The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 November 1913

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22. 1913. NO. 7,990
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  • 149 1 The report on Kelantan for 1912 is summarised on page 8. Lyall and Evatt's share report notes a drop in prices Page 9. There has been auother serious tire at Kuala Lumpur Page 9. Mr F. E. Kendall of F. M. S. estates has died of blackwater
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  • 1723 1 The Populab Man. The popular man is the man we think we should like to be in our gayest moments. He is the salt of the feast of social life the ingredient who, by bringing out the best flavour of all the others, makes for that unity
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    • 175 1 I A PATHE THE KING OF THE AIR MULTIPLE rivn TTCTI7I? REEL EjAIjUJ iMVCj LOVE VICTORIOUS DEPICTING NATURAL CO^OII;. A GREAT ROMANCE OF AVIATION and introducing THE TANGO KINGS.— The latest Craze of Europe and America. THE GRIZZLY BEAR DANCE Will be Screened AT THE TO-MI6HT! I ALHAMBRA I TO-NIGHT
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    • 518 1 GRAND CHANGE OF PROGRAMME f I AT THE HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH. I NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. 1O NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! m THE KISS OF MARY JANE (Powerful Drama) STAR I PAPA'S BABY (Farce Comedy) A. B. I EDWIN'S BADGE OF HONOUR (Convict's Comedy) A. B. GAUMONT GRAPHIC No. 43, (New Edition) I
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    • 331 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Furnished house wanted in January Page 2. Goodrich tyres are reduced in price- Page 13. United Engineers for all typee of pumps —Page 1. Notice re meeting of Royal Johore Tin Mme Page 2. C.O.Q. bitters are 6old by Caldbeck Macgregor Page 8. The "Federal" lorry chassis at
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  • 176 2 Westphalia, in Prussia, is th<> home of liM sausage, since no country other than 1 rmany shows so many and so bewilder i k» a variety of this product. In Westi> tnHn. so it is said, a trader will name one n > fewer than 400
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    • 560 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. TWEN I SKVtNTII SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Nov. 2 id 1913. iv. Holy Communion, (Plain 7-4.) a.m. Holy Communion, (Choral) Hymns IST, V>9 A >M. 9-15 a.m. Matins and Litany, Hyran 217. 4 p.m. hildren's Service. 5-30 p.m. Brtnaoag and Sermon, Hymns 53 > I
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    • 152 2 ORGANS i n^L^khK^. k7 "\m FROM THE ROBINSON PIANO co WAYANG INCHE PUTEH THE FAMOUS Indra Ma'nikam Theatrical Go. OF SKLANGOR TO NIGHT. SATURDAY 22nd Nov. 1913. Will stage a popular Javanese Piece SIR KANDI with ancient Javanese Costumes. SUNDAY, 23rd Nov. 1913. 1 SHULWHLiL SHEHIER MONDAY, 24th Nov. 1913.
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    • 708 2 Notices NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that a parcel containing $100,000 in $100 notes issued by the BANQUE DE L' INDOCHINE, Saigon branch, having been stolen, the insurers offer a reward of 10 (ten per cent) on all the amounts recovered through indications furnished. Address communications to j The Manager,
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    • 667 2 Notices GOVERNMENT NOTICE. Tenders will be received up to noon on Monday, the Bth December, 1913. at the Colonial Secretary s Office. Singapore, from persons desirous of contracting for Cartage, botanical Garden?, Singapore, for a period of one year, commencing from Ifct January. 1914. Form of tender may be obtaiced
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    • 326 2 Wanted FURNISHED HOUSE WANTED M:ddle of January. M<xl< ocality. Appl\ M. 325, c,o Pm m x 22 11 WANTED. A respectable Eurasian nm jf two European children in Kuala Lumpur. Eld< Apply with references to Sill WANTED A Shipping clerk for outdooi Apply ALPHA 20 1 1 DRAFTSMEN WANTEO liitectural
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  • 963 3 Subobon's Romantic Find A breezy old gentleman with a flowing beard, bright eyes, and apple cheeks has just arrived iv London from the adveutu rous world of the Grande de Prairie and the Rocky Mountains, says the Daily Newt.* 1 He h»s brought a profoundly interesting scheme
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    • 373 3 j* A Drink to be grateful for, I I ft**** l2i NOt Simply a thir s*-quencher f tfrfefojp or stimulant, but just the purest iSISiS and most he alth-infusing spirit pO9 thi *t has ever been produced— 117 in j Sk one s Aromatic Schiedam Ji-J Schnapps UP Fcr all
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    • 663 3 THE INSIDIOUSNESS OF MALARIA And How Dr. Williams Pink Pills Go Straight To .The Cause Of The Trouble. Malaria is a disease of the blood. Its victim is unaware of the malignant malaria parasites in his veins until some time after they are i well established. When, therefore, the symptoms
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    • 189 3 FOR KEROSENE OIL ENGINES THE IDEAL FUEL IS !!Cross" Kerosene THE CHEAPEST REFINED OIL ON THE MARKET "Cross will give you MORE POWER at i LOWER COST THAN ANY OTHER OIL OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS >| C" Per 4-Gallon tin V*« J*& (including Duty) THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM Coy. (Straits Settlements
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    • 532 4 THE CAR OF RELI*B!L!TY AND REFINEMENT. I STENOGRAPHERS. P#J Ml\f|ll W\ A I I W*% lit lllfl I W% A -We want a good. Junior Stenographer UCI I MwllllwUllll UUIII I I I V W^^ T I 1 T I "^7" will pay a GOOD SALARY to the right man."
