Malaya Tribune, 31 January 1914

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    20 1 THE MALAYA TRIBUNE. 1.- No. 26. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1914 Price 5 Cents. CIK rnalapa Cribune. BATURDAY, JANUARY 31.
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    "Damming the Amazon."
    252 1 AFRICA'S LABOUR LEADER AND THE LEVANTINE I BRIGAND." THK GOVERNMENTS IDEA. EMANATION FROM THE BRAIN OF A LUNATIC. Reuter's Service. 4: London, Jan. 30. D Cape Town telegrams report the f? Arrival there of Mr. Cfresswell. The I Labour 'Leatier was cheered by a larjre crowd of
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    DURHAM ELECTION.
    139 1 u wmr party in the North- Durham election are making a the South African Stuart ifl the labour candidate. Hardwick the Unionist and Mr. Uie Liberal are giving r e to Home Rule. Th T He Glasgow 1 1 a ""«aohrtkm to the effect taat i. permanent improvement
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    The Building Trades.
    34 1 Reuter's Service. London, Jan .-30. The Building Trades Federation recommends the, withdrawal of labour from all jobs on which the Master Builders' Association is engaged. One hundred thousand men are involved.
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    Russia's Great Loan.
    59 1 FIRST PORTION OF £24,000,000 ISSUING AT PARIS. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. M K The St, Petersburg correspondent of the rt Temps" reports'that the French 1>ank* have signed an agreement with M? rtokovtzoff to issue the first portion of £21,000,000 sterling of the Russian Railway Loan. This loan
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    Securities Boom.
    30 1 SPLENDID INDICATION OF BRITAIN'S PROSPERITY. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 30. The boom in investment securities continues. New loans being successfully floated is becoming a matter of everyday occurrence.
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    Another Cabinet Meeting.
    52 1 Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 30. There was a full Cabinet meeting to-day, this being the third successive day's meeting. It is reported that the details of the Naval Estimates have been referred to Sir Edward Grey, Mr. Winston Churchill and Mr. McKenna, who met at the Foreign
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    The Bank Rate.
    28 1 Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 30. The Bank rate of discount is now three per cent. The Bank of France rate is three and a half.
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    Obituary.
    15 1 Reuter's Service. (Reuters Service.) London, Jan. 30. The death is announced of Lord Knutsford.
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    President With Diadem.
    194 1 WORSHIP AT TEtfPLB OF HEAVEN BY YUAN 3HIH K'AI. strong protest by. 44 peking Gazette.* f* Malaya Tribune TJprr.) J*n. 30. Worship at the historic Temple of Heaven at Peking was *re-opened to-day when President -Yuan. Shih K'ai was the celebrant *md led a huge congregation. China
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    French Priest Murdered.
    79 1 I CHINESE "WHITE WOLF j BRIGANDS INVADE ANHWEI. THREE PERSONS WOUNDED. Malaya Tribune H Corr.) Shanghai, Jan. 30. Outrages continue to be reported from various ports of China. The depredations and lawlessness of the brigands known as the M White Wolves have culminated in a regular invasion
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    The "Ikonas."
    38 1 COL. SEELY ABOLISHING THE MOUNTED INFANTRY. Reuter's Service. London, Jan. 30. The -Morning Post" says that Colo nel Seeley has decided to abolish the Mounted Infantry and replace it by cavalry, whose numbers may be increased.
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    59 1 Dr. E.C. Foston, Supt. of the Emigration Depot, Negnpatam, who was on leave, resumed his duties on the 20th ultimo. The "Gaiety/* another addition to the excellent show houses we have, opens to-night in its splendid theatre at the corner of Albert and Bencoolen Streets. A grand programme has been
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    Singapore Planting Association.
    706 1 TJfte annual general meeting of the Sin#a})ore Planting Association was held at the offices, French Bank buildings, yesterday afternoon. Mr. 0. P. Griffith Jones, of Messrs. Sandilands Buttery and Co.,occupied the chair. There were also present Messrs. H. C. Menzies (Bukit Sembawang Rubber Plantations), W. Rawßon (Bukit
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    U.S. and Asiatics.
    225 1 JAPANESE NEGOTIATIONS NOW HARMONIOUS. Reuter's Service. m Jan. 30. Uter •legninjs from Washington! stat* ihaf» Of*the Asiajfr Kxcluwon BilT fias beenf again postponed by tKe Immigration Committee of the House of Representatives. This is interpreted as indicating a disposition on the part of the leaders in Congress
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    41 1 H.E. the Governor has appointed 2nd Lieut. C. 0. Olliver. R. G. A M to bean extra-aide-de-camp when his duties permit, with effect from the 23rd inst and Mr. R. H. .Stevens to l>e a probationer in the police force, r
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    The Chargeurs Reunis.
