The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 March 1911

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1911. NO. 7,162
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  • 114 1 Our Sporting Letter is on Page 8. E lurdav's cricket scores are on page 8. Detail? of the aviation meeting are given on pHg« The death is announced of Father Pouget -Page 5. A copy of the new Directory has been ived Page 5. Fuller details of
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  • 90 1 Special 8»1*»8 of Japanese plants Page 3 Selungor United Rubber Estates, Ltd Page 2 Auction sale of new teak furniture Page 3. Dress muslins, etc., at Messrs Eatz Bros —Page 5. Teacher wanted for Anderson School, Ipoh —Page "Blue Beard" at the Theatre Royal tonight Page 1 •ul
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  • 211 1 The X. D L. leaves Mar 13. dot London Apl 5. The N D. L. leaves Mar 17, dne Hongkong Mar 22. Shanghai Mar 26, Yokohama Apl 2 Intermediate ana ocai mail* will b* xound n t bclow:— To-day. Penang, Malacca, Federated Malay State* A .Tohore (Overland) (By
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  • 1011 1 I confess to a weakuet* that I have discovered to be a very common ont never can see a gate, a ga*OS» ga*e. a farm jard gate, or an ordinary field gate, without wanting to go through :v The gate must lead to somewhere. Where summer I
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 621 1 y BBP IUNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS EXCELLF NCY§ !THE GOVERNOR. SINGAPORE AVIATION MEETING! I AND TRIAL FLIGHTS a KILL TAKE PLACE ON THE RACE COURSEI ONMARCH 16, 17, 18,4-30 6-30 PM. f I BOOKING AT ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, Ltd. I Weekly Tickets SlO, Daily So, 3 and 50 cts.
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    • 203 1 Under the Patronage Immediate Presence of H. E. THE GOVERNOR. TEDTONIA CLUB. TUESDAY NEXT, THE 14th instant. SONG RECITAL BY IYILLE. EVA CAUTKIER Canadian Mezzo-Soprano (Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London) SEATS $2. ROBiNSON PIANO Coy., Ltd THE STAR OPERA Co. THE DUTCH AND MALAY VARIETY ENTERTAINERS AT THE THEATRE ROYAL,
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    • 49 1 Answer to the Question. How to care a cold is a question m which many are interested just now. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won its great reputation and immense sale by its remarkable core of colds It can always be depended upon. For ■ale by all Dealers and Dispensaries.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 115 1 THE WEEK Monday. 13th:— Hi*h Water— 9 9 10.40 p S CC. Tennis Tournament. Keswick Prayer Meeting, 6.30 a Philharmonic Orchestra practice, 8.30 p Tuisday, 14th High Water.— l< 3 a.. 11.8 p Purim (Jewish Festival). S.C C. Tennis Tournament. Wbenisday. 15th High Water.— l 1 1.33 p Full Moon.
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  • 274 2 BODYGUARD OWING TO THREATS. New V 7. Tn# bidding of Miss Vivien Gould to Lord Decies was solemnised to day at the Church of St. Bartholomew, m Madison avenne. =W of ftW united by the n of B lltili»sj«« i-fficiited. and the church waa filled with
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  • 210 2 Bravb Act Leads to Arrest. The Paris correspondent of the Diilv Chronical tajs Two lovers were strol •long a canal bank on the outskirts 'Aiia when the woman suddenly ran from her companion and threw herself into the water. Though but a bad swimmer, her companion at
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  • 127 2 Says the Times of Ceylon Mr < nelan, Manager of the Hongkong Rink, is going home on leave, and will be succeeded by Mr A. Sharp, from chow. Mr Sharp will be relieved at I chow by Mr C. H. B^lfour, who will be pawing through Colombo
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  • 91 2 MOTHERLAND AND DOMINIONS. The Imperial Conference. London, February 18:h.— The list of questions for discussion at the forthcoming Imperial Conference has been published. South Africa desires that all matters relat ing to the oversea dominions shall be placed directly under the Prime Minister's control Great Britain wishes to discourage shipping
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 33 2 Source of Sleeplewnew. The most common cause of insomnia is of the stomach. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liv*r Tablets correct these iisorders and enable yen to sleep. For sale ■>y all Dealers and Dispensaries*