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    • 159 4 STEAM PETROL Uses €fet-^. SUPERHEATED STEAM J N^^, CHEAPER TO RUN lj, DOES MORE WORK m^^^, —^BlEiS^^'lHK H* 7^ i OSTS LESS FOR REPAIRS b—'— —^^-j^ ga^jw^ T^ PETROL WAGONS "^fSjiß^ 'tß^J!o»*?' Speed Bto 12 Miles. X^iK»- 4S^'^--iARRCTT. LEISTON. As used by the Singapore Municipal Council- repeat order THE BORNEO
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  • 474 5 Formidable Triue Remaining. General Sakuma, Governor General of Formosa, was a passenger on the Shinano Maru, which arrived at Shimonoseki from Formosa on the 2:>rd nit., and left for Kobe at noon on the same day. In an interview on board with a correspondent of the
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  • 394 5 An interesting report en the working of the Uganda Railway for the your ending iv Mutch last has just been issued by Mr H. !>. Taylor, the general manager. During the year the revenue has increased from £860,321 to :i,or by 35 percent., while the increase of
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  • 500 5 Impressions or the English. Mr Rabindrauath Tagore, the Bengali poet, who has been awarded the Nobel pri/.e for lecture, has some nteresting iin pressions of Englaud and the English to give on his arrival at Bombay after his visit. Mr Tagore had a warm welcome from many
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  • 291 5 CAPTAIN INCH'S BRAVERY. Speedy Promotion. New York, Oct. 17th. Captain Francis Inch's heroism has won its reward in the announcement that the young captain of the ill fated Volturno will receive another command. The inexorable law of the sea, which refuses to give a man another
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  • 107 5 His Majesty has lately been giving some amount of attention to the provision of a suitable home for the Prince of Wales when he completes his career at Oxford at the end of the summer terra next year. It lias ju6t been decided that Park House
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    • 215 5 Inc luCfll invijjorfltor s^^^^v^^\ 7/ ANA'-TONIC^I i Blood-Enriching "*S" tN ACT N crvc-Noi i w o \W\\\Z St ren g t h Ct i i n h-Rcstorine no Palatable <■/ a!! Chrnusts See you get *VANA' 3 London Mil AM --TL— _L_l_ i KOH Cos ANNUAL CHEAP SALE NOW PROCEEDING
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    • 51 5 Snfferers from Indigestion will tind safe, pleasant, and permanent relief in Woods' Great PeppenniDt Cure, the family medicine of English Colonists throughout the World. Its- great virtue is proved by the fact that more than two million bottles are sold every year. At all Dispensaries and Stores 80 cents, a
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    • 51 5 BUCHANAN'S FAMOUS WHISKIES "Red Seal," "Black White," "Royal Household" "RED SEAL" A thoroughly matured sound s])irit. "BLACK AND WHITE" A choice blend on which the reputation of Buchanan's is largely built up and maintained. Royal Household A Whisky de Luxe as supplied to the Royal Household by James Buchanan Co.,
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  • 1045 6 Mr Roosevklt'i Stories of Elephants. With the possible exception of the lion, the elephant is the wisest and most interesting of all the kinds of big games, says Mr Theodore Roosevelt, writing in M Scribner's Magazine." Most wild animals, he continues, lead very simple lives
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  • 339 6 CAPE TOWN MERCHANTS Mkkting of Protkst. Cape Town, (>ct JO The question of the discrimination by the shipping ring against the Cape Town merchants who are refusing to 6ign the freights agreement was discussed at this afternoon's meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr Jagger 6aid he had
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  • 287 6 Charles Stewart Parnell propounded a remedy to the men of Ennis in a celebrated speech When a man takes a farm from which another has been evicted, you must show him on the roadside, you must show him at tbe shop counter, you must show him
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  • 156 6 A canny Scotsman, whose better-half had ruled him with a good deal of severity, became a widower at least, he wa6 under that impression, as the good dame was apparently deceased. The funeral was a walking one and as the cortege approached the cemetery they came to a
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    • 250 6 BEFORE YOU INVEST THAT $2,000 0 SEE THE $1,950 STUDEBAKER "25" Have you ever asked yourself what more you could want in a Motor Car than the $1,950 Studebaker gives you To find the equal of the 25 in design and performance you must go far up the price scale.
