The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 10 January 1914

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 1914. NO. 8,0.50
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  • 91 1 Weights for Penang races on Page 8. Notes on some recent books appear on page 9. The canteen scandal trials are expected to last a year Page 9. Mr Lloyd George has been hastily summoned from Algeria Page 9. Coats, the cotton king, left over two and
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  • 1323 1 The Angkor Wat is the magnificent temple ruin of the ancient kingdom of the K liners, in Cambodia, a kingdom whirl] tradition says had one hundred and twenty tributary kings, and an army of fifteen million men. and a treasury wLosr build ings
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 194 1 HARMSTON'S GRAND CIRCUS And ROYAL MENAGERIE of Performing Wild Animals. At 9-15 p.m. Location: Beach Road. LAST MATINEE I TA nill/ A T A n M LAST MATINEE IU-UAY, AI 4 F.lfl. OV] I AT 3 O'CLOCK. PERFORMANCE AT 4 SHARP. CHILDREN HALF PRICE TO MATINEES ONLY. TONIGHT TONIGHT LAST
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    • 202 1 VICTORIA THEATRE THREE NIGHTS ONLY Commencing WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE MAUD ALLAN CHERNIAVSKY COMPANY, MAUD ALLAN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF W. ANGUS McLEOD. and Leo Jan and Mischel Far Eastern tour booked and directed by 1_ Mm 2-^_.T 1 7 HR.D.E D.COHEM. Lnemia vsK V Box plan will be opened at
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    • 295 1 A PROGRAMME HARD TO BEAT. For the features it presents is being |ut on AT THE MARLBOROUGH Picture Theatre. Beach Road. TO-NIGHT 2nd Show. 9 30 to 11 p. m. and contains TWO 2-REEL FILMS viz AT THE FOOT OF THE SCAFFOLD A Splendid two reel Drama by the Hepworth
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    • 305 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Beck's beers Page 5. Madame N'ordica's Concerts Page 1. Caldbeck Macgregor for the popular Kupper beer Page H. Latest praises of Bombay Dairy butter —Page 2. j Continental tyres for low price and hard wear Page 16. Ticket takers and ushers wanted for the Palladium Page 2. Britisher
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 91 1 tSe week. Satorday 10th. HlghWater— B 2 a.m., If -30 p.m. P. of). Outward mail due. Sunday 11th High Water— 9-10 a.m.. 11-9 p.m. Ist Sunday after Epiphany. N.D.L. Homeward mail due. Monday 12th. High Water— 9-56 a.m.. 11 15 pnj Full Moon. Tuesday 13th. High Water— lo-R9 a.m. Wednesday
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  • 268 2 Within your bouse a torture qell There is. The victims writhe in pain, lour home, so lair, is yet a hell, Where creatures seek escape in vain. May be you say that you are sure No torturer could pass your door. The prison walls are made of clay, Built
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  • 87 2 Kuala Llmur Fire Brigade Turnrd Out. The Selangor Fire Brigade were turned out by a false alarm on \Vednesdas, the house alarms going about 6-45 p.m. and thogons on Police Hill very shortly afterwards. The Brigade accomplished a very miart turnout, and two engines proceeded to a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 67 2 THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY. THERAPION NO. 1 CTKES I)I«»CMAR<.F.S.H THf R SEX.WITHOUT I N t CTIONS. THERAPION NO. 2 C^t;* HLOOO POISON. BAD LKGB. SKIN KRIPTIons. (%H«.>NICWKAKNKSSKS. DRAINS. LOST VIGOR Ac! •■V LEADING CHEMISTS. MICE IN ENGLAND 29 Sf SI, STAMP AOt.RKSSrNVKLoPh FOR F m "I rH«t:B.H>KTo|)K.LKCI.kKCMKI>.CO. A CURE I
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    • 433 2 THE ROBINSON PIANO Company's. GREAT SALE OF Gramophone Records FROM Jan. 15th to 31st only. FOR THIH PERIOD OUR STCCK OF 10-inch DOUBLE -SIDED RECORDS WILL BE REDUCED TO $1.00 each THE BIEK-POPUhA.fi STAR OPER4 COMPANY, The Dutch and Malay Variety Entertainers TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! GALA PERFORMANCE One of the company's
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    • 714 2 Notices GOVERNMENT NOTICE. Tender will be received at the COLONIAL ENGINEERS Office, up to noon of the I6th January, J914, f r dumping dredgings at Mount Zion Keclatuatio'. Every person applying for a form of Tender will be required to deposit the sum of One Hundred Dollars with the Colonial
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    • 519 2 Wanted WANJED FOR THE PALLADIUM THEATRE. 15 Ushers and 15 Ticket Collectors. Apply personally at the Palladium Theatre on Saturday, 10th inst., between 4 and 6 pm. ALEC ROSS. Business Manager. 10-1 11 1 TO BUSINESSMEN. Position wanted. Britisher eeeks position as Stenographer or Office Assistant 6 years commercial experience
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    • 548 2 THE Singapore free Press MORNING PAILY To Our Readers. The Kinga|K>n iurniaj Daily, anil is on >.al< hoar each morning (Suml, price Ten Cci Babaoriben oopiet wii pri i towiioilu-. t if proft'irta bf mw o i Full addresses at which c»]»j< livertd should \h BATES OF SUBSCRIPTION One month
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 634 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. KiKsr bU^D«I Aster Epiphany. .lav. llth 1914. a:u. Htj'y Communion. (Plain.) 7-4-i a.m. Holy (Ommunion. (Choral) Hymns fit, *ld A MS. 9-15 am. Matius and Litany, Hymn 488. 4 p.m. Sunday School and Bible Classen. 5-30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon, Hymns 4H7, 76, 477.
