The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 February 1913

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    14 1 Singapore Free Press MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8 1913. NO. 7,74'J
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    154 1 War telegrams to day refer to the resumption of hostilities at Adrianople and Tchafcaldja Page 7. The battle cruiser New Zealand bat been inspected by the King. A very in- (cresting correspondence has passed be tweeu Bit Allen and Mr Harcourt on the subject of the new
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    MUMMERS AND MUMMING.
    951 1 You may have oottood that Mr. Forbes Bobertson, who ihoold know what he is ta 1 k i u {4 about here, has been ljuuliii- the silent, appreciative audience. No doubt this will be very cbs irlag to the highly cultured people who attend repertory and other
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      332 1 I THE CHINESE NEW YEAR FEATURES I I— AT THE U HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, 1 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. H (Special Film produced by the Itala Film Co. fi LIKE A SISTER I (A Sweet Love Story combined with spirit stirring aeroplane accident.) $W SUPPORTED BY SHE IS A PIPPIN Biograph
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      125 1 V I CTOBIA THEATRE SHORT SEASON ONLY. MAURICE E BANDMANN i PRESENTS Mr. HENRY DALLAS AND THE DALLAS COMEDY Co.! TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT Saturday. February 8. "BABY MINE" instead of CHARLEYS AUNT. MonFcbioTj THeIuO EYE. Cash Booking ROBINSON PIANO Co. Curtain Rises Sharp at 9-15. GRAND Hotel de I Europe After
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      219 1 G&sa\>'6 Hfcvcrttocmento* Aviation Meeting Notice to subscribers Page 2. 1 Special dinner at Van Wijk Hotel tonight Page 1. j For Ladies only Whiteway, Laidlaw and Co's advt Page 12. i I New programmes at Alhanibra, Marlborough and Hariina Hall Page 1. Sailing Notices: P. and N. Y. K., and
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      121 1 THE WEEK Saturday Bth. High Water 0-i8 a.m., 11-46 p.m. P. O. Outward mail due. DallßK Comedy Co. "Baby Wine." Amateur Drawing Ass. Exhibition, 2 p.m. Sunday 9th. High Water— o-42 a.m., it 19 p.m. Quinquagesima-lst Sunday in Lent. S. V. A. Drill, launch 7-30 a.m. Monday 10th. High Water
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    WEDDING IN RANGOON.
    127 2 At the Cathedral, Rangoon, on Saturday afternoon there was celebrated the wedding of Mr. Philip Kdward Beeston, of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Miss Aimee Florence Thompson, of High Harrogate, Yorkshire, the ceremony being performed by the Bishop of Rangoon, assisted by the
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    HEALTH TALKS
    588 2 NERVOUS DISORDERS THEIR CAUSE AND CURE. Eight people out of every ten in the tropics have sjme form of nervous weakness. They may not realise it at the moment, but they have it all the same. Sooner or later they suffer from one or other of the innumerable
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      71 2 n irr FINE ENGLISH PIANOS ON HIRE FROM $10 FINE TUNING INCLUDED ROBINSON PIANO Co.. 10. FORGET NOT For A Really Good Cinematograph Entertainment High Class Interesting Pictures ONBIBTING MOStiY OF AMERICAN SUBJECTS AND STYLES IN ART CINEMATOGRAPHY GO TO THE OLYMPIA CINEMATOGRAPH ALBERT HALL JUNCTION OF ALBERT AND BENCOOLEN
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      708 2 Notices AVIATION EXHIBITION. Subscribers to the Aviation Fund can obtain their Tickets of Admission to The Sporting I Club Enclosure on application to Mr. 0. P. Owen, at the S. C. C. Pavilion up to noon on Saturday. No tickets will be SENT OUT either by Post or otherwise. They
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      569 2 Notices NAVAL CONTRACTS. Tenders are invited for the supply o' the Allowing articles, to H. M. Ships and Hired Vessels at Singapore. Frozen Beef in equal quantities of Forequarter and Hindquarter. Frozen Mutton. Fresh Vegetables (2 :Jrds to be Potatoes). Soft Bread. Ground Nut Oil. Lime. Fresh Water (Put on
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      567 2 For Sale I FOR SALE PRIVATELY. 500 enamelled laux paiN and sieves. oO'J coagulating pans. Samples on view at our saleroom. POWELL Co., Auctioneers Feb 6 uc FOR SALE. Fa-t grey mare suitable for barness or saddle, with Calcutta Buggy. Apply "H." c,o Free Press. Feb 4 W8 9 2
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      492 2 Wanted FARRIER IU quired u ezperk r bulJoeln oa the Heuta i •IJvpoi diem. Apply to EXECUTIVE ENGINEER FehK TWO DUTCH CERTIFIED NURSES Beq lire fcituation. hi, month'. Auuust to Octobei BOEKHANDEL YISSER Co (Java). 1J WANTED DUTCH LESSONS Add,e,s.T.B., SITUATION A yountf and hard working i employment on a
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      492 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. BT. ANDREW 3 CATHEDRAL. 18T Sunday in Lknt. 9th February, 1913. 7-43 a.m. Holy Communion. (Choral). Hymns •289, 46^ part I Tune 4(>b Pttln l|l Chant 196. 9-15 a.m. Matins and Litany. Hymn 92. 4 p.m. Sunday School and Bible Classes. 6-30 p.m. Choral Evensong and Sermon,
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    MALAYA.
