The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 January 1914

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 14. 1914. NO. 8,03:J
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  • 124 1 Reuters news to day is little more thao an account of what is happening in South Africa, where, to use his phrase, the "state of affairs is worsening."—Page 7. In the Rubber Notes on page 5 are some interesting paragraphs on the oil and coal prospects of
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  • 1071 1 It is one of the many etran^e coi.i in the raind of man that, while he hah a philosophic passion for the universal, he has also an emotional passion for t!i« particular. Bi is always seeking to j a law or a principle common to 1 1 I diverse
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 281 1 THE MANAGEMENT HAS PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THE RETURN OF THE EDISON KINETOPHONE VN l.s PRESENTATIOS ALHAMBRA r: ABnOLLIKLY FOB SIX NIGHTS ONLY COMMKM ING TO-NIGHT! WEt '>M> SHOW, 9-30 TO 11 P.M. CHANGE OF KINETOPHONE PICTURES EACH NIGHT AND THK FOLLOWING CHOICE FILMS Max and the Portmauteau. New Pathe s
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    • 377 1 I VICTORIA THEATRE THREE NIGHTS ONLY Commencing WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 THE MAUD ALLAN CHERNIAVSKY COMPANY, MAUD ALLAN and Leo, Jan, and Mischel UNDER THE DIRECTION OF W. ANGUS McLEOD. Fat- Eastern tour booked and directed by llhllT'll 1 51 17 Ct If MR. D. E D. COHEN fjllCl Ultl V
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    • 126 1 DON'T FORGET! That after great preparations, we will stage that Grand Fairy Play SO Do not miss to come to the show whatever you do The Famous WAYANG INGHE PUTEH Indra Ma'nikam Theatrical Go. OF F. M S Will stage TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT HAWAI MAJLIS OR A Trip to Fairy-Land. COME
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    • 379 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Two residences to be let —Page 2. Light American buggy for sale —Page 2. New auction sales —Page H. Shipping advts include Indrakuala Glen farg and Glenlogan Torilla and Karema N.D LI. Freight Service and X.P.M. sail ings —Pages 8 and 9. Palladium Palace opening —Page 1. Musical
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  • 579 2 Whvt Lori* Roberts Wants. \-.< KII'TION AND NOSKKWCh O\ KK»t The following letter appears in the home press: Sir, -Aims and intentions are attributed to the National Service League which are i utirely foreign to its real proposals. To Hear away the misapprehensions that prei iil, we
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  • 143 2 \ccording to a telegram to tbe Novoya n the Novoye Vremya iv a leader 6ays i 'nit Japan is trying to push Russia out of ii uuri.t and Mongolia, by taking bold oth of them. "The time has come," my« the Vremya, "to make sure where r < ambitions of
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    • 430 2 THE ROBINSON PIANO Company's. i GREAT SALE OF Gramophone Records; i FROM Jan. 15th to 31st only.' FOR THIS PERIOD OUR BTCCK OF 10-inch DOUBLE -SIDED RECORDS i WILL BE RF.DUCKD TO $1.00 eaoh TROPICAL DEBILITY. Eow to Overcome the Weakness it Causes. Sir Thomas Sttven c on and Sir
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    • 689 2 Notices R.E. JAMESON, j DKllltß, All persons or tlrtus having accounts out- standing against the Estate of the above, are requested to forward statement of same in duplicate to the Dunlop Rubber Co. (Far East) Limited, 43 Robinson Koad, Singapore. 1M IT-I GOVERNMENT NOTICE. Tender will be received at the
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    • 418 2 Notices LOST On Sunday the 10th last., in the neighbourhood of Gallop Road in Clony District, a Siamese Cat (male) kink in tail. Suitable reward will be paid on recovery by C. I. CARVER. Singapore. 141 f 16-1 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. REFUND OF ASSESSMENT, All persons claiming refund of Assessment in
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    • 564 2 Notices COVERMMENT Of JOMORE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. Tenders are invited for the Gonstr JCtion of First class Trunk Road to a length of Ten Miles, with probable extension later, from near Kulai on the Johore State Railway. Plans and Specification may be seen at the P. W. D. Office daily,
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    • 509 2 Wanted FOX TERRIERS. Wanted two thoroughbred h^ ■< i, male and female. Apply GAGGINO A Co. 14 1 WANTED 10 Chin* se carpenters and a i,»< penter. PATENT FIBRE Co I IS-I MORTGAGE REQUIRED. Wanted small mortgage on in Tan^lin (icod intt rest and «ecunt\ cipals only apply to X.
