Malaya Tribune, 18 May 1914

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    26 1 The Malaya Tribune. [Progressive and Independent Evening Daily.] Vol. 1 No. 116 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1914 Price 5 Cents. cm IHalapa Cribmie. MONDAY, MAY 18
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      332 1 I 6 Ii SCOTCH WHISKY L j I I v «f« »r- %r» %r- art ar. *rv»»•c. r. r.. r. r. r.. r jKj Ij«.afc4.afc«.«fc4»«fc*.tf «fc-.au jAT THE ■'telle Picture Palace (Junction cf Albert 8 Icncoolen Streets.) The Following fine Pictures will he screened. REFUGE FROM THE RAIN A siM.r.NOII)
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      299 1 rw China Mutual Company, Ltd. !und C cr F OffKlT- SHANGHAI. CHINA.) gg*"* Companies Accnmrpp j Ordinances PLAN'S. \ugS3t moderate rates. Act^t"- 6i Claims, loam etc. settled without the delay of reference to Head Office For further particulars apply to THE RESIDENT SECRETARY, Finlayscn Green. 124 —I Telephone No. 214.
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    SAD BATHING FATALITY.
    259 2 The Late Mr. J. C. LONIE. Funeral at Teluk Anson. The funeral of Mr. J. C. Lonie, whose sad death was announced in the Malay Mail on May 11, took place on Monday afternoon, at the European Cemetery, Teluk Anson, many ot* the residents there attending. The
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    Unknown British Guiana.
    135 2 Explorers' Discoveries. Xi'w York, April L6th. In tiie wilds of British Guiana an expedition equipped by ih«' Pennsylvania University has suffered great hardships, but succeeded in discovering territories which, it is claimed, have hitherto been untrodden by whites, and has also located the remnant of an ancient
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      155 2 OBSERVE LABEL A SIMPLE NOURISHING FOOD OF.. HIGH MEDICINAL VALUE. OBTAINABLE AT ALL STORES HOTELS^CLUBS KIM HIN Co., SOLE AGENTS. l •>-:> 11-s Price A EACH. s JUST RECEIVED! A New of r.'■ Also Felt hats, Snirts a. iitt, o. ii.s Wfj INSPECTION INVITED. CEYLON TAILORS' Co, High Class Tailors
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    Men of Iron Discipline
    685 3 TRIBUTE TO ULSTER VOLUNTEERS. By Percival Phillips. Belfast, April 15. Militant suffragettes awl militant Ulstermen skirmished at Belfast Castle to-day, when the North Belfast Regiment paraded for inspection by Sir Edward Carson. Hunger striking women and their followers have been engaged fulsome in a campaign of
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    CHICAGO ELECTIONS.
    288 3 Women Candidates Rejected by Women. New York, April 8 The result of the Chicago municipal elections in which women for the first time have exercised the right to vote, is suggestive in many respects. One hundred and sixty thousand women, or about 70 per cent, of those registered,
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      125 3 Japanese Dental Surgeon. I. HIRANO, No 384, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, (Next to Harima Hall.) BEER Sapporo Black Beer AND Citron Water AWARDED Highest Prize IT THE ANGLO-JAPANESE EXHIBITION. litsui Bussaii Kaisha, Ltd., SOLE AGENTS FOR Dai Nippon Brewery Co., Ltd. RETAILERS -mTQ COMPANY, v 12 351, VICTORIA STREET. And Mi
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      140 3 LIM KUEE CHEONG. HOTEL D'EUORPE ARCADE. Leading Rattan Furniture lakers. Artistic Novelties in Rattan Latest Designs a Speciality. Orders promptly executed Charges Moderate. Inspection Cordially Invited NEWLY ESTABLISHED. YICK CHEONG Co., Tailors, Drapers ,V Bfp y General Outfitters. L European Goods. No. 14. High Street, SINGAPORE. I j 7-10 BOON
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    F.M.S. Public Works.