    1170 3 AT WORK ANI) PLAY. V,\ P. w. Rnockeb Thank Heaven Daylight at last P>nt the restless, insomnia-stricken white exile, who has watche.J through the long dreary hours of a tropical night, is doomed to disappointment. For scarcely have the fervent expressions, pasned his lips than the welcomed dawn, that
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      363 3 kj£/ The most valuable weapon in the fight against Consumption I I''-'l».-uu H..U.-M-, I*« Ui.siii S'jii.-ii. lirit'iitou. B «ibkforin < k tcS roarpnpmtknhai bad upon me during ooly checked the wa.tingTdecreased the rritatioo of h tllh t but has <it)v increased been«We to aMimilate a greater amount 3 nt IteMdiMl
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      566 3 DEVIL'S TORTURE I* Former Malaria Victim's Vivid Description of Sufferings Which, Since His Cure By Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, Have Never Returned. An Knglishman by birth and an Accountant by profession, Mr. T. Mantell resides at 7b Kyaikasim fcoad. Rangoon. It was when he was managing a Fib.e Factory in
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      171 3 ABSOLUTELY .fy PURE GRAND PRIX PARIS 1889 V^ BEER THE EAST ASIATIC Co Ltd., SOLE IMPORTERS. TO ESTATE MANAGERS AGENTS. KEROSINE OIL FOR BUNGALOWS, COOLIE-LINES, WATCH-HOUSES, ROAD-LAMPS, CLEANING OR JUNGLE-CLEARING For Particulars and Prices apply to THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM COMPANY (Straits Settlements), LIMITED. Winchester House, SINGAPORE. SLEDGE MILK IS GUARANTEED
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      107 4 APPOINTMENT fgfj^ HM E KING CONTRACTORS TO The British Admiralty. The War Office. The India Office. MILKMAID MILK LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. THE FACT THAT MILKMAID MILK HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR USE IN THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES PROVES THAT Milkmaid Milk IS
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      571 4 Full Prospectus has been filed with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. The Subscription List will open on Wednesday, the sth February, 1913 and close on or betore Saturday, the 15th February, 1913. PEDAL-JINRIKISHAS, LIMITED. (Incorporated under the Companies" Ordinances 1889 1909.) Capital: $400,000. Divided into 34,000 Ordimry and 0,000
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      242 4 i t (s■" if Elegance I /I and Efficiency \\^T "Hazeline' Snow" (TRADE MARK) if'!! B_P*'^S__l t mc an^ c^ matc P ass lightlv over the complexion which sSoW) s kept clear, smooth and _9H_HHM-I I i__iu9 i Reduced f:ir»imil# FREE FROM GREASINESS Sold in glass pots by all Chemists
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1373 5 Qoicquid agunt homines nottii em fat W e li belli Juvknai* \f- ing in :ii»( yancfi for two months i >b— nci of propem I'lii-.. l'.«-llori;i hat mil .1 the foes to I lit Bald. Ir fcO BOfe t bfl tone f t| u i\> 1
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      58 5 CL6ANS6 YOUR BLOOD with CRIMAULT U. C o> SARSAPARILLA J&k n.criJcil tor the last }<> years for lymphatic diseases, Wwl^^Em eruptions, boils, mf^M |B A ot the skii\. J^^mSwrk S,ruf \iMtiiDf, I- W^BM^Ei:'' THE BANGKOK TIMES (KSTABIjIHHED 18»7.) LEADING PA?>ER IN SIAM DAILY AND WEEKLY ENGLISH AND SIAMESE LARGEST CIRCULATION.
