The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 November 1913

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. IEX CENTS SINGAPOKE. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29 1913. NO. 7.99
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    92 1 A good deal of discussion has taken place in the Press on the India and South Africa question Page 0. Mr Asquith spoke on Home Rule at Leeds yesterday Page 9. A fall of timber caused the death of three men at Tanjong Pagar Page 16. The
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    POPE JOAN.
    839 1 lu bow many households, outil to be found surviving, n; s| the counter-attractions of bridge and auction bridge, any knowledge or practice of that ancient (Mas, Pope Joan? This onci popular pastime is, we suspect, as < lead as ljueen Anae, as obsolete as the inytb which it
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      248 1 MAX UNDER WILL BE WELCOMED iritr and by wnom he has been much missed lately AT THK ALHAMBRA LCH ROAD. TO-NIGHT! 1 p.m. 1 in bit iu u crt.it 101 MAX AND THE LOVE LETTER ■■d Ml forms a tttting tinish t 1 A Most Enjoyable Programme ALL NEW ENTERTAINING
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      285 1 110 NIGHT TO NIGHT I A SPLENDID ESPIONAGE FILM OF GRIPPING. BREATHLESS AND INVIGORATING INCIDENTS FROM START TO FINISH, ENTITLED LIEUT, DARING, in 2 parts I AT THE I HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH. I NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. OMIJINED WITH FAIRYLAND STAR (A great expedition in an imaginary world) I' THE MAGIC
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      170 1 THEATRE ROYAL I North Bridge Road. To-Night. Positively the Last Night VERTO IN MAGIC AND ILLUSIONS COMPLETE CHANGE OF PICTURES. Including THE SIGN OF THE -I, CROSS. Wilson Barretts Great Drama. THE BLUE BiRB Maeterlincks reigning record production now running in London. And a host of others. Max Linder Comics.
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      212 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Assistant shorthand reporter and stenographer typist required Page I. Hotel You Wijk's New Management Page 2. Attractive programmes* at the Marl borough, the Theatre Royal, and the Alexandre Hall Page 1. Motors and motor Cycles for sale Page 2 and 7. Barat and Sons special offers Page 14.
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      156 1 THE WEEK. Saturday 29th. Htpc Wate> 10-24 a.m., 11-41 p.P. O. Outward mail due. St. Andrew's Dance. Rattles Hotel. Rugby football. S.C.C vt mbilan. D.G.L. meeting at Klang. Sooday 30th. H:gb Water— M -2 a.m. nnday in A J vent. St. Andrew Mohammedan Ken War commen< N.D.L. Homeward mail due.
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    PROPERTY SALE.
    852 2 w Kim I HKNd ESTATB. Tl tin ;t large attendance of h i\»r> al l» Ml Ching Kent; Lee ami Co'i :i oa Wednesday, when the follow mj» properties w ere deposed of by auction pn No. 11, Lovong Teluk for 99'.> year* :irea tt. Minrithlv lent |59,
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    BRITISH NAVAL VISITORS.
    91 2 Cruiser Hampshire Arrives. The British cruiser Hampshire forming part of the China squadron arrived on Oct. 20 at Bangkok bar. The vessel anchored near the pilot schooner, and at eight o'clock saluted the land with a salvo of 1 1 guns. The band of the cruiser then
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      461 2 ORGANS jAt I I Jit* >^BL 1 Wok w 1 jfe FROM THE ROBINSON Notices SINGAPC3E MUNICIPAL NOTICE. SEWAGE PUMPING STATION AT PEOPLE'S PARK. STKK I.WOKK. The Municipal Commissioners of the Town of Sia^ajKne invite tenders tor the construction and supply of the Steelwork for a Sewage Pumping Station at
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      777 2 Notices NOTICE HOTEL VAN WIJK CO., LTD. Notice is hereby given that Mr. K. I. T. Tiddens has been appointed manager <>f the Holel van Wijb as from the Ist proximo. HOTEL VAN WIJK CO LTD. F. Y. JONES. 2 Secretary. 29- 11 3- 2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF
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      658 2 Wanted WANTED. lERRY-CO-ROUND or RIDING GALLERY Equipment (2nd hand To putchase or liia, state {trice, trim^ aud full particulars to VENTURE o 0 Darwoods Agency. Penang. S9-11 it- 20 12 WANTED An assistant shorthand reporter, and a good jtenographer-typist fv.r general otnee work. Apply with copies of testimonials t<> M.
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      291 2 To Let TO LET FURNISHED A new bungalow No. 785 If ALI AKBAR B'N 24 11 TO LET PARTLY FURNISHED Apply CAZAUS I 311 TO LET Seaside Him^al- Kurau. Api* M. H SI -29-10 TO LET Commodious Off ices in i House Battery Road, Sin^ap, n Immediate •ntr\ For I
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      510 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. First BUMMkI »n Advent. Nov. .^Cth 1913. 7 a.m. Holy Communion, (Plain.l 7 »•> a.m. Holy Communion, (Choral) Hymns 47, bIH A d-15 a.m. Matins and Litany, Hymn 48. i p.m. Sunday School and Bible (Saw V3O p.m. Bvenaong and Sermon, Hymns 290, A
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    SOLUTION OF OCEAN MYSTERY
    596 3 In m\mk OaUH n'tCi :ere has come to light 1 t. > a genuine account igter which was responsible for of the brig Marie Celeste, the Dg of All mysteries of the sea. f. an American vattal, >rk for Genoa in November, ing > crew of
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    WOMAN AND KNOWLEDGE.