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  • 904 3 tBMABKABLB RULBB AND CUSTOMS, MKN K\» I.11)J1I>. fht ever\iiav life of the Japanese Court ,i!v uukowu to the public, in increasing enterprise of Japanese journalism which has made repeated r»-ak down the barrier of exclu J mysticism which has hitherto I all approach to the inner apart-
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  • 312 3 EL M. Kinbassy at St. Petersburg reports that, according to the "Torgovo Promyshlennaya Ga/eta" (St. Petersburg), the Russian Ministry for Commerce and Industry will shortly introduce into the Duma a Bill proposing a continuation of the Gov eminent contract with the Volunteer Fleet Company for a
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  • 849 3 Thk Cidade Cahoots' Pbojkct. Following closely upon the articles which appeared in this paper, "llougkong Daily Press," dealing with the abnormally high rents of the Colony, and the urgent need {of remedial nteagures, a large deputation, thoroughly representative of the Portuguese community, \e^terday (Dec. 29) waited
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  • 50 3 Mes6r6. Boving and Co., Ltd., London, who have the highest reputation in the world as specialists in Turbines, Turbo Pumps and Pipe Lines have appointed. The Borneo Company, Limited, Singapore, as their Agents and will be pleased to advise and estimate upon, Power, Pipe Line, and Pump proposals.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 71 3 J'" -r rv THIS IS I IT! I WATERBUBTCS METABOLIZED God Liver Oil Compound 1 V^\ TASTELESS ODORLESS f 4fe\> he latent scientific pre- /B4 paration of COD LIVER j OIL. Does all that is '.ftSTiSSiril claimed for it and super- sedes the old fashioned 4 J y^fefe:,: emulsions which
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    • 263 3 CARLSBERG BEER' fjsS*Wjir World -wide SOLE AGENTS THE EAST ASIATIC Co., Ltd., Singapore. FOR KEROSENE OIL ENGINES THE IDEAL FUEL IS "Cross" Kerosene THE CHEAPEST REFINED OIL ON THE MARKET "Cross will give you MORE POWER at a LOWER COST THAN ANY OTHER OIL OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS -i M£"
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    • 422 3 The opinion that the teeth "require only brushing is based upon the belief, once universal, that they are discoloured, and ultimately injured by impurities that can be brushed off. But modern science has discovered that the teeth are injured by chemical processes caused by the presence of microbes. To preserve
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 400 3 PASSENGERS EXPECTED. P& O sti Nore, due Jan. 15.— J. W. C. Ellis, E. W. H. Graham, M ss M. Brigden, Mis K. Stevens, R. H, Stevens, Mrs de Sou/ 1 and child. F. Gell. C. Bradbery, Dr R. Dow. Per P O str Marmora, connecting with the str China
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 416 4 THERE IS ONE GOOD WIFE IN THE COUNTRY, AND EVERY MAN THINKS HE HATH HER. There is one good Brand of Milk in the Market and everybody has got it if they are using MILKMAID MILK. USED EXCLUSIVELY IN ALL THE LEADING HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. NESTLE AND ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED
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  • 351 6 "be Minister for Public Works bas ap- pointed a commission of five members to j re examine the estimates and bring up to date the figures included in the reports of J the State Commission of 1894, in con nexion with the drainage of the
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  • 240 6 Officers Seriously Wounded. A telegram received to day Dec. '20th from Dansalan, Lanao. tells of a fight with outlaws in that District which resulted in the serious wounding of Lieutenant Root of the Constabulary. Captain Fletcher with Lieutenant Root and a detachment struck a portion of
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 651 6 fYo/f cannot fare heller than with s WOLFE'S I Aromatic Schiedam j SCHNAPPS I w l you may It is -.o ordinary pj :.irit- wii it champagne mto ordinary wines, i$ representing ihr Mipa-nvj p rfr'-hon of a. |8 #|-r| distilled spirit, and the highest possible yUJ point of purity.
