Malaya Tribune, 17 March 1914

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    25 1 The Malaya Tribune. [Progressive and lndepende.it Evening Daily.] Vol. No. 64. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1914 Price 5 Cents. Che IRalapa Cribune. TUESDAY, MARCH 17
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      177 1 HOOCLANDT Co,, SINGAPORE. ESTATES CHEMICALS. Apply for Particulars. j J jf h liU'n 7\lJl p pSJ 3fgj %0*M;: l Wmmmm Q Ii VI: «AWisw 4 Commencing Wednesday, 18 March. FOR A SHORT SEASON ONLY Sensational Attraction! And Engagement sideraHe expense of the famous QUICK CHANGE-ARTIST Sir Mark Anton an Actor
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      112 1 I SCENIC I I DRAMATIC j wifflks and tiii; mhkijv wihow. j .i-ALHAMBRA 1 I TQPIC CRATED WATER MANUFACTURERS. 'Phone fOff. 87, Cecil Street. FOR Kerosene Oil Engines THE IDEAL FUEL IS "Cross" Kerosene The Cheapest Refined Oil on the Market. I CROSS M will give you MORE POWER at
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      99 1 HOOCLANDT Co.. j SINGAPORE. JENATZY TYRES Apply for Price List, LEE BROTHERS' STUDIO Renowned for HighClass Photography. Therefore ensuring BEST RESULTS. Have your Photograph taken at our Studio. A Complete Change of Pictures To-Night! AT THE "GAIETY" PICTURE PALACE Corner of Albert Bencoolen Streets A Grand Combination of Feature subjects
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    Derby Prospects.
    472 2 M THB TETRARCH* 1 AM) His BACKERS. The case of 7%$ Tetrarch is again occupying the attention of followers of the Turf, and the minds of some of them have been agitated by the knowledge that the son of Rot Herodewbd Vahrĕn has been fired by Mr. John
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    187 2 A fire broke out recently in the yard of the Kgmore Station at Madras, S.I.tt., just to thea west of Platform No. 1, where an inspection train consisting of a saloon of the Government Inspector of Railwavs and a bogie carriage consisting 01 first, second an»l third class compartments were
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      211 2 IS GUARANTEED TO BE Gbfsmssv® Swiss Milk Do nol confuse this brand with other Milks of uncertain origin. If yon have nol tried Sledge Brand you can have no i,lt a what a perfectly sterilised Milk really is. SOLE IMPORTERS: J. TRAVERS SONS, Ltd. M/&LVS Patent Iron Safes. S|j|rV ;;fi
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      195 2 Buy from the Leading Boot, Sine Slipper Manufacturers. E. Deloos <& Sons OFFICES:— BANK CHAMBERS, FACTORIES; NORTH IMPTftv 6, The Parade, NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND. LONDON. The Best Selling Lines For A!! Markets. Mone can Beat Us. We saw you at Lead! 25 per cent from our fad >rv to Ho Middlemen's
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    Indragiri (Sumatra) Rubber and Gutta-percha Company.
    404 3 The directors of this company in their report for the year ended I October .'{1st, 11)1.3, state that the year's working of the Naamlooze Venootschap Kxploitatie Maatschappij S engei Lalah has resulted in a profit of 11. 32,.">G7 or $2.'i,2l'»2.31, representing just over 10
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    Methods of Tapping.
    228 3 The advocates for Ihe various systems of tapping Hevea trees in the Middle ECast are again warming up to their subject. There can be no question, to our mind, of the advisability of increasing the distance between tapping lines. The main objection we have against the V
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    Holland and Indo-China.
    100 3 According to B statement in an Eastern Journal the temporary Go- vernor-Oeneral <>t* French IndoChina is a Dutchman by birth, and in Iced his name M. J. van Vollen- hoven leaves no doubt on that scon I Mr. van Vbllenhoven was born at Rotterdam. After completing his
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    TO ENSURE LONG LIFE.
