a roan, presumably a Bengali. Further
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    100 8 The directors of the International Ranking Corporation, at its meeting on April 10, voted a semi aunual dividend of $3 per share, thus putting the shares on a six per c nt. basis. This n Meets tho steady progress which this bank has made since 1910. when its profit and
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    115 8 The official liquidators, in a report on the People's Bank, Lahore, state that although the solvency may be iv doubt owing to tho depreciation of securities, Harkishen Lai has some fifteen lakhs invested in and about Lahore. A person intent on absconding with funds would hardly have retained so much
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    116 8 It having been brought to the notice of the committee of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce that the B.N B. Government had adopted the practice of affixing stamps to duplicates of documents, instead of originals, tho Secretary of tho Chamber has been instructed to write to the Government Secretary
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    136 8 An important featnro in ooconnt cultiva tion, referred to by Mr. O. \V Ilarrctt, in writing about the I'hilippim- coconut industry, is the prevention of injiry to tho point of union of the young shoot with the mother nut. A very large Mnnunt of damage is done not only in
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    409 8 Mrs. Oliver Marks, -vife of the acting RmM nt of Perak, is expected to return to MM K. M. S. in October. The death occurred at Dungoyneon May 11 of Sir Archibald Campbell Lawrio, late Senior l'limue Judge of Ceylon. Mr. N. Haigh, of Ipoh, whose condition
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    Singapore Assizes.
    53 8 The Singapore Assizes open at the Supreme Court, to-morrow inoniin before the acting Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr. J. A. S. lucknill, K.C. The calendar comprises four indictments under the capital chargo, one of attempted murder, one gang robbery, one falsifying accounts, one criminal intimidation and five of
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    The Supreme Court.
    93 8 In the Supreme Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Sproule, the appeal against a magistrate's decision recording convictions against Low Chun (ivan, formerly man. a^iDg partner of the Singapore Steam Launch Company, was mentioned ami adjourned for three* wetks. The accused had been charged at the instance
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    I .M.S. Government Appointments.
    156 8 The following appointments aro notified in the X.M.S. Government Gazette Mr. A. Payne Gallwey to be an unofficial member of the Federal Council; Messrs. <). H. Grove, A. G. Morkill, H. Krasrr, t. Rayman, L. Forbes, M. C. Hay, N. F. H. Mather, A. B. Jordon,
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    Dictionary of Chinese Phrases.
    208 8 Wo are indebted to Mr. Moy KahCheong, late first t>rmli! interpn ler "f the S.ipreuie Court, Singapore, for a ropy of Ins dictionary of ChineNu phriisex. It M printed by the Vu Shing I'nw, ami it 1-1 dedicated to the Uon. Tan Jiak Kirn, C.M.O. The
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      120 8 EMBASSY NO. 77. H? VIRGINIA Jj#a O I Wd.&hoyA^M 50 VIRGINIA 3IU JC Cjt^i^L. MrQ. jSt r X' l Jfei^S^» British -made Cotton Wash Fabric Self -White- Colours Printed Designs For Lasting Beauty and Economy "TOBRALCO" surpasses'all other Wash-Cottons. SPLENDID BBLKCTION OF NEW DESIGNS AT JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. BUCHANAN'S
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      148 8 TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT I! ALHAMBRA CINEMaTMRtPH THEATRE, RUSH ROAD. Sf.cokd 5h0w.9.15 p.m. First Show, 7.80 i-.m. The latest and greatest nf nensations in the upper air A TRAGEDY IN THE CLOUDS In 4 Parts. A Circus ptory with a thrill that you will not soon forget THE FRUITS Of VENGEANCE In
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    ALBANIAN RISING.