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    • 464 6 WOMAN'S WRINKLES DISAPPEAR. J r. Josephine Lynn's Discovery Causes Remarkable Transformation in Test Case. Camera Tells IU Story. The challenge of a prominent Aim nc residing in l'aris has resulted in ru \i narily good advertisement for Dr. JoLynn. Mrs. beveson. the pati<-nt in <jutsi had been advised hya friend
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  • 1278 7 Qaicquid afuut komtnM MMtti ost fat j« ÜbellL juvsnai. Under the specious title of Lord Strathclyde, the bearer hopes to hide from contemporaries and posterities the peculiar reputation of Mr Alexander Ure. While judicial appointments are regarded as party rewards, Lord Strathclyde may be said to
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  • 80 7 A strong movement is on foot iv Cairo for the emancipation of the Moslem woman and the discarding of the traditional "veil." The leaders of this movement are young men who have studied in the colleges and universities of England and other European countries and who,
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  • 64 7 Record Bookings in Bombay. Calcutta. Nov. 6. Bombay, Nov. 5. Box plans were opened to-day for Miss Maud Allan and the Cherniavsky recitals in Bombay, which are to commence on the 24th inst. RlO, OOO were booked in the first two hours. Hundreds waited from eight
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    • 879 7 Auctions 500 LOTS IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF Java Wax Polished Teak Household Furniture, Piano-Pianola, Javanese Krisses, Rare Chinaware, Plants, Tennis Gear &c. Th* property of Dr. J. Coronel At Holland House No. 37. Cairnhill Road On Saturday, 22nd November, at 2.30 p. m. PIANO PIANOLA by H Voo Ftilitzsch Co.,
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    • 332 7 Healthy Life in the Straits. How to Obtain and Maintain it. "The higher the temperature, the lower the health." Who will deny the general truth of this statement With the heat come enfeebled digestion and lowered nerve tone and. as Dr. Claude L. Wheeler wiites in Nerve Weakness Its Cause
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    • 890 7 Remarkable Ciir^s. VOLOTHERAPY, THE NEW METHOD OF DRUGLESS HEALING RAPIDLY GAINING SCORES OF ADHERE ITS. EXTRAORDINARY OFFER-NO CURE, NO PAY. Disease, mankind's greatest enemy, has but to the untiring efforts ami pxhmiHtii existed in all its hideous variety since the research of Mr. Hamilton X S^StoT I dawn of creation,
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  • 1128 8 The Singapore Free Press Saturday, Nov. 22, 1913. Here shall the Press the People s rlgbt m«U*ttisr Cnmwed by influence and unbrib*d by t»lc Here patriot Truth be. carious orecepU 4tm% Ptodsfld to Religion. LoYaJty urf Lcv c While the mail has brought us out Mr ABQCITH*B curiously' ambiguous speech
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  • 140 8 The Japan dinner (1913) will take place at the Holborn Restaurant on Tuesday, Nov. 25, when the chair will be taken by Sir Claude M. MacDonald (late British Ambassador to the Court of Tokyo.) Sir Alexander and Lady Swettenham have left Kibblestone Hall, Stone, where they have been staying with
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  • 738 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London October 81. The Malay States having rightly or wrongly contributed a warship to the Admiralty can hardly view with indifference the intention of New Zealand to N run her own Navy. The Malay States will soon be alone in making the direct contribution
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  • 184 8 Captain H. A. p. Littledale, Yorkshire Light Infantry, has been seconded for service as adjutant of a battalion of Territorials. With the near approach of Christmas one can hardly pass by De Silva's jewellery establishment without stepping in to admire the magnificent stock displayed. Gifts of a most tasteful character
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  • 604 8 Mr. W. Langhatu Carter, acting Resident, sends h copy of bis i( tion report for 1912 X.' wealthy State as re*: revenue amount* t. no more tb: while the expenditure is But the liabilities of the Btafc |579,M9, and as an agricuh i Kelantan has as bright
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  • 104 8 A Sydney correspond*-! I reports from the New Hebrides state thai an important French corapan\ at the end of the year to import < batch of Chinese coolies to take tl of the rapidly decreasing supph of labour. It is understood that acceptable to the French an I planters alike.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 152 8 C. O. Q. BITTERS. FOR COCKTAILS," dc. Invaluable as a Tonic and Febrifuge. THE BEST. 41 Pick-me-Up and Appetiser." Per Pint bottle, $1.25, less 5 percent. (Duty Extra.) Saldbeck, Macgregor Go SOLE IMPORTERS. \l* o o q i GRAND I j. CHRISTMAS BAZAAR «l NOW OPEN. j Jj Dainty Christmas
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    • 67 8 NEW SOUTH WALES The Premier and Mother State of the Australias. The land of reward for Capitals 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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    • 54 8 Do you doubt the sun will rise t Or that stare will nil the skies t Or that Woods' Great Peppermint Is only made of dru^s most pun You never doubt them- well known I You never doubt your own known ft And know that Woods l'eppcrmiut C Is the