    185 2 The "Bulletin Financier says that as a conseqnence of the development of the service of the Compazine defl Chargeurs biennis, notably in Brazil and La Plata, and in spite of the reduction in freight charges, the receipts realised by the Society during the business period 1912--1913 has
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    Credit Bank of India.
    123 2 CASE AGAINST MR. JAFFER JOOSUB. The case against Mr. Jafferj Joosub again remanded till thej 20th instant, and Mr. Velinkar's application to release the accused on bail was refused. The police said they had ifot had enough time i to complete their investigation. The formal evidence
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    287 2 A Chinese was lent to prison for one month in the Third Court for pocket-picking in Wayang Street. :o: The Hylam boy who stole a pair of socks belonging to a Mr. Da vies was sent to prison for two weeks by Mr. Forrer in the Third Court. :o: The
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    Singapore Chinese Girls' School.
    750 2 PRIZE LIST. The following is the list of prizes distributed to successful scholars at the above school on Saturday last PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. CLASS D. Reading. Bo Ah Kun. Writing, Chua Kim Min Neo. Arithmetic. S»h Ken Neo. General Piugreni. Wee Ah Nai. Singing and Drilling. Koh
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    40 2 A lobster thirty-three inches long and weighing eighteen pounds, has been caught accidentally by a fisherman off Huckleberry Island, New Rochelle, New York. One claw, sixteen inches long and twelve inches in circumference, provided a home for a young oyster.
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      248 2 BIG PROGRAMMES COMPRISING BIG PICTURES Are being put on for "your ben at greater cost to us but f the same prices you havo raid .n along 1 au AT THE MARLBOROUGH PICTURE THEATRE, BEACH ROAD TO=NIGHT! let Show 7-tQ to I» 2n<\ Show j. OUR BIG PICTURES ARE Ist
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    Parable of the Wise Men of the East.
    976 3 (BY X.) And it came to pass that in the Orient, in that ancient capital,' known as the M City of the Lion Town there were no lions. But there flourished certain great men who came into the world too early for
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    405 3 There is one phase of golf (says Edward Ray in the 44 Windsor Magazine in which I am of opinion no amount of practice other than competitive is of any use, I refer to putting. Go out to the nearest green and yon will hole putts with the greatest onse,
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    American English.
    353 3 ERRORS IN SPEAKING AND WRITING IN COLLEGE CLASSES. Yale and Harvard are to insist that their students in future speak and write better English. Owing largely to the great influx of foreigners, English in the United States has been at rather a low ebb [lately, says the M
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    New Train Service to Siaokan.
    70 3 We are pleased to see that the Peking-Haakow railway adinj,nistration has placed an additional daily train on the Hankow-Siaokan run. Trains will leave Hankow at a.m. daily for Siaokan and the return journey will begin at noon. The need for such a service was keenly
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    The Moji Coal Trade.
    66 3 The shipments of coal from Moji during December last totalled 168,379 tons an increase of 2X,470 tons on the figures for the previous month. The quantity exported was G»>,284 tons, including .'{2.B(H) tons to Hongkong, 21,3(M) tons to Singapore, 10,000 tons to Manila, 3,400 tons to
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    145 3 A German artificial silk from jute is made by fermenting the jute with glycerine, rinsing 0n water, and bleaching in sodium peroxide. It is claimed to be strong, brilliant, and otherwise equal to iilk. At a full meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Exchange, held at the Exchange
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      206 3 C4SOLENE LIGHT CYCLE CO. I 5.2 Beach Road. (Next to Raines Hotel.) Sole Agents for Motor Cars on Hire Day Night. THE CELEBRATED MOTOR REPAIRERS. STAR. BRITON, MITCHELL, Grease> C y Under ou and Motor PiICE AND LITTLE CARS. Accessories of Every POPE SB.S. A. Motor Cycles. Description in Stock,
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    The Anglo-Saxons.
    449 4 Like the poor, the Japanese 44 scare is always with the American Press, but 'if the latest one reported by Reuter in yesterday's issue brings about a less bellicose attitude on the part of the American Press towards Britain's legitimate claims in regard to the Panama Canal we
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    Road Hogs!