    562 4 EXPENDITURE LAST YEAR. How the Money is Distributed. A total sum of $10,410,080 was spent on public works in the F.M.S. during 1913. That is the vital point of the annual report of the Director ot* Public Works (Mr. .J. Trump), which appears as a supplement to
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      247 4 fjENATZY: I TYRES. I Are most satisfactory both ;as regard* g| 1 HOOQLANDFJ m, M ,5 .SINGAPORE. M Cycle Gun Repairers. MALACCA. Telegraphic Address:- GOHCHINBEE Telephone No. 53. Dealers in Tin-Ore Para Rubber. General Store-Keepers Repairers. AGENCIES: Sinyer Cycles. Dun,op Molor ])m% [Monopole Cycles. Wlklorin Lafflps Cycle and Motor Caso,
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      258 4 Watches of all kinds made fa j Celebrated firm of I Thos. Russell Sons I Church Street, Liverpool. 1 g And guaranteed by them for 10 years 1 Can be obtained at I TD I Special Time. Silver Wrist Watch fully Jewelled, $f 5., !J 525. TAN SOO HOCK, estate
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    FIXTURES.
    80 5 Monday, loth. B.C.C. r 5:10 p.m. 1/15 a m. P m- Hi. 'M pateraosv Simons Tazsday, 19th. ~7 a.m. 7:19 p.m. Wednesday, 20th. ]H a.m. 7:56 p.m. Thursday. 21st. i i: i; a.S. C. P. A. ,y lUlasaadOtK Victoria a] > ;i.in. x..V» p.m. Friday, 22nd. titi iit. 5
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    Mails for Europe.
    28 5 y I htt in London. Arrived. Ma) 2 M;.v 2 Ha] •> l) k May 8 1J it IS i i>, n l>. L. ti 28
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    EXCHANGE.
    82 5 >! SUAFORE, May, I*. BankamJk, 2H •f! Demand 2/4 Private 6 mfa. 2H m/s. 2fl Bank did :!s Private 3 m/s.' 24*1 Hank d/d. 2W Private 3 m/s. Bank T. T. IMJ Privi t< 30 d/s. 17»".i I', ak dfd. Kf pat oaaat Privatt! 30 d/s. 171 I* 1
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    VESSELS IN PORT.
    423 5 S«-a Belle F.M.S. Yacht. Cant. Ahmat, arrived from Port hmitUnhain, F.M.S. Government. Kias, Dm. Tender. Sal Urns. 1220 H.P. 44 cren From Atjeh, for He hem Arg nfets, Ger. str. :t. r >.'»7 tons. Oust. Schmidt, arrived from Newcastle. April 80. For Calcutta 11 Hnttenbach. Bechuana. Brit.
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    LATEST ARRIVALS.
    498 5 Dovre, Nor. str. 7:i3 tons. Capt. Sigveland, arrived from Bangkok, 13-5. For Bangkok. do<» Seng K'lnki.snn Mi.ru. Jap. str. 3324 tons, Capt. Koizumi, arrived from Miiki, 8-5. For Miike. M. B. K. Kuala, Brit, str. 396 tens Capt. liand,lei.. arrived from Porl Swettenham, 17-5. For P. Swtttenhain 19.
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    CLEARANCES.
    96 5 krian for K>l*ntan via ports. Omapere for Penang via P. Sham. Dux for Bangkok. Camphay* for Goroatala vii porta. Singaradja for Djamhi iria ports. G. O, Daendels for Kobe via ports. Ranee for Deli Rembrandt for Adam via ports. H\e Leong f°r Kuantan via porta. Ttmringen for Bremen via
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    WHARVES AT WHICH VESSELS ARE BERTHED TO-DAY.
    99 5 TANJONG PAGAR. Kust Wharf I Basin) ,!a para Wharf Section No. 1 Melchior rrenb, Hyanettrea Shears Wharf Nil Main Wharf Section N<<. 2 Yahling Mnttra I Argenfela Circe t; Phemins, Trattan New Dock No. 7 Nil Weal Wharf n s 11 10 "i
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    PRODUCE MARKET REPORT.