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  • 165 9 INTERNATIONAL FLEET GROWING. Huerta Invokes Napoleon. [By Submarine Cable]. KM IKK.- SICBVICB. Japanese cruiser Idzumo is now ■g to Mexico. There are already States, I'.ritish. French and German I Mexican waters, totalling 22. 1: reported that the Knglish people :!u' lampecbe mill works are crowdj/ owing to
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  • 70 9 Opposed in the Chamber. Vx I 1 The determined opposiui the Baiftl committee and legislation Committee of the iiuher to the (ioverument loan :> The former i. is refu -UK'tion morj than :>6 mil- rhug loan, and suggests that the n million should be rai>eJ itMMk iou
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  • 59 9 A Division of Opinion. uoudon, Nov. 21. The Daily Mail says :he section of the Cabinet which ivoursthe exclusion of the four counties )f Ulster from the Home Rule bill, is head;d by Mr Churchill and includes Lloyd >ir E. drey and Lord Haldaoe. other section including
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  • 55 9 rrsburg, Nov. 21. The Mongolian Premier states that the object of bis visit \press the sincere thanks of reformed Mongolia for the friendship of the Russian :uiueit The mission will present to the Tsar letter from the Kutukhtu and will iugmte important industrial enterprises \v of
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  • 59 9 Nov. 21. The proceedings of the ese-Thibet conference are being held :ly secretly, but it is understood that good progress is being made. Continual references are made to the respective rnments. The report published by the remya from Pekin regarding the reuce is entirely incorrect. All memjf
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  • 53 9 sterdam, Nov. 21. At the centenary impendence of the Netherlands B Wilhelmina in her pioclamation i :hat the country continues to prosper :c every respect, and the hope of peace, liberty and prosperity have been maintained. >he desires to co operate with her It for the welfare of
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  • 41 9 London, Nov. 21. Two Spanish military wrineu who were reconnoitring in the neighbourhood o? Tetuan *ere fusilladed c Moors and both were wounded, one daagerous!> One brought his aeroplane, the wings of which were pierced, back to vamp.
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  • 20 9 Melbourne, Nov. 21. The Government baa terminated the appointment of Captain Hughes Onslow of the Naval Board.
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  • 23 9 The military band of the K.0.Y.L.1. will play in the Botanical Gardens between 5 and 6 p.m. on Monday next.
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  • 36 9 The monthly meeting of the Y.W.C.A. be held on Monday November 24th at p.m. in the Institute, Dboby Ghaut. AH ladies interested are invited. The address will be given by Mita Abel.
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  • 193 9 REPORT OF COMMITTEE. The Possibility of Organisation. London. Nov. 21st— The "Financial Times says that the report of the committee appointed by the Rubber Growers' Association to investigate the fall in the price of the plantation rubber, and report as to the possibility of an arrangement to
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  • 110 9 Plain Speaking about Volunteering. Ihuv ol Europeans. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan^, Nov. 21st. Presenting the Volunteer prizes, the Hou. Mr Evans, in a long speech, said it was a duty that more Britishers should take up Volunteering. There attended hut small turnout, and Major Adams said it
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  • 79 9 COOLIE LAW PROSECUTION. Penang, Nov 21. Capt. B. Peters, of the Malaya, has been charged with abetting five immigrants attempting to leave the Colony without certiiicates from the Immigration Office. The Captain affirmed that sampans came alongside without his consent after the Boarding Officer had fives a clearance. The coolies
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  • 223 9 Fireman Injured. K. Lumpur. Not 21. The third 6re in four days has occurred in Pudu St., breaking out early this morning. Nine fchcp houses, mostly of the wood framed type, weie gutted and the rest of the block was only 6aved after three hours, strenuous
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  • 90 9 COOLIES' ARMS REMOVED. Situation Grave. [By Submarine Cable]. Recteb's Service. London, Nov. 21. The Indian position in Natal is still grave. There have been exciting disturbances on sugar estates at Illovo, and a small body of police armed only with staves routed 400 Indian coolies who were
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  • 36 9 Melbourne, Nov. 21. The Labour majority of the Senate refuses to transact business until the House of Representatives considers Mr Fisher's motion of no confidence, which the (Jovernment has declined to treat seriously.
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  • 57 9 The Victoria League has entertained the Bmpin Parliamentarians at Cie*e House. Lord Emmott, in his speech said that the time had in no way come for any great change in the idea of Imperial Federation. From what he saw in the Dominions he atlirmed that they were
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  • 35 9 Wellington, X. Z. Renewed scuttles have occurred between the strikers and the police but everything is now quiet. A secret ballot among the general labourers was three to one against a strike.
