Malaya Tribune, 7 February 1914

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  • 21 1 THE MALAYA TRIBUNE. Vol. I.- -No. 32. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1914 Price 5 Cents. tlK illalapa Cribtaie. SATURDAY, FJSBRUARY 7.
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  • 580 1 115,000 TO BUILD A WOMEN'S INSTITUTE. The following correspondence, will be read with much pleasure and gratification by all interested in the welfare of Hongkong Lady May, Government House. Hongkong, Jan. 22, Dear Madam, We are instructed" by our client Mr. Ellis Kadoorie to inform you that
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  • 284 1 A GBRMAS VIHW. A special extract from the "PreusBiache Jarhrbuhher" contains an appreciation of Lord Haldane's address to the American Bar Association, delivered at Toronto-on Se,> tomber 1,1913 by the well known German historian and Nationalist, rofessor Oncken, of Heidelberg wverrity. Professor Oncken's language bean witness to
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  • 151 1 Bib Prbdkrick Lugahdh Nhw aw. Appointment. In view of the amalgamation of the territories of Northern ami Souther n Nigeria that took place on New Year's Day, the King hafl appointed Sir Frederick Dealtry Lugard, now Governor nnd Com-mander-in-Chief of Nortliern and Southern Nigeria, to be Governor
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 176 1 HOOCLANDT Co., SINGAPORE. ESTATES CHEMICALS. Apply for Particulars. THE FIRST THING YOU WANT For Your Ho c is a Jfc Strong and Comfortable j j I BEDSTEAD. Laffl|||[ j j Many More To Select from Only I f_ AT JULIAN FRANKEL FURNITURE Co., ORCHARD HOAD. NO (ONXECTIOX WITH AXY OTHER
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    • 198 1 Ask your Grocor for "GOLD LEAF" CEYLON TEA Pure; Delicious and Fragrant Its strength makes it the most economical TEA in the Market P. A. BEINS Co., 5, Malacca Street. INSIST ON HAVING The Imperial Dairy Co.'s Best Indian BUTTER. Mr. M. HUNTER, M. F. C. S., CHEMICAL EXAMINER TO
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    • 9 1 HOOCLANDT Co.. SINGAPORE. JENATZY TYRES. Apply for Price List,
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  • 976 2 STATE THAT CONSISTS OF 390 ACRES. The smallest Republic in the world ii that Of Mor,snet, which celebrates its centennial annuelsui> this year. When the great powers divided Europe among themselves atter Napoleon's defeat, states a writer in the "Open Court/ there was a strip
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  • 58 2 I "One week from to-day. Uncle I Joe, I will be a married man. Yes. in seven short days I will he initiated into the mysteries of matrimony. -N<> mysteries about it, my hoy. It is just the plain, simple rule of three." "Rule of three?
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  • 69 2 A Little girl (daughter <>f i !fashionable dressmaker) was walking out with Ikt baby brother in a go-cart, when a lady friend met them, ami after kissing and complimenting baby, asked the little maiden if she would let her have I the baby to keep. "0h.n0,"
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  • 128 2 Just prior to tbe balloon ascent, which formed one of tbe chief events at a big gala and flower show, a determined little woman elbowed her way through the crowd towards tbe car, and began to make a scene. Her husband had arranged for an atrial trip, and
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  • 144 2 Pat was a young recruit, and was 'undergoing his first course of musketry at Aldershot. The soldiers bad just finished firing and Pat was taken before tbe officer for bis bad shooting, who told him he would have to do better at the next distance, which was <even
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    • 478 2 Snecial Offer To Our Readers I aI" INTRODUCTORY PR^T" ,VL vVw PFRFECT REFERENCE SYSTEM," NELSON'S T^t? 4 t TOO?E LEAF ENCYCLOPEDIA AND RESEARCH PERPETLAL LOOSE Thk -eat Reference System has taken the place of all other Reference W rk, »The Las* Word on Everything Mew "The First on Everything ll
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  • 501 3 FOREIGN INFLUENCE IX ENGLAND. SOME SOCIAL POINTS OF VIEW. The extent of foreign influence on our manners and customs is a controversial subject, always cropping Up in the course of conversation. Some range themselves on one side, some on the other. But there v no doubt as to
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  • 146 3 OFFICIAL REPORT OF DAMAGE AT KAGOSHIMA. The Governor of Kagoshima has reported to the Home Office that the financial loss sustained yt Kagoshima by damage to property had been roughly estimated at Yen UHM>. The number of houses wrecked was 14S. Eleven persons were killed and
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  • 221 3 BLIZZARDS'. TIDAL WAVES, \\n AVALANCHES. The -Osaka MainichiV* London correspondent reports the occurrence of grave disasters in various parts of Europe. Russia has been swept by blizzards and the roads are blocked with snow In one district 150 farmers were buried in snow. Traffic at St.