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    • 697 2 WANTED. TEACHER WANTED. Lady assistant for Infant Department. Salary 1900— ****** iht annum, with quar ..i-.. kpplf fcO I Lit Headm.i-ur, Anderson School, Ipoh. Mac 13 198 GOVERNMENT NOTICE. WANTED. Applications will be rt-cvived at the Colonial r- ury*i OAofl np to the 18th March. 1911 for t f ie
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    • 562 2 NOTIGES. Chamber of Commerce and Exchange. The Annual General Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and Exchange will be held m the Exchange Room on Monday, 20th March, 1911 at 2 30 p.m. Buh To receive and if approved adopt the I port and Accounts for the 12 months ended
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    • 515 2 International Banking Corporation. CAPITAL and SURPLUS GOLD $6,500,000. Hbad Office 6O Wall Steal, Niw York Lomdon Office .-Threadneedle Hoose, Bishopsga^ Street WUhin, Lohdoh 80. London Bankbbb '.—National ProriadaJ Bank of England Ltd. General Foreign Butineai Tran»acted. DEPOSITB. Cubbknt Deposit Accoanai opened and Inu.reei allowed on khe daftf bal&noes al ti
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    • 312 2 ESTABLJMj^p IfIJH Claims, loaaa. tmA promptly l I^Pore without the •aSr?i> i^ U Head Office. r^<ao t JJ The Accounte are soperriMrf i/* J *noeDepartmeatoHa»oJ2 <£* CUTHRIE m Oa.uT* "^gapore and p^ >t^ SOUTH BRITISH IHSURAHCE CO., LTD FIEE Insurances effected on Btfkaw, and MercbandisA ef If APTVV t fJi
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 569 3 UNDESIRABLES. yiv Ibtikpeitatiox of the Ali> TtoGnmsbv stipendiary magistrate, pre »idißg el a aaeeticg of the local \mu. board, decided obi appeal by two Russian gobjacts that unskilled labourers eatraoci to congested districts of 1 citiet where such labour was over pien wete undesirable, and therefore he or<lthe» for deportation
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    • 585 3 I Q. What b good for m> cough? V-rs Chm) IV.toral. Q How long has it been used? Sevent> Q. Do d d r< enclose it? A. If not,we would nut make it. Q. Do you publish the formula? A Yes. Oneva He. Q. Any alcohol m it? A >
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    • 907 3 THIRD DAY. Saturday. May, 1911. 1 7. The IHfiM a F i:-ap. -ach ?400 and ?50 to the bborees. Two Hardicaps divided into two Stakes and constitut; Races for all that ha meeting Ail Horses entered to be divided the I md cspper into to dBBBi B>, I and II
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    • 818 3 AU&TIONS AUCTION SALE At Saleroom On Tuesday. 15th March, at 11 a. m. ren gentlemen ba^ <o gets single batßnsj one leather atri canvas waterproof Kit bat;. New and m excellent condition. Now on Y.POWELL Co Auctioneer!. Kb* 10 IM MORIGAGEI S SALE OF A share m the assets effects
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    • 945 3 Ha:eli»e' Sno-. Hazeline 1 Snow o* Hazeline Hazeline' 6 zeline Sncm c' Snow now hazeline' Snow" mow" Snow" Ha Haa Snow" mow" >now Hazeline Snow Has Snow" ne 1 Snow" Hanlint' Snow" o*" Hazeline' Snow .zeline' Snow" Hazelirx Snow" izeline' 800w f Maa Snow •W JF 1 Snow" H C%
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  • 68 4 Domestic Occurrences. Marriage. SCRYMGBOUR— CRA: >n br nry c. M ;iry "s Church, Brou^hty IVrry, byRev. Hagh McKoan, St. George's, Edinburgh, i- i by K-v. W. ti<lt-r- < r: >:. M v's, Bronghty Ferry, John S< BYMGBOUB, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, yonnger son of JOB! ifUßftOOl ■OUI
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  • 1331 4 The Singapore Free Press Monday Mar, 13, 1911. If it were asked wh.it is the moportant act of administration thut tbe Government of the United Kingdom can carry into effect each year there could be m no <juirter any hesitation m defining that I be 'he production and pissing of
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  • 596 4 re proceeding to Singapore. Sir I Archibald Law and family are spending a few weeks up at Bukit Kur'u. Mr Sercombe Smith acts as Chief Judicial Commissioner vice Sir A. Law. The mortality returns for the past week showadeith rate of 35 68 and a total of deaths. There were
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  • AMOK AT HONGKONG.
