Malaya Tribune, 28 January 1914

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    21 1 THE MALAYA TRIBUNE. Vol. 1.- ■No. 23. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1914 Price 5 Cents. Cl>« IRaSapa Cribunc. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY il
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    “Back to Your Orange-Boxes !”
    124 1 “Back to Your Orange-Boxes M- P.'a DOING THE -i, i\D DUKES.' icsriC REM IRKS AT GLASGOW CONFERENCE, (Reuters Service.) London, Jan. 27. Y ]u;tI( i proceedings marked the Ishnar conference at Glasgow conxttfm\ f* r« I* i" work of the (jtov members of Parliament Mi Ramsav Macdonald made the rtatement
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    The Builders’ Strike.
    56 1 OTHER UNIONS JOINING IN THE FIGHT. SCICIDAL POLICY OF THE stru<;(;le. (Reuters Service.) London, .Ian. 27. Retorting as a counterblast to the Master-builders 1 lockout, the have decided to call out all abers of fifteen other Unions Hv working in jobfl where the Moat took effect. Tkii
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    The Coal Strike.
    49 1 [R liter's Service.) London, .Tan. 27. George Askwith, Chief Indus- 1 nuiiissioner, has offered his ■wjaion in tin- coal strike. J--' men will hold a mass meet-Ito-dav tM consider the offer. strikers have decided to !"!'!in!- to the hospitals provilember of the Union supervi- turn deliverv.
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    Retirement of Sir Thomas Denman.
    37 1 tier's Service.) London, Jan. 27. 1 --'Mi tVom Melbourne states ami politicians of v J' a r i' ut«• to tlie services >lr Thomas Denman. recently merely from havdnl in j une>
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    Greek Loan from France.
    26 1 **ers Service.) London, Jan. 27. I tekgnun received v -i< zh, states that lhe Greek Premier. S2Si v u Fivnch Bullions sterling.
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    Another Air Fatality.
    9 1 Service.) TV kmdon, Jan. 27. Plain.
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    Disaster on the Neva.
    130 1 EXTRA 0 R D I X ARY RISE ()F RIVER AT ST. PETERSBURG. CITY ESCAPES FLOOD. CHURCH BELLS IT." (Renter's Service.) I rondon, .Ian. 27. Telegrams from 8t Petersburg give details of an extraordinary occurrence which has caused the greatest alarm* On the night of the
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    Malta and Australia.
    159 1 RECOMMENDATIONS BY DOMINIONS COMMISSION. THE P. AND O. MAIL SERVICE. (Reuters Service.) London. Jan The second interim report of the Dominions Commission deals with the problems of Australasia, i It says that the systems under which emigrants are recruited from the United Kingdom is antiquated and defective.
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    Hydrophobia at Bangalore.
    68 1 PET MONKEY CAUSE OF SOLDIER'S DEATH. (Renter s Service.) London, Jan. 27. A telegram from Bangalore states that Corpora] Gardiner, of the Forty-fourth Field Battery, has died of hydrophobia from the bite of a pet monkey which had been bitten by a mad dog six months ago.
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    63 1 Owing to the continuous rain of the last three days the canal at the side of Kampong Java Road was flooded. On Sunday a young Javanese named M c lan. 1(j years of age. went in for a swim and was carried away by the strong current and drowned. His
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    More Trouble at Nairobi.
    79 1 A BRUSH wmr THE TRIBESMEN. (Renter's nereice.) London, Jan. 7. A telegram from Nairobi, the capita] of fgast Africa, reports that a convoy of the African Rifles had a skirmish at the Bert v 11a section of the Nairobi Railway. Lieutenant Bentinck was dangerously wounded, while
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    “Mauretania” Explosion.
    72 1 THREE KILLED LIGHT INJURED. (Renter's -Her rice.) London, .Jan. 27. News has been received from Liverpool to the effect that the iron cylinder containing compressed gas exploded in the engine-room of the Maurotania" while repairing in the graving dock. Three fitters were killed and eight injured. The explosion
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    Japanese Officers Ashore in Mexico.
    46 1 (Renter s Service.) London, Jan. 7. The captain and fourteen officers of the Japanese cruiser M I dzu mo v now lying at Manzanilla have arrived at Mexico city, and will return on the 30th inst. after visiting places of interest.
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    The Court Cards.