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  • 505 3 FOR 1913. In the course of their annual report on the Wood market Messrs Denny, Mott and Dickson, Limited, write:— The market continued in a state of tension during 1913. As anticipated in our report of a year ago, the very limited shipments of first-class quality from
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 242 3 A FEAST FOR THE £YES TO-NIGHT CLEOPATRA The Fin «,i St ry °f, the Most Remarkable Woman in History The Finest Feature Film Ever Produced in which the title role is assumed HELEN GARDNER I he ortd s Greatest Picture Player, the Brightest Luminary in the AT Motion Picture Firmament.
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    • 514 4 Convenient Floor Space in Heart of Singapore. This Valuable Space Comprises Office Godown Vault of Reinforced Concrete. Entrance from both Battery Road and Collyer Quay. Alterations to Suit Tenants! AprLY T0: ""A. W." c o. "THE MALAYA TRIBUNE' 20a—20c, Collyer Quay. CHEE ENG SONS, Established 1859. 71, North Bridge Road.
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    • 160 4 Kon Paketvaart Maatschappy. —:«>:— ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA. SINGAPORE TO JAVA IS HOUB& Weekly «nrc* service by the fast 2,100tO»ftO-to»»r J BERTH CABISS oNI.Y. ALL AMIDSHIPS Pm, Doem and on bowd. WIRSUEM TELEOBAPHY. Elcetrc Lights Md Fan* hi all cabin,. tßmuuMgi 'atavia. Single Samarong Smrabaya back fnm. Smratoya
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    • 458 4 N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A fortni.i.tlv -orvic. b A,,nv., 1 ,,,,,,1..;,, 1 aiU...a.ra,->w..hthel,n,« tv,o Sow Twto-acrew Japanese Government. me a;, tf.rvice Wire owi and comfort of passengers. Wgnwn 0 by electricity, th, cd.in.-;,, large and eommodion, ami are e.pnpped W*h Stric fa,, and all
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    • 464 4 p. o. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA. JAPAN. PENAS»O. CEYLON. AUSTRALIA. INDIA. \DEN. EGYPT. MEDITERRANEANPORTS. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bilk of Lading issned for Chin* Const, Persian Gulf. Continental and Awakm Port-. Ptwrn will leave Bnignpse m abont— MAIL LINES. Homeward <f«>r Europe t. 1914. ((Vmnectmf at From Singapore: I
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    • 327 4 M. M. I mkssa<;<:kiks maritime I Cordilh-re y, i. "Magellan" Mai. •'Xera" y. Atlaiiti«jiit Amazon* Paul Lent Slay, •sj Dumbea H Cordillere .Inn,- "Magellan" BRANCH USE i SINGAPORE -BAIGO\ ium.u Lnfl Branch lain. S-. f^TH in connection with Obawngnee* of cargo will please note that be admitted unle>s to the
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  • 116 5 vati rday, 7th. Hid Water-6-32 a.m., 9-30 p.m. T una? Meeting, noon p 0. outward mail due. SUNDAY, Bth. ;ViUT _;_4l a.m., 10-14 p.m. i Sunday. .Festival, Tank Road. MONDAY, 9th. ■Hell Water—«-39 a.m., 10-49 p.m. m (Hindu Festival.) Thajmisam Reception, Tank Road, i D L. Homeward
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  • 46 5 T h" homeward X. I). Packet l-ft Manila at 7 p.m. 1 l«i'-'lay, the 5th instant, and l,i expected to arrive liere at m n Monday, tiie Oth instant. CI,!, 1 I', k o. Packet .i will I.nve SingajHire at X a.m. ''""'-"'lay. the l'.Uh instant.
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  • 35 5 ulini' ♦l ns l y, j* ce llav e been sup,.?V* 1 Patois containing !!l as< nie ans of which n stupefy a man and so precHrs. TV* life There of ho with this gas.