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  • 24 9 Berlin, Nov 21. The Kaiser has a slight cold on the chest and has abandoned his visit to Silesia. j ♦> <r
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  • 207 9 November 21st. After Beveral days of a buoyant and advancing market the week closes with prices somewhat below the best, and this applies more particularly to the higher priced shares which chiefly benefited on the rise. Advices received this morning quote Rubber one penny per
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  • 181 9 The annual report on the Prisons of the Colony for last year shows that during the year 4681 prisoners were received, whilst the daily average in the prisons of the Colony showed a fair decrease compared with previous years. Only 179 prisoners received sentences of more than
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  • 763 9 The estate of the late Mr. Tan Kirn Cheng. There was again an exceptionally large attendance of buyers at Messrs Ching Keng Lee A Co's Sale-room on the 1 9th instant, when the following properties were disposed of by auction and realized very good prices Lot 78. Xo.
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  • 96 9 Paidin, a Javanese, was again brought before Mr H. \V. Firmstone, senior magistrate, yesterday, in connection with tbe extradition proceedings instituted agaiust him at the request of the Dutch authorities. He is charged with the theft of cheques and cash at Tebing Tinggi, Netherlands Indies, and on
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  • 46 9 The Hon. Mr R. J. Wilkinson is appointed to act as Deputy for the Governor during the latter s absence from the Colony. Mr C. Everitt is appointed a Commissioner under the Statute Laws Ordinance. The Tek Lim Club is ordered to be dissolved.
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    • 62 9 Mr Maurice Hellier, who retired from: the Education Department last year from ill health, has returned east in the Pro tesilaus, landing at Penang. He is at present acting as Inspector of Schools, Negri Sembilan, and if his health holds out, he will be of great use to the Education
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    • 73 9 The manager of Chop Yong Hoa Seng, 28, Kliog Street, was yesterday lined So in the lirst police court for being in possession of and exposing for sale a quantity of unsound tinned food-stuffs. A number of stall-holders in Clyde Terrace Market were fined sums ranging from 95 to $10
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    • 121 9 ARTISTIC ALBO X CALENDARS, XII SI S DIARIES, AUTO STATIONERY, BOXES OF ASSORTED, JV P TXT CARDS ENVELOPES, NOVELTIES, \T £k o\y XMAS presents. C^ XMAS HOME MAIL £1 J? fl S LEAVES NOV. 27th. ROBINSON Co. Finest quality tobacco v^Hrfti unrivalled skill in man v >2§feN>)<^3C3f facture and absolutely
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  • 558 10 Per P A O str Sinla. dm- N«>v 21.— Mrs H. W. Foes. Mr A Mrs Carver. Miss O. Roe. H. Leakey. Capt F.J.G. Agg. Miss S. Jon son. MissJ. Loyd. ItoDtf, X <;. Layr.r. K. T. Miller. H. W. K.rnitk, Mi-- B. Dunlop. MM B K. Greene.
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  • 44 10 I P< vat. \>mbo with Mtdinii, sailing v -W. r»nc«>ck. Mr Siru<>n^. H. jI K. O. Fuiiey, J. Graham, W. Watchman, G C. Talpj, I>. 1». Ma hew, L>r Nubia, sailiu^ Dec 2 —Mr A Mrs W. 1 Holloway, A. U.S. Wagnt-r.
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    • 217 10 Renowned Physicians prescribe Gntnault's Matico as the most active and at the same time the most inoffensive remedy in the treatment of Acute and Chronic Discharges. lATICO INJECTION kwih recent cases and. IATICO CAPSULES ii ibe »>re ciiroiuc ones. y/^ Active f Principtc of Cod Liver Oil with Creosote. (Chapoteaut)
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    • 610 10 Shipping BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ltd FOR Port Swettenham, Penang, Negapatam, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore, Karikal Negapatam. The Company's Steamer M TARA 6.322 tons. E W. Hamlyn. Commander. will be dt spatcbed for the above ports on Monday the 24th instant, at 5 p. in She has excellent accommodation for
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    • 666 10 Shipping N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINE. i 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- t screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and
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    • 496 10 Shipping ML M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. NAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1913 1913 Polynesien Nov 23 E. Simons Nov 24 Paul Lecat Dec 7 Amazone Dec 8 Cordillere Dec 21 Australien Dec 22 SINGAPORE-SAIGON-HAIPHONG.— A Branch Line Steamer sails every fortnight in connection with the
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    • 715 10 Shipping N.D.L Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen. Bamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veisa) j Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtan Nagasaki and
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    • 663 10 Shipping P. &0. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden. Egypt Mediterranean PorU, Plymouth and London Through Bills of Lading lHbued tor I Coast, Persian Oulf, Continental and Au.erlcac Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or abon* MAIL LINES HOMKWARD (FOR EUROPE). From Singapore, connecting a
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    • 811 11 S h i ppin g foyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND \X/estern Pacific Railway Co. The New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Francisco to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. jmi* v v z 1.000 Ton Triple Screw Turbine Liners v SHINYO
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    • 1046 11 SINGAPORE'S ONLY COMPANY. URfiEBT p,,^ Mp|TU Qf mJm mmt PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAn OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32. Old Jewry, EX. The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act
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    • 517 11 The Eastern United Assurance CORPORATION Ltd. Head Office— Singapore. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). Authorized Capital $5,000,000. FIRE DEPARTMEMT.-Risks accepted on Buildings and Merchandise at current rates. MARINE DEPARTMENT.-Insurances effected on Hulls and Cargo. For full particulars as to rates and all other information apply to J. D. KEITH SIM,
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    • 352 11 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICF. POUNDED 1787. HEAD OFFICES/ NORWICH AND LONDON Losses Paid exceed £30,000 000 Lowest Rates of Premium. Prompt and Liberal Settlements. T HE BORNEO Co Ltd. Agon* FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1881. Direct Government Supebvisio* Government Audit. Policies are WORLD WIDE and Mo* Forfeitable.