  • 268 4 1 o the coarse of an article thus stsitf, the Hongkong Telegraph alludes to tss iodioatioas that the na! 11 be between the Fnsks immigration iato Siberia and the CMbsb expansion m Mongolia. It eonelnses tiinri m^QY minds the defeat of Russia br m entirely pisngei
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  • 85 4 The object of this S*sitf? w *>•*•"• yoaae men to take a »«io» iaWweit m p«r rs and to develop* m them of public speaking. Parliament is the R*r W. Murray. 11 itsconin of Ummn II bod, and the 0«o«»rHl SfcreUry. J^^JT ship is
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 342 4 KELLY WALSH, LTD. USEFUL BUSINESS BOOKS. r Company- Secretary by it to Indexing and Anting 60 Pitman's Guide to Commercial C t me nts of Commercial Law by Douglas eO pontace 4 Basnesa Composition N Kit: t1; iv, n^ by 1. Gandy 60 Pitman's Mano*l of Bosiness Training 1-40 Anderson's
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    • 112 4 No Home is Complete Without A Gramophone THE BEST CHEAPEST MEANS OF PURE ENJOYMENT. TERMS TO SUITJALL S. MOUTRIE AND CO., LTD. THE ARCADE. mth NOTICE. Messrs. DOWN COMPANY, ACCOUNTANTS SECRETARIES. have removed their office from Raffles Place to No. 25 WINCHESTER HOUSE. C3LLYER QUAY Singapore, March 6th. I 11.
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  • 41 5 (By Submarine Telej^raph. Reuter's.) M. Dekasee sUted m the French Parliament that m 1920 Germany will have twenty Dreadnoughts and Frince twei. Germany will have twelve armoured crui90TS and France eighteen, but they will be more powerful.
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  • 85 5 Some Press Opinions. Rsc Mir 11, 9 29 am. Tbt Duly Chronicle is the only Liberal paper which approves of the naval estiThe Duly News says that the increase sanaot be explained or justified by any tl. known to the put The prcgramme now can only adversely affact
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  • 72 5 Renter's Washington correspondent says that the object of the concentration of the American naval and military forces on the Mex'cin boundary is now officially m plained. It is intended to check filibustering and the smuggling of arms across the frostier for the benefit of fruitless iniorreetions
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  • 19 5 Count Sforzi the Italian Consul General at Buda Perth, has Wen appointed Minister at Peking,
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  • 67 5 A Possible Agreement. March lltb, 4.^ pm. A Berlin tessgreni states that the Conservative journal Kreuzz^ituog." om menting on the Bigdad Riilway situation, says that if England's principal concern is to exclude foreign seapower from the Persian Gulf then as Germany's interests are purely oosmmercial it is
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  • 380 5 An Alleged Arrangement. "Die Post** says that negotiations between Turkey and the Bigiad Railway Company have resulted m an agreement regarding the Gulf Section, and th it an understanding offering a bisis fjr negotiations with Britain will shortly be reiched. [The Berlin Correspondent of the Daily Chronioal
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  • 335 5 Oa Tuesd-iv evening, (to-morrow) at the Teutonia Club, by kind perniissi>>u, Mile E?a .:er, the well known Canadian roe? tn who has appearel at the tl Opera, Covent CJ tr'lf i. LttsiOß, M give what promises to l>- i very enjoyable concert, assisted by several local
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  • 186 5 LATE Mr. CHOA GIANG THYE. The funeral of the late Mr Cboa G iang Thye took place yesterday and was very largely attended. The cortege left the de ceased's residence, York House," So Road, at eleven a.m. and proceeded to the Chinese cemetery at Alexindra Road. His Excellency the Governor
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  • 263 5 Many will regret to hear of the death at the General Hospital on Saturday afternoon of the Kevd. Father Liurent Francois Poutret, assistant priest of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, at the age the cause of death beirir general debility. He had been m indifferent
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  • 1589 5 ASHORE AND AFLOAT The l'.'ll Cknsus. The day appointedfor the taking of thecen■M for I'll of the Sattlenien' of Singapore hascome and gone, and his be^n diraittod by most of us with no more thought th vi th it which was paid to the fact that i r
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  • 197 5 la red and gold, the thirty- second of Fraserand Neave's excellent Singapore and Straits directories was issued on Saturday and it may be said that it attains as high a standard as any previous one and is a credit to the publishers not only as a compilation but
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  • 212 5 As will have bean seen from our advertisement columns, the details for this meeting have now been fixed and the flights will I place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. His Excellency the Governor and H. E. the General Officer Commanding are giving their patronage and every help
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 14 5 V»'oods' Great Peppermint Cur inter nal cr.mcl&intfi dy sen try coughe cclde *c t
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    • 179 5 Cbc new Coat Sweater |HB fj These Sweaters are now U very popular. Being made m l^jte^f coat- form they an euy to p«t j. on. We have them m plain jL white, or white with plain Q coloured factngf. Hr: Dark B V IMS, lurk N*tj, Dark U BrowD,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 812 6 THE BERNESE ALPS IVIILK Co/s ftp eta we awirded the GRAND PRIX (The highest award obtainable) A: the I ■U I |V Ed E!xhibitJ Brussels 1910. SLEDGE MILK plied to all the GOVERNMENT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS i l < THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. PORTERS J. TR AVERS SONS, LIMITED. THE YOKOHAMA
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    • 617 6 HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG AND Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts Ges. v Hansa" Bremen, COMBINED SERVICE. The steamers of tlit-t Companies maintain regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, j Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, j China and Tapan. HoKicwarJ.-, they are despatched fortnightly for Hfkvre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven
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    • 748 6 OCEAN STEAM SHI? CO.. LTD. AND China Mutual Steam Nay. Co. Ltd. Ibi Companies' MMMXI are despatched from Liverpool outwards i >r tl.i Chins and Japan every week, and froiii Japan homeward- for London AflHftnlMl an.i Ifllwi every fortnight; for "-noa, Marseilles ard Liverpool and for Mar«* -u m, Havre
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    • 552 6 N.D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINI The fast and well-known mail steamers this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg tterdam, Antwerp, Southampton. Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connect**** Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice v«. Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang. Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau, Nagasaki and Kobe to Yokohama and back.