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  • 104 5 I'l'Mighuian and his •'"'U" n,' aSH Were ĕTOillg F„i r !u fiom the Dumfries f'«.| 11 mile on the 1 r;;" hw Jen v 1 Hi. v 1,1 teart ye wadna let f !l r<,a,n llSWer Anothei mile 1 lT- again Silid Jenny, **iha \h u v
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  • 519 5 Lo Pc w R Btr Matla due 13—Mr. and Mrs.Phipps,Miss Whitefield, R. V. Keith, Capt. W. Gowans, Mrs. H. W. Mann, Miss E. Langdon, I Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Skingle and children, G. A. Watt, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Taylor and children. Hon. D. Coke,
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  • 183 5 According to 'the "Malaya Tribune, which by the way is a bright little paper started in Singapore on New Year's day, the Singapore Municipal cart contractors for 1914 are already out on strike. It would appear that according to the agreement made with the contractors payment was
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  • 29 5 The Ginelle Lock on the Seine is so constructed that one man can open or shut it by simply touching an electric button, us he sits, in his office.
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  • 352 5 COASTER FOUNDERBTHROUGH OVERLOADING. 1 he Japanese coasting steamer, the Ashitaka Maru, foundered off Heda on Jan. 5 with considerable loss of life. According to the official report there were ninety passengers on board the coasting steamer. 1 wcnt\ -fi\e persons were rescued including three members
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  • 177 5 Mam I Allan leaves us to-day. Tbe Cherniavskys leave us. Singapore is the poorer. It is said that the seat prices are responsible for the thin houses which witness the work of these four splendid artists. For the credit of Singapore's appreciation of what is
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  • 114 5 With the entrance of the New Year, Paris has taken up a new mascot, which is to be seen everywhere. It assumes the shape of a snail, hitherto only favoured as an edible, but now manufactured in gold and silver and precious stones. The eScargot has leapt into immediate popularity,
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  • 908 5 Prices Quoted in the Market this Morning. Singapore, Feb. 7. Messrs. Ly.iH and Evatt, Exchange and Share Broker?, issue the following lint of quotations RUBBER SHARES. Xom. Vmime. Bnyera. Baßen. 2, f AJlapi 2/1 2/7 1 Anglo Java 4/6 1 Anglo-Johvre 5/- G/3 2/- Anglo-Malay 10/44 11/14
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  • 479 5 A VISION OF THE FUTURE. "What, in your opinion, would be j the most significant change likely tol be brought about in the political. I i social, and intellectual world by the <| enfranchisement of woman on equal 4 j terms with men «j This question was put
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  • 93 5 She was young and rather nervous and when the precious baby was ill, she sent for the doctor hastily. When the servant told her he was downstairs, she carried the baby into the drawing-room and interviewed a solemn young man, to whom she related various interesting details
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 180 5 Mails Close. 1-V.lrrat<'<l Malay State:-;, Malacca, Muarand IVnang iby train at 0 p.m. daiiv. TO-DAY. liani'kok Dux 2 p.m. Mttiaii Ranee 2 p.m. T'ann, K'tan, Pataiii, S'ora, B'kok Boribat 2 p.m. Sflat Pandjang. Bongkali?, Siak Pakan Barm* Brouwer .'> p.m. Malacca. 1'. S'hain and I'enaup Klang .'J p.m. Medaii Circe
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  • 906 6 In considering the question of the agitation carried <m by women in favour of the granting to women of political equality with men. we should bear in mind that these violent disturbers Of the peact —called suffragettes—represent only a small section of the educated women world which had claimed
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  • 38 6 Reuter's Service. London. Feb. »>. A telegram from Washington states that President Wilson lia< issued invitations for a third conference at the in 1014. It is understood that he acted on the request of Queen WilheliuiiuL
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  • 59 6 The Singapore Venture Syndicate advise 08 that at their sale (by private tender) on Feb. the following prices wen 4 realised: —Sm< >ked Sheet. $133-60 to 1135-00 per picul; Cnsmoked Sheet. *126-f>o to &129-HI per picul Pale Oope. $U*>-"" t" per picul Pressed Scrap, £86-00 per picul
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  • 216 6 According to a Strassburg tel< I the author of 111«- "attack sentry at Zabern was a novo years, who managed to excite t" j entire German Empire by j off a toy pistol. :o: There will be a changi i j gramme at the Palladium t<
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 222 6 Motor-Car Repairs. WE are 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 few days. Humber and Humberette cars in stock. Second —hand cars for sale. APPLY TO: THE STRAITS RICKSHAW