    95 4 EUROPEAN RUN INTO BY MOTOR CAR. A motor accident occurred at 10-45 this morning between a motor car in which was a lady, and a rickshaw. The car ran into the rickshaw at the corner of Battery Road near the Chartered Bank and a Mr. Jackson, who was
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    WESLEY CHURCH, FORT CANNING ROAD.
    43 4 SERVICES FOB SUNDAY, FEB. 1,1914. 9 p.m. Holy Communion. Text: 44 The Lord hath need of him." 5.30 p.m. Sermon Theme: 44 God's Haven of Security for Humanity." Response to Ten Commandments, Hodges. Hymns, 430, 483, 350, 60.
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    The Monroe Doctrine.
    45 4 President Wilson has stated that when once the crisis in Mexico is passed he will deal with Nicaragua, and it is said that there is to be a virtual guardianship exercised by the United States over America, Panama, Cuba, and Santo Domingo.
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    25 4 A Hokien was brought up before Mr. Forrer, the third magistrate, for criminal misappropriation of $3,700 belonging to Chop Joo Wan. Case postponed for a'week.
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    Municipal Commission.
    587 4 A meeting of the Board of cipal Commi&sioners was heM Board Room yesterday presidency of Mr. F. J. HallifcL The members present We J Messrs. J. Carapiet, Tan ttw Hock, Teong Man San, Syedjfe mcd Alsagoff, Chia A. W. Bean, Ching Keng U§"T Peirce, Engineer, The minutes of
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    Local Rubber Auction.
    42 4 At the Singapore Venture Syndicate sale (by private tender) yesteW the following prices were realised Smoked Sheet, $130-40 to per picul; Unsmoked Sheet, to $128-60 Scrap Crepe. $10Wto $110-30; Bark Crepe, $9* 1 $102-60; Virgin Scrap, $85-40; Loose Scrap,
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    30 4 Shorthand was practised by the ancient Greeks and Romans, W*W knowledge of the art was the tenth to the sixteenth Isaac Pitman gave his "Phonograph to the world ia 1837,
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      203 4 IMPORTANT. Kelly Walsh, Ltd. ARE AT PRESENT REDUCING A Large Number of BOOKS To Prices Varying from 33i to 50% Less than the published Prices A Good Opportunity for the Booklover Kelly Walsh, Ltd. mm ml I Mill The Dispensary, Ltd. CHEMISTS, PHARMACISTS. OPTICIANS, RAFFLES PLACE. KATZ BROS. OLD PREMISES.
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      117 4 Chs. J. GAUPP AND CO. I Raffles Place, noxt to Robinson Piano Co. WATCHMAKERS, JEWELLERS AND NAUTICAL OPTICIANS. FINE DIAMOND JEWELLERY A .SPECIALITY. ENGLISH AND SWISS GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. SURVEYING AND NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS. SILVER and PLATED WARE FROM MAPPIN WEBB, Limited. ARDATH SMOKING MIXTURE. THIS HIGH CLASS MIXTURE IS
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    The Legislative Council.
    1790 5 HBST MEETING OF THE YEAR 19H HELD YESTERDAY. The first meeting of the LegislaJ Council for the year 1914 took Sice yarterday afternoon at halfo'clock in the Council <£**M P^ 1 1 hlB Excellency u Governor, Sir A. H. Young, rcMG, presiding; the Hon. Colonial Secretary, Mr
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    To Fly Across the Atlantic.
    181 5 will have read with interest the description of an M aeroyacht," in which, according to the New York "World," a flight across the Atlantic is to be attempted. The project alone shows what amazing progress has been made since M. Santos Dnmont and Messrs. Wilbur
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    135 5 A Hylam, named Hoo Ha Hoo, was arrested at 5 a.m. on Thursday for breaking into a house No. 53, Middle Road, and stealing the sum of HOfr belonging to Chna Joo Tew, the occupier of the house. A farewell dance in honour of Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Plumer,
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    The High and Mighties.
    1622 6 GERMAN ARMY OFFICERS J&D THE MILITARY CASTE. It is significant oi the tremendous iml >ortanL attached tc>the of military rank irt Germam .that Dr Theobald von wetr very soon after his appointment a,'Imperial Chancellor was made an officer. One cannot macine Mr. Asquith being made a
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    A Danger in Railway Travelling.