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    • 503 6 P. &~O STEAM NAVIGATION OOtttAXt Foi China, Japan, Pen.ni. C.i «tr,H,. IndU. Aden 8 ke yr V t l0 H«llterr«ne.n Port., Ply^ and London. Through Bills of Lading issned for n. Coast, Persian Gulf, ContJS J? UlCt can Potts. AU r Steaniors will leave Siafapor l^_. MAIL I^ l (hUward
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  • 63 7 For all internal complaints dysentry cnogb colds Ac take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure Jan. Feb. Total Braaaff l'.q* cod baftboi K:n:a 405 SamitPalai Uhrt^ 810 «Ia« flmwitf 150 >t v v < Kmv Taßßono P^gCo^olidaled manHyd *00 1,000 iLb-itan *nb lie -I 1 Kedhills HI EwlJohore 42 150
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  • 416 7 I 1-Vb Total I a«ar .00 4,'J 225 A lor Pongsn -<08 Alor Gajah 611 1,853 Alma 1,450 Anglo Malay 61.978 i.ing 601 Ayer Molek 8,827 1,995 5,322 a as 67 Bakap 2,399 ie 12,585 Batak Rabit MM 2,479 4,959 B,'- t- 8,340 Batu Caves 18.893 Bata
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  • SHARES.
    • 678 7 Cap. Use*. I'aiu. Last Djv. Buybrs. Sbl.-kf.^ 85,«>»".> 1/ 2 A'.lagar Rubber Estates Ltd 4 9 150,000 2- 2- Anglo-Malay 75% in*. 133 1 4 i 50.000 2 2 B<ttaii£ Malaka Ifl 3 0 80,000 1 1 Batu Caves 35%int.15 100 16 10 0 80.000 1 1
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    • 230 7 750,000 5 5 Ayer Panas 6.50 120.000 Alor Gtj.ifi Kv;l t »r E«Uite 180 190 1 l Ayar Eoaiaf .50 .60 *****0 10 10 in tb Rubber Estates I'J.OO 12.50 200.000 1 !>•- WMI 70%int 12 00 12.50 750,000 10 10 OhugfaU Bordttf X state Ltd... 7.75
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    • 246 7 $300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co Ltd 10% int 5.30 540 1300,000 10 10 Bruang Limited 5.00 5.50 $600,000 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic Tin M. Co Ltd 5.00 $400,000 10 10 Kanaboi Ltd 1.50 4 60,000 1 1 Kinta Tin Mines 35% 17.00 18.00 $150,000 10 10 Kuantan
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    • 171 7 C lO 10 Extern Smelting Co IM 10.00 non. $1,500,000 IIQ n m Contrib. 6.75 7.00 $360 000 10 10 and NVive Ltd !•>% 38.00 40.00 100 100 Ho*<trth Krskme Ltd 54.00 $2,400 000 100 100 v 7% pref. 9100 100 100 Katz Brothers Ltd Deferred 12% 125.00 $1,000
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  • 104 7 Til* S9O 25 GambieT v»-» Gambier Cube No 1 n UJft OtunbMrOalM Mo. t M M Pepper Blaex 0.-i gport) buyers Pepper, Wfeke (tur) buyers 2« s<* N'utm»gt ;110fco tk« lii.)^. nont. Vntm«g» '80 too Iks it. H norn (BftaA»; norn Bally Coffee (10% B-*. 30.00 'apiuem inuui fmri
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  • 95 7 Wkmmt— amd D*ek» at wkten dijf'tent ***$els were berthed on Btdu*d»§, East Wharf (Banin) N*m Y< Bast Wharf Sec I—Strombus,1 Strombus, Snowdomin. Thongwa^ Sheer* Wharf— Nil. Main Wharf Sec 2— Be/wada. 3- 1 4-' s— Nil. I Munc«6ter Ci»*tle, Patani. Lagoon Dock Ser
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  • 58 7 (Cokbictid vr to Mar. 11 Bank 4ms I 4 T S demand Private credits 3m credits 6m b rancb, damad Bank.., Germany, demand 240 India, T. T, 174* Hongkong, demand Yokohama, demand Java, demand m 140? Bangkok, demand M 66 Sovikbions, Bank Buying $8.54 Bank of England Rate 3%
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 356 7 TO LET. FLAT TO LET A first class flat to let with furniture at a valuation. Apply 19LAIDLAWS FUT Stamford Road. Mar 11 nc_ TO BS LET UNFURNISHED. The exceedingly comfortable and pleasantly situated residence known as CHANCERY HOV^E, off Chancery Line. Three bedrooms. House newly done up and m