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    • 85 6 Chs. J. GAUPP AND CO. Raffles Place, next 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 PLATED WARE FROM MAPPIN WEBB, Limited. "THE REPUBLIC" CIGARETTES. A GOOD CIGARETTE AT A MODERATE PRICE,
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  • 193 7 rVIOXISTS RETURN THE QUESTION OF SELF GOVERNMENT. ERAL- SPEAK OF EXCEPTIONAL DEPORTATIONS \XD evasion. Reuter's Service. London, Feb. 6. of the South African Hf praised heartily by i itive evening organs, ire this action as one comnndicating the union action in regard to I ,th Africa. papers
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  • 177 7 SYNDICALISM COULD NOT BE TOLERATED. AR MIGHT HAVE RESULTED. Reuter's Service. London, Feb. 6. kpam from Capetown states Mr..s m „N concluded his ad--1 :h Indemnity Bill after half hours speaking. that the urgency r Wer exceptional and c r a crisis. The measures taken under
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  • 77 7 HUGE MASS MEETING AT TOKYO. RESIGNATION OF GOVERNMENT DEMANDED. Reuter's Service. London, Feb. 7. Telegrams from Tokyo state that a mass meeting numbering at least 15,QjX) have denounced the Scandals in connection with the Japanese navy. The meeting demanded the resignation of the Government, A movement is on
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  • 33 7 Reuter's Service. London, Feb. 6. A telegram from New York states that Schmidt, the priest, charged with the murder of his mistress, has been found guilty at the second trial.
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  • 25 7 Reuter's Service. (Reuters Service.) London, Feb. 6. A telegram from Genoa announces the death there of Sir George Phillips, formerly chief justice at Hongkong.
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  • 37 7 Reuter's Service. London, Feb. 6. A telegram from Berlin states that the authorities have prohibited a lecture at Strassburg on the Triple Entente by M. Tardieu, the wellknown leader writer on Le Temps.
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  • 32 7 Reuter's Service. London, Feb. 6. A telegram from New York states that the Mexican rebels have captured Mazatlan. This is the first seaport which has fallen into their hands.
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  • 35 7 Reuter's Service. London. Feb. 6. On the initiative of M. Charcot, a memorial cairn has been unveiled to Scott at Lautaret, in the Alps, France, where Scott tested his motor sleighs.
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  • 23 7 Reuter's Service. London, Feb. 6. The new Belgian loan of £6,000,000 at 3 per cent, was oversubscribed in half an hour.
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  • 144 7 FULL SUITE LEAVES TO PREPARE RECEPTION. ESSAD PASHA TO OFFER THE CROWN. Reuter's Service. London, Feb. 6. A telegram from Berlin states that the future Marshal of the Court of the Prince of Wied leaves the German city to-morrow en route for Durazzo. He will be
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  • 62 7 SITUATION BECOMING WORSE. Reuter's Service. London, Feb. 6. Telegrams frm Athens state that collisions between Greek trooj>s and Albanian bands, in the territory assigned to Alabama, are occurring. This territory is still occupied by the Greeks. The situation becomes worse daily. In the conflicts which
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  • 55 7 Canadian Republicanism CARRYING OF FIREARMS TO BE PROHIBITED. Reuter's Service. London, Feb. li. A telegram from Ottawa states that the House of Commons has rejected a private bill to abolish titles of honour. A Canadian Labour member, Verville, introduced a bill making it an offence for an employer to allow
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  • 56 7 OBJECTED TO SECRET VALUATION. Reuter's Service. London, Feb. 6. Lord Derby, who in a recent speech objected to the secret lands commission valuation of his Bootle Estate, offered to sell to Baron de Forest for I[, millions this estate. Baron de Forest has now written accepting
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  • 55 7 FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. Reuter's Service. London, Feb. A telegram f rem Befjpn states that the Lokalanzeiger says that stej>s have been taken to secure the release of Herrmann on the ground that his arrest was not justifiable even under Japanese law, as there were no proceedings against him
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  • 57 7 ELEVEN ARBITRATION TREATIES ALREADY SIGNED. Reuter's Service. London, Feb. The United States and Denmark have signed a treaty agreeing to submit any disputes that may arise between them to a commission which will have one year to investigate such disputes. Ten similar arbitration treaties have already been
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  • 152 7 QUESTION TO BE FULLY DISCUSSED. Reuter's Service. London, Feb. 6. A telegram from Washington states that at a meeting of the Immigration Committee representatives, Mr. Bryan urged that the Committee take no action. A bill to exclude Asiatics was introduced by Mr. Baker of California. Mr.