    182 5 SIXOAPORK, May. I*. Nnttnega IK'S. r^l^tf-™ Nntmega 80 S. <" !>r;l w i do |O<.H) Copra Don**** Copra Kayong 1 Copra Polo J 1 'I Copra Pontianak 9> Copra Siantan J° JCopra Bingkawaag 'JJJ Sago Flour Singapore U\ quality do Sam Fkrar Singapore fair do •> Sago
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    PETROLEUM.
    50 5 DtWl Imp. Brilliant I m Sylvan Arrow Ki*h Brand 2 tins in LampgUM brand Jfcuwmeasesi Lampguu» brand; tarn Jg Dragon brand 2 t.nCrown brand l tuw (w Ruin* Bun brand 2 tins Croat brand 2 Una y-h-.lk Oil 1« mvi of 8 fall*. Tmpontini per tin nf 4 tnua.
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    Shipping News.
    672 5 Latest lutelligence from the Wharves and Shipping Offices. Th" tine liner Carnarvonshire entered the port this morning from London. From Miiki,.Japan into port the Japanese steamer Tokai Maru with 5,295 tons of coal consigned to the If. B. K. To the same tirm is consigned the Kongosan Maru,
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    Dutch Indies News.
    594 5 The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army has received from the Government of the Netherlands Indies the subsidy o€ f. of which f. 1,380 are to g® to the upkeep of the Military t«i house at Sourabaya. It is under stood that the above sum is not the
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    23 5 The Malay Mail mention** thai Mr. A. Campbell is acting at Knkit Lintang, Maaca, 'or Mr. I*. Siiue, who le.tt'or England rec* nilj.
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      273 5 MMLS CLOSE. t where otherwise stated, ,r!i< r, hut letters may l>e t- of 11) cents, up to ten ordinary mail closes. Daily Except Sunday. ,,i States, Malacea, i |>y train p.m. M laeca. Seremhan, Port l> .>'Tt• nliiiin an«l Kuala Ijumpur v u. 11 Teluk Sennit Nam i mi..
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    DANGERCUS TACTICS.
    1025 6 Last week the Pinang Gazette furnished its readers with information relative to a strike of Javanese coojies on an estate in Province Wellesley, the trouble having arisen over an Attempt by the management ol the estate to covnptH the coolies who had been accustomed to receive [as per
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    Negri Sembilan
    217 6 />>/// Our Own Cotrt i Seremban. Shy 11. Mr. J. Beech, Assistant (Ifficer, Tampin, stati< >ne<l bau, has been appoints I t District Oflic< p, loast, in Mr. P. S. i\ Nairn, dma, will be succeeded at \< Mr. EL Boyd, Assistant Pol Land L'c\enue, Sereuil an. Mr.
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    CIVIL DISTRICT COURT.
    46 6 Befom His Honour Dyson* Acting hist rid J May, i In the estate of Syed A bin Idross Alijafri, deceased. I Idross bin Abubakar Aljatri, i tioner. Kstate and effect* i ceased valued at $250. Pi issue was granted. Mr. T err» petitioner.
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    57 6 Our Kuala untitle reports that two Chinese a 1 Tamil prisoners were desj from the Federal capital t«> ia by tin- express train on 15th ins The prisoneri were in charge oi H li. Foster, Chief Gaoler of th< gor Prison, and were nnderst <*' ha\e been arrested becausethej iii*<
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      177 6 IDINE A TESTED and approved fast colour Adheres to every kind of surface, especially Cement. Lime, Plaster, Brick Kacades Wood and Glass, also to Iron and ether Metals. Can be painted en Fresh, Air-dried Walls and Rough Castings. Dries Stonehard and does not rub off. therefore is washable. Sharpe, Ross
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      45 6 H. C. HUDSON, Late of Robinson Piano Co). TUNER. REPAIRER AND REGULATOR. CHARGES: Tuning $4.00 cash. Repairs Moderate. Outport Orders. Terms on Application. SAILORS' HOME. Telephone HR3. 4-5 3-11 WINFRED Cigarettes. THE WORLDS BEST VALUE IN VIRGINIA CIGARETTES. Chow Kit Co. SINGAPORE Xl ALA LUMPUR.
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    Local and General.