    586 3 THE f. \SIS OK M'.X MFPBR] K< !>. At a meeting of the Sociological Society in the hall of the Royal Society of Mlm lain 1 Harrison read a paper ou M Woman and Knowledge." Professor Gilbert Murray presided. Miss Harrison said that nowadays no deni/en of
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    THE HEDJAD RAILWAY.
    169 3 London, November IS. Lecturing before the Royal Asiatic Society on the Hedja/. railroad Dr. Moritz, Profesor of Oriental Languages at Berlin Tniversity, said nothing was being done to continue the line from Medina, the present terminus, to Mecca with a branch line to Jeddah. It was to
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    DEADLY "F" RAYS.
    888 3 New Terrok in Wak. The Pioneer's London correspondent cables: It was recently announced that an Italian Engineer. Uiivi, has discovered what are named F Rays by means of which it is possible wirplessly to explode powder at any dista me without apparatus at the powder end. Tbe
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    WOMAN'S WRINKLES DISAPPEAR.
    334 3 WOMAN'S WRINKLES DISAPPEAR. r Jct.phinc Lyir s recover ausis Remarkable nans; in Test Case. Camera Tel! Its Story. The dialler of a pi- nment Americtn lauly :ing in Paris lias -ulted in ai narily good adv. ,t for Dr. Jom p| L>nn. Mrs. the patient in <, had been lAvteed
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      192 3 ABSOLUTE!/ PURE GRAND PRIX >V PARIS 1889 BEER THE EAST ASIATIC Co., Ltd,, SOLE IMPORTER SLEDGE MILK IS GUARANTEED TO BE GENUINE SWISS MILK Do not confuse this brand with other Milks of uncertain origin. li you have not tried Sledge Brand you can have no «dea what a perfectly
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      14 3 For Coughs and chills. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Sold everywhere, 80 cents bottle.
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      76 3 i aa ASTHMA mi Chronic Bronchitis, Suffocations I H Immediate relief and Care PCQip I by using Cigarettes LOll V I Of leading Chemist* «nd Storet IH Insist on t' »i(m«tureJ F>ll< P*», |B''-< --'Ml. .^MrLLEHVI!' K6 A Real Lever Simulatioc GOLD WATCH FREE. one s'.nKin H. S. KIRWAN Forage
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      309 4 THE c K SEN &Co s #1 La I! O fNIKU MimiAl "Ss? Carbolmeum Quinine j f B HV I f B Jabakusuui Taila keeps the brain cool, trliirt luUiUHLi^gppiantapium Sulphate I £[CC INQIIDANPE Pn H-rl AMRITADI BATIKA Lit C IHdUIIMIIOE UU.. LLU.i The most powerful antidote to malarial poi-
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      189 4 CELESTINS VICHY TABLE WATER. This most ce T ebrated and incomparable table water in order to meet the rising demands of the public has been now introduced here in small bottles, being formerly only used in large ones. The YICHY WATERS are three m number. Grande Grille, Hospital and Celestin
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      148 4 SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Telegrams SIEMENS, SINGAPORE. Telephone No. 647. Electrical Engineers. Manufacturers and Contractors. SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAMO WORKS, Ld, Head Office Caxton House, Westminister, London. Supplies Dept. and Stores Upper Thames *<tet, London. Lamps and Fittings Dept. Dalston, London. Wcrks Stafford and Woolwich. Singapore Gold Storage Co., Ltd. Near
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      85 4 I AVANCE TWQ-GYGLE CRUDE OIL ENGINES. I I nfilHn 3 T 50 BHp I CHEAPEST BEST ENGINE I w y^lk 0N THE market I MARINE TYPES In all sizes. I Cf^S Fitted v. itli reversiiiL r supplied direct!} n.WFull Particulars on application to:— ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, I I BEHN, MEYER Co,
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      26 4 THE SINGAPORE STEAM LAUNCH Co. AND COAL TAR MERCHANTS BROOKS RUPTURE APPLIANCE Co. TAN CHEAW POH Mj t Wtmdbt >■" Tc.ephont 061. CouSc 7, Blair Fob la
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    WARSHIP DESIGN.
    1134 5 Elemknts of Batti.k Efpioibmct. The reasdn why uaval officers Mked foi increased gun power and greater speed was because the RustO Japanese War had shown that actions were to be fought at greater range, and that, while the provi siou of higher powered guns should permit of the
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    PROTECTION OF TRADE INTERESTS.