    354 3 By Dr. S. Yamamoto, DENTIST, 51, VICTORIA STREET. CARE OF THE TEETH. (Translated from the Japanese.) Generally, the Milk Teeth come out when the child is about 5 to 6 months' old, and then disappear in 30 months, but this disappearance is delayed if the infant
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      252 3 Rickshas MPLETE WITH WIRE SPOKED WHEELS AND DUWLOP pneumatic Tyres OR WIRE WHEELS AND DUNLOP Pneumatic Tyres FITTED TO YOUR PRESENT RICKSHA The Dunlop Rubber Co. (Far East) I LTD. 43, ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. ADELPHI HOTEL. The favorite resort of English and Continental Tourists, Families and Commercial-travellers. modern 'Phone No.
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      139 3 Kong Hoa Seng Co., 28, KLING STREET. O EX ER A L IM PO RT KI'.S. KXPORTERS, COMMISSION AND MAXUFACTURES* A(J ENTS. Provisions, Wines, Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobaccos, Toilet Requisites, Patent medicines, &c., &c M &c„ from well known houses of the World. f Phone No. 423. Ml orders receive prompt
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      175 3 Made in Dublin. FOR DIRECT EXPORTATION By READ BROTHERS, Limited. Dog's Head Guinness with the Dog's Head Label on every bottle. The Dog's Head Bottling Is superior to any stout because it is brewed from the only stout water in the world: the DUBLIN WATER. Keeps in all climates. Always
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    An Englishwoman in Mongolia.
    1465 4 Mrs. Herbert T. Bultrode, who last year with lmt a solitary companii n travelled over 7<H) miles by caravan in Mongolia, described her experiences to a largely-attended meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society recently, illustrating the paper by a long scries of capital photographs thrown on
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      272 4 S. H. WEBSTER Co. Exporters. Importers AND General Commission Agents. 22, GREAT St. HELENS, LONDON, iv. Orders executed under the persona] supervision of a member of the firm, who is well acquainted with the Fast and its numerous lines, both in Import and Export business. Bona fide Cocoanut, Rubber, and
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      276 4 A Novelty in Jeweil ery m to \>e seen in the edketfaa of PHOTOGRAPH SIGNET RIHGs we have on show, in whirl, miniature phot,,graphs of }l or your own -may he placed. These rings May be hinl w v 4" is PLAIN GOLD OR BLOODSTONE. We Urn also displaying a
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    THE WEEK’S DIARY.
    91 5 Tuesday, 17. v i i im, M p.m. 1 Theatre, Daac B3 Mi>tr«:-.s.'" Wednesday, 18. m ](l a.m.. 8-7 p.m. V f Theatre." Laughing Husband." i ln i a sl( r n Thursday, 19. a.m.. l-l > p.m. u j p ward mail d*. rine T." 15
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    WHARVES AT WHICH VESSELS ARE BERTHED TO-DAY.
    75 5 T VNJONG PAGAR. T\V, Nil n NO. I Glenearu Nil tt] No. 2 Haiphong 3 Seang GbonfJ 4 Bora baj Mara :> Nil Middlehain Castle, A jax. Circe No. 7 (Under const rue- tion Nil X [Xme Main. Mishiina Mara. r Avuthia Wharf
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    Latest Arrivals.
    222 5 French Mail str. Nera," Master Vallat, from Yokohama, bound for Marseilles.—Agents M. Maritimes. British str. Strathspey/' Captain Jones, 2,851 tons, 365 hp., from Newcastle, with coal cargo.—Agents Huttenbach Bros. British str. M Anson/' Master Pulley, 123 tons, 53 h.p., from Bagan, with general cargo, bound for Malacca and
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    Passengers.
    109 5 Per s.s. M Ipoh," fromT. Anson.— Messrs. A. K. Hopkin, Burden, J. Melville, A. K. Harris,C. Henly, H. Marriot, Harrop, P. F. Mauldon, Pooley, Miss Brinkley, Mr.and Mrs. Legge. Per s.s. Lama." from Penang.— Messrs. E. L. Miles, Hen.{son, J. I Lefrenais, R. Nikkels, L. Carrier, K. Freedrich, H.
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    PRODUCE MARKET REPORT.
