The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 January 1914

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 1914. NO. S.OIO
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  • 162 1 An interesting shark yarn is given on page 7. The Indian police suspect the existence of wide sedition plots Page 7. Reports about the Kaiser's ill health are declared to be untrue Page 7. Our London correspondent anticipates a rise in rubber shares Pape 6. The report
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  • 102 1 Bookkeeper wanted Page 2. Furniture of a flat for sale Page 1. Wanted Junior clerk Road surveyor —Page 3 1 Contracts required by the naval authorities Page "2. Milkmaid condensed, the summit of perfection Page 4. The Gaiety cinematograph will open shortly Page 1. j The Borneo Company
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  • 1101 1 It is not difficult to trace quality of beasonabh ness in the pi aft <»f Shakespeare. A Midsummtr NigLt h »r« breathes the wttf air of a Jum niglu. The happy folly of I'etruchio and k*th. rine was surely writ upon I of April. Autumiiul opulence gleam- t'lio.^li the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 381 1 THE GRANDEST BATTLE PICTURE EVER SCREENED IN SINGAPORE Entitled THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG Aptly termed THE WATERLOO OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR els 4.500 ft, WILL BE PUT ON TO-NIGHT 2nd SHOW 9-3O TO 11 p. m. ALHAMBRA IT IN COMUNCTION WITH A New Number of Patne s Animated Gazette.
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    • 248 1 VICTORIA THEATRE, ftSgjg?; gg^ g NIGHTS ONLY g RETURN AND FAREWELL VISIT OF MR. EDGAR WARWICK AND HIS COURT CARDS The most popular Company that has ever toured the East. Prices $3, 2, 1 Plan now open at MOUTRIES. VICTORIA THEATRE THREE NIGHTS ONLY Commencing WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE MAUD ALLAN
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    • 265 1 A PICTURE THAT WILL TAKE A LOT OF BEATING For its superb Acting, Excellent Quality and Holding Power ENTITLED THE WASTREL OR A HUMAN BRUTE A PATHE'S EXCLUSIVE IN 5 BIG REELS will be presented TO-NIGHT, AND FOR A FEW NIGHT'S ONLY AT THE MARLBOROUGH Picture Theatre, Beach Hcad. 2nd
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 185 1 THE WEEK Thursday 22nd High Water— 6-5 a.m., 828 p.m. P. O. Homeward mail due. Wearne Bros., annual meeting, noon. Palladium opens. Court Cards, Victoria Theatre. Friday 23rd. High Water— 7 9 a.m.. 9-42 p.m. P. O. Outward mail due. Marine Motor Service. Ltd. noon. Chung Hua Girls' School, prize
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  • 422 2 I'RICF. of Dktakti There appears to be no reasonable doubt that General Chant; Hsnn is actually about to leave Nanking. His appointment as I inspector of the Military I>r fences of the southern Yangtze was gazetted two or tbree days ago. My Nanking correspondent uow
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  • 112 2 U is not always the greatest invention ift brings the largest financial rewards. iller skates are said to have brought i 'i.'ir inventor £600,000. while nearly half million was realised by the man who li devised bootlaces. The inventor of safety pin, who took the idea from
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 56 2 Man wants but little on this Earth, and t nat little in 'Good Health.' If he will but ke Woods' Great Peppermint Cure when nay sign of fever or dysentery is apparent, that »>ood health he will surely possess. It is the dndard medicine for internal complaints. -.»I<l hv Plapen*arl«B
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    • 809 2 DYSENTERY Its Prevention and Cure. la many jaits of the East dyserteiy takes the MOi u.l place uiuuug the causes of death and the Straits stand out prominently in this connection. No one needs to be told the causes of symptoms of the disease. They are, ntcessarily, only too familiar
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    • 500 2 Notices NAVAL CONTRACTS. Tenders are invited for the supply of the following articles to H M. Ships and hired vessels at Singapore. FROZEN BEEF AND MUTTON. FRESH BEEF AND MUTTON. FRESH VEGETABLES. POTATOES. SOFT BREAD. FRESH WATER. ASH BOAT. Tenders are also invited for the undertaking of funerals of Officers