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    • 91 6 Sufferers from Indigestion will flnd safe, pleasant, and permanent relief in Woods' Great Peppermint 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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    • 853 6 The Cult of Beauty. A RARE COLLECTION OF BEAUTY HINTS FROM NEAR AND FAR.-HOML RECIPES. Effectually Killing Superfluous Hair. 4i Health and Beauty." Many women know how to remove ugly growths of superfluous hair temporarily, bu« few know how to remove it permanently. For this purpose pure powdered pheminol may
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    • 164 6 "Royal Household" Whisky. is guaranteed to be Exactly the Mine in every respect as that supplied regularly to The Royal Household bj Messrs James Buchanan Si Co., Ltd.. who hold the largest reserves of Whisk j of any individual firm in the world. The necessary arrangements have now been completed
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  • 1361 7 tjnicqald afmul ftsmUiw mesuri «st (v «a Hk«IUL JUMCNAI. He deliberate^ resolved, not rmrely to give to the aboriginal inhabitant the entire dominion of their own country, but also to use them as his instruments for setting up arbitrary government id Eng- lunJ." This is the
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  • 134 7 May Xi n Into the Earth. Professor W. E. C'ooke, New South Wales Government astronomer, states that the comet of 1900, which was discovered by /.inner, is still visible through a telescope though just at present it is very faint, owing to moonlight. Its greatest interest lies
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 185 7 DON'T GRIN AND BEAR IT. Tossing and turning on a bed of woe, do you rise with an aching, painful back that unfits you for work or pleasure t Backache is serious. It should not be neglected. You should not grin and bear it." STOP IT by rubbing in Little's
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    • 386 7 SUFERBffTED COLD CREAM no waste Sbapis mm '^sr A MA^/ die \l \\vT^^s cqn used \^M|^^k^^^/vas^ it up from t6e \P^^--^ /xrftam /5y the fw£er PRODUCES A FINE CREAMY LATHER DOES NOT DRY ON THE FACE. GUAN K!AT CO. Ship-Chandlerb, 37, PHILLIP STREET. GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL CONTRACTORS. General Importers and Exporters
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    • 589 7 For Sale FURNITURE FOR SALE At a very moderate price, sufficient to completely furnish a flat. Apply G. D. c/o Free Press. 1-1 tths 14-1 FOR SALE PRIVATELY All the Teak Household Furniture, glassware, crockery, kitchen utensils, garden roller ftc. Also an excellent toned cottage piano by M. E. Rachals
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    • 461 7 Your Weak Constitution g S| can be made Strong <g A >■ Many a delicate adult and I tfb fj chiid has obtained robust J I health by taking— ill 'KEPLER' it /X hi; r/Varfe Mark) U A\ \M Cod Liver Oil §1 Malt Extract ji W J /FS SPECIAL
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  • Domestic Occurences.
    • 53 8 Bradlky— CaßOON. —On December 20, at .St. Math.ew'H Church Maulmain. by the Rev. S K. Anderson, MAJOR FRANK BRADLEY, Of the Maulruain Rubber Plantations. Ltd., Kwanhla, to Kathlekn Hei^est Kitty Cahoon. eldest daughter of the late David Gordon Cahoon, formerly agent and manager of Oriental Telegraph Co., Ltd., Maulmain,
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  • 1617 8 The Singapore free Press. Saturday, Jan. 10, 1914. rtete »na'l tbe Press the Peoples rt*bl malßttla. Cnawed by influence and urbribed by f*in| Here patriot Truth her ci Jrioos iwecepti mm, i*'icxs u> Palis ion. Lcralti «nd L*ir. Public attention will be generally arrested, and interest quickened, by the remarkable
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  • 518 8 There will be a service in English at Johotw Church on Sunday .January 1h at 8 30 a.m. We are asked to state tlr.it the riding contest at HanystonV circus will b* 1 M peated to night. MrJ. Beveridge, of 83 2,Cavenach Road, went for a bath the other evening.
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  • 42 8 F. M S. .913 EXPORTS I- ran Our Otrn < Loniitn. J.ii The exports of rubber from the F.M during Itll totalled IMM tons against 15,506 the previous year. Hatu (iajnh 16 paying hii interim dividend of ten per cent.