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      739 5 Messrs CHEE ENG SONS. i \igs> Established 1859.) 71, North Bridge Road |i|ft^S^li]^^ < ivil, Navttl, Military Sportng Tailors. iMlsii^l* The Managing Proprietor, who hns received hi« training from jflr'W^/jffiaMß^lfc? an European Master Tailor. Personally ClltS every garment I %^3rltV thus ensuring |>erf.jct tittirg with the latest West End cut
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      51 5 AUCTION SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c. At No. 34, Barker ROAD, On Saturday, 15th February, at 3 p. m. Now on View. POWELL Co., Auctionej rs. Feb Hj.j TO THOSE HOMEWARD BOUND J. CAMBELL LATHAM k Co, Court, Naval h Military Tallcrs. 59, Conduit Street, LONDON, W. Mr. a G.
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      123 5 rj .;t-^ Plain, gold or cork tipped Cigarettcs q Samples FREE on CirYK^^-rfS plail1 gold li iAc^ tnn,,d application. .^ARETTtj 40 Cts. per tin o! Guaranteed fresh stocks always to be had from KATZ BROS., LTP STANDARD LAMP KEROSINE INCANDESCENT ARC LAMP For Interior and Exterior Lighting. No j^^S^i Easily
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    The Singapore Free Press Saturday, Feb. 8, 1913.
    1026 6 The Singapore Free Press Saturday, Feb. 8, 1913. rte.e *hull trie »'i-. ihl T-.j^ic rjfi > .i**»i*w> 4arasai«ioi Trait bo r.c <•■ »o*» 4r»v What makes this resumption of the Balkan war the more serious is not so much that it is to witness a conflict of probably unprecedented magnitude
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    1102 6 From Thos Cook and Son, Hongkong, comes the useful sailing list of vessels from Japan and China to Australia, India, Egypt, and Europe. Members of the S.C.C. who desire to take part in the forthcoming Lawn Tennis Tournament are reminded that entries close this evening at the Pavilion at 7
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    DALLAS COMEDY COMPANY
    694 6 Tin; Q] id Etl There ii i moral al Kv«" which if takeo io boaUodt not that oq« that there ar.. any ben *h the moral uo,,| pose. In addition th.. laudable tare,. qoite t] of recent years n, :!l cleverly ooccocted and i dealt with two
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    PENANG RUBBER AUCTION
    85 6 (Allen Hannji :r I pikuls robber sold. Diamond Smoked Sh Plata .smoked Sheet Scrup Crepr Hark Crvpr 188 Kombong Ball Scrap Limp Scrap Untreated Scrap A recent article in Do PJjUlfa of the Dutch a-si.m u»t Plant and district brings to with regard to Assist..! bonuses. One
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      149 6 OBTAIHABLK W 4LL FICBT CL4W9 BOTELfI KOLK AGENTS FOR ABOVK 3 BKVNDS CALDBECK, MAGGREGOR Co. H RO S'S CELEBRATED §4 BELFAST DRY Ginger Ale ROSSS Per Dozen 2 75 Nett. PALE DRY :o: l hSPi kll Or in Cases of 5 Dozen **ory BELFASTjRiiA»j d!i7 7C tvt m lll^«^>ujj*^^^j k)>ld-fO
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      67 6 NEW SOUTH WALES The Premier and Mother State of the Australias. The land of reward for Capital Commerce Industry. The direct steamer services between Singapore and Sydney, the great Commercial Centre of the Commonwealth offer special facilities for Reciprocal Trade. For any further particulars, Apply to J. B. SUITOR. (Commercial
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  • THE WAR.
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      ADRIANOPLE S DEFENCE.
      370 7 f Snhmai ine < 'able] i I V.\ SkBVICE. opie, I.I). Shefket folkl h-.t.-ildja. Thm Cominauder of i< !i\< In MM ;«tt»>rnoon sent by The enemy ih bOM ii uul ha> lif»-<J I:SH common shell ihrapnel, which fell in Mm i bjht killed and ten ■nr ifliMi
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      THE SOUND OF BATTLE.