    297 5 Singapore, Mai:., i:. Nutmegs 110 S. per piculs2s.s6 Nutmegs 80 do 26.50 Copra Bali do lo.in Copra Gorong Talo do |1.05 Copra Dongalo do 11.03 Copra Kayong do 10.55 Copra Puk) do 10. !."> Copra Pontianak do 10.05 Copra Siantan do 11.65 Copra Singkawang do 10.75 Sago
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    899 5 Prices Quoted in the Market this Morning. BTCGAPOBK, Mai;.. 17. Messrs. Lvall and Evatt. Rxeaaage an<l Share Brokers, iaeae the followingUaiol quotation*: Rubber Shares. Norn. Value. Buyer*. S.-llera. -7- Allagar 1/6 2/1 1 Anglo Java ;>/;{ 4y,; 1 Anglo-Johore of. j;/:i f/- Anglo-Malay 9/0 p,/;t I Ayer
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    EXCHANGE.
    107 5 BIXOAPOBB, March. 17. lOn London Bunk 4 ->j\ 9/:<_> Demand -J/J i/i.; Private tim/a, •>){ 2lraj I m/a. j/4 :;/8 On Germany Bank d/d. SftftJ Private m/*. 2i:i On Fiaaee Bank d/d. 2941 Pill ate m/s. 21W iOn India Bank T. T. "174J Private 10 d/a. i7oj On Efongkntig
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    A Blessing in Disguise.
    251 5 Of recent days we have had experience of some startling develop- ments of the strike fever but the latest, as announced in advices from Italy, eclipses all that has gone hefore. The lawyers of Milan, we are sssured, have arranged to go on atrike at the
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    President Wilson’s Position.
    201 5 The Tribune's discovery that President Wilson is a candidate for a second term is really a tribute to the fear his growing strength with tltc people evokes in Republican party circles, says the M Brooklyn Citizen." It is an effort to draw him out, which is hound
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    51 5 The output of the Middleton Tin Minos for February was Sluicing 57.06 piculs, tribntors '21.28 piculs total ore won for the financial years from all sourcesl 1,080.45 piculs. Meters, sime. Darbj and Co., report —The plant is now working good tin hearing ground and prospects' for the current year are
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    TRAVELLERS’ LIST.
    528 5 Outward Bound. LATEST LISTS. The following passengers dne in the Straits are taken from the 4 London and China Express* 1 P. 0. Per P. AO. str. Xov.-.ra." due April -.'4. -Mrs. Brownie and child, Ifinoi Davidson, Mrs. K. Dal.-. Mrs. Pountney. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. W.
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    Lord Gladstone on India.
    192 5 Capo Town, Feb. IT. The Rev. F. C, Andrews, who came specially from India to investigate the condition of the Indians in South Africa, to-day gave a lecture at the City Hall on the Indian poet, Mr. Rabindranath Tagore. Lord Gladstone, in seconding a motion of
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      105 5 NOTICE. Association of Engineers, Singapore. L "A Smoking Concert will be held ,at the Association of Engineers 1 new premises in the Banque de I'lndo- Chine new building on Thursday I9tb, ,at 9 p.m. Members desirous of inviting friends may obtain tickets at the ■Association Rooms." j 17 :< id
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      440 5 MAILS CLOSE. »«\eept where otherwise stated, i i.i earlier. but letters may be w is late fee of 10 cent*. up to ten :ii» Ordinary mail *-'l«:se>. Daily Excjpt Sunday. p,, r I'.'.Jt r;»f» 1 Malay States. Malacca. Muar p.naiiu' 1 v train i at <5 p.m. T pin, Malacca.
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    IMPERIAL STUDIES.
    369 6 It is somewhat of a coincidence that our leading article yesterday, j in the course of which we pleaded for a less rigid colour line among British subjects, should be followed up this morning by Renter's statement regarding the creation in the University of London of a department
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    St. Andrew's Guild.
    256 6 Visits Tanjong Pagar. On last Saturday afternoon, at 2.10 o'clock, twenty-three members of St. Andrew's Guild, including the Rev. Mr. 11. G. Peile. If.A., and the Rev. Mr. C. B. Wood, and under the charge of the Hon. Secretary Mr. F. G. F. Williams, boarded a special
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    BLAKAN MATI INSTITUTE.
    70 6 The Rev. H. G. Marshall, gratefully acknowledges the receipt of the following donations to the ithe Soldiers Institute at Blakan Mati j Already acknowledged 1,806. KvattandCo. 2, r >. Mr. P. Gold 25. [Caldbeck McGregor 25. Ann Lock and Co. 25. I Dnnlop Rubber Co. 20. Mr.