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    • 28 7 GODOWNS TO LET. 344 350 Havelock Road. Total Ana 13 300 square feet River and Road Frontage. Apply The Singapore Oil Mills Ltd. HaVKLOCB HOAD. Jan IT UC
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 1032 7 V B 8 8 E I I POK T KUp »nd Tod* r ommaoden Arrived Kronn Monmouth oruis. 9800 Power Mar 11 S* Penang 1$ r;t n F.M.S. dredger 500 Ifa rs uantan Jnoertam Sea Mew Col. yacht 500 Murphy Brak Dnt ak Mar 1 Khio U --p^rwer Du^ Btmit
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  • 1761 8 our tpecial Corre*}) ndon, Feb 1 Mr readers who take an ia'erest m athletics, will be sorry to hear that the prospects of peace between the officials who govern athletics and cycling are more remote than ever. Th<* suggestion of the Amateur Athletes Union, and the Amateur
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  • 47 8 An advertisement calls attention to the flotation of this company m London for ,o<o m Horin shares. The company takes over Brown Willie, New Comet and St. ates for and the issue is of 8(. 0,000 shares. Messrs. Gut brie and Co. are the Agents.
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  • 1337 8 NOT AMFKICAN BUMOUR. How Congress Received It. The brief extract we gave m our Saturday edition regarding fcht famous Champ Clark speech, indicated roughly fthtl tlm was a >peech delivered b\ a re>ponsible politic: m (a speaker elect) before the American House of Representatives and was uoi
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  • 100 8 H.MS. Monmouth arrived from Saigon on Siturdav and anchored m tbe road*. She reports that tbe Manchester left Cape St. James at 2 pm. on tht bound for B>rdeaux. The Agent of tbe P. O. Company has written to Government stating that the next homeward mail packet "Mann
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  • 118 8 Tblk kai'h v. Civil Service aj*d Law. These teams met on the Ksplanade on Saturday and an interesting guine resulted. The Telegraph men batted first and knocked up H> runs. The Civil Service and had bit off 103 runs for four wickets when stamps were drawn.
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  • 52 8 As a result of the abandonment by S r John Aird and Co of the Tanjong Pagar Lagoon Dock and Wharves construction contract, concerning which litigation id proceeding, the Tanjong Pagar Dock entered into possession of the works m their present condition, including plant, last uesday
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 28 8 The Lidies Sewing P^rty of the Presbvtenan Church will meet on Tuesiiv. U h tnst., at 4.30 p.m. at the Marue, Ci'venagh Read, the residence of Mrs Kunciman.
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    • 32 8 Printed and Published for the Proprietors b >" w I laik at the "Singapore Free Press" Office No. 30-8, Raffles Place m the Town of Singapore m the Colony of the Straits Settlements.
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    • 356 8 Fresh Australian Pure Creamery I BUTTER. Singapore Cold Storage COMPANY. LTD. IT THE ALHAMBRA. 7 H -S H E Grand Change of Programme E h TO-NIGHT N a i\ew Subjects! Mew Subjects!! o T PATHE S SCIENCE AND p also Artistic acd Humorous Pictoiw, American Kinema— Comedy. TTlßin Opimh CHI
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