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    • 297 3 I===^W Scrubbing the surface of the teeth with powders or pastes \W does not thoroughly cleanse them; it leaves their condition, and that of the gSr medth, unimproved. ~f What the teeth and mouth need is Odol, Wr which antiseptically purifies the mouth, and, Ipr being liquid, penetrates even the
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    • 991 3 SINGAPORE UNITED RUBBER PLANTATIONS, LIMITED. I»K\ KUWMKXT OK THE ESTATES HOARD'S' CONbERVATIVK POLICY. The second annual general meeting of the Singapore United Rubber Plantations, Limited, was held at Winchester House, Old Broad street, E.C., Colonel Ivor Philipps, D.5.0., M.P. (chairman of the company), presiding. Mr W. Bellamy (the representative of
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    • 1008 3 at all the view of the board, or that we are I pessimists in this mutter. We are simply doing this to keep the money for development and our view is that we are looking after the interests of your property best by i acting in a very conservative manner
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    • 896 3 SINGAPORE UNITED RUBBER. PLANTATIONS LIMITED. DIRBCI'OftK. COLONKL IVOR PHILIP, D.&O M.l v MM. J:. U. 1 Mr F W CHAINk ".'hainuan.) Mr. JOHN TIRNEK. SIR. r. W. CHAIN*. MR A 0 WRIOHT SECRETARIES AM) OIKK I BRITISH NORTH BORNEO RURBER TKI BT, LIM IC4, Winchkster House. Old Bhoad Bti:eet. bOBDOS,
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    • 460 4 A WISE MAN IS NEVER POOR. This is phenomenally true just as much as regards the health as the pocket. If you drink MILKMAID MILK you will prove yourself to be wise and it is very unlikely that you will be poor in health. Incidentally you will be better off
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  • 1538 5 Tropical Kxploitation SjWti write v- stating that they are forwarding two of th* ir latest publica? •tire of Tropical Amnua and t o tes and their Values. Subject, >n we believe that the Tropi- j I udicate is in some way or eomtmmßi with Messrs Curtis unpnuy wbo
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  • 303 5 The prospectus of the Wickham Hard Care (Rubber 1 Patents, Ltd., which has just appeared, derives considerable inter est from the connection of the enterprise with the founder of the plantation rubber industry in the Mid East. The capital is a small one, of £16,000
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  • 157 5 Singapore, Jan. 13. After a period of small salen the Auction held this morning showed a welcome improvement as regards quantity offered, 76 tous being catalogued of which 66$ tons were sold. At the commencement of the sale there was fair competition but latterly demand slackened and
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  • 55 5 January 13th. Offered for Sale Piculs 1,263.61 or 168,481 lbs. Sold Piculs 1J03.78 or 147,171 lbs. Prices Realized Sheet Smoked ...$lO9 to $123 Unsmoked 101 117 Crepe No. 1 115 120 No. 2 109 115 No. 3 96 106 No. 4 81 94 Scrap Virgin
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  • 381 5 Important Proposal From Nrw Yeak The Secretary of the P.A.M., at yesterday's (Jan 11) meeting at Teluk Anson, said he had received a letter of very great importance to the industry in general, from a very important rubber manufacturing concern, the Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Co., of New
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  • 134 5 Presiding at the meeting of the Tangkah Rubber Estate Mr A. Lampard said that in a reasonable time the directors proposed to call up the remaining unissued shares. They had done everything possible to improve the health conditions on the estate, and he was glad to say the
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  • 61 5 The accounts of the Trolak Plantations Company show, after writing off £480 for depreciation, a credit balance of £2,788 which the directors propose to carry forward. The directors do not propose that any dividend should be declared at the present time, in view of the present condition of the rubber
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  • 424 5 A Serious Situation. Interesting information is published by the Board of Trade Journal from the British Consul at Borna respecting the effect of the fall in the price of rubber on the industry in the Belgian Congo. A table published with the report shows that in 1910
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  • 269 5 The report of the Langen (.lava) Rubber Estates Company, Limited, for the year ended 31st August 1913. to be presented at the meeting on the 23rd ult., states that the rubber crop harvested amounted to 303.688 lbs, agaiost an original estimate of 250,000 lbs. The average gross
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  • 503 5 The second annual general meeting of the Garing (Malacca) Hubber Estate, Ltd^ was held at the London Commercial .sale Kooins, 80, Mincing lane, 8.C., Mr C. Mendal (Chairman of tbe Company) pi. Biding. The Chairman said The director* 1 report deals somewhat more fully than usual with
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  • 81 5 HON(.KON<, Hank Oi kkhs Kkward. The agent of the Hongkong and Shang hai Bank in Bangkok lias informed the police, says the Bangkok Times," that the Hank will pay Tcs. '2.000 to anyone giving information leading to the arrest of the compradore, Wong Hang (how, or thn asßistant
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  • 15 5 Ageuts. Pater son, Simonb and Co Kuala Pergau :-4,700 total to date 2»,H00.