    90 1 A damp or wet card is said to be unplayable, but the Court Cards during their short season here, when it has been raining practically cats and dogs," have proved that sometimes even a "wet deck" can be played. They have undoubtedly met with anything 1 but
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    135 1 The “Patani while towing a lighter from Bangkok had to anchor twice during the voyage owing to bad weather. :o: Almost all the steamers arriving here within the last forty-eight hours from the east, report having met with very heavy weather. There will he a change of programme at the
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    Salvation Army Propagation in Singapore.
    781 1 {Special to the Malaya Tribune.* 9 Unless Ensign R. Wilson, of the Salvation Army, can find within Ithe next month a cent-ally located I building of suitable proportions for I the establishment of a Soldiers' Home, and to lie rented at a price not extortionate,
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    TOPICS OF THE HOUR.
    298 1 The next practice ol* St. Andrew's choir will be held at 5.15 p.m. today. The death from heart failure or Mr. J. A. Brandon, general manager of the Standard Oil Co., of New York, at Bombay, is reported. H. 11. the Maharaja Seindia of Gwalior has
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    Weekly Life Insurance.
    455 2 Post Office Starts System OF SMALL PREMIUMS. Life Insurance by weekly instalments, on the basis of those offered by the large companies, have been introduced into the Government's system of insurance. Unknown to the mass ol the people, insurance by quarterly and annual premiums has been carried
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    202 2 China is fast catching the commercial Western spirit. The Governor of Shantung is contemplating the construction of an automobile road from Yenchowfu to K'ufu and the operation of a sightseeing automobile over this road during the spring and autumn seasons, when tourists are most likely to visit this interesting spot.
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    MYSTERY OF A WILL.
    325 2 FIGHT FOR CARDINAL RAMPOLLA'S FORTUNE. The mystery of the disappearance of Cardinal Rampolla's supposed new will, which, along with other documents, disappeared immediately after the death of bis Eminence, is still unsolved. The old will was made in 1899, and immediately this was proved instantaneous action
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    A FIRE-PROOF TRAIN.
    208 2 The engineers of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway have been building carriages embodying many of the recommendations which were made by Major Pringle, the Board of Trade inspector, in his report on the Aisgill disaster, and a train of the new carriages was made up on Chiristmas
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    PROOF POSITIVE.
    52 2 Little Ada came in to her mother from her play, and asked —Have gooseberries any legs, mother —Why, no, dear, replied the mother, of course not. Why do you ask Ada looked solemn as she raised her face to her mother's. —Why, then, mother, she said, Ive been
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    Doctors and their Fees.
    1415 3 STORIES OF PHYSICIANS AND PATIENTS. Swift enshrined the memory of his physician in the famous description of him as one 44 who knew his art hut not his trade." It might not unjustly be claimed; that this character belongs to the' profession a< a whole, for
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    WHICH END OF A POST SHOULD BE UP?
    429 3 It is a very common belief among farmers that a post will last longer if set in the ground' the reverse of the way it grew in% the tree, in other words, with the J butt end up. Accordingly, one sees many
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    252 3 The degree of saltness of the Irish Sea is tho indicator Professor H. Bassett proposes to use for longdistance weather predictions. The salinity is found to vary in a period of about one year, with corresponding changes in temperature, tho water being Salter and relatively warmer in winter and spring,
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    Strikes and Their Meaning.
    742 4 In many years to conw —in perhaps Eternity —when the millennium or something equivalent arrives, the question will surely be asked What were strikes what were they for, and what were the advantages derived from them 'i And the only reply which should be given would
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    20 4 In the Arctic regions there are between 700 and 800 varieties ol flowers. They arc mostly either white or yellow.
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    Old and New Chinese Calendar.
    362 4 (Special U) ie "Malay., 77,7,,.,,,, Shortly, let the inaugurate the new regime in China, a gressive law was passed Cornneir the adoption of tie- Gregorian dar in all officia] negotiations not compelling its adoption outsi of government circles, thus showing the great foresight of its
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    The Kaiser's Birthday.
    141 4 The Teutonia Clvii was host yesterday evening to joyful B*J ingot' (Germans an 1 their fn< and Hoch der Kaiser watchword of the occasion. The fifty-fifth anuiversan the birth of H. L M. Kaiser WUhelm 11. was being celebrated aw 1 I*. ..fTuir resulted t most enjoyaDie
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    Y.W.C. A.BUILDING CAMPAIGN.
    39 4 The committee gratei Bowledge the wii'^ 111 -gcriptioDfl Well wi-h<-: Mr. li. r> tn<» Mr. Cr- Kaynei Mr-. C«n« llmW.J.F.Willum-'a Mr. W. H. Mr. W. K. Vaa fc cW Mb. U«*b The Rev. Mr. A- S«J
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    7 4 Montenegrins untitled trail und conv- common soun
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      248 4 Motor-Car Repairs. WE arc in a position to repair any make of cars, having a competent staff of European and Chinese experts, and most modern machinery. 1914 Overland Cars expected in a lew days. Humber and Humberette cars in stock. Second-hand cars for sale. APPLY TO: THE STRAITS RICKSHAW and
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    The Federal Capital.