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  • 90 7 Reuter's Service. London, Feb. t>. Renter is informed that Sir E. Shackleton will purchase the Norwegian ship 44 Polaris," which will be rechristened 44 Endurance.'* She will be employed in the Weddell Sea and will be manned by Merchant Service men. The 44 Aurora" will be
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  • 70 7 HOW TO DO IT. Reuter's Service. London, Feb. n\ A telegram from Berlin states that at a meeting of representatives of various central organizations of industry and commerce held at Hamburg under the Presidency of Herr Ballin. it was decided to establish on the 20th inst.
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  • 1335 7 WHAT ARK THK SCHOOLS DOING SOME PERTINENT REMARKS. There has been a great deal of discussion in Singapore of late over the increase in the monthly rate from ,<2 to |3 in all Government schools and in certain aided schools in Singapore, since the first of the
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  • 671 8 [We do 7iot necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by any of our correspondents.] EDUCATION IX SINGAPORE. To the Editor of the "Malaya Tribune." Sir, —I cannot help pointing out some blemishes to be found in Mr. Lee's letter on the education in Singapore. 44 1 feel myself very strongly,"
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  • 468 8 BY ONE WHO HAS SEEN HER. Human nature is the most wonderful thing on the face of the earth. Consider the course of events in the Garden of Eden a few thousand years ago. The Fruit was forbidden. That caused the trouble. And when we get right down
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  • 91 8 Dr. 0. W. Kimmins, inspector of schools, recently told a good story about the visit of that famous scientific body, the British Association, to South Africa. During the visit one of the learned professors went to a barber to have a shave, and the latter, as barbers will, chatted
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  • 66 8 Her mother named her "Mary," that good oldfashioned name, and all through school she wore it, contented with the same. But when she'd graduated, and left the school behind, she dropped the 14 r" and 14 May became —'twas so much more refined She's married now. and off the
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  • 67 8 He liked to hear his own voice. and standing outside the Blank Inn, along with some other friends, soon became imicwd in a political debate. 44 And now, "he said, after an eloquent flow of language. "Perhaps you will coincide with me," "Why, yes, thanks, old man!"
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 199 8 Sledge Milk IS GUARANTEED TO BE Genuine Swiss Milk Do not confuse this brand wit] other Milks of uncertain origin. If you have not tried Sledge Brand yen can idea what a perfectly sterilised Milk really is. SOLE IMPORTERS. J. TRAVERS SONS, Ltd SS PAINT y/ ANTICORROSIVE Exhaustive trials have
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  • 389 9  -  By ONE WHO KNOWS. It has been the boast of the Japanese that unlike European nations especially Russia —no breath of scandtl has ever tarmished tho honour of .Japanese placed in high places. That the spirit of Bushido would permit of the sons of Dai Nippon from
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  • 60 9 The quantity of Chikuho (North eastern Kyushu) coaJ placed on the market during last year was £1,650,--I*l7 tons: an increase of 973,010 tons on the figures for the previous year. The above includes 1,010,700 tons sold for export and 1,725,013 for bunkers, showing increases of 205, 7o<S
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  • 83 9 It was mid-day and young Willie had returned home for from the morning school. "Teacher asked the class a question this morning," he said, "and 1 was the only boy who could answer it." He paused, while liis fond mother beamed on her offspring with pardonable
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  • 94 9 The love-sick young man dropped on his knees and raised his hand. Elsie, will you he mine 'i Will you be mine he said. The young lady gazed at her suitor in bewilderment. But the young man seemed in earnest. "First call. Will you be my wife? Second
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 123 9 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. BEG TO ANNOUNCE A Reduction in Price of >*A TOUCH OF THE SUN" By H. L HOPKIN Tom. A. SLACK. FORMER PRICE $3.50. NOW S2.QO An Important Publication. "Cocoanut Cultivation" AND Plantation Machinery BY H. LAKE COGHLAN J. W. HINCHLEY Price $2.00 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. COMPLETE WITH
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    • 302 9 P "T'is not in mortals to command success, bat I we'll do more-well DESERVE IT." THE MJST MODERN AND UP-TO-DATE THEATRE A AND PICTURE PALACE IN THE EAST. IM THREE NIGHTS ONLY l THE INTRIGUERS c A DRAMATIC COMEDY IN FOUR PARTS L SUPPORTED H\' MAX AS A CONJURER A
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  • 1316 10 CHAT WITH AX AMERICAN. NO ROMANCE IN SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. Few contemporary English writers have received more immediate re-recognition in America than Mr. Ru<lyard Kipling. Every personal detail is seized upon with eagerness, and in this connection an interview with Mr. Rudyard Kipling by Mr. Irvin
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  • 45 10 Gcortiie was wearily coining along the road pulling hi- wheellmrrow after him when he met the Vicar, who asked would it not he easier to push the barrow Aa darsay," replied Geordie, M bat As*s sick o 1 the sight on"t."