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    TOPICS OF THE HOUR.
    535 6 Sir Arthur Vein- pore on tbe 29th >in ~iF.M.S. u,m tfe :o:— The British Par;. Trust i: places to reserve £1,85« i forward £92*1. ri> < :o: The Government c piece of hmd in Kuala the establishment of a hospitaL o| nen7i —:o: The freight rate
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      219 6 "Raneegunge M i Glazed Stoneware Mil Sizes Stocked Sliarpe, Ross Co., Ltd. S. HODTRIE Co., Ltd. :o: Raffles Place, SINGAPORE. HIS MASTER'S VOICE 99 ifl _i im Gramophones Everyone and Everywhere. An Assuredly Good Entertainment is what is to bo got out of the CAPITAL PROGRAMME to be presented TO-NIGHT
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      130 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 and PLATED WARE FROM MAPPIN WEBB, Limited. WINFRED Cigarettes. THF WORLDS BEST VALUE IN VIRGINIA CIGARETTES.
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    Mr. Asquith Explains.
    141 7 Discouraged by the Unionist Attitude. Still Hope for Peace. Reuter's Service. London. March In. in the House of lay, makes a statement details of the Home the 9th inst. lists complain of the of Mr. Churchill's rd and declare that lit will DC held there is any
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    Boisterous Weather on S.W. Coast.
    95 7 taitaiUc UmuU Ashore and Afloat. Reuter's Service. London, March 1 6. n the week end a gale the Sooth West coast. t> of houses wore unroofed at lish barque M Trifolium ecked at Land's End. The I four men were drowned iof the crew were
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    The Panama Tolls.
    45 7 Chamberlain's Resolution Treated zi a Joke. Reuter's Service. London, March 16. A telegram from Washington ;it it is not expected PresiNVi -•>, will pay the slightest 'i lo Mr. Chamberlain, the opponent to free tolls. Government is apparently Ito treat the whole matter
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    In Northern Japan.
    39 7 f m me District Visited by Earthquake. Reuter's Service. Lou*lon, March 17. cial telegrams from Tokyo eighty-three victims from uke and four hundred houses wrecked in I:' tM-:n M 0 f .\kita. im-ation is still greatly
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    The Suffragettes.
    109 7 Is Nothing Sacred in their Eyes? In Olden Days the Stake would End their Career. Reuter's Service. London, March 16, The Suffragettes have daubed with white paint the entire interior oi Birmingham Cathedra] with the words M Votes for Women and similar war cries of the movement. The
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    More English Strikes.
    66 7 American Methods on English Lines. Reuter's Service. London, March 16. A meeting of Great Eastern railwaymen, held at Stratford, resolved to issue strike notices if the dismiss•(l policeman, who acted in organising the railway police, was not re-instated. The Chairman, referring to Mr. H. W. Thornton, (the
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    Russo=German Armament.
    49 7 The Secret Conference of Russian Ministers. Reuter's Service. London. March 16. A telegram from St. Petersburg dates that at a secret conference the ministers explained the necessity of greatly increased military and naval credits at the present international juncture. The Chief of the General Staff was present.
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    Battlefield of Waterloo.
    65 7 To be Acquired for the Nation. Reuter's Service. London, March 16. The Duke of Wellington has sent i letter to the Lord Mayor appealing to the public for ten thousand pounds sterling to acquire the battlefield of Waterloo on the occasion of the centenary, to prevent building
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    “The Times.”
    35 7 The First Penny Edition of M The Thunderer." Reuter's Service. London, March 16. Upwards of half a million copies of "The Times" in its new guise as a Penny paper were ordered to-day.
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    Espionage Trial.
    37 7 Russians Tried in Vienna. Reuter's Service. London, March IG. A telegram from Vienna states that the trial of the nine Russians who are charged with espionage on behalf of the Russian General Staff has begun.
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    Booming the Flag.
    78 7 Imperial Studies Now Being Organised in London. Powerful Committee. Reuter's Service. London, March Mi. The Senate of the University of London have appointed a committee to advise upon the organization of Imperial studies in London and the creation of a department for Imperial studies. The committee includes
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    The Billard Championship.