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  • 45 5 <)u Christmas Day a very pretty wed ili tin was solemnized between Miss Kditu Winifred Roope, daughter of Mrs H. Roope. of Shanghai, and Mr Krunk I: King, I. S. Navy Chief Enginesr ol tb I". S. S. Rainbow, temporary flagship ut Admiral Sirht itou.
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    • 835 5 THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING Co., Ltd Manager's Retort for the Foir Wkkks Ending Decemher 27th, 19 i 3. The accompanying sheet of Mine Measurements and Assay Results shews a total of 351 ft. made up as follows Sinking 29ft. driving on lodes 62ft., and crosscutting 260 ft., and compares
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    • 63 5 FISH BRAND KEROSENE iS&LgJL <feQ Kfl P^ Case .^SBBjgfr i])O~dU of 2 Tins Trade Mark. The best Oil on the Market for House Lighting. Obtainable From CHOP CHIN HUAT HIN, 246, South Bridge Road. CHOP CHIN KWANG, 23, Circular Road. CHOP EE HIN, 303, Beach Road. CHOP ENG JOO SENG,
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  • 36 6 Domestic Occurrences. DEATH. Gibb«.— At the G neral Hospital. Rangoon, on Jan. 5th, E. A. C. Gibbs, managing direc tor, Steel Brothers and Co Ltd ot i, Avenue Road. Regents Park, London, in his 48th year.
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  • 1224 6 The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1914. 'if re sba'l tbe Pre. the Nocitt '»gt. •'ittttfc i'-awea by influence and urbrifced bf Jtin pai'iot Tniifc oe» gDr.anr vncvfit to Rettpioo. LoTAitT tCd 1^»»> If any one were asked who most nearly corresponds, in the arena of British politics to
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  • 1009 6 H. E. the Governor Sir Arthur Young and party will be present at the opening night of the Palladium. The battle of Paardeburg will be the Star film at the Marlborough this evening supported by other excellent pictures. At the Alhambra this evening the Edison kinetophone will begin a return
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  • 21 6 train Our On I Kuala Ltimnnt The death ban occurred of wife of Capt. Warden of I
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  • 36 6 The first d: \'s booking Bm < ()rfn ance of the celebrated dancei oi in conjunction with the Chen went bribkly yesterday, at th. Piano (Jo. and those wantii should waste no lime i<
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  • 59 6 Owing to the mishap to I Tasinau. which was hringn Donna to Singapore. Madame j be unable to appear on the j The concert is merely postponed and tb* new dates will be announced as s possible. Tickets already issued tot bold good, but they will }m\. changed
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  • 72 6 The Court i anls open on ffcftl for five nights MM al^olutclv pearance of this t a United an i ciiiiioiiiiy in their prevent on After leaving SmtMpnr. m, he taken through HM f M 8 being Malacca. .l;tn -'^th Sc Kuala Lumpor J«*n. :<<• f i
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  • 157 6 The following Singapore prop* disposed of by auction M< Co.'s sale room yeet. fternooi The freehold residential proper; > as Fernhili. No. 8 Orange <liov. Tanglin. area IM»f4l s(|iiar«' feet, p.ttt of (irant 11. Monthly rental 1114. J. Klias ft 1,600. Freehold land and three godowu> <i 4,
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  • 400 6 More calendars received from Straits Motor Garage —a haudsoi duction. China papers record the death ot Mr. C. Nicolas, a young employee of tin of Carlowitz and Co.. Hankow, wli away aftsr a very brief illness. Two of be European professi-t Tongshan Engineering ol ege Ijhm :srri\ ed at Peking,
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    • 187 6 CTX HIRANO pL_ .\^BT'i THE QUEEN pf^|P TABLE WATERS. I Cjf? Per Owe of 1 Dozeu Pints. I "K'v $6-25 Nett. jrrrr LI 1 1 Lit 5 I SINGAPORE KUA .A LUMPUR. A DELPHI HOTEL Musical Tiffin To-Day (from 1 to 2 p.m.) SPECIAL DINNER TO NIGHT Tour nee dcs
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  • 227 7 SHORT SHRIFT FOR DYNAMITARDS Full Service Resuming. l.v Submarine Cable], Kki rKk's Skkvii.b. London, lan. 13.— There have been important developments in South \frie;»n affair^. The railwaymen of the Kiver workshops at Cape Town have work and the ringleaders are co ouring to bring out the remainder.