    115 6 An inquest was held on Dr. William Charles O'Donoghue, Liverpool, who was killed at Flixton while travelling in a Cheshire Lines train from Manchester to Liverpool. It appeared that Dr. O'Donoghue, feeling sick, put his head out of the window, and was struck by a
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    192 6 Mr. and Mrs. Garland, of Ipoh le'urned from Home by tl c P, 0., M China." :o:— Mr. J. M. Counsel, of Runkup Estate, Bagan Datoh, is on a visit to the Secretary to the Resident, Taiping. —:o: A Chinese prosecuted by Dr. Warner for criminal breach of trust as
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      123 6 Made in Dublin. FOR DIRECT EXPORTITIOI By READ BROTHERS, Limited. Dog's Head Guinness with the. Dog's Head Label on evenbottle. The Dog's Head Bottling Is superior to any stout tmust it is brewed from the only stout Wlfcf in the world: the DUBLIN WATER. Keeps in all climates. Ahv d
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    Wise and Otherwise.
    66 7 A KITCHENER STORY. Kitchener w«i once at a N in connection with He made a charac- 5 ,htforwanl little hardly at home (-.scented atmosphere, smile once. After he !L D one lady rushed up to WO; uiverof excitement and r :;r a <)h. I feel SO excited.
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    A TELEPHONE STORY.
    196 7 <ir William Preece was d of telling the following > William took no small introduction of the telea command to exhibit instrument to Queen Yic- 1 i 1 un,MI. .he invent to Osborne to take the instrument there, Jyu Sir William was stationed at m ton It
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    EXPERT TUITION.
    275 7 igood story is told of a well•m instructor in swimming. One iay a richly-dressed, middleiged woman drove up to his nata- >he carried a poodle dog an arm?. "Oh. Mr. Jones." she said. "I •ant to have my dear little dog haght to swim. He might fall in-
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    A LIBEL ON GLASGOW.
    152 7 44 General Newsanee." said a certain hanker, M is a very finicky person. To get along with him you must be very particular about etiquette —you must shave twice a day, dress for dinner, and all that sort of thing. Jf you don't come up to
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    QUITE SIMPLE.
    174 7 Almost anyone can be an editor, says an American contemporary. All an editor has to do is to sit at his desk six days in the week, four weeks of the month, and twelve months in the year, and 44 edit" such stuff as this 44 Mrs. Jones,
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    FIRST ENGLISH EXCURSION TRAIN.
    246 7 Kaster Monday, 1544. is memorable in railway history as the day on which the London and Brighton Company ran the first excursion. The double journey for a single fare was a great temptation to travellers, especially as they had the option of returning on the same
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    CURIOSITIES WANTED.
    107 7 A bunch of blossom from a railway plant the topmost bough of an axle-tree a crust from the roll of the ocean a feather from the crest of a wave some quills from the wings of the wind a lock of hair from the head of a column
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    A SOLDIER'S RUSE.
    285 7 In the Army many a humorous tale has been told about the Irishman, whose assets of physical strength, dare-devilry, and courage have been proved on many a hardfought held. Among the favourites of a certain regiment was this Irishman—Pat, of course. Like many of his compatriots he
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    Reyerie From An Arm=Chair.
    247 7 There's a beauty in the hearing: there is lilt in wad of War. There if humour in the thought of present rows. We're a colonizing nation and our tendencies ■would soar To peace and pigs and cottages and cow But the old hot blood is working
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    41 7 An Indian Mohammedan named Mohamed Kassim was charged before Mr. Talma, in the Second Court, for criminal trespass at No. 650, Upper Serangoon Road. Accused was convicted hut sentence was stayed to February 3, for finger print enquiries to be made.
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    Indians Robbed in Florence.
    68 7 A telegram from Florence states that an Indian couple, named Kamalgaveil and Kurvarji, met two supposed Indians who took them to a cafe, where they induced the husband to go and make some purchases. When they were alone, they dragged the wife and stole her beg
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      505 8 P. o. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA. JAPAN. PEN A NO. CEYLON. AUSTRALIA. INDIA. ADEN. EG\PT. MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast. Persian Gulf. Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapre on or about MAIL LINES. Homeward (for Europe). 1114. ■c, cj.
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      397 8 M. M. MESs .fSKKIKs MARrrito >lAII. LIKE CHINA. JAPAN". CETWJ, jm e<;ypt and ma,^,,:;^"" Homewaim» IfCl *.r i Dudban F, v» v Cbtdillere" I>, \i r F "Magellan" Mar > •<■; •Atlantique- V, jV 'V' -char w L "Amazon*" "Paul Lecat May II M v "Cordillere J„ U) "Magellan" 4
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