    376 5 The Question op Credit. There is a movement afoot in Ipoh says the Times of Malaya to form a Trade Protection Association, to operate throughout the whole of the P. M. S. and the Strai Settli mehts. A meeting Las already been held, at wiiich the
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    FIRE DAMP WHISTLE TO WARN MINERS.
    164 5 Berlin, Oct. 28. The Emperor William this morning inaugurated the new Kaiser Wilhelni Institute of Experimental Therapy at Dahlen. His Majesty afterwards visited the neighbouring Institute of Physical Chemistry, where a surprise awaited him. Acting on a hint given last year by the Emperor
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    DIVISIONAL ASSAULT-AT ARMS IN BURMA.
    124 5 A very successful Divisional Assault atArms was held at Mandalay extending over several days, open to all the British and Xative Troops under Major-General Pilcher's command. The following is n. list of the winners of Challenge Cups and Medals. British officers, best at arms, Lieut.
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      192 5 —^■sA^ *t WM ft fTon cannot f ltr r h^f rr t j ltni WOLFE'S I N 1 OI 3 table alike iot I G. F. KELLNER Co., I A SCOTT Co., RANGOON. fj£ a .••V- '-'v r iP Heinz I— Evaporated Horse-Radish 1 Jl It is as economical as
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      211 5 /^F course, to say V m mea n LEA F bit. But have .1 how great a difference it may make in what you ive "Worcestershire may be tnything, because the law gives anyone tl > B a sauce. The to get tk rse!f of the habit of saying "Worcestershin
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    SIAM PINEAPPLES.
    327 6 Atior'n. i of ti; I :ul and educative voluim. published l>y the Ministry of Agriculture hn~ d us. This li on "The Pineapple." written in« popular style, and meant for the instruc mesa ol iluvutor chi>volume on "the Pineapple" is a model of its kind. It is compiled
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    A KILTED CORPS FOR CALCUTTA.
    260 6 movement which has been started to e I a Highland Voluuteer Corps appears to have excited a certain amouut ot interest. It is truly urged that not all Scotchmen are horsemen who can join the Light Horse, and there are doubtless a :e number of
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    THE PHILIPPINE CARNIVAL
    98 6 Although Manilas new Governor has revoked a lot of standing orders, he looks with favour upon King Carnival, and has designated Mr W. T. Beardsley as DirertorGeneral of the Carnival Association. The action of the Carnival Board in recommending the suspension of the 1914 Carni val has
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    WIDOW'S STRANGE DELUSION.
    106 6 Although her husband had been dead for four or live days, the widow of a City of London Police pensioner named Gilbert, of Windsor, still persisted in the belief that he was alive, and when a friend called al the houso she told him that her hu-l
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    LONDON SYNAGOGUE TO BE DEMOLISHED.
    66 6 old) West-end synagogue, situated behind His Majesty's Theatre, in St. Alban's place, Uaymarket, is to bd demolished. The synagogue originated in 176h at a house in Denmark-court, on the t the former Exeter Hall. Later, with the increase in the congregation, it was decided to
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      352 6 JcDOL is the preparation or cleansiu- and preserving mouthh and eeth. Aft w drop* uiixtd with a tumbler of vater will form an emulsion which will horoughly cleanse and purify the oral cavity, 'ying all injurious bacteria nesting there. Hiol I e interstices bit ween the eeth and impregnates the
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      335 6 CL6ANS6 YOUR BLOOD with CRIMAULT fc. C 0 SARSAPARILLA The original sar- I sapanlla. recom- I Vfij mended for the YmmmL last 40 years for WMk y* lymphatic diseases, 111 eruptions, boils, Mfl and all disorders Kfl of the slvin. CRIMAULT C" C .PARIS g^V 'f% V.RIGAUD'S W K fI
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      116 6 The most radical and m searvhing l-emedy for all troubles of the bladder md urm passages is Abolishes pain aid a cure. Obtainable at all Chemi>! Genera! Agewts, S.S. F.M.S. MAYNARD Co., Ltd 11 3 SINGAPORE. ttF. CLARKE Co 207, gLKKN-dT., BINGAK; Livery Stable Keeper-. Fodder Merchants. For Rubbcr-ty; tyred
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      325 6 PASSENGERS EXPECTED. I'd <> Mi h. oouwottag v. str Delta at Colombo iiu< v \m i and child. I. M. H A Mi- Fit/waiim Smith, V. N Smith. K. Adam son. H. AdaiuMoi:. Hn .1 W. Mooic. Mr* K. K cliild, i. B IOm rinkley, W. MountaiD. A. < Todd
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    995 7 TOPICS OF THK WEEK. aid agxuif aomtne* st*j*.i) as: rag. ji ll belli- Sm with some surprise vM of those iners which i;u)ointment of Sir Hench before it n to the it; Bail the Topicir; opiuion, aud tt< >tli before aud aft. ii of honour on the part P 1
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    106 7 > «e» < ire uot only America, il life of Mexico: they are giving new names to the cities and mountains, I their usual curt fashion. Popocatepetl omet managfHiMn under its alias of anil the mysterious Ixtaecihuatl almost lovable as l\y." No one ia Mexico City is recognised as an