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  • 100 10 MAYBE Not very long ago Mr. Rockefeller was talking to a group of N»'\v York business men. all of them millionaires, but none of them American-, born. "After all," Mr. Rockefeller remarked, M when one comes to look at it, you fellows are only intruders. None of you were born
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 373 10 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Valve Wells and Pipe Lines at the Pumping Station Mackenzie Road. THE Municipal Commissioners of Singapore invite tenders for the construction of Valve Wells, the erection of stancheons and girders and the laying and fixing of 24" diameter pipes in and near Mackenzie Road Pumping Station together with
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    • 363 10 FISH BRAND KEROSENE Trade Mark. 01 2 1 i,ls The Best Oil on the Market for House Lighting OBTAINABLE PROM: CHOP CHIN HUAT HIN, 246, South Brid*. d CHOP CHIN KWANG,' 23, Circni CHOP JEE HIN, 303, Beach Road CHOP ENG JOO SENG, 30, Beach Road THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO,
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  • 349 11 SCHOOLBOY HOWLERS." .,.T OF AMI-SIS" MISTAKES. Mhoolboy "liowlers" are {he University Correswhichrecently awarded Hl ;> one guinea for the best pi amusing mistakes. typical examples k-~nd< II gave birth to a n t h< people turned him r nr jo- committing suicide, |i Ttf d till I*im>. when he natural
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  • 294 11 SOMETHING TRULY WILD. A CONTRAST. r I ne Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph" nays that the first number of a new revue. M Revue Sud-Amoricane,'* contains an article on the Tango. Like many another acquainted with things in Argentina, the writer never saw the Tango in
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  • 622 11 Peking, Dec. 19. No one who has studied the history of China can object to the effort to do honour to Confucius and to preserve his teachings. The "Peking Press" this morning reports that the President has directed the Ministry of Education to order that the Confucian classics
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • 1260 12 FASHION NOTES. The smart up-to-date dinner dress is so suggestive and so lacking in any attempt at modesty that it might well trouble the digestion of a neighbour at table who came within the radius of its luxury and coquetry. This, however, is no concern of
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  • 152 12 There are eighty miles of tunnels in Great Britain, and their total cost exceeds £6,500,000. :o: The 1*40,000 Nobel prise for literature this year has been awarded to a Hindu poet Etabindranath Tagore, the first time the prize has been given to anyone bnt a white man. The board of
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  • 398 12 Further details of the Shanghai murder are as follows That rubbery was the motive of the crime is the general belief, and afl ifl well known Mr. and Mrs. Neumann were extremely fond of jewellery, and her collection of magnificent pearl and diamond necklaces, rings and bangles
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  • 208 12 The United States transport “Thomas” reports that it lias received wireless messages from a distance of 4.700 miles, or three hundred miles more than direct messages have ever before been Sent by wireless. Japan and the United States, according to a writer in the *'Scientific American,* 1 are nearly equal
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 163 12 Made in Dublin. ■an—arwntm MMM—— FOR DIRECT EXPORTATION By READ BROTHERS, Limited. Dog's Head Guinness with the Dog's Head Labol on every bottle. The Dog's Head Bottling Is superior to any stout because it is brewed from the only stout w r ater in the world: the DUBLIN WATER. Keeps
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    • 373 12 The Malaya Trih n Can be had at the ft. pots:Singapore. Messrs. Kelly and Wajah Messrs. Kirn and Co. Raffles Hotel Adelphi Hotel. Hotel de l'Europe. Hotel van Wijk. v. Messrs. Koh Co p Road. The Refreshment T: v.. Railway Station. Sepoy Lines -attho shop in-. opposite the Police Lim
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