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  • 96 8 Agents. F. W. Barker and Co. Lanadron 113 Cluny 11 Sandycroft:— 114 Hatu Village Tauab Me rah 1 .1 H4 Semanibu Cheng Kukub: Kola Babru IT Hukit Toh Mtaßg Kinia Kellas 1 1 (ioodheart 1,14! 1., dbury Mmm Hatu Ausun Penfikalan l>urian Hut* Sun^'i Hagan Suntfahi
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  • 29 8 The export oi IVrak tin for the month of December, excluding Cpp^r IVrak vm as follows Block tin MUJI pklt*. Tin ore 40.--.kl 7 pkN. Duty Hit.l
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  • 245 8 Third liav's H\m»j<m r, '{Vrom Our Own Corresponded I'euang Jan. 10. Thi: Griffin H\ndi*ai'. Dislano-. one mile and a distance. The Gay (iordou 1 1 7. Pretty Polly lOS, (iossip 9 12. Lu< -i, H. 12, The Dodger 8.8. Scamp Cavalier 7.10, The Quest 7.10. St \lhan> 7.7,
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  • 74 8 Manila, December 19— At the annual "wallow" of the Military oni. Carabao held in Washington several speakers satirized the admins Philippine policy. The I'retiidout angered and Secretaries Oaßfei Daniels demanded explanations from i cers of the Army and participating Officers of high rank in answer expressed no
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  • 70 8 A Lancashire family, the I>ick6ontto California, taking their servant uith them. They had been only a month the town (says the Manchester Guard ian where they had taken up their when a slight earthquake occurred night, making itself apparent ;•>• the usual noise of breaking crocker\ an j thrown furniture
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 175 8 KUPPEB. A LIGHT GERMAN BEER. AS SUPPLIED TO:— The Hamburg-Amerika Line, The Bucknall Steamship Line, The Union Castle Mail Steamship Co. &c. &c. &c. Per Case of 4 dozen Quarts. $17.00 less 5 Per Caso of 6 dozen Pints, $15.75 less 5 (Duty extra.) SOLE AGENTS. ALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co., Wholesale
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  • 112 9 CHANCELLOR'S HURRIED RETURN Mr Asquith to Visit Paris. [By Submarine Cable]. Ricib'b Sebvioi. \lgiers, .Jan. H.— Advices from Con^.iuMr Lloyd (ieorge has beta ikfa to Kugland and return*; a .mis no Saturday. His interior has been fru<t is l*?en snowbound and m m i train to «mm
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  • 88 9 it- nary I -ir >. Backmaster s.-itjlilf\ -i i.l that there was lion in the Government on the sub Their policy remained MTVfI ti of ourselves and l> uiiMiiot;-' *»y maintaining the vii lperiorityof the fleet. At the M time they meant to make it plain
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  • 45 9 Mr K. K. Smith, speak Liverpool, paid an eloquent tribute t h .Miberlain who dominated the '„> field of politics as. since Pitt, only -:inan. Lord Beaconsfield, had dominated it. We had lo^t ln> active IBM but had the iuspiratiou of hi* 'P
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  • 40 9 nbnrgh lan. 9.— Lord Haldane speak iv mentioned that Sir C. A. Cripps wonKl be made a Law Lord. There I now twelve Law Lords thus the work Dg the supreme tribunal of Empire Jer was completed.
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  • 59 9 Trial To Last A Year. Jan 9. summonses have been under the Corrupt Practices Act onnection with the army canteen id. Kight against certaiu army ;iud eight are against civilians. No v. r can be obtained. Itisex- that the proceedings will last n| 1 'he courtmartial kMbMB
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  • 26 9 London, -lan v Mr Peter Coats, of the ifl thread making tirm. left X2.rj20.270. on which the death duty will be ,£:J7*,925.
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  • 15 9 London. Jan. 9. The bank rate of dist is 4 j per cent.
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  • 136 9 Foul Hw m a 1" There was a large attendance at the above entertainment last evening for the reaction advertised of ring riding, the audience spent a most enjoyable ung. This afternoon will be the last mcc and this evening the last perforce. The Circus has been rather
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  • 104 9 Mr A. V. Brown, first magistrate, yes terday made an order against Charles William Johnson for the payment of V 275 H5 in respect of property owned by hiiu-hoases 12, 13. 14 and 15, Cuppage Koad. He having failed to comply with a notice requiring him
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  • 188 9 FIFTY PER CENT OF CURES. Specialist's Great Triumph. [By Submarine Cable]. Hr.l I KUS SEBVIOB. London, .lan. X Tbe Timea prints a highly interesting statement by Dr. La/S- Barlow, of Middlesex Hospital, which lit! only inoperable cancer cases. It that whereas in 1912 every patient died, only
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  • 107 9 Reuters "Technical Error." London, January 8. The public pro secutor emphasised the fact that Col. Heuter was unconscious of the illegality of his action, and asked that he be sentenced to a week's imprisonment, and Schad to three days. He contended that as the civil authority at
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  • 47 9 Capetown Jan. 9 So far only the men of ibe railway workshops in the Transvaal have struck or are preparing to strike, the traiustaffs are working throughout the luion and the train service is regular. The Government is taking strong measures to preserve order.