      58 7 Undon, Feb. 7.— A wire from Constantinople states that all day long firing has beta beard from the direction of Derkos, I *e northern end of the Tchataldja lines. Bfoially announced that the Turks ■••pil'd Kallikratia and other vilnd heights on the Turkish right, tod tliut
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      CONSULS IN CAPTIVITY.
      59 7 fcona, Feb. 7th.- The Foreign .Minister communicated to the Premier, M. Gaechoff, a request from the Consuls in tdrianopfo for the establishment of a neu- "<•, or permission for themselves ,ners to leave. Qoechofl has refused the request 1!llllt «»K out that there are no precedents a
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      A TURKISH LOAN.
      22 7 iDtinople, Feb. 7.— An internal re and a half million pounds urkieh) at live per cent will be issued
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    LIBERIAN MATTERS.
    76 7 German Action. ondon, i, I, The arrival of the ganboafti "Panther and "Eber" miser Bremen" towards Christ- ''•> caused much excitement at Liowing to the run: ours that Germany to annei the country. Subse- then* was considerable friction Germany demanding the dismissal L »berian ollicer for insulting a
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    A BASS FORTUNE.
    21 7 11 K P. Uatcliif, a director of the firm fUtdifl and Gretton, brewers, has cu '"testate, leaving £960,000.
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  • BRITISH POLITICS.
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      THE OPIUM QUESTION.
      147 7 [y>y Submarine Cable], Kkdter's Sehvjc*. London, Feb. r,. In the House of Commons, Mr Acland. in reply to Sir J. J). liees, suid that the information regardiQg this season's opium cultivation In China is conflicting. Further enquiries were being made through Consular oflicern, with the co operation
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      PROGRESS OF BILLS.
      82 7 London, Feb. 6.— Mr Lyttelton's amendment for the rejection of the Welsh Disestablishment Bill was defeated by :J47 votes to 240. The Bill was read a third time and sent to the House of Lords, where it was formally read for the first time. The House of
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      SCOTTISH TEMPERANCE.
      65 7 A Revolt. The House of Commons has rejected most of the Lords amendments to the Scottish Temperance Bill. Several Scottish Liberals supported an amendment giving communities the option of running public housee under disin terested management and demanded an adjournment. Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. McKinnon Wood opposed
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      An Interruption.
      52 7 London, Feb. 6. While the House of Commons was discussing the Lords amendments to the Scottish Temperance Bill, a man in the Strangers Gallery shouted protesting against the treatment of the SutTragists in prison. He was immediately ejected, vociferating wildly. A second man was similarly ejected a few
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      The Session.
      30 7 Mr Lloyd George announced that the House would adjourn on Feb. 14. The House will be prorogued on March 7 and a new session begin on March 10.
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      Liberals not Free Fooders.
      35 7 London, Feb. 6. -Mr Lloyd George, it is understood, has informed the Liberal memorialists that it is impossible in the coming budget to reduce the tax on tea, sugar, or cocoa.
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    GENERAL NEWS.
    48 7 PRINCE EITEL IN COLLISION. London, Feb. 5. The Buda-Pesth Express in which was the Prince Eitel, son of the Kaiser, returning from Rumania, collided with a goods train. Two persons wera killed and several injured. The Prince and his suite were most active in rescue work.
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    MORE MILLIONS LEFT.
    14 7 London, Feb. 5. The American millionaire .Mr. Bradley Martin is dead.
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    HAGUE ARBITRATION.
    17 7 London, Feb 6. Mr. Bryce has been appointed a member of the Hague Arbitration Court.
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    THE GENTLE SUFFRAGETTE.
    23 7 London, Feb. 6. Four sorters have been seriously burned at Dundee by letters addressed to Mr. Asquith bursting into flariM-s.
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    RUSSIA AND RUMANIA.
    12 7 London, Feb. 6. The Tsar has received Prince Hohenlohe.
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    VICTORIAN WEATHER.
    14 7 Melbourne, Feb. 6. —Timely rains have checked the bush fires in Victoria.
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    36 7 The Chinese members of the crew of the new C-P.K. liner M Empress of Russia to the number of 349 have left by the Talthybias for London, whence a special train will convey them to Glasgow.
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  • NAVAL WORLD.