    46 7 Recce beats Stevenson. Reuter's Service. London, March 11». In the Billiard Championship Recce ran out at IMMM) Stevenson making 8,885, after a most exciting game. Stevenson at one time led by over a thousand points. The winner moots tho champion, 1 nman, to-day.
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    Mexican Affairs.
    45 7 Inquiry into Death of American Postmaster. Reuter's Service. London. March 17. A telegram from Washington states that Mr. Bryan has ordered an investigation into the death of Johnston, the Postmaster at Tecarte, California, who was killed when defending his store against Mexican marauders.
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    The Union of South Africa.
    63 7 Modification of the Indemnity Bill. Reuter's Service. Loudon. March I<>. A telegram from Cape Town; States that the Indemnity Bill, has j passed through the committee stage in the Senate. Mr. Smuts has made concessions regarding references to deportees, the principal being tin* deletion of
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    Famous Scientist Killed.
    50 7 Reuter's Service. London, March 16. Sir .John Murray, the celebrated Edinburgh oceanographer has been killed in a motor accident, while his daughter was seriously injured. [The deceased was the recipient of many orders and medals and his works cover practically all the known seas. —Ed "M/ 17
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    Opening of the Rowing Season.
    28 7 Reuter's Service. London, March 16. There were exciting scenes at Putney at the opening of the rowing season, when three-eighths were sunk simultaneously.
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    Derby Betting.
    19 7 Reuter's Service. London, March 16. The Derby betting is now 4 to 1 against M The Tetrarch."
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    The Russian Disaster.
    189 7 Terrible Scenes Witnessed in Kuban Province. Miraculous Escapes. Reuter's Service. London, March lt». A telegram from St. Petersburg gives a graphic account of the Kuban catastrophe. One hundred and seventy-six railway navvies, who were sleeping in sheds and were surprised by the floods, tied to the train
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    Piracy Near Hongkong.
    207 7 Norwegian Steamer Looted. Reuter's Service. London, March 17. A Hongkong telegram states that pirates in tiie guise of passengers looted the Norwegian Steamer "Childar" bound for Swatow. [It would seem that the police precautions being too severe in regard to the river steamers, where all male and
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    East Africa Protectorates Loan.
    24 7 Reuter's Service. London, March I". In the House of Commons Mr. Lewis Harconrt introduced the East Africa Protectorates Loan Hill.
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    Room Patrol at Adelphi.
    188 7 To Be no More Intruders. Bandmann Girls Change Room. This morning a "Malaya Tribune* representative called on Miss Gladys? Stuart and Miss Dorothy Carlton at the Adelphi Hotel to tind out tho latest news concerning the results of the scare which they received at 2.20 a.m.
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    Railway Disaster in Australia.
    99 7 Express Runs into Goods Train. Reuter's Service. London, March IG. A telegram from Sydney states that the Mossvale railway collision on tho 14th inst. was the most serious recorded in Now South Wale*. Tho night was cold and it wafl raining, and tho crash was heard
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    Prince of Wales visits Norway.
    22 7 Reuter's Service. London, March 17. The Prince <>f Wales has left for Norway, and crossed the channel.
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    POLICE CHANGES.
    104 7 InspectorHickey has arrived from Malacca and resumed duty as Chief Inspector. Singapore. Acting Chief Inspector O'Neill i has heen transferred as Inspector in charge Central Station, Singapore. Inspector O'Neill has done excess! I ingly admirable work w hen Acting I Chief Inspector, it is no exaggeration but a
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    Vestry Clerk Of Cathedral Robbed.
    72 7 i The collection of St. Andrew** I Cathedral for the past week, amounting to $123.55, was stolen from the vestry clerk yesterday whMo lon his way to the hank. The Rev. Mr. H. G. Peile reqvesfa that if any Cathedral chits dated from March 10th
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    Sports.
    39 8 [by "CANDOO."] GARRISON GOLF CLUB. Ladies' Medal Competition. RHSrLTS FOR MARCH. winner. Mrs. Hewan 43 —bct. 43 Mrs. K. L. Braddell 50 5 45 Mrs. Nicholson 50 4 4(> Mr*. C. Everitt 61—12 4<> cards were taken out.