    326 9 PRINCE REFUGES ON ITALIAN WARSHIP. Rebels Dictating Their Conditions. Riuter's Tkleqram. London, May 2'!. A Vienna mossage from Durazzo says three hundred insurgents hoisted the Turkish flag in the town of Kivaji, twelve miles north of Durazzo. London, May 24. A Durazzo message says the international commission of
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    The Ipswich Election
    224 9 VICTORY OF THE UNIONIST CANDIDATE. Great Jubilation Among Unionists. Reuters linuiua. London, May 2:!. Tho Ipowich polling is exciting intense feeliog. The c.m li lites are G.inzoni ,Uni oui>' >. M i*S mil i Liberal) and Seurr I t'.-y are touring the constituency. Tho election promises to
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    ENGLISH POLO PLAYER*.
    32 9 Kkutmk's Thlkhkam. London, May 23. The English polo toatii, which consists of Mr. Trail), Captains Tomkinson, < noapo and Bsrn-tt. with Lord Wiruborne as a reserve, has sailed for America.
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    EMPEROR FRANCIS-JOSEPH.
    22 9 KBTTIH'* TaLIORAM. London, May 23. The Kuiperor Francis .>Gfteph has so far recovered that the bulletins will be discon tinned.
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    Russia's Policy.
    435 9 IMPORTANT STATEMENT IN THE DUMA. Relations in the Far East. Relter a Telegram. London, May 23. In the Duma, M. Sazonoff made a comprehensive statement on the international situation, deferring to reports of the transformation of the entente into an alliance he said tbe present bonds fully satisfied
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    SHIPPING DISASTER.
    86 9 Hurmi's Tklkukam. London, May 23. A Halifax, Nova ScatU, message says bodies and wreckage have been washed up on the coast East of Halifax an 1 i. is feared that a lightship coming to Halifax from Glasgow with all hands has been lost in a dense fog. Later.
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    NAVAL SIGNALMAN'S CRIME.
    30 9 Kkltkb's Tslrokam. London, May 2.'!. A signalman of tbe battleship Queen Mary has been sentenced to four years' penal ser vitudo for stealing tbe ship's signal book.
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    AVIATION.
    131 9 Rkotsb'h Tslsoram. London, May 23. A Berlin message Bays a now naval P|k lia during a thirty -six hours' trial flight throughout Germany attaiued a s|m-,«I of 93 miles and averaged tY> for 1/240 miles. The Aerial Derby in London yesterday was poßtponed owing to fog. (r j&tiv Hatnel
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    40 9 The metal importers of Honskong have met at the offices of tbo ihainh r of Com mi 11-. t.i o insider the premnt state of the metal trade in Hongkong and the advisability of forming an Association of Metal Importer*.
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    Interport Rifle Match.
    751 9 GOOD AVERAGE BY SINGAPORE YEAM. Position of The Competition. Again under the captaincy of Major Me Vittie, of the Army Ordnance Department, who came to the Colony a year or po ago with a Bisley reputation, Singapore repre sentatives in the annual interport rifle shoot ing match
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    The Great Shipping Combine.
    133 9 Enquiries made at the local offices of the P. and O. Coinpmy elicited the fact from Mr. H. W. Backiand, the agent, that he bad received no official intimation of the amalga oiation of the P. and O. and the B. I. ship ping lines. It
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    21 9 The death ig announced of Mr. R. C HaManc of Messrs. Sliami, Haldane, and Co. a half brother of Lord Haldtne.
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    Political Situation.
    263 9 THIRD READING OF HOME RULE TO-DAY. Fears of Rioting in Ulster. Rkctek's Tklkuram. London, May 23. A prolonged Cabinet meeting has been held on the Irish situation. It is very unusual for tbe Cabinet to meet on a Saturday. It is expected tbat tbe conflict between the Opposition
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    AMATEUR GOLF OUMIMON.
    31 9 Rkctkr's Tklkokam. London, May 23. Jenkins of Troon has won tbe golf amateur championship at Sandwich, beating Hez let of the Royal Portrush Club by three and two.
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    AFTER THE BALL
    492 9 The Raffles Hotel's Claim For Catering. This morning, ii. the Civil District Court, Mr. C. V. Dyson gave judgment in tbe case brought by Messrs. Sarkies Brothers, pro prietors of the Raffles Hotel, against members of the committee of the I.C.S Students' Association that organised the ball
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    Raub Returns.