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  • 36 7 London. Jan. 1 J A I'aris message says ileologue. an official of the Foreign MM fen appointed ambassador at Ler-hurti in succession to M. Delcasse, 1. m lie iasint to return
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  • 22 7 London. January 12. A Khartoum telegram says the aviator Pourpe has arrived th re and been welcomed by the
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  • 451 7 Pretoria, .lan. IS. The match between Kn^laud team and the Transvaal has been left drawn owing to rain. < Mr Orville Wright has been exhibiting Ay.d working his new stabilizer before a oinmittee of the Aero Cub, America. He riew several miles without touching
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  • 139 7 The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following donations received on Mod Amount prev. acknowledged. 310,000 Mm Huttenbach 1,000 Messrs Whiteaway Laidlaw 100 R. O. V. S. 100 Arthur Knight. Esq. 100 St. Andrews Cathedral Collections 80.83 Mrs E. H. Y/elraan 25 <). A. Kiinmel, Esq. 25 H. Soinerville,
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  • 312 7 A significant article on the progress of negotiations has appeared in the Manchester Guardian the leading Liberal m-.iil paper out of London. After referring to the grave anxiety at the delay in the btgknlag of serious negotiations on the lister question between the leaders of the parties
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  • 180 7 a Good Mnmra Ykak. Bentong, January 10th. The year 1913 in Bentong was very satisfactory all round. Mining was dis tinctly proti table and brought Bentong into great prominence. A large number of up-to-date shop houses have been built in the town, and Mr B. Hugh is going
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  • 117 7 Mk Saml'ki/s Promise for Canadians. The anomaly in our naturalisation laws whereby a person naturalised in Canada is not a British subject beyond the limits of the Dominion will, it is hoped, be swept away next year. Mr Herbert Samuel, the PostmasterGeneral, informed the British Empire League at
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  • 24 7 The Bishop of Mombassa who is figuring so largely in the dispute between the high and low church parties is now in 1 Bombay,
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  • 846 7 THE Y.W.C.A. TO THK EDITOR, Sir, —An appeal ia being widely made i for funds to erect a $75,0C0 building hay ing as we are told for its object the accommodation of women passing through the port who have it appears to be protec ted from evilly disposed men
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  • 32 7 Mr Reid, of the Kailan Mining Administration, Tientsin, while skating at the Tientsin Skating Rink on Christmas Eve had the misfortune to break his nose as the result of a heavy fall.