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    178 7 .les Keade was u great apostle of ambidexterity, lu Ihe seventies he wrote ries of newspaper articles, in which 1 he endeavoured to provn that we all came into the world even-handed, aud that the preference given to the right hand was only a vicious custom, lie considered it quite
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      679 7 GLOBE FLUID I VI; Cleaning and preserving boilers. I')' notice that we have app Inted TA* QUAN KIAT. CHO? CUAN KIAT Co. of I 37 Phillip Stieet, Hiugapore, our Sole Agent in the Colony and the Mniits Settlements and the Federated Malay States aud Johore for the -^le of the
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      413 7 Auctions PRELIMINARY NOTICE AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY, SITUATE AT QUEEN STREET, SINGAPORE. Tuesday, 16th December, at 2-30 p.m. The dwelling house and stables known as No. 207 QUEEN STREET, Singapore. Atea as per Government Re-survey 16.557 square feet, held under Government Leases Nos. 35 A 36 for 99
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      826 7 Auctions REMINDER This Day, Saturday, at 11 a.m. AUCTION SALE OF Wax Polished Teak Household Furniture made by John Little Co., Ltd. At Powell 6c Cos Saleroom Massive wax poUiibed teak sideboard with ujirior MMll j tatft diuinu MM l^lrt^r^ f X lkm] V t( ak wardrobes «ith Lino, dcrn
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    The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, Nov. 29, 1913.
    1985 8 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, Nov. 29, 1913. Here sha.M the Preys the Pecpies itgct irat*<ab.> CTnawed by influence and unbribed bf cain> Here patriot Truth her gloricus precepto iif%: Pladi«d to Religion LoyiJty v.id Luir. The link of causation may not at once be apprehended, but it is perfectly
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    LONDON RUBBER WIRE.
    42 8 DIVIDENDS AND AGENTS CHARGES. Utmim Owing to the n dron is not p;i\ing st, but the Comp.uix 1: 00. Ledbury is p:«--of five per cent. Kuala Kitf per cent. Pelepab Valles nt iabantai Th« i inis--The l\:imi:i!M iMiitee <»; investigation.
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    LYALL AND EVATTS REPORT.
    495 8 Prices durit set li.iv l to Mi] an idle market. I ii< ilm» .ii in the pries of U>! buying of i of moil- SVm .n«. BUBMHM I gold at \nglo-M Us Kamunings af 'J.s Md. Merlirai Rubin at 1 Ofl 6d S at 1- 7:'
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      191 8 C. O. Q. BITTERS. FOR COCKTAILS," &c. T ..iluable as a Tonic and Febrifuge. THE BEST. 11 Pick-me-Up and k Appetiszr.' r Pint bottle, $1.25, less 5 percent. Duty Extra.) Saldbeck, Macgregor Co SOLE IMPORTERS. OUR SEASONS CATALOGUE Containing over one thousand iilustrations and particulars, from all our Twelve Departments
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      178 8 APPLE GROWING IN TASMANIA. THE SANATORIUM OF AUSTRALASIA. Mr. E H. D. DOUGLAS KEENE. Managing Director (Sales) of the TASMANIAN FREEHOLD INVESTMENTS Ltd.. Spreyton, Tasmania, will beat the Kmpire Hotel, K ala Lumpur at the close of the present week, and will be pleased to meet those interested, or to
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  • INDIA AND S. AFRICA.
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      INDIAN GRIEVANCES.
      856 9 An Imperial Question. [By Submarine Cable]. Kki v kkvice. —Ken* ll authoritative quir -i-nt of the Indian one for SOBtft t:er>elf. leratio id concilia v -ir isfs* lory s <>lution heM D by t!ie laiperial im nf i khal the Ind h..<»< eaeief than the Colonial is d
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      FURTHER SERIOUS AFFRAY.
      65 9 Durban. Xov 88,— A serious atfray has taken place between the police and the ludiati^ from Hillhead Blackburn Estites in the Ml Eitgecumber district. Tbe official report says that four Indians Uilled and 88 wounded, some danger Oatly. Three of the police were seriously wounded. The force
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    CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY.
    343 9 Thibd Lin o\~ Subscription. The Committee of the Children's Aid Society gratefully acknowledge the following farther subscriptions: Previously acknowledged t 6 Collectad by Mrs DABBMHIBB '2nd Li*! rapt. Radcliffe Mi Ailea and Mar garel IS, O, Holden 1 10, A. Stuart |5, P. M. Baddeley 510. 11.
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    THE TUKANG KABUN.
    165 9 (To The Editor, Malay Mail Cmkonki.k.") g IK Probably, like many, I sometimes watch with a kind of fascination the verit able genius of my Tukang Kabun for leisurely work. He carries the art of slow movement and infinitesimal swing of a scythe to the very height
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    44 9 If yoor funds are growing scanty, Rigidly economise If yoor station' s poor and lowly, Resolutely strive to rise II your brains are sound and healthy, Cough or cold you won't endure, Knowing such can soon be conquered By Home Woods' Great Peppermint Cur.e
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    MR. ASQUITH.