    53 9 The result of crashing operations of the Raab Australian Gold Mining Company, Ltd., for the four weeks ended May 23 Bnkit Roman stone crashed 8,371 tons, gold obtained 688 ozs., average per ton 2,407 dwtH. link it Malacca: stone crashed 4,497 tons, gold obtained 361 ozs., average per
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    LONDON FINANCE.
    962 9 SIGNIFICANCE OF A PRIVATE FAILURE. From Our Own Correspondent. London, May 1. We are not making a bit of progress here on the contrary things seem to go from bad to worse. It is true that the more hopeful feeling with regard to an amicable settlement of the
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    SUFFRAGETTES.
    59 9 Rkctkr's Tfleciram. London, May 23. The King's portrait at the Royal Academy at Edinburgh has been hacked by a suffragette who was arrested. London, May 25. Henceforth women will be admitted to the British Museum only on a satisfactory recommendation, the recommender accepting responsibility for their behaviour. The suffragettes
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    HONOUR FOR FRENCH GENERAL.
    30 9 Bkdter's Tklkuram. London, May 23. The King has conferred the Grand Cross of the Victoria Order on General Joffre, the chief of the French General Staff.
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    ENGLISH CRICKET.
    22 9 Rkctkr's Telegram. London, May 23. Sussex beat Cambridge by eight wickets. Northants beat Lancashire by an innings and seventeen runs.
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    OBITUARY.
    174 9 Rkltkh's Tki.k.i.hm. London, May 23. Sir Thomas Rayner, Chief Justice, British Guiana, has died suddenly while on the bench. Tho death is announced of Vico-Admiral Rich. Sir T. C. Rayner, K.C., who was fifty-four years of age, was a son of Dr. Thomas Rayner, of Manchester, and was educated
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    BIG CONSTANTINOPLE FIRE.
    72 9 Dku Ostasiatischk Lloyd IhUMUM. Berlin, May 23. There has been a fire at barracks in Constantinople through the explosion of cases of ammunition. During tho work of extinguishing the tire, five sailors of the German battleship Goeben were seriously wounded, and three have already died. One Russian
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    NETHERLANDS TRADING
    36 9 Dkk Ost vsiatisi uk Lloyd Tklkuram. Berlin, May 23. Tbe Netherlands Trading Society again pays a 9} per cent dividend and the Netl.erlands Colonial Bank 6.J per cent., against 9 per cent, last yoar.
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    CHESS.
    34 9 I)::k Ostasiatischk Lloyd Tklk .ihm. Berlin, May 28. In the St. Petersburg chess tournament, tho German, Dr. Lasker, was victorious, the runn"rs up being a young Cuban named Capablanca, and the Russian Alechin.
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    ROYAL AMENITIES.
    24 9 DKB OSTASIATISCUK LLOYD TbLRoIMM. Berlin, May 23. In June, the Russian royal family wi 1 visit the Roumanian royal family at Constai.za.
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    46 9 LONDON RUBBER MARK ET. Quotations Current Saturday. The East Asiatic Company favour m With the following report The market in London on Saturday was quiet. The closing prices were Bard Fine Para Spot 29J n Forward 3/9* First latex crepe, delivery spot 2lf June... 22 S
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    DEATH OF SIGNOR CERUTI.
    32 9 (From Our Own Corresi-ondint.) Penang, May 25. The death occurred yesterday, at the General Hospital, of Siynor Ceruli the greatest authority on the Sakais of th alay Peninsp'i.
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      190 10 Tlic regimental sports in connection with ,li. K.0. Y.L.1, will take place on August 1. 111.; Sdangor v. Pcrak cricket match, to be played at Ipoh on Whit Monday, will not taku place. A soccer match b'twi n IVraU and Sulan^or is being arranged for Ipoh next
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      Cricket.