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  • 114 7 Four Chinese Injured in Raffles Place. Four Chinese engaged in the work of demolishing the premises at the coiner of Raffles Place and Bonham Street, formerly occupied by The Dispensary, were yesterday morning the victims of a nasty accident. The men were at work on an upper storey
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  • 215 7 Coolies and the Rate op Payment. How quickly views are changing oq the question of the reduction of coolies' wafes, writes OQf Ipoh correspondent. A matter of four months ago every hand was raised against the coolie. In the reduction of his wages lay salvation for the rubber
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  • 221 7 A recent issue of The Building News contains a striking picture of the projected Kowloon railway terminal for the erection of which tenders are being invited this month. Under the heading Western Innovation in the Far East," the paper says The British colony of Hongkong, our Far
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  • 156 7 Chinaman Put Away" at Bentong. Bentong, January 10th. One night at the close of December nine Chinese entered a kongsi about seven miles from Bentong and carried out one of the inmates. The man never returned to the kongsi. Search was made, and after eight days
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  • 115 7 Students of the occult and psychologists will be interested to learn of the death of Mdme. Laure Raynaud. She was a nurse who some years ago told a doctor that she had died of consumption at the age of 19 many years before, and she described the house and town
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 243 7 SPECIAL DISPLAY FANCY SOCKS fj I OR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR I 3 PAIRS 1 'N ALL FOR *'OU SIZES FANCY WIDE END TIES j I Price 50 cts. e*eh. NEAT STRIPED NEGLIGE SHIRTS S SOFT DOUBLE CUPPS All Sizes from 13 to 184 inches Price 2.25 each. JUST RECEIVED
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  • 422 8 Singapore, Jan. 12th, 1914. Beans, Long per catty 06 do. French do 16 Beef per Ib. 19 Beet Steak do. 20 Bean Sprouts per catty 03 Bamboo Sprouts il<>. 3J Blachan do. 18 Brinjals do. 05 Cabbage. Batavia do. nil do. China do. 07 do. Salted do.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 241 8 Auctions Re Chop Chai Heng Long, In Bankruptcy AUCTION SALE OF Household Furniture, Plants <fee, At "Woodgreen,* No. 7, Cppcr Serangoon Road On Saturday, 17th Jan., at 2.30 p.m. Comprising upholstered teak drawing room suite bent'.vuotl standard chairs seriah dining tables marble top tables <6c. Also a good collection of
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    • 478 8 Shipping Hamburg America Line, Hamburg Deutsche Dampfschiff-Fahrtsges "Hansa" Bremen. COMBINED SERVICE. The steamers of these companies maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Emden, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling
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    • 571 8 Shipping BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ld. APGAR LINE FOR HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, KOBE AND MOJI. The Company's Steamer "TOR ILL A 5,20 J tons, C. J. Swanson, r.n.r., Commander, will be despatched for the above ports on Friday, the 16th instant, at 4 p.m. This modern vessel has excellent accommodation
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    • 672 8 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. MAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1914 1914 Magellan Jan 18 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
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    • 681 8 Shipping N.D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen. Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (oonnectini Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vioe veiaa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtan Nagasaki and Kobe
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    • 527 8 Shipping P. &0. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued (or Chin* Coast, Persian Gulf. Continental and America! Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on 01 it MAIL LINES Homeward (fob Eurofk, From Singapore, connecting Colombo
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 722 9 Ship p Jjn g Toyo Kisen Kaishaj (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. The New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Francisco to aM points in the United States, Canada. Mexico and Europe. jptiittius wit Bnwn TnMM Liners HHINYO MARF 'TENYO MAHT anil .oinc. K<juipped witi:
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    • 578 9 SINGAPORE'S ONLY COMPANY. LARGEST PAID-UP CAPITAL OF ANY EASTERN COMPANY. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. 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
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    • 261 9 HEAP ENG MOH STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. Singapore to Batavia, Cheribon and Samarang. Sail Twice a Week. •j.B. Giang feeug i,l2b Tons Capt J. Craig. s.s. Giang Ann 890 B. Uldall. I q.s. Edondale 1,128 A. Dunlop. ■i.e. Wllhelw 783 M. Giesche. Singapore to Sourabaya, Singaradja, Ampenan and Macassar. Sail Once
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    • 506 9 he Eastern United Assurance CORPORATION Ltd. Head Office— .Sk-gapokk. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlcujt lit-). Authorized Capital $5,000,000. IRE DEPARTMENT.— Risks accepted on Build iutfs and Merchandise at current rates. ARINE DEPARTMENT.— lnsurances effected on Hulls and Cargo. For full particulars as to rates and all other formation apply to