    301 7 locally $79.50. o: news is on page 5 i (*oron<lo returnjf! I x ,.,.|<. r o. stint, matter, in- relating to ndal. is nna\ oid- iier of Prince rented China King George. the end of la>t ilava notes the inst of Mr. j;, well known r bnisness
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    The Mexican Muddle.
    190 7 On the Road to Peace. Reuter's Service. London, May 1 7. A message from Vera Cruz states that tbe rebels have occupied Tuxpan, routing the Federals who tied ft. the hills. Washington message says in reference to the capture and rumoured torture and execution ot an American
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    THE WRECK OF THE COLOMBIAN.
    62 7 More Survivors Rescued. Reuter's Service. London. May 1 7. The American revenue cutter neca has sent a wir message iiat she picked up ill Colombians third boat on the t»th inst. The first otficer and three of the crew were alive, but eleven, who died
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    BEDUIN SAVAGERY.
    55 7 Fire on Shipwrecked People. Reuter's Service. London, May li>. A telegram from Tabrnk, lripoli. states that the steamer Solferino stranded near Bardi and Beduins tired on part of the crew and passengers landing, killing two and wounding three, fhree steameis have gone to the rescue of others who
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    THE STRAITS AND CHINA COMMANDS.
    34 7 Reuter's Service. London. May Major-General Keade is gazetted to the command of the troops in the Straits. Colonel Barnardiston takes command of the troops in North China as Brigadier.
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    THE 'ALBANIAN DIFFICULTY.
    37 7 Reuter's Service. London, May I»',. The Albanian premier Tnrkban is visiting Rome and received great honours. He starts to-day for Vienna to confer with Count Berchtolcl. as to the difficulties of the new State.
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    The Naval Scandal in Japan.
    123 7 Questions in the Reichstag Reuter's Service. London. May 1 1». In the Reichstag on the Foreign Office estimates, Herr Liebknecht raised tli" Siemeiis-Schuckert ease in Japan. Despite the energetic protests of Vice-President Dove. Hen- Liebknecht accused the Foreign Office and the German consulate and judicial
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    THE COUNTERBLAST.
    60 7 Nationalist Volunteers. Reuter's Service. London, May lt». The Limerick County Council his unanimously adopted ;i resolution supporting the Nationalist olunteer movement. Mr T. Lundon. Nationalist M.I\. supporting the resolution. said t'n i' when Home Rule w»> on tin* Statute Hook, two hundred thou-an 1 Volunteers will pa/ade at
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    HONOUR TO CANADIAN. STATESMAN.
    44 7 Reuter's Service. London, May l<>. A telegram from Montreal state* that King George, M. Poincare, and President Wilson participate in the unveiling of the statue of Sir Ktienne Carter, pressing buttons at Sandringham, Paris and Washington, unfurling the respective tiags.
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    HOME RULE.
    42 7 Lloyd George s Audience. Reuter's Service. London. May 17. Mr. Lloyd George had an audience of an hour with the King. This is an unusual visit and is commented on. It is believed that the visit had reference to Ireland.
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    GERMAN MILITARY BIPLANE WRECKED.
    41 7 Reuter's Service. London, May 17. A message from Berlin states that a military bi-plane fell at I'forzherm in consequence of the explosion of the motor. The wreckage caught fire, the pilot being burned and the passenger killed.
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    MR. MASTERMAN'S ADDRESS.
    41 7 Reuter's Service. London. May 1«'). Mr. Masterman has issued an election address at Norwich. He deals with Home Rule, the new social reform budget" and the land programme. The Unionist candidate is Mr. Ganxoni, the Socialist Mr. Scan.
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    The Integrity of China.
    105 7 Anglo=Japanese Alliance the Safeguard. Reuter's Service. London, May 1*. Telegrams from Tokyo state that 1 ount Okuma. in addressing the governors of Provinces, dwelt on Japan's relations with China. lie declared that it would be iin>ossible for Japan to take indepenlent action and direction in dealing
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    HOME CRICKET.