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    • 539 2 Notices EXCHANGE BANKS. GHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS. Monday. 26th Instant. Tuesday. 27th Instant. 20-1 24-1 SINGAPORE MARINE INSURA CE AGENTS ASS CU lON. FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. It is hereby notified that the offices of members of the above Associations will be closed for the transaction of Insurance business on Monday,
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    • 580 2 Wanted BOOK-KEEPER WANTED. Wanted immediately competent Book-keeper or Accountant, European preferred Must be reliable and capable of taking full charge of the Accounts of an important concern in Singapore. Good references required. Apply personally to EVATT Si Co., Singapore. $2-1 uc WANTED Wanted Junior Clerk and Collector, app'y by letter,
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    • 457 2 To Let TO LET No. 6. Mount Klizabotb, flv< t>< <i and water !aid on. Kurutahpd ,i i. Apply «>u th< 161 TO LET FurniHhed. for onf House No. 16 NasKiui RoaW. Apply t*> G GANSLOSER. 8-1 TO LET FURNISHED Seaside Bungalow No. 41 Apply M. H. SASSOON 51 TO
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  • 324 3 Process FOB Treating thi: Poorer Minkrals. London, Nov. 28. The comparatively large quantities of ore containing minute quantities of radium quantities too minute to admit of profitable extraction in the ordinary way have recently been worked with success by a process of Professor H. Sommer's. The ore is
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  • 279 3 Nearly twelve months have now passed since the First Lord published a Memorandum concerning the immediate formation of a Naval War Staff, and at the end of that period the Navy has, with its usual energy and promptitude, made considerable progress in setting up the necessary
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  • 273 3 If you asked the average Berliner what rejoices his heart during this most rainsoaked, war-taxed Yuletide, he would say, the permanent return to the capital of the merry, well beloved Crown Prince and his family. Though the future Kaiser does not
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  • 300 3 Shakespeare's schoolboy whining on his way to school has stood for centuries as the accepted type of the unwillingness of the average boy to avail himself of scholastic opportunities. Now that moving pictures are being adopted as a part of the paraphernalia of teaching in
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  • 327 3 The report of the Trolak Plantations, Ltd. for the year ended 80th September, 1913 to be presented at the meeting at Glasgow on the 30th ult. states that the visiting agents report that the condition of the estate at the end of the period was very satisfactory and
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  • 72 3 On Monday next (Jan. 12th) H.M.'s war vessels Sua Thayarn Choi, Shu Kamron Sindhyu and Sugrib which have been fitted with wireless installations will proceed to sea. On the following day His Majesty will be invited by H. R. H. the Minister of Marine to proceed to
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 189 3 CARLSSE RG BEER^ >^J uB T^-i 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
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    • 75 3 j? THIS IS IT! J "WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound /C*)j T ASTELES3 ODORLESS l+ j J > e latest scientific pre- J it /J0B&\ paration of COD LIVER t i-'"^m fl OIL. Does all that is !cUuu!?sTi: claimed for it and super- ".*T?"*- 1 sedes the old fashioned
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    • 147 3 •V.Y.V.V Nerve Strain Mr. B. C. HUCKS (the well-known Flying Man), of 5, Queen's Gate Terrace, London, Knrrland, writes: "I really must express my appreciation of Phosferiiu. Some time ba-:k I felt myself in a curious state of nervous tension, brought on, no doubt, by the severe strain causeJ by
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  • 543 4 Ducovun of si ri-osED Unsown Tun. IGNOKINT OF POOL Dr. V. Hall, a Methodist mi>sionary r-cenlly returned to America, after pass- rive years in the Far fvist, reports the overy of a new people wbicb he Ims i-id the Ki Ki race. He describes his
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  • 80 4 <. rbw of nine to make the voyage jn Small Yacht. Calcutta, January 10th. Mr Guy Shotrock left for England this morning at half past twelve on his yacht, the Lady Nancy." The yacht is being towed as far asSandheads. She it ketch rigged and