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  • 435 12 I city, wa~ l!t al q.iar man lir( Ofl hi-> a>'U streets were Hlled with rutnans hallooing, shouting, au: irowing bombs, while many were busy &*< tores that had already been opened. :he Generals wen quite or.! r. vi.d the more op linng, cab goals) the
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  • 286 12 i to M.\ Lessons [nteresting. ue West F.rul Cinema, Corenti .he London Kveur ill inII .<_■ an experimei. .1 to show Em the moving picture can bt ftp 1 to the ordinary sl-Ido! curiiculuni. serious attempt to snppl tad trate the education given iv every c
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  • 335 12 ROYAL DUCHESS IN AFRICAN WILDS. \N(,KY NMT. Milan. Oct. 13. The Docbess of Urn nblisbing ou Thursday next an expensive illustrated volume containing nearly 500 photographs of scenes and eventi in Africa with Urn Italian explorer Captain Piscieelli and Miss Susan Hicks i. ua. daughter of Lord St. Aldwyn. The
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  • 346 12 Two pictures of more than ordinary in terest are provided by tho reverence shown to a \lead pougyi by the Buddhists of Let M, Burma. The fust is one of extraordinary, if uot iunue lavishness, for this reverence is so great that the people propose to spend Rs.
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  • 167 12 Guilty Blown From Gukb. A couspiracv againit rhe Amir was dis covered in Kabul last month. It is said ro have been arranged by Yunas Khaa, Unuidioa of Saruar Shah Khan, who lied into llussian territory utter rebelling nst Amir Abdul Kahannin Khan in the hitter eighties.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 16 12 For Coughs and chills. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Sold every wh- re, 60 cent! bottle.
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    • 111 12 SUN LIFE AS ~v CE OF CANADA. (INCORPORATED 1865). FUNDS (Exceed) £9,932,000 CANADA'S. PREMIER COMPANY. Experience has perfected, and ACTUAL RESULTS to Policy holders, have made the reputation, and proved the guarantee, of thia Company 8 Policies Apply for prospectus and pamphlet "FACTS ABOUT THE COMPANY" to Chief Office for
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    • 176 12 OC O JAMES WRIGHT A BLEND OF EXQUISITE SWEETNESS AND LASTING FRAGRANCE 20-11 hs 20 2 SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. TBLBGBAMB SIEMENS, SINGAPORE. TelepßONS No. 647. Electric?.! Engineers. Manufacturers and Contractors. SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAHO WORKS, Ld. Head Office Caxton House, Westminister, London. Supplies Dcvi, and Stores Upper Thames London. Lamps
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    • 452 12 THE Singapore free Press MORNING DAILY To Our Readers. I M'jmiw .t depots, from at etrh indays exoe p. -•c will I" <■& \\\v# t (or town office*- oc g -lawj, o'clock each dm oh copies art.yen. m OF SUBSCRIPii month It. months year S3( c stage— SO cents a
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  • 253 13 9 OF PRI\ \TION FROM SaRWVAK. From >lin conies the report that a man ja ined llm formerly of Bugur, Batavia. t led to a Sadong woman named ring ftl B— f, arrived at Miri on ■th ult. in a starving condition. Hi 1 that almost a month
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  • 89 13 umssion of C .'ion and Client of Lands of British Co.iw tutored into a cooperative .ment for a study of the forest con forest resources of British (.0 The amount of n;a: I collected by the P.ritish uch will be suppleinformation to be secured from M .ncludiutf
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  • 214 13 Now that Hip Panama Canal is r>< completion it is more than likely fhar thttrade figures of Panama will begin to some decliue. The import trade, sa\s the llritish CoitMil at Colon, is five times greater than the export, and manifestly its lisa is due to the needs
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  • 133 13 Statements have lately been published to the effect that beans, peas, lentils, and peanuts contain twice as much uric arid poisou as does meat, ami that the nativeof India suffer greatly because of the amount of uric acid contained in the dahl which they eat This is