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  • 25 9 London, January 8. Men are gradually resuming at Dublin. The old rewi of the Dublin Steam Packet Company signed ou to day.
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  • 35 9 London, .January B.— The death ot Earl Cawdor is announced. He was 44 years old. The death of Viscount l'ro3B, at one time a prominent Conservative minister, is announced. H9 was 91 years old.
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  • 68 9 (brom Our Own Correspondent.) Ipob, Jan. 9. Mrs R. G. Watson held a very successful at home at the Residency last eveniug. I There was a large attendance and the pro ceedings were most enjoyable. A coolie on a rubber estate at Telok Anson has beeu sentenced to
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  • 37 9 At the Assizes yesterday the Jury found F. Fox guilty in the case in which he was charged with kidnapping a girl with intent of illicit intercourse, and he was sentenced to eight years imprisonment.
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  • 208 9 Many of us have been deeply shamed by the neglect of the British Government to protect the Somalis, who have trusted in England, and for whose safety she had pledged herself. It has remained for the special correspondent of an English news paper, Mr Alan Ostler, of
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  • 614 9 Tide Marks by Margaret Westrup (Mrs \V. S. Stacey) Methueu's Colonial Library. The Broken Halo by Mrs Florence L. Barclay (i. P. Putnam's Sons. The authoress of "Elizabeth's Childreu" has given us in "Tide Marks" a well written story and one that holds the reader's interest to the
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  • 258 9 Lillian Nokdica Shipwrecked. Many dangers has Madame Lillian Xoriica passed through in her life since she irst went out on her career as a singer md this is indeed the lot of every artist ;vho is willing to travel in order to give ;hose in
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  • 58 9 A telegram from EDgland has been received in Malacca by Major W.M.L. Bower, of the Straits Settlements Police, announcing the unexpected death of his father, Mr Harold Lance Bower, after apparently but one day's illness. The late Mr Bower was about 69 years of age. Major Bower will have the
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  • 755 9 The Work Or The Y. W. C. A. The urgent need for properly organised protection for the female population of Singapore more especially the native element was strongly emphasised at the first annual meeting of the Y. W. C. A. which was held at the Victoria Memorial
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  • 74 9 London, January 2. Dean Henson sends a long letter to the press attacking the Bishop of Zanzibar in connection with his attitude towards the action of the Bishops of Mombasa and Uganda at Kikuyu. Dean Henson says the Bishop of Zanzibar's letter is filled with a
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  • 87 9 Sympathetic women must perforce gain some knowledge of remedies as they go through life, but let us avoid the example of a friend of mine in India, says a writer in the M Gentlewoman," who, after mixing a dose for her native outlet tasted it to see if it were
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 379 9 New Zonophone Records 10-Inch Double-sided Records $1.20. »1 1 14 i A German on the Telephone I>i c k Darby IXl A Whistling Yarn (G. H. Bnazelle) 4| r G .H. Z 1115' You can l cx P ect hisses from me (Cowan) Jones and Murray I Be my Little
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 396 10 Shipping Pacific Mail S.S. Go. U. S. MAIL LINE VIA INLAND SEA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU Semi-Tropical Route Only line taking the warm SOTJTHKKh BOUTE across the Pacific via HONOLULU, OAHU, the most fertile and beautiful inland of the Pacific. Through Passage Tickets granted to England, France and Germany by
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    • 521 10 Shipping BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ltd. FOR Penang, Rangoon and Calcutta The Company's Steamer BLEPHANTA i. i 0 tons. H. H. Coope, Comaiander, will be ill- spate tied for the above ports on Thursday, the 15th inst., at 5 p m. She has excellent accommodation for first and second
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    • 1156 10 Shipping MM. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles ODTWAKD HOMEWABD 1914 1914 Magellan Jan Is Paul Lecat Jan 19 Nera Feb 1 Dumbea Feb 2 Atlantique Feb 15 Cordillere Feb 16 Chili Mar 1 Magellan Mar 2 Amazone Mar 15 Nera Mar 16 Paul Lecat
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    • 609 10 Shipping N.DX. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen. Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bouthamp- ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting I Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said, Suea, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtan Nagasaki
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    • 542 10 Shipping P. &0. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bill* of Lading Issued t Coast, Persian Gulf. Continental and Aujuitcat Porte. Slearuers wlli leave Htngapon on or about MAIL LINES HOMEWAKD (FOR EUHOPRJ From Singapore, connecting 8 Colombo
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 801 11 Shipping Toyc Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. he New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Francisco to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. me New 1.000 Ton Triple Screw Turbine Liners SHINYO MARU TENYO ifAKF" an.l CEIYO MARTV the
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    • 654 11 SINGAPORE'S ONLY LARGEST PAID-UP CAPITAL OF AKV EXTERN m»M. PROSPEKOUS and PROGRESSIVE THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAf>: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 in
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    • 502 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 Buildings and Merchandise at curreLt rates. MARINE DEPARTMENT.— Insurances effected on Hulls and Cargo. For full particulars as to rates and all other nformation apply to J. D.