    221 9 ON HOME RULE. [\U Submarine Cable]. Itftirfam'a Sek^ici. London, November 28. —Mr Asquith has spoken at Leeds. Dealing with Home Kule he said that there was no ground for a general election. They were not going to be frightened or arrested by means of menaces of civil war.
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    STIMULATING COMMERCE.
    57 9 London, Nov. 28. —At tbe inaugural ban quetof. the Imperial Council of commerce, Mr Sydney Buxton welcomed the creation of the institution as a real link of Empire, a clearing house of commercial information. He paid a tribute to the Trade Commissioners and the great assistance they rendered
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    ANOTHER BATTLESHIP LAUNCH.
    39 9 11 Emperor of India." Londou, Nov. 28. Lady Islington (wife of a former Governor of New Zealand and a descendant of Barou Napier of MagdahO has launched the battleship Emperor of India at Barrow iu Furness.
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    SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET.
    24 9 Grahamstown. S. A. Nov. 28. The M, C. C nave defeated a Fifteen of Grahamstown and Colleges by an innings and
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    NEW GOVERNOR.
    18 9 London, Nov. 28. The hou'ble Lyulph Stanley succeeds Sir J. M. Fuller as Governor of Victoria. > -<
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    369 9 Sergt. H. G. Wightwick, S. V. A. Maxim Co., has been appointed a second lieutenant in the Chinese. Co. S. V. C. "Count the number of holes that golf had made in the land. Is England nothing but a Gruyere cheese asks the Globe. luder instructions from His Majesty's Government,
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    APPEAL COURT.
    301 9 Before tlie Chief Justice Sir W. Hyudman Jones, Mr Justice Fisher and Mr Justice Woodward yesterday. The arguments in the case of Syed Ahmed bim Omar bin Yahya appellant vs six Chinese repondents were continued. The Hon. Mr C. I. Carver with Mr V. I). Knowles appeared for
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    INDIA AND ISLAM.
    340 9 An educated Singapore Moslem sends a letter, too long for insertion, in which hedeplores the present split between the "Young Islam community in London and the more sedate and well-balanced mass of Islam in India. This passage, relating to the attitude of Islam to Hinduism, may be
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    27 9 j The Legal Adviser, F.M.S. and Mr C. Burn- Murdoch have been nominated to be members of the supervising committee 1 under the Agricultural Pests Enactment, 1913.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    195 9 The usual meeting of this Board was held yesterday afternoon in the offices Mr F. J. Hallifax presiding. Tbe other members present were Messrs Syed Mahomed Alßagoff. A. J. Watkins, Leong Man Sau, A. W. Bean, Ching Keng Lee, J. Polglase 'Secretary). The minutes which had been circulated
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      134 9 selection op Fancy Leather ARTICLES. SUITABLE FOR XMAS GIFTS. ROBINSON Co. 31 arettes of the finest quality at a moderate price S&k/' CIGARETTES. 50 ln patent vacuum tins ensur- 5Q ing their perfect condition in S^^r D all climates oi all tobacconists '•3 Sale Manufacturers ARDATH TOBACCO Co, Ltd., LONDON.
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      506 10 THE Singapore Free Press MORNING DAILY To Our Readers. The Singapore Free Preaa is a Mortinj I>ai»> and kfl on salt- at depote, from an earry h andaysex«ep«ed). Caafc i copy. i-.. ,i0s will be delivered attneii r town offices or godown* x n o'clock each morning ich copies are
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      732 10 Shipping 1 N. Y K.S 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 Impe« rial Japanese Government. The New TwinBcrew Steamers maintaining this service have j been specially designed and constructed, and
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      530 10 Shipping GLEN LINE OF STEAMERS, Ltd. FOR Glasgow, London, Rotterdam Antwerp. The s. s. GLENTURRET t 4,696 tons, B. Webster, Commander, is due I here about 7th December, and will have I prompt despatch She has accommodation for passengers. For further particulars, apply to BOUSTEAD Co., Agents. 2911 Ml BRITISH
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      502 10 Shipping Hamburg America Line, Hamburg Deutsche Dampf schiff-f ahrts Ges. "Hansa" Bremen. COMBINED SERVICE. The steamers of these companies maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Emden, and che Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for
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      716 10 Shipping i nTdjlj Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen i IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The last and well-known mall steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen. Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting j Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veisa- Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtan
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      593 10 i Shipping EXT t %JL Vr t «AM NAVIGATION COftPA*\ I For China, Japan, Penang, Ceyicn Australia, India, Aden. Egypt i Mediterranean Pc^ts. Plyrao and London Through Bills: of Lading Issued tot Coast. Persian Quit. Continental and A: Porte. Btetmarfl will leave Stngap MAIL LINES HOMKWAKD (FOH EUKOt From Singapore,