      224 10 S.C.C. v. Ceylon XI. The match between the S.C.C. and a < I'jlon lovuu, played on the Club ground on Sniunlay. Mhlm in a draw. Tlio S.C.C. pat ttmtkm 10S, of which Talma contributed 14 and Wooduouse 32. Mr. Extras totalled ::r, I" lie Ceylon men replied with 114
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    207 10 Arrivals. IVrxtr. van der l'»|) ll"ti May 25. From Palembdiiy Mr. 1". T. Kneels. l'< r str Ijvih, May H. -From T. Anson via Mr. di.il M, Zelleruiayer, HmM K. U. Listmi, oh Tivk C 'liiong, A. Harris .1. 1). McCiillooh and Koh Seek Lim. I. 1
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    The Late Mrs, Tan Soo Bin.
    256 10 The remains of the late Mrs. Taa Soo Bin, daiiyht; i-.u law of the Hon. Tan Jink Kirn. CM ti and scond daughter uf the late. Sir Lin. K C V.0., were removed from Paagliaia Pnag. Kiwr Valley Road, yt -ster p.m. Tin funeral
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    JUSTICE FOR BACON.
    718 10 Centenary Celebrations Next Month. Oxford is intending to do tardy honour to one of her greatest sons. On June 10, there is to be a Roger Bacon celebration to com memoratc the seventh centenary of the philosophers birth in 1214, and the proposal is to erect a
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    Straits Survey Department.
    245 10 In his report on the survey department of the Straits Settlements for tbe year 1918, the Hon. W. J. Pigott writes that the settle mi nt >>f the boundaries of the Tanjong Pagar 1 iix-k Hoard's property as also of those of the railway land to be
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    F.MS. Rubber Export Duty.
    80 10 l>r the period from May 29 to .lane 11, inclusive, the duty on cultivated rubber oil which export duty is leviable in the I Ms on an ad valorem basis in accordance with tin mil h under the Customs Duties Knactment will be assessed on the
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    THE ARTIFICIAL MAN.
    416 10 His Adventure with Javanese Cannibals. Remarkable indeed are some of tbe produc.ions wliich find their way into the columns of our American contemporaries "stories" which have no equal in the Press of any other country. A particularly striking instance ot this, says the Oazette de Hollande, has
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    FAR EASTERN TIMBER.
    362 10 England One of the Largest Customers. Says a writer in Tbe Financier The attention of timber consumers becomes more and more turned to tbe Far East as their requirements increase, and tbe sources whence they have been in the habit of drawing their supplies show greater signs
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    LUCKY GREENSTONE.
    264 10 The Foundation of New Zealand Offices. A massive piece of New Zealand greenstone, which is popularly supposed to represent "good luck, will be used for the foundation of the Dominion offices, in the Strand. The stone laying ceremony will be performed by the King early in July, and
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    SEREMBAN RACES.
    163 10 (Fbox Ocb Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 23. The second day's racing of the Negri Sembilan Sporting Club's Spring meeting resulted as follows Rack I.— Tweedledum (Seaton) 1, Wainotha (Thirl well) Time 1.15. Won by a neck. Dividend ti. Race 2.— Slaney (Cooper) 1, Busted Flush (Seaton) 2,
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    A FAMOUS CHURCH.
    435 10 Organist Who Has Played at 2,00 Weddings. Never to have been kite for a service for thirty-five years is the proud record of Professor J. E. Vornham, the organist end choirmaster of St. Paul's Knightabrid^e. Not only have I never been late," he said to a Standard
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    Penang Volunteers.
    177 10 Since tbe arrival at Penang ot Capt. F. J. G. Agg, of the K.0.Y.L.1., as acting Adjutant of the Penang Volunteers, for a period of three months, things have been on the move and recruits are coming in daily for both "A and "B Companies. By his efforts,
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    Willison's Circus.
    186 10 In spite of the fact that Singapore has been visited by several European circus companies within the last few months the advent of Willison's faas proved how much the public enjoy a real good show. The tents have been crowded by enthusiastic aii liences and the programmes presented
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    34 10 You're very young to be left in charge of a chemist's shop. Have you any diploma Kr -no sir, I'm afraid not, but we've got a preparation of our own that's jugt as good."