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  • 496 4 Per P O str Marmora, connecting with I he i,tr China at Colombo, due Jan. 2i. \frs Miss Thomson. H. L. K. Graburn. A Palmer, Mr A Mrs F. R. Marsh, A.. Marcan, Mr Mrs W. L. Kemp, Mrs Howard. J.S. Haycraft, H. R. Gough, E. Sternbe g,
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  • 126 4 Rehel General's Marriage Under Arms How General Villa, the leader of the Northern Mexican rebels, recently acquired an American girl as his wifo is told in a despatch received in New York from Torreon, Coahuila. Entering that troubled city at the head of his troops,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 426 4 II is aa :a aa aa :i aa 11 aa \i ai n aa aa aa u aaiijaaaniOTTiaaai s;u_n aaaußßßßa m^y Jl^mm^mi^mm^mSf^i^Stm^^^^BuJ contractors to i|7^^ Baß fe^^ n 1 j w| Milkmaid br a **i/1 H The S. S. and F. M. S. Government Hospitals, etc. Me ?M[o MILKMAID |S|
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    • 44 4 SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Telegrams SIEMENS, SINGAPORE. Telephone No. 847. Electrical Engineers, Manufacturers and Contractors. SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAMO WORKS, Ld Head Office Cuton House, Westminister. Loodoc, Stipphet Dept. and Store* Upper Thtmes **t, London. Lampt and Pitting* Dept. Dalstoi, London. Work* Stafford and iociwicn
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  • 672 5 of the Committee for the period f r ptiou of the Association to 1918. V« uttee has pleasure iu subrewith a duly audited state >f the accounts of the Association tli. period from thp inception of the t.) th»* Htl hrcember 1918 hi the progress made during
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  • 223 5 C\N"N H\NNAVS TRUK CHBVTMAI STORY. The irishTimes publishes a true Christmas .story by Canon Hanuay George A. Birmingham"), who has just returned from the United States. Karly this year a rich American, the proprietor of an important magazine in New York, returned with his little
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  • 426 5 Singapore, Jau. 19th, 1914. Beans, Long per catty 06 do. French do 14 IV* f perlb. 20 Beef Steak do. M Bean HflllM per catty 2| Bamboo Sprouts do. 04 Bla.han do. 20 BiinjaU do. 06 Cabbage. Batavia do. nil d<!. China do. 08 do. Salted do.
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  • 66 5 The oldest and largest makers of high pressure Pipe lines are Messrs. Boving A Co., who during three years delivered approximately over 300,000 tons used especially for Hydro Electric service. For The British Aluminium Co. at Loch Leven they have installed 89 inch pipe6 for 98 ft. Head.
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    • 244 5 \^^-^^^y\A^^ <mf If you want better health %"^^^Z^^^l£i-A»ti/! 'ffrrrfV and extra strength you must VI w '^AUf^CA' vN »O it will d° y° u &006, because m m jjp^ us of the good it has done. You will know M m too if you send 12 cents stamps to Coleman
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    • 343 5 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Teak Household Furniture, Benz Motor Car, Garden Rollers. Plants &c. The property of the late Mr. W. C. Coveney at Mount Emilie," Municipal Engineer" s Bungalow adjacent to the Pumping Station Mackenzie Road. On Wednesday, 28th January, at 3 p.m. Comprising Polished teak bookcase with
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    • 560 5 A "'Hazeline' Snow" i./<- Mark* THE ORIGINAL NON-GREASY EMOLLIENT For iu Do you know this ''/^KS^ Ski II charming nwfii preparation jm How it soothes and^ ff comforts the skin after j /J s£f a day's motoring or \A\ j^r\ riding in the sun over YFftV^^ dusty roads. After tennis
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  • 710 6 The Lat Pan Pre66 sends their Chinese and English calendar, boldly printed. The German gunboat Tiger was expected at Penang yesterday and Mr K. Schubert, 1 vice consul, is giving an At Home on the 27th. The marriage takes plice early in March. at Colombo, of J. L. S. Vidler
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 45 6 Drake-Srockm an— Montanaro.—On Dec. 17th, at St. Peter's Church. Cranley-girdens, by the Vicar, Rev. W. S. S. Swayre, M.A., Wyvian Drakk Hrockman, Royal Artilleiy, to Patricia Marguerite, daughter of Col. A. F. Montanaro, c. b., m. v. 0., of 38. Harcourt- terrace, S. W.
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    • 30 6 Mibi che —At Mount Austin Estate. Johore, as the result of an accident, Thor Mielche in hiH 32nd year Funeral at Pidadari Cemetery at 5-30 p. m. to day.