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      647 11 Ship p i n g Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. The New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Franto a 1 points in the United States, Canada. Mexico and Europe. crew Turbine Liners SHINYO MArtU TENYO the yueens of the Pacific. Equipped
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      68 11 From Singapore to Port Swettenharu it '1 ".uk Anson. Malacca and Muar. Port Dickson and Port rfwettenham. Malacca and Muar. Malacca, Port S'hani and Teluk Anson. and Port Swettenham. Malacca and Muar. I P. Swettenham Teluk Anson. Malacca and Muar. Mersing, Kuala Pahang and Kaantan. Tringganu and Kelantan. Malacca, Port
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      703 11 SINGAPORE'S (MY COMPANY, LARGEST PAID-UP mm^n^llm i ?m~\ PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD 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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      279 11 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-DP CAPITAL $15,000,000 REBERYE FUNDS Sterling £1,500,000 at 2.- 815,000,000 I 9O rtAn Silver Reserve 817,450,000; W2.450.00C Reserve Liability cf Proprietors... $15,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. S. H. Dodwell. Esq., Chairman. Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Deputy Chairman. G. Friesland Esq. O. R. Laurenz, Esq. E. Goetz
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      497 11 The Eastern United Assurance CORPORATION Ltd. Head Office— Singapore. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). Authorized Capital $5,000,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.— Risks accepted on Build ings and Merchandise at current rates. MARINE DEPARTMENT.-Insurances effected on Hulls and Cargo. For full particulars as to rates and all other n formation apply to J.
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      353 11 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE, FOUNDED 1787. HEAD OFFICES, NORWICH. AND LONDON Losses Paid exceed £3o 000 000 Lowest Rates of Premium. Prompt and Liberal Settlements. THE BORNEO Co Ltd. A r t FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 188J. Direct Government Supervibio* Government Audit. Policies are WORLD WIDE and
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    STATE PURCHASE OF CANALS.
    213 12 PRO!'.)- Mi: V Cilv UN. At the instance of Mr Neville Chamber lain, secern 1 son of Mr Joseph chamberlain, am! .< r f wtmnl Ogareifl Birming ham civic UNNill ]\f*\ the Muni cipa! C )i|> iMOOittfon \e*terday. large I r, passed a resolution in favour
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    HOT SPRING DISCOVERED.
    351 12 There was jubilation at Matlock Bath, Mm Derln -hire Spa, on the discovery of the I whereabouts of the hot spring which had been Mining since 178 3. For several months honorary efforts to find the spring have j been made by Mr I>. Palmer Pearson, an
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    JAPANESE NAVAL EXPANSION.
    104 12 The keel lid on the 20th instant at the Yokohama Naval Yard ol M>tership of the battleship Fuso," SO.OOO tons, a will be the largest t-hip ever built in In expected to be launched ;it •ml ol iifxt year. The work of eon •traction oi p of
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    166 12 Bombay, Xov lL\ -An unfortunate accikook place yesterday evening on board the Kniaht of the Thistle," at present lying in Harbour Mr Kerr, Second Engi neer of the vessel, being wounded by a shot accidently discharged from a revolver. It appears that Kerr was standing up against a wash haud
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    A CITY OF DREADFUL NOISE.
    305 12 Calcutta is rapidly earning for itself the title of M The City of Dreadful Noise, a distinction which is more sanitary than that conferred upon it by Mr. Rudyard Kipling, but which is not much more pleasing to the unfortunate resident whose nerves are racked.
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      183 12 i 1 I SOLE AGENTS I" m BEHN MEYER CO.. LTD., Stamford House. Formerly Raffles Lodge, Bras Basah Road. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT. Ideal House for Families. Centrally situated. FORTY COMFORTABLE ROOMS. Electric Light and Call Bells throughout. Billiard Table for Residents only DAILY OR MONTHLY TERMS jawt On application
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      28 12 FREE FREE Hi RAI SAHIB K. I E To HEALTfI the daily lift- of yoci DMritaM THESWASTHYASAHYA PHAFV 30/2. liairiLocal Agents THE PENANG RUBBER STAMP Go. fi3 MaiK.
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    TORNADO IN WALES.
    973 13 Many HOUSBB WbBOKBD. There is no parallel in the storm an nail of South Wifat to the hurricane which, wrought great destruction in the TafT Valley. The storru seems to have been of the true I tornado type, a visitation very rare in this j country, and
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    £60,000 WORTH OF RADIUM.
    356 13 GUEATBOOX FOR LONDONHOSPITALS. Oni Thikd of the World's Supply. What is declared to be the largest purchase of radium ever made in this couutry has been completed by the Radio Active Ozjgtta lastitute, Oxford street, W., which has acquired 2,000 milligrammes of this precious substance—nearly one
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    HERTZOGISM UNVEILED.