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    ST. JOSEPHS INSTITUTION.
    824 10 Good Performances at the Annual Sports. Ideal weather favoured tbe annual athletic sports of St. Joseph's Institution on Saturday afternoon when the final heats wore run off and the various events were witnessed by a large assembly which iucluded a good sprinkling of ladies. Lady Evelyn Young
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    OIL FROM INDIAN SEAS.
    236 10 Success of Madras Experiments With Fish. The quest for fresh oil sources the world over lends significance to the experimental work of the Madras Government Fishery Department, which is establishing a local industry to extract oil from fish caught in tinIndian Ocean. Now some forty or
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    19 10 The man who answered an advertisement offering a recipe to prevent beer going Hat received the reply Drink it
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    A German Mayor.
    912 10 OFFICIAL CAREER BASED ON FORGERIES. Singular Case. The greatest sensation has been caused nt Berlin by the arrest at dinner, on April '20, in a fashionable, hotel in the centre of the city, of the Deputy-Mayor of Knslin. an important provincial town on the Baltic coast, and
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    Eighteen Hours in the Water.
    170 10 Tlio P. and mail boat Minuora rrporttd on arriving at Colombo on Saturday that on May 6, at 5 a.m., hlic picked up an almost exhausted Asiatic who had been I ightcf I hours in the water. After reviving frouj liin Htato of exhaustion the
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    THE GIFT GIVEN IS.
    586 11 Ourselves as Seen by Rontgen Rays. Wli. n the l'.unt^on .iijs revealed the bony f ran owork of thr human body, no one thought." say* th* Itaiuburßtr Naclirichten, thai in > «-iv mil tvmi tions. M t*Luty y» ars have not tMpMi t started on their
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    PRISONERS APOLOGY.
    255 11 Recorder and Grievance Against Sir F. Fulton. ,l< lin Kane, 17. labourer, |kaM guilty to bi> .K ii.;; iatoa watchmaker's shop at llford ;>.;; livr wMIM <>" the uiylil in MMMM tin' piostculor I'utiuil the prisoner in tin ;ut uf bnakiut; out of his shop. The rimwciitor, who
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    32 11 .loms (selectir.j; a uniform for his chaufl 1 like this oue best, but it's rather t'Xpt'Uxiw Kxjx Tt Salesman Theu 1 should have it. After all, tlir i;u v 'nor pays I
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      Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning.
      27 11 Singapore, May 38, 1914. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list at quotations this morning
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      RUBBER SHARES
      596 11 I Norn. Valuk Buyrrs. Skllibs. 2/- Allagar 1 I 1/11 1 Au^ioJi.a a/'J 8/ 7J 1 Auglo-Johote 1/H 8/6 J Au*lo-Mal«y s,4J 9/14 xd 1 rty..r KaniuK 18/--3/ Bataug Maiaka ID* 1/8 1 H*tu Caves 165/ IMf com 1 Bato Tiga 45/- H I 2/- Bekoh -/5 /8
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      MINING SHARES
      161 11 t 10 Auipanu li.i BeUt 2.70 10 Broao(j 10 Kmaboi 1.35 1 Kinta 85, S 10 Kinta Aiwociatioo 10.00 10, KMm| 0.50 1 Kramat Pnlai 600 I 1 Malayan Tin 39 9 1 Menjli lubu 0.70 10 Mi.Ml.v.v f/- I'aliau^Connoli.lated Hlj 1 renxkalen 2.50 1 Postal! Bliaro 2/--1
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      GENERAL.