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    • 348 9 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. NDKD 1797. HEAD OPPICES,f NORWICH AND LONDON. hoiaee Paid < xceed £30.000,000 Lowest Rates of Premium. Prompt and Liberal Settlements. THE BORNEO Co, Ltd. Agent* FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Compare of Canada. Established 188*. Direct Government Kupbbvibiob Government Audit. Policies are WORLD WIDE and No» Forf ci
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  • 626 10 THE GOVERNMENT AND CYCLING. To the Editor. Sir, My heart goes out to Rootlet. Nobly he espouses the cause of the downtrodden pig. It is high time someone ventured a courageous shaft which might perchance reach those very high places whence wisdom exudes and descends might I not say
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  • 219 10 There is a curious fashion for tattooing creeping into society just now. It is not a craze as yet, but the idea is becoming more popular. Among6t Array officers, as distinct from their men, it seems to have takeu a pretty firm hold. A black beetle
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  • 70 10 Boving and Company's Electro Turbo system does five times the work for the same Head as the old Hydraulic Elevator system. Installations of this class now erected in leading mines in Australia and New Zealand. The Borneo Company, Ltd., Singapore, have been appointed Agents for The Federated Malay
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    • 249 10 pllljThe roosi essential quality 111 i |cf a tablet in orcfer to secure absolute efficiency is that it should r I break up rapidly in water. =r±T r Bayers Tablets of Aspirin arc distinguishable from imitations by the fact that whilst the r=--— j 1 genuine tablets disintegrate in a
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    • 235 10 W THIRST W and fatigue and is fl^^ as palatable and S@H ■^B refreshing as the Ejj|& coolest melon. It contains nutrimen: jfflr* in just that fonr Jm B| which can be most easily assimilated by the digestive Hn organs. BadEgap HH Sold by all Chemists V and Stores in
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    • 246 10 m^^^ Does the I |||p^7 Climate Try You \gf |§i 7/t«ade 6\/ A TV! A "brand Vjh i Tonic ySj Helps to maintain full mental and physical vigour and buoyant spirits in spite of v^ y^-), climate, overwork, etc. V. cH}| Scientifically J'SVAJNA^ 'VANA' wards fo-A ICzSji prepared for persons
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  • 1492 11 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, Jan. 18. Oap. Ihsub. Paid. Labt Div Buyeb* -kllkbh 85,000 3b 2r Allagar 9% 16 2 0 500,00 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 3 9 4 9 150,000 2a 2b Anglo-Malay 16% Int 8 7| 9 4 50,000 ?8 2h Batang
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  • 65 11 (CORBBCTMD OP TO -Tun. 18 Bank 4mi 2-4 7 16 demand 2-4 382 Private credits 8m 2-4 9-16 credit* fl no 2-4 25 32 France demand Bank 294$ Germany, demand 288$ India, T. T. iT4j Hongkong, demand lei Yokohama, demand 114$ Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 66} Sovereigns, Bank
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  • 148 11 Jan. 18. Tin 50 tons sold 185.00 Gambier 6.50 Gambler Cube No. 1 10.76 Gambier Cube No. 3 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. Spore 18.86 Pepper, (White fair) 88.00 Nutmegs (110 to the Ift.) 24.00 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 26 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Gloves (Amboina) nom Bali Coffee
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 71 11 OVERLAND CARS. W The Handsome 1914 Models are now available. Painted Olive green with cream line. No. 79 T. 35 H. P. $2,300 Nett. Upholstered in genuine leather. All fitted with Bosch Magneto, and Electric-lighting system, can also be had with electric selfstarter $200. extra. Send for fall particulars to
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    • 33 11 The Singapore and Straits Rough Diary for 1914 Price $1.25 per copy $1.65 post free. PUBLISHERS FRASER AND NEAVE, Ltd. To be had from all Booksellers la Straits Settlement* and F. M. 8.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 896 11 VKSHKL8 FN PORT FlaRandTom, Commander* From Arrived Pot Whe» Gneisenau Ger era ***** Bruninghaw Ainoy, 9-1 G. Consul FT I I Hi kI^ITfmT ''I 6 tend^ T. Priok, 10-1 Dut Consul S'bay. 20 Kuantan F.M.S. 249 Bgdom Kuantan, 15-10 F.M.S. Dock Steamer. Nal. Tonnage Ma,** py^ Gon«i 8D For Batavier
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    • 93 11 PASSENGERS. IVr Selangor Messrs B. D. Thompson, and Bfordten. Per Recorder Capt Date. Messn* C. Clunis Ross, S. Howard, A. fl. Young, C. E, Shields, L. H. Taylor, R. F. Moor, F. Matron. J. H. Jameson, C H. Sopcr. Per Elephanta: Miss Travere. Miss Mac. ken/ic. Miss E. Wilkinson, Mr
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  • 1011 12 One of the Penang papers, we forget at the moment which, was congratulating •portsmen and racing men in particular the other day on the fact that although the bookmakers had gone and their machinations were a dream of the past the ruin predicted to racing by some people
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  • 46 12 December monthly medal. This competition will be played on January 17th and lHth the conditions being bogey play. Presidents Prize. The best 16 cards handed in for this competition will qualify those members for further play under match conditions for the Presidents Prize.