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      NEW ZEALAND'S PRIDE
      212 7 The Middy's Joke. I By Submarine Cable]. Kkutkk'h Sebvick. London Feb. 6. —The King has inspected the battle-cruiser New Zealand" at Portsmouth, accompanied by Mr Winston Churchill, Mr Harcourt, and the Xew Zealand High Commissioner. He was welcomed by Admiral Prince Louis ot Battenburg (First Sea Lord),
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      NEW ZEALAND'S OFFER.
      133 7 Mr. Allen, the New Zealand Minister of Defence, was present at a protracted meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence yesterday, and spoke during the discussion. At a Navy League luncheon Sir Joseph Ward said the ship just leaving Britain (H. M. S. New Zealand) is not
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      MALAYA'S BATTLESHIP.
      36 7 London, Feb 6. Armstrongs have been given the contract for the Malayan Dreadnought." They will build it at the firm's new Walker yard, near Newcastle, and the vessel will represent the maximum fighting power.
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      GERMAN PROGRAMME.
      84 7 An Official Correction. Berlin, Feb. 7.— The Budget Committee of the Keichstag has announced that the naval estimates amounted to. jC23,570--000. They reported and described as incorrect Mr Winston Churchill's comparison of the strengths of the fleets last June because he added the German ships just laid down
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      EFFICACY OF CONSCRIPTION.
      67 7 The Kaiser's Commendation. London, Feb. 6. The Kaiser and the German Crown Prince are attending the celebrations at Koenigsberg, for the centenary of the war of liberation. The Kaiser in a speech eulogised conscription as the foundation of the prosperity of the Empire. If the extension of
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      THE MARCONI BARGAIN.
      71 7 Company Not Released. London, Feb. 6, The secretary of the Post Office has written to the Marconi Co., regarding the request of the Company (Jan. 20) to be released from the contract. He states that the delay is regrettable, but is due to the provision of the
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    L. L. T. C.
    32 7 Owing to the rain there was no play in the tournament at the Ladies Lawn Tennis Club on Thursday or Friday. Thursday';-, ties will be played on Monday.
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    34 7 Mr. D.M.G- Gratama has left Hongkong for Soerabaya, Batavia, where he has been transferred. Mr Gratama has been on the staff of the Xetherland Trading Society in Hongkong for one and a half years.
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    AVIATION MEETING.
    608 7 As already announced, the aviation dis- play by M Pourpe on his Bleriot monoplane with Gnome engines takes place on the Kace Course this afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. Subscribers to the guarantee fund must send to Mr. <}. p. Owen for any tickets they require, and
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    THE LATE MR BUCHANAN SMITH.
    355 7 By the death of Mr Buchanan Smith In his 76th year Singapore has lost one who was for many years a prominent figure in the business life of the community. The eldest son of Mr John Fairfull Smith, W.S., for many years secretary to the
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      225 7 ROBINSON Co., COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS, Singapore Mului luCill BESflk 'fWtimmmt^^-' "> -v^"T^lf^M Size 1, rltflPS »«|j V i^SnJ Size 2. Perfectly ina a ij^ J >»>«IS i«2 hii l^lJ P»*ice $30. lated, Handsomely $Wg[i rJ'M f V l' f and on castors. JfISSWj Refrigerators Solid Teak Throughout, our own Manufacture
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      889 8 Shipping AUSTRIAN Jf, UOL 0 (Under Mail Contract with x^Ss^^ the Austrian Government. NEW MONTHLY FAST LINE, TRIESTE— SHANGHAI Prom and to TRIESTE and VENICE, calling at PORT SAID Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai. OUTWARD. 1 Afiir.t tons due to sail on or about Feb 23 •.f.