      92 11 10 hraxei ami N<av. I,rl 61.00 03.00 UO Howarth Krftkimi i..t 45.00 100 7% l'r«f 100.00 111 Mayuanl Co. LU. 12 50 10 C. A.UiboiroACo., Ui. 10.6.1 ll.OOnon liiO R.HBr K reaveiACo. I..1. 95.00 000 7%Pret. 10O00 jC 1 Sl» 11 Transport I T^ O 101 10J 1C6 10J
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      DEBENTURES
      20 11 1100 Howarth ErRkino Ld. f. KO Hi'eyHar/reavoiAOo. Ld. 6% 100 Singapore Manicipal 5% 100 do 41% 100 do 4
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      84 11 A M Prices and particulars on application to DUPIRE BROS., SINGAPORE, Sole Agents for the Straits and Federated Malay States- RAFFLES HOTEL. Buy your Bread and Cakes from the Raifles Bakery, which is entirely under the Supervision of a skilled European Confectioner. Retail Depot: Raffles Hotel Buildings, 88, Bras Basah
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    Rubber Production.
    1412 12 ESTATE OUTPUTS AND MONTHLY AVERAGES. Exports of Para Rubber. Having published tho various estate returns as received, we now tabulate them so as to show the monthly production since January 1, together with tho average monthly output, fractions execpted, during 1913. At tho foot of the tablo we
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    THE WOMAN IN COMMAND.
    723 12 Stirring Story of How She Held Fort. A dramatic story told by the lady herself —of a woman's defence, during six days' fighting, of the gendarmerie barracks in a Persian town, appeared in The Times of April 21. The woman is Mme. Ohlson, widow of Major
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    HAPPINESS FOR SALE.
    186 12 Success Youth, and Beauty at A Low Price. Four years ago a young Spaniard called C'atala went to Paris with the fixed determination to make everybody happy at a rate of about a sovereign each, the total of which contributions would result in his own beatitude. He
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    18 12 Money may be the root of all evil, bat it is the most cultivated root in the world.
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      FORTHCOMING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
      400 12 Latest Lists Tho following passenger bookings to the i Straits are taken from the London and China Express. It should be understood that, in some instances, bookings may be provisional and that intending passengers may alter their arrangements, subsequent to the issnanoe of j thin list
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      66 12 The following is supplied by the local agents: Per N*. D. L. steamer Derfflinger, due June 6.—Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Brockhuysen, Mr. Heinrich Gremminger, Mrs. A. BartesMunrenbrechern, three children and servant, Mr. Otto Pfeiffer, Mr. P. Tervoorcn, Mr. and Mrs. L. Hymans, Mrs. Hamilton Gunn, Mr. E. A. Sprick,
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      HOMEWARD BOUND.
      62 12 Nippon Yusen Kaisba. Per N. Y. K. Kaea Maru, sailing May 26. Mrs. Waterfield, 8 children and European nnrse, Mr. R. M. Richards, Mr. and Mrs. McLeod Craik and child. Per K. Y. K. Atsuta Maru, sailing June 9.—Mr. Weddige, Mr. W. G. Stirling, Mrs. A. W. Wilson,
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    THE EPIDI4SCOPE
    396 12 Marvels in Production of Living Pictures. Quite the last thing in the production of living pictures for scientific purposes has just been illustrated to the Photomicrographic Society. On the society's invitation, Mr. Ogilvy exhibited the Leitz Epidiascope, which is able to throw upon a screen living and moving
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    18 12 That story would be Rood if it were not for qdo thing. What it that I "It isn't."