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    • 350 11 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE FOUNDED 1787. HEAD OFFICES,' NORWICH AND LONDON Losses Paid cxc. d £50,000,000 Lowest Rates of Premium. Prompt and Liberal Settlements. THE BORNEO Co Ltd. Agent FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1888. Dirbct Government BuPEßViero Government Audit. Policies are WORLD WIDE and Horn Large Nett
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  • 780 12 'iermai regards railway construction in Turkish Arabia lad w< Teutonic r>* uuJ It i-, 1m which pp'jin iel that time lost must be made up a... .v pressing for new eon cessions. At t c same time be it no negotiation^ ar< >rodee<liug between the i Turkish
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  • 715 12 iio o lin Km i >i-R UOMBCfATIOSI. i PO WoMKN. An appeal tor more boldness and deli ance of convention in treatment of colour waa made by Mr K. Uoulburn Lovell, vice president of tbe Society of Architects, in an address entitled Courage in Colour,"
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  • 89 12 UNIVERSAL SERVICE IN AUSTRALIA. I p to date ligures compiled regarding the number of persons undergoing training under the universal service scheme in .Victoria show that out of 11,682 registrations for the militia or adult force, 5386, men are bearing arms. Tb» number liable for training is 5,461, making the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 15 12 For Colic and windy spasms. Take Woods iieat Peppermint Cnre. Sold everywhere 80 a UtU*.
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    • 282 12 Jmr7& P M/^ mw/M BEFORE YOU INVEST THAT $2,000 SEE THE $1,950 STUDEBA&ER "25" Have you ever asked yourself what more you could want in a Motor Car than the $1,950 Studebaktr gives you To find the equal of the 25 rt in design and performance you must go far
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    • 342 12 Shipping ■OCEAN S.S.; 'chin* mutual td I 'mm Li theßtra I fciid Japiiii every week, and from Japan <;s.lam am. -very "ortnigM for <;• >v. Mar Liverpool and for afarseillet Ha v i pool wonti d Meat: i$ days extend h to Van< aconia, tak: carjM on Th I dading
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  • 500 13 PLBA by Mh Skvmoik Lit \s. ALteutiou is called bj Mr Seymour Lucts. R.A writing to The Daily Cbroni <le from New Pi tee, Woodchurch road, West Hampstead, to the fate of the six teenth century British warship of which the discovery at Woolwich was
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  • 212 13 In the course of au article touching on the Panama Canal, the Times saye :—Probably few readers realise that a sum estimated at je?0,()00,000 is being expended by the railway and other private companies in building lines to the coast, harbours, and terminal facilities, the greater part of
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  • 192 13 A Prison Without Walls. The Rev. Dr. C. V. Hall, a Methodist missionary, who has just returned home from a tour in New Guinea, gives an inter esting account of the New Guinea gaol. The prison contains a large number of inmates, and includes many condemned
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  • 473 13 1 To A\kht Civil War in Ulster. In an article in the Dec. Fortnightly Pa-view." under the heading An Appeal to the Crown," the writer shows that the King would be justified in dismissing the Government in order to force a general election and so avert
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  • 268 13 Tracing the evolution of man from the anthropoids, Prof. Carveth Reed, in his British Association paper, showed that the prominent differences all arose from a change of food. When some, or even one of the fruit eating apes of the forest acquired a taste for
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  • 165 13 I understand that Sir David Graaf will probably be offered the important post of High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa, vacant since the death of Sir Richard Solomon. Sir David is understood to be the wealthiest man in South Africa outside mining circles. His
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 570 13 "Angier's is the only Emulsion I can retain* 9 Prince's F<oad. R:chm<-)nd. Surrey. Dear Sirs. I wish to v«m a few words of praise and gratitude for benefit I derived from the use of An^ier 5 PlilekWl. It is now <jmte 15 Men ago since I fir»t began taking it.