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  • 1446 6 The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, Jan 22, 1914. Here sna.i the Press the Ptopie I rigtt m»I«tSKOnawed by 'nflu-nce and urbribed by g*teHere patriot Truth he: om(mi :*ocepU *i»t». tialood to Pelisioc Lovalt? x~.t< 'a It would perhaps be a fairly sound assumption that the author of the able articles
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  • 78 6 SOME DIVIDENDS Market Rise Expected Our Own "rregpondn L'.llO Yam Setip pays a tinal di\ per cent ou the preference in.- i, the ordinary share*. mil bacco pays a final of litieen i p j 0^ twenty per cent btMM Mi M Fl 77. •'<><). Kuala Selangot
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  • 72 6 k fV9#N Our On}' Corre* 21. A deficit of ov covered in the books of th<- bank N ii n Ten Cate suspected t<» i><- d ailt committed by an absconded 1. and a Chinese wlm hah ()r aiding and abetting an alleged mi forged cheques. Miniim t<>
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  • 64 6 ULSTER WOMEN ACTIVITY. London. Jan 21. In BWrnectioa with the meeting of the I Uter Womei il uormt Council at Belfast h' which 1.. i\ London derry and Sii I tin pi speakers, the papMl (fvt pr<" the activities of I'ster wotamubulance work they an signallers and tattgrmphtat staff post
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  • 48 6 Brisbane, .lan. 21. -Advices froi Mecklenberg show that the <it>rman scientist Deinigof escaped with a toma hawk wound and was not murder savages as previously reported. His companion scientist who was also re ported killed was not hurt, but native carriers were murdered and eatea.
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  • 39 6 London.. lnn. 21. A telegram froe 6tat*»6 that the Colonel 'Lt Col. H I talker* and native officer of the Regiment were shot dead by uatiw soldier in revenge for a sentence of a imprisonment.
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  • 38 6 London, Jan. 20. The Victorian 4 per cent loan of a million sterling issued it 97 has been fully subscribed and is quoted at half premium. This is 6ymptomati of a revival of investment busir
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  • 24 6 London, .lan. 21. A dealer hi* bough Holbem'6 picture of Thoma> Cromwrl belonging to Earl aledon for thirtv thou sand pounds.
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  • 87 6 THE ALLAN-CHERNIACSKY TOUR. Tbe Maud Allan Cherniavsk which commence here on Feb. 4th are causing local interest. The crowd they will draw should be a record one, ac it mav be a long time before such powerful com bination will be seen again. Those who have not already booked seats
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  • 155 6 It is definitely settled that the Feb. will be the opening day oi th« Mac aar Railway. The Ceylon train* -1 ran to Talimanaar, where paMengers angage will cros6 by steamer to tb«- ludi»o end at Danuehkoddi. The journey rt timed to take 62 minutes. Mail papers mention the m
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 157 6 ASK FOR THE FINEST SCHIEDAM GIN Q* OBTAINABLE \f^^ 7% IN GLASS BOTTLES. Less 5 (Duty Extra.) CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co., SOLE AGENTS. if *j£-V/^ I s u n OJl^ towards which the Jy|fe>K^K/ !V manufactiners of nil tire resisting devices must ever strive. The Safe Cabinet. Has won this approval.
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  • 114 7 CHURCHILL'S DEMENTI. Lloyd George will not Resign. (By Submarine Cable]. Krutrk Shvici London, .Tan. M Mr Winston (bur ill has isaued a Btuu-mrrit J*< 'lariug ;iil newspaper statements about Cabi proceedings are based or. surmise and (oesip an 1 should uniformly be ifalHMlti >tat»'Mitnt that tin- Admiralt-.
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  • 151 7 OUR SHORES ONLY "Let The Empire Go Hang" M Three ministers spoke U .uling < vening. Mr v llhngwortb at Bradford said there was point! >ngst the Liberals that la v expenditure on vis pledged ak% Ik sutlicieut aud no more for the protection of our I givu foreign nations
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  • 133 7 CANADA'S NAVY. Mr Bordens Policy. iwa, Jan. 20. In the Canadian House .minions Mr Borden, answering Sir ■rid Laurier. declared that the Sen rejection of the Navy Bill brought redit on Canada, and the hostile ma y in the Senate would not be given mother opportunity to repeat the perfor
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  • 80 7 London. Jan. 20. Colonel Morrison, rather of Sub lieut. Grant Morrison, who wan lost in the sinking of Submarine <>rT Plymouth, writes hoping to arouse lie opinion and have the risks of ines minimised. He describes the lass as obsolete and practically death U is incomprehensible that
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  • 48 7 London, Jan. 20. An informal lun>u, and inspection took place of the •dovery Castle which sails on her len voyage to-day. She is most luxury furnished, with special equipment for the tropics, in the East African trade, features include^ lifts, a Vienna cafe, dimming bath.