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      564 8 Shipping NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD FOR EUROPE THK IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL BTEAMER "GOEBEN" 8,800 tons, Captain Ahlborn, left Manilla on Thursday the Gth Instant, at noon, and may be expected to arrive here on Monday morning, the 10th instant, at 6 a.m. She. will probably be despatched for Europe on the following
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      678 8 Shipping N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted
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      667 8 Shipping N.D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAH LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connectinj Marseilles. Naples, Alexandria and vice versa Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau Nagasaki and
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      506 8 Shipping P. &6T STEAM NAVIGATION COMP AN > For China, Japan, Penang, Ceyl Cn Australia, India, Aden, Eg ypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bills of La-ln, Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental ai Ports. Steamers will leave Btagapon 1913 MAIL LINES Homeward (for k From Singapore, connecting lt Colombo with
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      774 9 Ship ping foyo Kisen Kaishai (ORIENTALS. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Francisco to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. i^lf f t>M Nl 21.UM Ton Triple screw Turbine Liners "SHINYO MARD" "TFNYO Jltr an.l CHIYO MAKTT,"
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      702 9 Shipping Pacific Mail S-S. Co. U. S. MAIL LINE YIA INLAND SEA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU Semi-Tropical Route Only line taking the warm SOUTHERN ROUTE across the Pacific via HONOLULU, OAHU, on the most fertile and beautiful island of the Pacific. Tkrough Passage Tickets granted to England, France and Germany
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      532 9 Banks THE BANK OF TAIWAN, Ltd. Incorporated by SPECIAL IMPERIAL CHARTER. Capital Subscribed Y10,000,000 Capital Paid Up y 6,250,000 Reserve Funds y 3,100,000 HEAD OFFICE TAIPEH, FORMOSA, (Taiwan). Branches and Agencies: Amoy Kcelung Osaka Tamsui Bombay Kobe Shanghai Tokyo Canton Kagi Swatow Yokohama Calcutta London Taichu Etc., etc. Foochow Moji
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      742 9 Insurance THE GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY, No. 3 Malacca Street, Singapore. TRANSACTS INSURANCE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, viz.- Life, Accident, Motor-Car, Fire and Marine, etc. Onlg the best Companies represented. Phone 473. A IfPIQIITU H. fICIKUIIf, MANAGER. Nov 12 uc MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE Co. OF CANADA. Established 1887. Policies are "WORLD WIDE"
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    THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE.
    429 10 A Christmas Lecti hi:. The remarkable physical changes which accompany the cooling to a low temperature of almost all bodies was illustrated by a number of interesting experiments at the Royal Institution, when Sir James Dewar gave the last of his six Christmas Lecture Epilogues although primarily
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    CHINA'S NATIONAL COUNCIL
    125 10 According to the China Republican, the small attendance of members in the National Council is calculated to cause the Government trouble, because it is preventing the passage of bills which ought to be passed soon, particularly bills affecting finance, such as those dealing with banks, the Treasury
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    PASSENGERS EXPECTED.
    82 10 Per P <fe O str Nankiu, dnc Feb 13. Mrs Miss Sheffield, Miss Howrd, Crombie, Miss S. Pitt, Mrs Bruce, Miss Schwabe, Mrs Appleby. Per P O str Moldavia, connecting with the str Delta at Colombo, due Feb 21.— Mrs A. Beal, A. B. Lake, F. Lloyd, Dr
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    Homeward Bound.
    131 10 Per P* O Assay e, connecting at Colombo Wllfa Maloja, sailing Feb 7.- Mrs Peck, child and nurse, Mr Graeme Robertson, Miss Alison, Miss Gunn, F. Douglas Osborne, G. G Macleod, J. C. D. Spooner, Miss Michael, A. M. Bailey, Mr Mrs Bancroft and infant, Mr Croll, Mr
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      16 10 PHYSICIANS RECOMMEND THEM NOT A QUACK REMEDY f MADE IN LONDON OF ALL CH EMI oTS
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    SHARES.
    1130 11 Cap. I8B0B. Paid. Last Div. Buyurs. Sblubbs. 85,000 2b 2s Allagar 8 3 31 ni 500,0C0 m £1 Anglo-Java q ,t 7? 150,000 2s 2s Anglo-Malay 30% int 14 104 15 ir! 50,000 2s 2s Batang Malafca 2 3* *J y 80,000 1 1 Batu Tiga (Selangot) Hi int
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    EXCHANGE.
    72 11 (Cobbbctid UP TO Feb. 5). Bank 4 m/s a 4 7 .i f demand a-4 5-82 Private credits 8 m/s 2-4 19.32 h credits 0m -j 1 Francr demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 288} India, T. T. 174 j Honokonq, demand 1] Yokohama, demand 114$ Java, demand 140$ Bangkok,
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    PRODUCE.