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    • 771 13 E23in-_:_":^ r «ov mi -iihi r-r '--m-maaTL Lr v _iar ii-ii../i,ii;itif>'i tn i, i i urn STARTLED BY A SHADOW. The Victim of Your Nerve. Deplorable, indeed, is your condition when best Tonic for pale, anaemic, nervous men and you become so nervous that you start at the women. very
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  • 1005 14 CAVE THAT EXTENDS 150 MILES. Sculpture of Nature. r The greatest hole under .the earth's surface is what is known as the Mammoth Cave in America, says Chambers's Journal." Clt is not one cavern, but a series of caverns and passages extending underground no one
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  • 170 14 It is not generally known that the King is an extremely good billiard player, and this is now practically his only form of recreation after dinner. A few years ago, when there was rather a large house party at Sandringham, an informal billiard handicap was
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  • 165 14 Anxious and perplexing problems," as Mr. Churchill characterised them, confront the Admiralty in connection with the supply of oil fuel for the Navy. It is obvious that for some time to come the British naval authorities will have to depend chiefly upon foreign supplies, from
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  • 1176 14 The first total where ylv en represents figures f 1912, the last column represents output for calendar year to date in all cases. Sag:** 111 U§,4t| rtanim dT'i 1 110 4 off I! Scottish Malay KeaflHil 462.6 17 fi8.27« 6 Seapnri 174 xu;J Sedenak 7.7 v See
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  • 111 14 Year 1912. Dm 1913 Belat 2,410 H Bruanft 451 Bruseta 8,415 1 Chenderiang 2,826 Dungun I Wolfram 264 Gopeng Con6ol 6,944 Heawood 4.486 Kamuning Kanaboi 2,806 Kinta 8,330 Kinta 'Association 5,042 Kledang 1,274 Kramat Pulai 6,114 Kampar Labat 7.*01 Malcyau Tin '^60 Menglembu Lode 8,855 404 Middleton 242
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  • 35 14 Beaufort 51,816 I 8 British Borneo 101,170 Langkon 0)19,568 9,000 7 1 Melalap 10)49,972 95 1 Membakut 7)11 Sapong 108,900 1 Sekong 82,887 9.824 IH South East 8,110 II Tenom 81,075 171.710
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 416 14 Vfll^S n ip J If is an established facf that Genuine Bayer's Tablets of Aspirin are distinguishable from their =-^1: I many imitations by the following advantages/ 1. Ihe ease uirh which they break upin water <without even stirring) 72. Their rapid action in allaying the pain of headache, toothache,
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  • 1468 15 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, Jan. RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. <)AV. 18BUB. PAID. CIABT Dl* BUFBHS 6ttbL.SRB. 83,000 2b 'is Allagar 9% 16 2 0 500,0 0 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 3 9 4 9 160,000 2b 28 Anglo-Malay 16% int 8 9 9 6 50,000
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  • 66 15 tCORRBCTID OP TO Jan 9). Bank ima 24$ demand 2-4 i Private credits 8 m't 2-4 916 credits 6 m/s 24 18 IS France demand Bank 294 i Germany, demand 288 i India, T. T. 174* Hongkong, demand 16* Yokohama, demand 114$ Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 66} Sovereigns,
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  • 148 15 Jan. 9. Tin 300 tons Bold 184. 82$ Gambier 6.60 Gambler Cube No. 1 10.76 Gambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. S'poee 18.85 Pepper, (White fair) 88.00 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) '24.00 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) Bf 00 Mace (Banda) 0.00 Cloves (Amboina) oom Bali
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 219 15 SUPPLIES FOR Estates Mines Etc. 4nt Exterminators. (The Universal,) For fumigating with Patent Universal Powder. Arsenite Of Soda. For killing weeds.) and Locusts. Calculating and Adding Machines. (The Brunsvigft" and Bri-Cal.") Cement. M Uorneo, and Buffalo brandsPresh stocks monthly. Cigarettes. De Reszke). Ca|dbeck Macgpegop Co Cigarettes. (Weinberg). Sole DistrlbutoPS F
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    • 64 15 For (Roughs and chills. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Bold everywhere, 80 cents a bottle. For all Stomach trouble*. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. At all Stores 60 cents a bottle. The Singapore and Straits Rough Diary for 1914 Pi ice $1.25 per copy $1.65 post free. PUBLISHERS PRASBRAND NEAVE,
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 896 15 VKSSKLS IN FOKi. F'aßandTon h CV,tnu.aDd t r, Prom ArrlVed j. or When e r a pM? ra To Jronin hM Amoy, -8.l G. Consul .Certain Kuantan WMA 249 Egdom Kuantan, 1510 F.M.S. Dock Kteamer, Nat. Tonnage Mas*. Prom Conntgne* For Batavier Brit 215 Simpson Natunas, S-l 2 Teo Ho
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  • 1105 16 Dr. WATSON INTKRN IKWKD. Part I. Dr. Malcolm Watson, who returned from leave at Christmas with Mrs Watson, was interviewed at Klang on Tuesday by a re presentative of the Malay Mail, to whom he very kindly detailed some of his experiences in Panama and in
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  • 262 16 Mb. Whk; ham's Victory in Final. The tirst half of the final of the amateur golf championship of India was played over the Tollygunge course on the morn ing of Sunday, December 2H, commencing at ten o'clock between Mr G. C. Whigham and Mr C. M. Pitts-Tucker.