    1238 5 c ial Correspondent.) Lumpur, Jan. 25. DApOeED MOTOR TRAIN* SERVICE. -Iriea made I underi, talked-of-motor mode of present which for some time ,1111.'. 1 W tl ►authorities have been !>eini? about to introadjunct of the States mi he before lorn:, an and be seen runof the Koala
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    Humanising the Poor Law.
    251 5 AGED MARRIED COUPLES TO LIVE TOGETHER. carp: of children. Important reforms with a view to humanising the Poor Law are announced in two important orders issued from the Local Government 1 >a rd. Summarised, th" principal alterations secured by the new regulations an* 1 No children
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    PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA.
    202 5 The American Consul General at Constantinople quotes statistics collected by the Turkish Sanitary Administration concerning the number of pilgrims who travelled to Mecca via ports of the Red Sea during 1912. There were 83,995 of these, most of whom came by. way of Jeddah and of this
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    WHY THE EDITOR RETIRED.
    90 5 An Illinois editor retired from journalism and his good-bye is chronicled in the following language: ••The undersigned retires from the paper with the conviction that all is vanity. From the hour hia paper was started to the present time he has been solicited to lie «>n
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    47 5 Airship travel is the remedy for tuberculosis advocated by Dr. Flemming at a recent meeting of the Berlin Aeronautical Association. High altitudes are known to be of great benefit, and he declared that no germ could survive fifteen minutes in the sun's raya on a high flight,
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    Sir Frank Swettenham.
    912 6 STRIKING LETTER TO THE 44 TIMES ON INDIAN PROBLEM. HOW THE EASTERN REGARDS AUTHORITY. Sir Frank Swettenham, in a letter to the "Times" on the 14 Indian Peril," says that there is but one method for the white man to govern the Eastern successfully, and that is
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    MORE PAY FOR OFFICERS.
    216 6 £150 Outfit Grant For Men Promoted From Ranks. Important increases of pay for officers of the Regular Army are given in an order issued by the War Office. T3ie command pay of lieutenant-colonels has been increased from 3s. to ss. a day, making their pay run
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    NAVY TRAINING.
    250 6 At the Headmasters! Conference at Reading an address was given by Sir Alfred Ewing, Director of Naval Education, on the scheme of special entry for public school boys into the Navy. Hitherto it has been an unbroken rule in the Navy that officers should join the service at
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    IMPUDENT CLERICS.
    454 6 It is time that some should be made againsi of nauseoa; cant an 1 trai humbug which ha> out of so many Angli this Christmastide of Ulster. Perhape 5 exists to curb any which the Bishop f Loi J choose to inflict upon th( l recognise his jurisdicti
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    NEW PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER ARRIVES.
    115 6 The Rev. Mr. J who will fill the pulpit for a Longer, arrived day last on the "M from Gympte, Queensla the trip via M Mr. Vance has b minister at i years, and previous to occupied apu ten years. I* is he will remain hen
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    Correspondence.
    14 7 [We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by any of our correspondents.]
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    EDUCATION IN MALAYA.
    764 7 To the Editor of the "Malaga Tribune." Sir, —What is the present policy of the Straits Government with regard to education? Is it going to foster it and give the natives every possible assistance in this direction or is it going to drive them to the primitive
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    HAVE WE AN EDUCATION POLICY?
    744 7 To the Editor of the "Malaya Tribune Sir, —For two or three generations, the coloured subjects of the Crown in these colonies and settlements have always regarded the school system of the British as the brightest ornament of the splendid civilization established by Great Britain.
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    A COMEDY OF RED-TAPE.
    228 7 On various occasions, says the Paris correspondent of the Globe, I have narrated the vagaries of officialdom, resulting from the Lavish use of red tape, and the following story is certainly worth telling. A retired "fonctionnaire," who is in receipt of a very modest pension, also
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    THE KAISER'S BIRTHDAY.
    120 7 A reception was held at noon today in the German Consulate General in commemoration of the fiftyfifth anniversary of tlx* birth of the I forman Emperor, Kaiser WilhelmlL The offi s were nicely decorated for the occasion, and many prominent members of the German community took advantage
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    12 7 The conditions of service of the police are published in the Gazette.
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