    70 7 Reuter's Service. London, May 1 <». Notts beat Sussex, at Nottingham, by nine wickets. Last year Notts won by runs. Middlesex beat Cambridge Uni- versitv, at Cambridge, by eight wickets. Last year tlie 1 niversit\ won by nine wickets. Nortliliants beat (iloucestershire, at Northampton, by an innings and
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    MORE SUFFRAGETTE WICKEDNESS.
    34 7 Arc T!:( y V/omen or Fiend Reuter's Service. London, May 17, The suffragettes have fired the Grandstand and other buildings at the Birmingham nice course. All the buildings were completely destroyed.
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    KING AT ALDERSHOT.
    33 7 Reuter's Service. London, May 1<>. The King and Queen have gone to Aldershot on a six «lays' visit. The King will hold a formal inspection of the troops, manumiing daily.
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    THE RECENT HEAT=WAVE.
    168 7 The Clothing of School Children. During the recent heat-wave there has been considerable suffering among the children through prickly-heat and otherwise. It has been suggested tons, and we understand that the Doctors are agreed on this point, that in vh'\v ol the non-provision ol fans in the
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    SINGAPORE LAD'S CLUB.
    331 7 Concert and Display on Friday Night. On Friday evening at 5.4. r > o'clock the Singapore Lad's Club, composed of members of the Junior V.M.C.A. and the Ist Singapore troop of Boy Scouts, will hold a concert and display in the V.M.C.A Lecture Hall, to which the
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    Alhambra.
    180 7 The change of programme at the above theatre on Saturday night drew a good house, and it is doubtful if any came away dissatisfied, for the pictures are excellent. -The Trap," "This isn't John," M The Betraying Mark and -Max Wishes he Hadn't." Two intensely interesting dramas and two
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    Death Rather Than Life.
    98 7 The Assize Court at Saigon condemned to death, at the beginning of this month, three prisoners charged with attempting to assassinate a European warder at Pulo Condor while the three were undergoing sentence there. Three others were sentenced to |»enal servitude for life on the same
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    SPORTS.
    192 8 Singapore Golf Club. Mr. J. P. ValoD won the May Medal stroke competition played at the above dob this last week-end, securing a score- of 7n. Saturday s swe. p resulted in Mr. P. A. P. David heading the score sheet. Mr. Proctor, tied with Mr. Valon for first
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    FOOTBALL
    164 8 S.F.A. Cup Competition. The third match in the above football competition will take place on the S.C.C. ground this afternoon at :>.lO o'clock, the Cricket Club and the Nomads being the opposing elevens. The Nomads will line up as follows :—Forwards A.N. Other, I pstone. Keppel-Hesselink, Tonkin (captain) and
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    Star Opera Cup.
    626 8 Hnal. The final match in the above competition, between the Darn] Bahar Football Club and the Rushdial Football Ciob took place on the Malaya Football ground in Beach Road on Saturday afternoon. There was a very large crowd of spectators in fact long before the game Started
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    CRICKET.
    36 8 Telegraphs v. S.R.C. 2nd XL The match arranged between the Telegraphs and the S.B.C. 2nd XI, on the S.K.C. ground on Saturday afternoon, was cancelled owing to only live of the Telegraph eleven snowing up.
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    S.C.C v. S.R.C.
    257 8 The match played on the Fplanade on {Saturday afternoon between the S.r.(and the S.L'.C. resulted in a draw. The Cricket Clnb secured I 1 i«s runs during their innings, and the Recreation Clnb had Go* to their credit when time was called. The score sheet appeared as
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    CUTHBERT'S LAST COMMAND.
    504 8 Maxims at Fort Pasir Panjang. The consensus of opinion at Drill Hall at 11 a. m. yesterday was that the business of volunteering is not always what it is "cracked up" to be. "Nay! Nay!" was the synapsis of argument gathered from one of the be-arnieaed amateur
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    The Ven. Archdeacon Izard.
    201 8 We regret to learn that the health of the Veil. Archdeacon H. [sard has not improved, hut has become so unsatisfactory that his physician has or Lered him to return to England. He will he away on live months sick leave at the least, and, accompanied
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    Johore Affairs.