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  • 209 16 Mr R. J. Palmer, who has left Kj muning Estate and taken up a bilict near Kuala Kangsar, was on Saturday ning entertained to dinner at Mr. J. Wi\te's bungalow on Kamuning Estate. Dr. Waugh Scott presided and, in addition to Mr R. J. Palmer, the guest
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  • 129 16 The Mullingers are one of these old Swiss families concerning whom my friend Dr Curti, the distinguished Swiss national historian and director of the Frankfurter Zeitung," recently told me the following amusing incident, writes a correspondent in the Daily Chronicle Years ago a Mullinger was one of
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  • 506 16 The following alterations and additions vere made during December. .165 Adam, Thomas H., Burwood, Grange Road. 730 Agnew, A., Buitenzorg, Paterson Road. 233 Archdeacon, S. 8., Bachelor Hall, Lady Hill. 1491 Asiatic Motor Garage, Orchard Rd. 1409 Beins and Coy., P. A., 56, Malacca Street. 759 Baddeley, F.
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  • 168 16 Startling "Dishes'* in Central African. Menu. Mrs Dan Crauford whose -book, "Thinking Black," has created considerable controversy mentioned some extraordinary Central African dishes "in the course of a lecture. These included stewed elephant's trunk, roast rhinoceros foot, boiled hippo tongue (stewed forty-eight hours to make it tender), roast
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  • 343 16 The Consul Thorsoe discharges a cargo of Japanese coals at the wharves. The Rumphius loaded transhipment cargo for Java ports and resumed her voyage yesterday (Friday) evening. The mail steamer Devanha left Penaug, at 11 p.m. Thursday, and may be expected at Singapore at 6 a.m. Saturday (to
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  • 82 16 I From Europe.— Per P. &O. Devanha with mails up to 19th ultimo, due to-day. From China.— Per N. D. L. Buelow due Jan 11. London Malls Despatched. Left. Due. Arrived, M. M. Dec 6 Dec 31 P. &O, Dec II Jan 2 Jan 2 N. P.
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  • 93 16 East Wharf (Bahin)— Hong Moli East Wharf Section I— Dunera, Waihora Sheers Wharf— Nil Main Wharf Sec. 2 E.F, Ferdinand Rumpbius 3 Earyalus 4 Killiu s— Nil 6— T. Maru. Patani. KumSang New Dock Sec. 7 (Under construction.) West Wharf Sec. B— Talthybius, K. Emma Jardine's
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 13 16 For all internal complaints. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 80 cents a bottle.
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    • 267 16 1913 AS BEEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY. iUN LIFE as co« r p A a n n v ce OF CANADA. 0-C Battery HoaJ, Singaw>re. A ™"?^.».t,,.> S E CWO SPLENDID SUBJECTS Thoroughly appreciative and Mi alx>ve the ordinary vi/. FOUND AGAIN A Vitabco]ie
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 28 16 SWIMMING CLUB LAUNCHES. Sunday, 11th January. Johnstou's Pier, 8, 9 and 10 a.m., 2.30 and 3.30 p.m. Club Bungalow, 8.80 and 9.30 a.m., 12.15, 3 and 5.30 p.m.
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    • 256 16 WEATHER REPORT. Bar. Wind. Tern. Hum. Sky R HK. 9th 6a 30.36 E4 57 o MN. 9th 10A .768 WNWI 22 21 o HK. 9th 2P 30.30 E4 59 o MN. 9th 4P .766 E3 19 29 b Kandang Kerban Hospital, Jan. 8. 9 a.m. 8 P.M. 9 P.M Barom.
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