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      59 13 Of Course there is only One Beer in the Market which can lead and this is Beck's Key-Beer. If you want the Best You Must Drink our excellent and unsurpassed Beer, known everywhere as KunchiBeer" or "Beck's Beer" or Key Beer Age 0 Behn, Meyer *u£ Full prices and particulars
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      658 13 NOTICES. IN THE MATTER OF THE KWONG YIK BANKING COMPANY. LTD. NOTICE is bereby given, that the rredi tors of the abovenamed Company, arc required en or before the Oth day of Juue. 1914, to rend their na les and addrenns and tbe particu'ars of their debts or claims and
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      362 13 BECHSTEIN PIANOS. S^'-^^^B^ v T* 16 keenest Judges of J^g Intrinsic merit endorse sSJf^b^B 3Esi. tue opinion of the leading £J""~ fc" 1 exponents of pianoforte r ff|lL JESL' jlJcJ^ playing that these lnstru- '^^^Bs*rf?^ ments are undoubtedly the "Best The World Produces" GRANDS UPRIGHTS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Sole Agents:
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      524 14 UtfAKftE* ONLY COMPANY. LARGEST PAID-UP CAPITAL OF ANY EASTERN COMPANt PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE:. THE GHEAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE i Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE SS, Old Jewry. E.CTfc» Company has £UO.OOO deposited with tbe Supreme Oonrt ol England, an! complies witb tbe BtitUh Lite ABsuranae Companies
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      321 14 INSURANCE. FEDERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA. ESTABLISBID 1882. Direct Government Suoervision. Government Audit. Policies are "WOULi) WIDE." and Non-Forfeitable Large Net Surplus above liabilities for Reserve and all outstanding claims. New Business, 1918, 0ver... 99,876,000.00 Cash Loans, Settlements, etc., made locally. Numerous modern schemes. J. H. EVANS, Manager, South
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      464 14 BANKING. THE BZE HAI TON 6 BANKING AND INSURANCE CO.. LTD., NO. 67 AND 58, KLING STEET. Established 1907. Capital paid up $1,000,000,00 Reserve liability of propritors... 1,000,000,00 Reserve Fund »300,000,00 COURT OF DIRECTORS. LeowChuHbnq.Esq. Chkono Qcbm Tiam, Esq. Tan Swi Km, Esq. Lib Wn Nam, Ekq Tan Tbck Joon,
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      465 14 BINKIKfi. DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE BANK. FULLY PAID UP CAPITAL (Sh. Taels 7,500,000). Head Office Shanghai. Board of Director* Berlin. BRANCHES: Berlin, Calcutta, Hamburg, Canton, Hankow, Hongkong, Kobe, Peking, Tientsin, 'ibinaufu, Tsirgtan, Yokohama. THE FOLLOWING BANKS AND BANKERS ARE REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Bank fuf>r Handel nnJ Industrie.") Berliner Handeltt-Gesellschaft.
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      1007 14 auction sale: of the goodwill dairy utensils and live stock of the SINGAPORE POULTRY AND DAIRY FAR*!, LIMITED, IN LIQUIDATION, To be held at The Dairy Farm, Nos. 9 and 10. Chancery Lane, On Wednesday, May 27, at 4 p.m. The Dairy Farm together with Live Stock and Dairy Utensils
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    THE MOTORING WORLD.
    1025 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. A Cruise Upon Wheels. The following review of J. J. Mann's volume on Hound the World in a Motor Car appears in The Times of April 16 Just as playgoers expect theatrical performances to "realize the posters," so readers may reasonably
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      332 15 WOLSELEY THE CAR OF REFINEMENT AND RELIABILITY. Wolseley standard models are the crystallised result of an extraordinary amount of experiments. There is scarcely an invention that has come into the market for years that has not been subjected to exhaustive tests, [ngenious ideas have been tried and discarded because they
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      83 15 Croup. This disease is so dangerous and so rapid in its development that every mother of young children should be prepared for it. It is vi i y risky to wait until the attack of croup appears and then send for medicine and let the child suffer until it can
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      309 15 APPRECIATION OF DUNLOP TYRES For HARD WEAR in HOT COUNTRIES. Of the twenty five cars that finished in the Melbourne to Sydney reliability contest, seventeen were fitted with DUNLOP TYRES. The distance between these two Australian cities is 628 miles and the weather throughout the run was hot. DUNLOP TYRES
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      441 16 WANTS. WANTED TEACHERS FOR EN6LIBH SCHOOLB. Apply, by letter, stating qualifications and experience, to the Inspector of Schools, Singapore and Malacca, Singapore. 19-6 26-5 CHINESE CLERK WANTED. With knowledge of English and Chinese, from June 1. Apply to CHINESE, No. 91. Tank Road. il 5 276 DRESSER WANTED IMMEDIATELY. Wanted,
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