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  • 23 7 London, Jan 21. Commander Ha/eton ordon of the destroyer Thrasher ha& been ound dead in his bunk at Devonport.
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  • 121 7 According to the 1911 census figures, Orientals in British Columbia number 0,447, divided as follows: Chinese, 19,568; Japanese, 8,5«7 and Hindus, 2,292. The total number of Orientals in Canada is composed of Chinese, 27,774 Japanese, 9,021 and Hindus, 2,342. Tk« marriage took place at Jolombo on 14 at St. Michael's
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  • 215 7 THE RECOMMENDATIONS. Wireless For All Large Ships. [By Submarine Cable]. Kkuteb'p Sebvicb. London. Jan. 20. The Conference on Safety at Sea has finally adopted the reports of the committees aud closes to day. The recommendations provide for lifeboats for all, subject to the British provi so, that
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  • 136 7 New York, Jan. 20. A telegram from Washington states that President Wilson has sent a message to Congress with reference to the proposed trusts legisla tion, prohibiting interlocking directorates and empowering the interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the raising ot money by railroads: explicitly denning the
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  • 117 7 JAPANESE NAVAL SECRETS A Trial in Berlin. Berlin, Jan. II. Ca'rl Kichter formerly a typist in the Tokio office of Siemens and Scbukerts, electrical manufacturers, has been sentenced to two years penal servi tude for stealing important documents from the oilice and attempting to use them for the purposes of
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  • 91 7 JAIL FIGHT IN AMERICA. Several Killed. Mcallister, Oklahoma, Jan. 20. Three convicts in possession of revolvers seized the gaoler's keys and rushed the prison gates, firing at the guards and using the telephone girl as a living shield. They unlocked the gates and drooped the girl, who was wounded. They
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  • 35 7 Calcutta, Jan. 20, The police now take the most seriousview of the Ghose murder, as it is evident that there are a whole series of further nests of conspiracy in Northern Calcutta.
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  • 23 7 Berlin, Jan. 20. The Kaiser is in the best of health and the rumours that he is ill are untrue.
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  • 104 7 The Home Secretary's reply to the Mayor of Oldham that it is not in accordance with public policy to hang any person under the age of eighteen, would not have been understood even so late as Greville's day. The diarist tells us how he saw two mere children of thirteen
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  • 290 7 LATEST PRESS OPINIONS. Fifty Millions Estimates. [By Submarine Cable]. Kedteb'h Skbvk.b. Loudoo, Jan. 21 11.30 p.m. There is a heated controversy in the papers on the subject of the Cabinet meeting to-morrow which will decide the Navy estimates. The Conservative papers insist that Mr Chur chill is
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  • 495 7 Londou, Jan. 21.— Lord Stratbcona died peacefully in his sleep. Strathcona, Ist Baron cr. 1897; Donald Alexander Smith. G. C.M.0., cr. 1896; <i. C. V. <)., cr. 190S F. R. S LL. D., P.0., D. L., High Commissioner for Canada, 1896 1911; >>. Scotland, 1820; s. of
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  • 67 7 An ingenious method of preventing the escape of convict prisoners without resort |to bolts and bars has been discovered by 1 the Dutch authorities in New Guinea. Here some of the most dangerous criirinals are confined, but they make no attempt to escape, although tbe.e is no wall round the
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  • 944 7 Big Fish Stories. To those who are fond of sport tinged with au element of adventure and danger the mixed very mixed! delights of shark fishing should appeal strongly. There j are abundant opportunities for indulging I in this pastime in Singapore as is proved by
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  • 22 7 Official recognition of Mr W. R. D. Beckett as British Consul General at Batavia I for Netherlands-India is announced in 1 Holland.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 130 7 ROBINSON Co. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED RAMSBOTTOM Jffi g^ 5 m DOMINO JJjil ll Tennis Racket F £j THE MOST PERFECT TIGHTEST STRUNG RACKET MADS Fr A LARGE STOCK OF THE FOLLOWING MAKES ALWAYS IN STOCK S FRED SEATON 3 DOUBLE MAIN STRUNG I J PROSSER'S "SPECIAL CORONA ffl