    232 13 I General Botha is much to be congratu lated on the speech which his former colleague, [General Hertzog, has delivered at Prince Albert. In that remarkable address he frankly avows himself not only unti Imperialist, but violently anti-British, and condemns the proposal that the Tnion Ministry should formulate
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      274 13 Your Weak Constitution can be made Strong i% Many a delicate adult and I W child has obtained robust |iS health by taking 'KEPLER' 1 (Trade MasMJ Cod Liver Oil Jf with Malt Extract U IS ITS SPECIAL WORK:- K W? To Form f ati tllul blood^ p bone, brain
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      102 13 For Colic and windy ppasms. Take Woods Great Peppermint Cure. Sold everywhere bO cents a hettle. I'S+t-r-rvrttTtt tV+t+trVvti P t i THIS i is I IT! I WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED j Cod Liver Oil Compound 1 5 /T^ TASTELESS ODORLESS Ji i|l J-&A\ 10 latest scientific pre- |t f parationof COD
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      512 13 I* V Vm^'' 1 fl^n^nwHn^n^nr j' m nv» 1 u aK«^^n^n^nV^ The girl who sings before breakfast— sf 0 2£ffi Your spirits before breakfast are the best barometer of health. Some girls as soon as they .ju op out of bei. Their sleep has done them they are refreshed and
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      25 13 n —a DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA BROWN'S SPECIFIC. To be had at the Singapore Dispensary, and of MIBB BROWN, Grasad&le, River Valley Road, Singapore. m m
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    A STRENUOUS TIME ON THE GOLD COAST
    303 14 Interesting News of Sir Hugh Clifford. A Ceylon friend of H.E. Sir Hugh Cltfford, Governor of the Gold Coast, writes to Colombo from London M Under separate cover I send you Sir Hugh Clifford's first Message to his new Legislative Council, presenting the
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    HONOURS FOR HEROES.
    108 14 King of Stan's Appreciation. Yesterday His Majesty the King was graciously pleased to confer on Captain Folkrnann of the Bridge the Rajaniyom medal for saving 28 lives from the wreck of the Bangbert some five mouths ago. Captain Folkmann has been on the Bangkok trade for thirteen
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    RUBBER ESTATE RETURNS.
    1250 14 The first total wliereylven represents tigures for 1912, the last column represents output for calendar year to date in all ca Year 1912. Oct. 1913. Allagar 93,500 16,700 127,100 Alma 9,256 63,233 Alor Gajah 47,871 9,765 76,455 ..lor Pongsu 80,830 8,600 84.672 Anglo Johore 47.193 12,504 100,205
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    TIN RETURNS.
    89 14 Year 191 Bel at Bruang Bru- 4 15 Chenderiang Dungun (Wolfram (iopeng Consol <44 Heawood Kamuni__g 612 Kami Kii. Kinta Association 5,0 Kledang ],_T H IJ Kramat Palai 114 Kampar at an Tin Menglembu Lode 8,855 dltton Ml P. Consolidated 23.066 Pengkalen 5,639 I Pusing Lama Pus ing
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    British North Borneo.
    35 14 Beaufort 51,816 British Borneo 101,170 N Langkon 9)19,558 10.000 62,70* Melalap 10 _'J.U7-/ Meuibakut 6>^ I Sapong 103,900 16,600 11 Sekong 82,887 10,108 y. South East 8,116 51 Tenom [81,076 18.650 151.21*
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      809 14 IN 1913. WE ARE LIVING IN A PAST AGE! ■h uiiqdv m BET SICK IN A HURRY TO LIVE in A HURRY TO GET RICH J JJJW TO 6ET SIM THftrs IN A HURRY TO GET POOR IN A HUKKT io uei hell WHERE WELL SAY PUT A LONG TIME.
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1486 15 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, Nov. 28. oak Idaoio. bAU. Last Div our**... hKL.i,«Ra 85.000 'is r /f Ailagaj 9% 110 2 3 500,0 0 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 5 ij 6 150,000 2e 2s Anglo-Malay 8% int 9 6 ""O 3xd 50,000 2s 2a
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    EXCHANGE.
    63 15 UV TO Nov Bank 4ms 24$ demand 2 -4i Private credits Bra 2 4 19-82 credits 6 v 2 4 1516 France demand Bank 294$ Germany, demand 238$ India, T. T. 174$ Hongkong, demand lsj Yokohama, demand 114$ Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 66} Sovereigns, hank buying 18.54 Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    149 15 Nov. M Tin 325 tone sold 190.65 Gambiet 6 90 Gambler Cube No. 1 10.75 Gambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. S'pora ...buyerslB.B7i Pepper, (White fair) 82.50 Nutmegs (110 to the Ib.) '24.00 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 25 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina) oom Bali
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      198 15 TO STEAMSHIP AGENTS >ND OTHERS, SIDEROSTHEN has now been specified, in fact is now being used at the present moment to paint the whole of the inner skin of the new White Star Liner 8.8. Brittanie." What does this mean It means that the largest and best steamer afloat, built
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      86 15 All mothers desin to see theirchildrei .< up strong and hearty. To effe<t tiiis (fee protection from chills, stomach ailments etc., must i Such as is afforded I Great I'epjiermint Cure, a medicine known throughout Australasia as the childrtn's lifesaver. Nev< rb< without it in the home. At all Stores,
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      890 15 VESSELS IN j'OlM. rla»? and Tonn Comiuandere Froiu Airiv«i t-,, t Wbe» Kuantan F.M.S. 249Ej?dom Kuantan, 15 10 F M.S. Dock Hampshire H.M.S. ***** Hill Bangkok. 18-11 8 NO. ..uan 3 Asahan Dut g'boat H( 0 Wageningeu Sambo. Mll Dut Commil Hhio 1 Steamerß Nat. Tonnage Ma«te» From H^VtM For
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    CHRISTMAS IN SINGAPORE.