    130 11 Feb. 5. Tin 12» tone sold $111.75 Gambler 7.50 Gambier Cube No. 1 1800 Gambler Cube No. 2 nom Pepper Black ordin. S'pore Pepper, (White fair) 34 25 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) nom Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) nom Mace (Banda) Cloves (Amboina) noiu Bah Coffee (4% Black)
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      106 11 FINEST SELECTED LIQUORS Brandy. Pranier's Star. Champagne. Moet and Chandon. Champagne. Lebeau. A sound, dry ■wine I doz. qts. s->; 9 doz! pts. $89. Cider. Buhner's Herefordshire, in cases of (> doz. pints $17. CoWSlip Wine. (J. Travers Sons) in cases of 1 doz. <jts. S7. Gin. Melrose Drovers Old
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      60 11 A jolly ohl person named Gunn, Went boating one day in the Hun The craft soon upset the boatman got wet— For folly this man takes the l>un. He shivered with cold and was sick, As a friend nshed him out pretty ijuick Said Gunn "Now I'm sure, Woods' Great
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      1057 11 VESSELS IN POKT. Flag and Tons Commanders From Arrived For Wntn Gneisenau Gercru ***** B'ninghaus Batavia, 4-2 H.I. M.S. H korm K Scharnhorst Ger cru ***** Rosin- Macassar, 4-2 H.I.MS Hoihow Kuantan F.M.S. 249 Egdom Kuantan, 15-11 F.M.S.' [J Sea Belle F.M.S. ych 400 Ahmat P. S'ham, 14-1 F.M.S. SSrtall
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.
    1513 12 Tint sn.\ Ku Jubiuul Although it was on !>»•<» mbaf im, i^7t that the then Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, accepted Mm services of the men whoso Mmitl w< t' entered on an enlist incut roll <>f those willing to become members of Volunteer Artillery Force for
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS
    91 12 Agents. Welsh and Co. Lunas:— 1,000 By cable. Gopeng Consolidated 735 pik. Tekka:— 120 Kinta: 365 Redhills 161 Kledang:— 161 Pengkalen 370 Heawood 259 tributers and mine 130. Kaniuning 377 Marlborough 4,640 lbs. Caledonia Group. Straits Rubber 136,500 Rubana: 36,500 Tali Ayer 33,000 Bagan Serai 11,000
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    47 12 A Chinese source says that Mr Liu Yuling, the Chinese Minister fit London, has telegraphed to the Central Government that the British Crown Prince who is now studying in the Naval College, will make a visit to China next summer. He asked the (Jovernment to welcome him.
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    CHINESE NEW YEAR.
    899 12 1 The old order changeth thus do quote the older European residents of Singapore, at the end of the two days which represent to many tens of thousands of this City the only holiday they get in the course of the year. The quietest New Year I
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    90 12 Iu Manila, for some time past, the Chinese, in common parlance, have been asking for trouble." Blackmail and intimidation have been rife, and so acute has the situation become that the police authorities have intervened to prote\ t th« victims from the oppressive exactions of a secret society which directs
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    125 12 The Iff. M. Company's steamer "Cachar" left Saigon at 5 p.m. on the r,th instant and may be expected here this morning at about 7 a.m. The Imp. German mail steamer "Goeben" having left Manila on Thursday at noon may be expected to arrive here on Monday at
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    AMATEUR DRAWING ASSOCIATION.
    281 12 Exhibition by Chinese Artists The Chinese Amateur Drawing Association held their first exhibition, yesterday afternoon, in their rooms at 169, Cecil Street. The large front room, where all the pictures, pen and ink sketches, etc., were on view, was full, shortly after 2 o'clock, when the president
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    Y. M. C. A. CLASSES.
    121 12 The first class examination in Pure Mathematics (Tutor Mr. George Smith, B. Sc.) of the engineering classes has result ed in the following Senior Students. Nio Swee Hok (100 per cent) W. G. Buttery and E. Lingard, eq. J. Blake H. N. Boswell James Small
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      140 12 Fresh Australian Pure Creamery BUTTER (IN Mb. PATS.) Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd., AND BRANCHES. jSj^ The Art of the Corset. W' f§^*^""' r V( lirm P loas ro in announcing I I /HkL^ i'^jtti °f Practical Corset Demonstrations, which y^^/H^^^^W will commence on Monday, Fehma: W Sliss tiiJu'on 1
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      304 12 NEXT MAILS DUB. From Eorope.— Per P. O. Devanha due to-day. From China.— Per N.D.L. Gocben due Feb. 10. London Malls Despatched. Left. Dub. Arrived. M. M. Jan 6 Jan 30 P. &O. Jan 10 Jan 31 Jan 31 M. M. Jan 10 Feb 4 N. D. L. Jaa 13
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