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    S.V.C. Billiard Tournament.
    44 8 CORRECTION. The match played on last Wednesday between Sergeant-Major II. W. Moss, —10, and 1\ J. Lloyd, j resulted in a victory for the j latter. 250 (18) —15(1 (l.'l). Satur-j diiy's issue gave the result in favour ot M (»s.>.
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    Y.M.C.A. Challenge Cup Billiard Tournament.
    136 8 Last evening C. Martia scr., proved too strong for A. E. Lafe. —50, winning by a score of 250 to 177.Special interest was taken in this snatch, as the winner is expected to win the handicap. Lafe started sluing with a break of twenty the
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    Tanglin Club Billiard Tournament.
    106 8 VESTERDA Y S II EST LTS. 0. Burrett, —heat W. A. Sims. iU*r. rir»0—23t*>. V. Stevens,—f»0, heat C. H. Waddell. —1 •><>. 250— 1 10. i 4 Thorougood,— 150, beat K. liartnell, plus .'>(). 250- 205. N. K. Bath.— MO. beat X. L. Oritkn, —1)0, 250—172.
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    Chinese Swimming Club.
    213 8 The Chinese Swimming Club beautifully decorated at its Anniversary on Sunday by Mr. C. KennethChea. Tin; following events took place after the rain at 1.45 p.m. and resulted as follows KM) Yards Swimming ChampionShip—lst, Mr. C. Kenneth Chea 2nd, Mr. Chea Teck Chye 3rd, Mr. Cheong Keng
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    FOOTBALL.
    73 8 England Defeats Wales at Soccer. The Soccer match at Cardiff took place in stormy weather, hut tho ground was fair, in the presence of 12,000 spectators. The play in the first half was fast and fairly even and there was no scoring. In the second half the Welsh, without
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    Straits Athletic Club.
    79 8 The fourth anniversary of the 1 Straits Athletic Club was held 011 Saturday and Sunday, 14th and 15th March, at No. 55A, Maepherson i Road. Bungalow of Mr. Yeo Hong Seng. At the post-prandial on Saturday! evening Mr. K. K. Cheng, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, toasted the
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    S.C.C. Tennis Tournament.
    35 8 Monday's tics were postponed until this afternoon because of the; wet condition of the courts as a result of the rain. Play pieviously down for to-day has been postponed until Wednesday afternoon.
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    To-day’s Ties.
    670 8 CH AM PIONSH I P. I>. H. Kleinniann v. A. K. a B. Terrell. .1. A. Dean R. c. stout. (apt. M. V. Day v. b\ Moding. W. H. Threlfall n. R. B. B. Donnell. CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS. P. Salamann and G. K. Teale L J. Wishart and E.
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    A Woman’s Wit.
    211 8 A Police Officer tells an interesting tale Of an old woman he once had to deal with. A batch of banknotes had been stolen, ami tin* detective was informed that tho old I woman in question, a notorious "fence," had one of the notes, at i leaat,
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    Sungei Gau Tin.
    43 8 The nett profit made by the Bungei Gran Tin Co. during the year was A final dividend of 12J per cent, was declared, making 35 percent, for the year. A sum of 1 «S,7.'>tJ was carried forward, less directors' fees.
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    Association of Engineers.
    251 8 As announced in our issuo of yesterday, the Association of Engineers will hold a Smoking Concert next Thursday evening at t> o'clock in the club rooms, to celebrate the opening of the new premises, which are located in the new French Bank Buildings. Members requiring invitation cards
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    The English Language in India.
    181 8 The Indian Census returns show that the knowledge of English is spreading rapidly, the total number of poisons possessing it I*7 million —being nearly 50 per cent, greater than at the commencement of our still youthful century. Of every 10,000 persons of each sex. !>.">
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    Gyroscopic Monorail.
    119 8 '1 no interesting series of working models in the Science Museum, South Kensington, lias been augmented recently by the addition of a gyroscopic monorail, the invention ot* M. Pierre Schilowsky. Until now the Science Museum has lacked a model of the monorail or any adequate exhibit showing the
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    Labu Slump.