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  • 76 13 A sparsely acieuded ineetiug was held on Wednesday afternoon the oth instant iv connection with the proposed Race Meeting next July. We understand that w!>.s decided, if sufficient subscribers come forward, to approach the Ipoh Turf Club with view to taking over their gritlins after their Meeting,
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  • 186 13 Will England CAHKT OUT Hek PboMHB? The Australian view of statements pub lished about the abandonment of the Imperial Defence Conference is crystallised in a leading article in the Sydney Morn ing Herald," says the Daily Mail's" Syd ney correspondent The Australian Fleet was built as the result
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  • 134 13 Fatal Swokd Thrust into A Hay Cakt. Paris, Oct. 23. A grim incident of the rising in Portugal was narrated by a French sculptor to the Intransigeant. A peasant's cart tilled with straw drew up at the Spanish-Portuguese frontier. The officials glanced into it one, to satisfy himself,
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  • 73 13 Peking, Nov. IS. i Foreign Department has requested ti I eign Ministers to ask the merchants in n.« commercial ports not to transfer ca -i for Chinese under their firm na M. >. Ti provincial governments have been ordt^id to submit their budget estimates with i b two
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 300 13 In every bin of "EMBASSY" Virginia No. 77 Cigaicttes there is now being packed a COUPON. Keep these coupons, they can be exchanged for BLOCK AMBER CIGARETTE HOLDERS enclosed in neat leather pocket cases. This Cigarette is the latest production of the famous house of W.D. H.O. WILLS. Try a
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    • 345 13 GOLD WATCH FREE CHEAT OFFER BY A WELL-KNOWN f KM IT COSTS YOU NOTNINC TO TRY !>R^TON|iXj Irf l"»iiy»n» who c»n nupply 6OL11) OOIS) W/-" K. Send row lolntion on k chert of flliw together ■tucprd fcddreued ervnop< i WhoiuitWi'ji. Mrri »lU to purchase a ChaiD from vi U Dam*
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  • 503 14 M The Sanitary Awakening of India is the title of an article contributed by Sir Charles Pardey Lukis to the October number of Science Progress. That the people of India are really awaking to the possibilities which may be realised by sanitary science is the most encouraging
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  • 306 14 Leaving Bangkok The many friends whom Mr F. W. Carpenter, the American Minister, has made in Bangkok will regret to hear of his ap proaching early departure. Mr Carpenter was appointed to Siam about a year ago, and arrived in Bangkok just before the presidential election
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  • 1288 14 The first total where represents figures for 1912. the last column represents output for calendar year to date in all cases. Year 1912. Oct. 1913. Allagar 93,500 16,700 127,100 Alma 9,256 63.233 Alor Gajah 47,871 9,765 76,455 Alor Pongsu 80,830 8,600 84.672 Anglo Johore 47.193 12,504 100,205
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  • 130 14 Tear 1912. Oct. 1913. Belat 2.410 BIS B ruang 4.1 50 Bruseh 3,415 17 Chenderiang 2,326 Dungun (Wolfram 264 Gopeng Consol 5,944 750 Heawood 4.486 SM Kamuning 612 Kauaboi 2,806 230 Kinta 3.330 8< O Kinta Association 5,042 226 Kledang 1.274 SS 1,454 Krarnat Pulai 6,114 442 4.77
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  • 31 14 Beaufort 51,816 e> British Borneo 101, 17n Langkon 0)19,568 Melalap 10UP. Membakut 6* w Sapong 108,900 lib Sekong 82,887 10,108 SS South East 8,116 51 Tenom 81,075 152.56G
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 623 14 P r Trilie Wt- h b. Cough I Core it How. \f There is positively nothing aqaa] Emulsion for colds, coughs, 3 bronchitis, and all chest alfeotions. By its peculiar soothing and healing effects it f stops the coqgh, allays WMN and inflammation, improves the breathing, and p| i makes
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    • 12 14 I Most Certain Cur<^ I Physicians recommend them. I Of all Chemists.