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 639 8 Shipping NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD FOR EUROPE The Imperial German Mail Steamer 4 LUETZOW.' 5.829 tuns. Captain Tentor. left Hongkong on Wednesday morning, the 21st instant, at 10 a.m.. and may be expected to arrive here on Sunday morning, the 25th instant, at 9 a. m. She will probably be despatched for
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    • 698 8 Shipping N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twinscrew Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with
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    • 613 8 Shipping Hamburg America Line, Hamburg Deutsche Dampfschiff-Fahrtsget "Hansa" Bremen. COMBINED SERVICE The steamers of these companies maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Emden, and she 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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    • 647 8 Shipping MM. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1914 1914 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 Mar 29 Atlantique Mar 30 Dumbea April
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    • 681 8 Shipping 1 N. D.L Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremeo IMPERIAL GERMAN MAII LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers of tnis Company sail fortnightly from Bremen. Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connectinj j Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veisa) i Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong,
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    • 506 8 Shipping P. 0. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills ot Lading Uutued r Ooast, Persian Gulf. Continental and Ai Ports. Steamerf will leave Btngapor* <>•> MAIL LINES Homeward (*«r Euro* From Singapore, connecting Colombo with 1914. as
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    • 850 9 Shipping Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. fhe New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Pranco to a 1 points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. t r»ung me r»t* *i.i*X> lon Triple Screw Turbine Liners "RHINYO MARU "TENYO HAKF" Mid
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    • 776 9 SINGAPORE'S ONLY C»MIV. URGEBT MID Op Mp|m J ||nm mm PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAtt OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Comi»nf
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    • 498 9 The Eastern United Assurance CORPORATION Ltd. Head Office— Si noapokk. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). Authorised Capital $5,000,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.— Risks accepted on Buildings and Merchandise at currei t rates, MARINE DEPARTMENT.— Insurances effected on Hulls and Cargo. For full particulars as to rates and all other nfortnation apply to
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    • 351 9 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. FOUNDED 1787. HEAD OFFICESJ NORWICH AND LONDON. Losses Paid exceed £30,000,000 Lowest Rates of Premium. I rompt and Liberal Settlements. THE BORNEO Co. Ltd. Igsjaj FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1882. Dirbct Government Supervision Government Audit. Fo^l^ie^ W RLD WIDE ""d N RFt?Pv? 6tt^
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  • 807 10 No official figures are put forward I annually by the Government, but it has been the custom for some time past of one of the motor weeklies, the Car Illustrated," to compile a census at this I time of the year, and the results are so interesting in
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    • 170 10 I TWO POINTS I YOU SHOULD REMEMBER ABOUT I I Continental I I Tyres. I [LOW PRICEI I HARD WEAR I J FRESH STOCKS I FROM ALL DEALERS AND GARAGES I B OR FROM THE jig I CONTINENTAL TYRE RUBBER Co., LIIMTED. S, FORD THE UNIVERSAL CAR. Count the cost.—
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    • 46 10 ROBIN'S NUCLEOPHOSPHATE Tablets Indicated in cases of Tuberculosis, Degenerative disorders, Malaria, Neurasthenia, Scrofula, Various Skin diseases etc. Nucleophosphate of lime and soda with methylarsenate. Laboratoire M. Robin, 13, Rue de Poisey, Paris. SOLD BY ALL CHEMISTS. MUTUAL TRADINC Co, Ltd., GAG OI NO ft Co.. Agent*
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    • 347 10 HF you will save fl|Hr over 50% by making your purchaser UflK through the post from the largest firm of Bankrupt Stock Buyers in the world We have also arranged with the leading manufacturers in the Kingdom to take up the over-production of their factories for disposal in the Colonial