    76 8 Labu shares slumped on the declaration of a dividend of Ik per cent, against 40 per cent, last year. The carry forward amount to £I<U tOO. Straits Rubber pays a final dividend of ton per cent. £50,000 is placed to reserve. It is unofficially announced that the K.
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    The Funeral of the late Mr.Lim Ho Pua.
    262 8 [f* Sanaay mortii lUf western hall' of v scene of great animation' the preparations f G procession of the deceaswi aire Liin Ho p lla village close to Atnov. The procession wag longest seen in recent social standing of the the numerous
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    DUTCHMEN IN ASIAMINRO.
    230 8 The huge and important worta I for irrigation of the Piateu of Konia in Asiatic Turkey, which have been constructed under the supervision of th*' Engineers <>t' Waterways H. aud A. Waktorp. were .completed in November !a.4 and will be put in service with ihf beginning of
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    Secret Societies in Taiping.
    83 8 Secret societies are said to in Tailing. A us made on premises m 1 :i!< j before day break on the i.u A Iby a number ot l J g j meeting was K* l4 w Q or lon with about IU l" c j all
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    Japan’s Attitude Towards Christianity.
    1752 9 An able review of Japan's attitude towards Christianity, which presents the subject with considerable freshness, and to some extent from a new point of view, appears in the cur- j rent "Contemporary Review* 1 from the pen of Rev. L. B. Cholmondeley (Chaplain to the British
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    Angle-Dutch Plantations of Java.
    249 10 The directors of the Anglo-Dutch Plantations of Java. Ltd., have received by cable the following figures for the pari year: —Tea, 1,406,376 lb., against 1,461,488 lb,? coffee, 12,282 CWt, against 11,472 CWt robber, 90,848 lb., against 90,313 lb,; cinchona. 775,125 (J kg.), against 1875,460 kg.) rice,
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    173 10 The Maharaja Kumar of Takari is now in Bombay, lb i> probably tin* only Maharaja w ho i- a keen and aceomplUln-d aviator. Inter\iewed by a representative, he said: I liave been fl> iug at the school at Ibnd.ii for a 1 oui U\e mouths and have obtained m> pilot's
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    257 10 It has long been a truism that Japan seeks the mastery of the Pacific. Her direct rivals in this effort are Russia, the great South Sea dominions and the United Slides. At the moment Russia is impotent at sea but Russia is building. Behind Australia and
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    196 10 The Parsi community of Rangoon have forwarded a memorial to the Lieutenant Governor of Burma protesting against the recent Resolution of the Municipal Committee which recommended the creation of a sepa-rate-electorate for Parsis, Jews and without any definite reason being given for the change. The memorialists briefly point out that
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    Radium and Cancer.
    197 11 Experiments with the Beta Rays. An important report upon tlie experiments with milium conducted 1 by Dr. Alexis Carrel at the Rockefeller Institute was read on Wednesday before the Radium Institute of America. According to Dr. Robert I Abbe, who began, 1 1 years ago, to use
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    225 11 Jdhnjd TrH n //<'" ('orrcxpondent.) 9 Kota Hharu, i 1 1li March. flic \vo:it!ii is anything but pleasura t* a month since, no rain has fallen and the heat has become oppressive day by day. Mr. W. Clayton. the Asnstant British Advisor, is L'oini* homo, on furlough, early
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    Average Income of Indians.
    281 11 The Hon'ble Sir William Meyer, in reply to a question put in the Imperial Legislative Council, said that the average annual income of an Indian was lis. 30 approximately in 1901 and in 1S80 it was Rs. 27. He also observed that the Government could not
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      263 12 Banking THE SZE HAI TONC BANKING AND INSURANCE CO., LTD. At an Annual General Meeting <>f the above Company, held ml the Registered Offices of the Company, Nos. .">; and 58, Kling Stn-et. Singa pore, on the 80th November, 1918, the following gentlemen were elected Directori and Ofioera lor the
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      351 12 I Wanted WANTED An Interpreter Bneakii Malay English. Apply Room No. 9. Stamfowi Bras Basah Road 111 :s Cood Compositeur: petent men. Apply to J t0 the Straits Albion Pre J'l 20C, Collyer Quay. The Offices and Printtn? R 1 v of THE STRAITS AJLRin Ltd., and of THE MALaya
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