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    • 112 14 |j|( TtfeWorlds I§§ !!|||||f DenKfrice Do you realise the immense importance of the unique superiorit fof Odol While all other preparations for cleansing the mouth and teeth are effective only during the few moments of application, the antiseptic and refreshing power of Odol continues gently but persistently for hours afterward*,
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  • 1486 15 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, Nov. 21. RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. Cap. Isaoß. Paid. Law Div botbri? smiths 85,000 le 2b Allagai 9% 1 10* 2 4 600,010 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 53 6 3 160,000 Is 2s Anglo- Malay 8% int 9 41 -0 1
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  • 63 15 (CORRECTED UP TO Nov 211. Bank 4me 3.4$ demand 2-4$ Private credits Bm* 2-4 19-82 credits 6 m 1.4 15-16 France demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 288 i India, T. T. 174* Honqkonq, demand 15| Yokohama, demand 114} Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 66 Sovereigns, Bank Buying 66.64 Bank
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  • 152 15 Nov. 21. Tin 150 tone sold $90.40 Gambier 6.90 Gambier Cube No. 1 10.76 Gambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. Spore ...buyerslB.B7i Pepper, (White fair) buyers 82.00 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) 24.00 mSutmege '80 to thß lb.) 25 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina) nom. Bali
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 214 15 SUPPLIES FOR Estates Mines Etc. Ant Exterminators. (The Universal,) For fumigating with Patent "Universal" Powder. A rsenite of Soda. (For killing weeds.) and Locusts. Calculating and Adding Machines. (The Bnmsviga and Bri-Cal.") Cement. "Borneo," and Buffalo brandsFresh stocks monthly. Cigarettes. CM Reszke). Ca|dbeck Macgpegop Co Cigarettes. Weinberg Distrib to p-
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    • 82 15 Pains in the stomach are awful unpleasant, you never know what they portend. Get a good medicine in Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, and you will find early relief from the taking of a dose or two. It is sold by Dispensaries and Stores everywhere at 80 cents a bottle. The
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 898 15 VESSELS IN POUT. Flag and Tons Commander h From Arrived Kor Whea Kuantan F.M.S. 249 Egdom Kuantan, 1610 F.M.S. Dock Steamers Nat. Tonnage Master From Consignee. For Alting Dut 704 Kolk Pontianak, 911 Ships Agency Poutianak B. PohGuan Brit 576 Smith Sbaya, 16 11 11. Eng Moh Sbaya 22 Candia
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  • 2488 16 This function came off in London on Oct. 29th, in presence of a large gather ing. Sir Walter Hillier inthe chair. Of those present who have been prominently associated with the Straits were Sir John Anderson. Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, Mr A. M. Townsend, Messrs W.
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  • 112 16 R.E. vs S.C.C. (2nd). Although the ground was somewhat sticky the Royal Engineers and the S.C.C. were able to engage in a good game of hockey on the latters' ground yesterday. The visitors, who showed good combination, forced the pace from the commencement and before the interval arrived placed
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  • 14 16 The Autumn Cup Competition will be played off to-day and tomorrow.
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  • 43 16 Saturday, 22nd Nov. Johnston's Pier, 2.15 and 3.15 p.m. Club Bungalow, 2.45 and 5.30 p.m. Sunday, 23rd Nov. Johnston's Pier, 7, 9 and 10 a.m., 2.30 and 3.30 p.m. Club Bungalow, 8.30 and 9.30 a.m., 12.15, 8 and 5.30 p.m.
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  • 38 16 Captain A. A. M. Duff, who was flag lieutenant to Sir Cyprian Bridge when he commanded the China Squadron, has been appointed to the command of the new cruiser Birmingham on commissioning for her maiden spell of service.
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  • 41 16 The Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of the PostmasterGeneral, has appointed Mr F. Black well, sorting clerk and telegraphist, Tunbridge Wells, to be an Assistant Superintendent in the Posts and Telegraphs Department of the Federated Malay States.
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  • 173 16 At the New Theatre, Manchester, on Oct. 27th, Mr Louis Meyer produced a play by Harold Owen and H. M. Vernan entitled Mr Wu, in which Mr Matheson Lang appeared in the title role. The story told is highly dramatic, and concerns the revenge adopted by a Westernised Chinaman for
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  • 177 16 Arrivals on Friday morning included the British India Apcar steamer Dunera from Calcutta and the Glen Line steamer Glen- strae from home ports, both with part general cargoes for discharge. The Dunera loads for China and Japan and sails this, Saturday .afternoon. The Imp. German mail steamer Prinzess
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  • 206 16 The intention of the Government and the plans of the engineers who are preparing a scheme for irrigating the lower part of the Menam Valley are constantly changing, if rumour ie to be credited. So one hears to-day that the whole scheme will cost more than
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  • 110 16 From Europe.— Per N. D. L. P. Alice, due to-day. Per M. M Polynesien with mails up to Ist instant, due Nov 24. From China.— Per M. M. E. Simons, due Nov 24. London Malls Despatched. Left. Due. Arrived. N. D. L. Oct 22 Nov 15 Nov
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  • 87 16 East Wharf (Basin)— Nil East Wharf Section I— Nil Sheers Wharf— Nil Main Wharf Sec. 2— Glen?trae h 3— Dunera 4— Nil s— Nil 6— Shinkai Maru, Pa tan i New Dock Sec. 7— (Under construction.) West Wharf Sec. B— Tenpaisan Maru. Annaia, Jardine's Wharf Sec.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 152 16 SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Telegrams: SIEMENS, Singapore. Telephone No. 647. OBTAINED ONLY BY USING I I HOLOPHANE 1 REFLECTORS AND DRAWN WIRE TUNGSTEN WITH THE Al k MINIMUM VW^U IQp COST OF CURRENT SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAMO WORKS, Ld. ffcad o^rr —Caxton House, Westminster, London. Supplies Dept. and stores— Upper Thames
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 220 16 WEATHER REPOKT. These Weather Telegrams are transmute by courtesy of the E. E. Tel. Co. and contain the observations made at Hongkong (HK. 1 Observatory, and at Manila Observatory (MN.i The data are date and hour of despatch the Barometer reading (inches in HK., Milll metres in MN.); Direction of
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