    897 16 PRKI'.W;\TI»>N- i m THE FBSTIVK SRABOM A Look Korv m. With the thermometer r. eg overMO deg.in theshadeit seems incongruous totulk of Christmas and matters connected therewith. But tli of the Festive Season are as keen 1 > pore and indeed in all other pi the Kast
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    FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT.
    320 16 Cn\H(.i: A(;\innt Malay DUVBB. The bearing was resumed by Mr H. A. Forrer, third magiatrata, yesterday afternoon, of the charge against a Malay motorcar driver named Mahomed .Tuned, of causing the death of Chong Ah Foon by a rash act. The charge arose out of an accident
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    FALLING TIMBER.
    231 16 Kills Thrj I it Tamong Pagab. Three men were killed and others injared in an accident that occurred on Thursday morning in Messrs Topham, Jones and Kailton's block yard near East Wharf. Tanjong Pagar. A large tsvstle,iug. over thirty feet high, intended to carry a crane, was being
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    SUPREME COURT
    136 16 The cast's for the December >!• tings were fixed yesterday by Mr Justic Sptoule. The list is mainly occupied with i ative cases of no general public interest. Three acquisition of laud cases were p tl down for December 80, T. If. Scully vs A. M. kiei was
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    JEWELLERS DISAPPEARANCE.
    133 16 The whereabouts of Yew Loong, jewel- 1 ler, of iiijih Street, have not been known since Wednesday, and the matter is interesting the police. The shop is closed and shuttered, and policemen are on guard. Customers who had left articles in the shop have perforce to be patient
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    VERANDAH EPISODE.
    198 16 A Fall oh a Pish. In the first police court, yesterday. before Mr H. W. Firmstone, a Tamil 1 named Singaram was charged with housebreaking by night at 242, Serangoon Road, occupied by Krishnan, and stealing a wooden box valued at $4 and 20 coats valued at $30.
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    NEARLYLY A COLLISION.
    176 16 NEARLYL Y A COLLISION. Moron Dkiykr Fined for Rashness. Before Mr Morten, fourth magistrate, yesterday, a Malay motorcar driver named Ahmand was charged with rash driving. Mr McArthur, Clerk of Councils, informed the court that in the early evening of the 20th inst. he was returning in a gharry from
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    RUGBY.
    301 16 S.C.C. tkam > Negbi SbmbhiAM Today. The following team will represent the B.C.C. against Negri Sembilau iu the Rugby match ou the Esplanade ground this afternoon A. R. Leuthall, back Becker, Broad. W. B. Williams and Laville, three-quarters Collis IJrowue ami Dr. Elder, halves Fulcher. Robertson, Graham Brown, Gre
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    420 16 iI.M.S. Hampshire coaled at the wharves. The Rutnphius and the Min were in loading transhipment cargo. The outward bound Dutch mail steamer Priuses Juliana was in yesterday with part general cargo for discharge. The mail steamer Delta" left Penang at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday, and may be expected
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      221 16 GREATEST IN BRITISH EMPIRE. This Company's NEW LIFE and ANNUITY BUSINESS in I«M2 rxceeitd I any company incorporated in the British Rapine, exoepti i trial policies. fUNDS £11,000,000. SURPLUS £1,250,000 ;SUN LIFE AS c s o u M R P rv CE OF CANADA. L. ASHCROFT, Res s, S. J.
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      84 16 SHIPS AT THE WHARVES. East Wharf (Basin)— Nil East Wharf Section 1— Mindoroo Sheers Wharf— Nil Main Wharf Sec. 2— Nil 3— Nil N 4— Chiengmai 5— Nil n 6 Deucalion New Dock Sec. 7— (Under construction.) West Wharf Sec. 8— Molthefels, H.M.S. HarnpJardlne's Wharf Sec. 9— Nil shire Pulo
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      386 16 SWIMMING CLUB LAUNCHES. Sunday, November BOth. Johnston's Pier, 9. 10 and 11 a.m.. 2.30 and 8.30 p.m. Club Bungalow, 9.30 and 10.30 a.m., 12.15, 3 and c>.:)o p.m. Water Polo.— S.C.S. vs. K. G. A. will be played on arrival of the 10 o'clock launch. WEATHER KEPOKT. Theme Weather Telegrams
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