    1019 9 iinTMENT <> f A BRIT,SH < e 7eral adviser. the Agreement of 1885. tt j men Gazette Ex;i,t Saturday afterlicity to a new Agreerespondenee HisHighnesstheSul--1 His Excellency the Si raits Settlements Saltan ol Johore to Governor S.S. |STANA BEBAR, May 11, 1914. I have not been for I
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      257 9 WE ARE ACTUALLY GIVING A BONU£ of 50°/ o On ENDOWMENTS for 20 Years j 35%0n 15 Year Policy Government Supervision Assets. $00,000,000, St«r. SUN LIFE OF CANADA., 6, BATTERY ROAD. S. J. HOWE, Manager for S. E. Asia. I_s 30-6 Anderson'! Mercantile Letter Writer $1.95 Correct Guide to Letter
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      239 9 wagpia '••v* i^^^E*^S^B^^M^^^r» Greenlees Old Scotch Whisky Far Famed The World-Over 50Z>£ AGENTS HENG HIN Co. 13-D M Sanitarium Health Foods Foods, which supply the actual and Manifold needs of the human organism, so that muscle,bone ?nd nerve can be built up out of the best material. Foods, that have
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    Chinese Affairs.
    428 10 (From Our Special Correspondent) London, April 16. The Anglo-Chinese Friendship bureau, which was inaugurated a few months ago to assist in making the lot of the Chinese student in England a more happy one, had a good send-off when the Bureau .rave a reception the other evening to
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    New Ǽroplane.
    162 10 Machine Designed to Hover Like the Birds. An interesting paper Wafl read by Dr. Magnam to the Congress ot* Learned Societies in Paris. He described a new machine he had invented, which aimed at enabling men to imitate certain types of migratory birds in utilising the wind to
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    74 10 To woo the "fickle goddess" at any time in Singapore is a risky proceeding, though it should be more so than it if, but to be hauled up for a quiet little Butter tt a wedding party seems to be very hard lack. Nevertheless, such mm the fate of rme
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    797 10 Prices Quoted in the Market this Morning. Singapore, May. ih. Meeera, LyaU and Kvatt. Binhanga and Share Broken, fame the following Hat of i|UOtoUn»e Rubber Shares. .Norn. Valii". Buyers. Sellers. gf. ADagar IW V" 1 Anglo Java 8/l©J 1 Anglo-Jobore If BJ e/L Air.:l .-.Malay 6/9 t«
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      352 10 Modern Business Man continually has to concentrate his whole mental strength in grappling with difficult problems. How unpleasant, and even disastrous it is, when, on account of headache, rheumatism, chills etc. the brain refuses to work. Fortunately there is to be found in Bayer's Tablets of Aspirin a safe and
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    Lower Perak News.
    454 11 (From Onr A» CWvuapoM4Ml.J Teluk Anson, May 13. The long looked for football match arranged by Raja Mallec between the Lower Perak Club and a mixed team captained by himself, which it wag hoped would have given the necessary fillip t< the game, has ended disastrously, and
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    PROGRESS AT BANGKOK.
    166 11 Recent Fires Lead to Vast Improvements. The recently burnt out areas ID Bangkok arc to be improved. New wide roads are to be built in the Bangrak and Samyek districts and other improvements made wind, will modernise this qnarter considerably besides helping to relieve tbe congestion in
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      361 11 THE ONLY COMPANY REGISTERED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. 32, Old Jewry. E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act in every particular. ATTRACTIVE
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    Kedah Affairs.
    982 12 "A Native of Kedah writes to the Straits Echo under date May 11 as follows Sir, —Your leader in your issue of the L6th ultimo is in a different tone altogether and seems to suggest inspiration from someone who is averse to the loyalty of the Malay officials
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    Desert Surgery.
    162 12 A Traveller's 1nve0,,^,.,. Reuters repr interview with Mr. N son, who has just retu 3 scientific expedition in 1 Hinterland. Mr. :>T who is already well anthropological inveuti Congo, has for aoine t ing the Bedain an I the desert. He bad H the wonderful skill ..f tore,
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