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  • 48 12 The replay of the match between the Persenangan Stia and the Fathol Karil in the final of the League competition takes place on the M.F.A. ground on Saturday the 17th inst. The match i« likely to be very interesting. Mr Mamat will referee the match.
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  • 245 12 In this competition thirty-two cards were taken out. Mrs Storrey's Competition First Prizes Mr and Mrs F. G. Stevens. Second Prizes:—- Major General Stephenson and Mrs Kadhatn Thornhill. Kirwan has returned from Penang with Laksfoss, Flirt and Gay Cavalier and is sending Laksfo*s off to Kuala Lumpor
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  • 318 12 Terkiule Result of the Famine in Jaian. In connection with the famine prevailing in the North-Eastern Provinces, it has been reported that so desperate is the condition of these wretched people that a number of procurers are having little dilliculty in decoying young women away from their
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  • 68 12 New* Zealand can produce with its 5.1 per cent, by far the lowest infant mortality rate in the world, London's record being somewhere about 11 per cent., and Russia's nearly double that. In one town in Now Zealand, Dunedin, where the Society for the Promotion of the Health of Women
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  • 167 12 BROKEN IN HEART— AND POCKET. A Chinaman's 111 Luck. Prompted, no doubt, by a desire to acquire some money by the Ne*v Year, Ah Soon, a Chinese who has a wife and two children in Singapore, and whose blameness conduct has hitherto not attracted the notice of the police, took
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  • 269 12 Death of Mr W. R. Matteson. A sad tragedy occurred at the Palace Hotel on Monday week when a well known Shanghai business man, Mr. W. R. Matteson, agent of the Pacific Mail s.s. Company, met his death, it is supposed, by his own hand. Mr Mattesou
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  • 226 12 Severe Comment by Government. Orders have been passed by the Burma Government on the recent memorial from fourteen licensed pilots of the Port of Rangoon praying that a small committee might be appointed to inquire in the present state of the Rangoon pilot service with especial regard
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  • 110 12 The Osaka Shosen Kaisha has had a scheme in contemplation for a long time to open a service to Europe. As the carrying out of this scheme necessitates an increase of capital or an issue of debentures, the scheme has been shelved in view of the
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  • 46 12 One of the prettiest weddings seen in Maulmain for many years took place on the afternoon of New Year's day when Miss Kathleen Barrett, eldest daughter of Commander and Mrs Barrett ot Maulmaia, was married to Mr J. B. Mercer Adam of the Imperial Forest Service.
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  • 215 12 The British India liner Elephanta arrived from Calcutta and Rangoon yesterday (Tuesday) morning with balance general cargo for discharge. She loads for the return voyage and sails on Thurs day afternoon. The Holt liner Ixion, which^is in from Pacific ports, loads for home ports and sails to-day (Wednesday)
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  • 141 12 KIDNAPPING BY AIR. Paris, Dec. 14. A German military airman has played an amazing trick on the Russian Customs authorities. He landed by mistake on the Russian side of the frontier and was received by a commandant of the frontier guards, who ordered him to dismantle his aeroplane so that
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  • 86 12 East Wharf (Basin)— Hong Moh East Wharf Section I—Elephanta, Taroba Sheers Wharf—St. Helena, Orteric Main Wharf Sec. 2—Kaw achi Maru 3—Nil 4 —Sandakan s—Nil 6 —lxion. Lycaon. Medusa New Dock Sec. 7 —(Under construction.) Weet Wharf Sec. B—Seang Chooo, A. Maru, Jardlne's Wharf Sec. 9—De Greve
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 148 12 Fresh Milk Supplies of The Singapore Model Dairy Com pany's Fresh Milk are now available and can be obtained at our Retail Depot, No. 142-23-24-25 Orchard Road. Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. AeluccaX I I CIGARETTES 111 I 1 BEAR THIS HALL MARK I MB^^HBKBKSHRNHBIIHIBIiIi^IKHI^BOBHEHIBHBfIiiHZBtSBiSBCi IH^HIH^BHBBIHHHIiICi BB^ ABRAM'S MOTOR HIRING
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 372 12 WEATHER REPORT. These Weather Telegrams are trauuuiltteti by courtesy of the E. E. Tel. Co. and contain the observations made at Hongkong (HK.j Observatory, and at Manila Observatory (MN.I The data are date and hour of despatch the Barometer reading (inches in HK., Milli metres in MN.); Direction of Wind
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