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    • 90 10 ROYAL APPOINTMENT. To His Majesty King George V DUNLOP MOTOR TYRES ARE UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST. DUNLOP PRICES ARE UNDOUBTEDLY THE CHEAPEST. THEN WHY BUY Inferior Makes at Fancy Prices? TRADE ißf^fcJ 1 MARK THE HALL MARK V^-S^ A MOTOR TYRE. OBTAINABLE AT ALL GARAGES DEALERS SLEDGE MILK IS GUARANTEED TO
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  • 1479 11 Issued by FRASER Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, Jan. 21.1 Jap. lsuUß. Paid. Last Div hctbbb Bhll.cbb. 85.000 28 'i» Allagar 9% 1 10 2 3 500,0- 0 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 3 10} 410 160,000 2s 2b Anglo- Malay 16% int 9 3 10 0 50,000 'if
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  • 70 11 (Corrected op to Jan. 21 j. Bank 4 m/i 2-4 7 16 demand 2.4 382 Private credits 8 m/s 2-4 0-16 credits 6 m/t 2-4 25 32 France demand Bank 204 i Germany, demand 238$ India, T. T. 174* Hongkong, demand 17 Yokohama, demand U4& Java, demand 141 Bangkok,
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  • 146 11 Jan. 21. Tin 125 tone sold §86.75 Oambier 6.60 Gambler Cube No. 1 10.76 Gambler Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. Sport 19.00 Pepper, (White fair) 88.00 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) 24.00 Nutmegs (60 to the lb.) 26 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina) nom Bali Coffee
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 154 11 H UMBER ETTE -if? AIR-COOLED $1,200 Nett ffATER-COOLED $1,325 Complete ex Garage. Latest testimonial from a Singapore purchaser: Singapore, sth Dec, 191:3. lUBOH. THE BORNEO Co Ltd., Present. Dkai Si With regard to the Hmnberette 1 purchased fr,om you a few months ago, I am pleased to say that it
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    • 130 11 Time bills m Pert OtaalM aai m.—^ Faber drop dally at 1 niagipw i staai ard time, correspaadiag to I a.m. Greenwtofc mean time. The time-faa la iv«d ai it o'clock noon, indicating Bingapor* if nrtirt time, on every day exoeotinu Q M^^ It U fired at •'elookT^^ °——7* For
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 344 11 MAIL TABLB. Ta-Bif. latermedlato ud lot*] malla win to tool la list below P«n*ng MalMOft. F. M. 8. 4 Tifcfi (Oralaai) (Dally by Tndm) I i n U r Kerimun S. Wongsee 9 am Pouloe Seogi Aing Hong 9 am Singkep S. van Lingga 9 am Pontianak Singkawang 11 am
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  • 3447 12 SUPREME COURT PETITION FAILS Winding-Up to be Voluntary. There was again a crowded court yes terday when the Chief Justice (Sir W. H. Hyndmao .Jones) resumed the hearing of the petition for an order for the compul sory winding up of the Kwong Yik Hank. Ltd. As
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  • 192 12 S.C.C. and Rangers Draw A keenly contested game of Soccer was played on the S.C.C. ground last evening between the Club and the Hungers, but never a goal was scored and thus honours were even at the end. The Hangers created a good impression, and have a really serviceable
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  • 25 12 The annual meeting of the Presbyterian Church will be held on Thursday, 29th at 8.45p.m. and not on the 27th as announced in yesterday's engagements.
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  • 245 12 I The P. and O. outward mail steamer China left Colombo at 9 a.m. on Sunday, and may be expected to arrive at Singapore on Friday afternoon, the 2tfrd instant. An arrival yesterday morning wae the Japanese liner Hirano Maru from London via ports with part general cargo
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  • 203 12 Presiding on December 23 at the meet ing of the Tnited Malaysian Rubber Company Mr Cecil A. Grenfell said that owing to the increased working in the East and to the fact that so many of their accounts had to come from widely-scattered districts, many of
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 280 12 The GOVERNMENT "BLUE BOOK' has just arrived from Canada It shows every item of business clearly. It names all Stocks and Bonds held, bought or sold by the Company through t».« y and gives the price paid. After providing for the Reserves on policies according to the law. and all
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 391 12 NBXT MAILS UUh From Europe. Per P A O. China wit, up to kud instant iii< Jau From China. P« i 1 ftO Londoi Mails b. spatcoetf Left. Due krritM B. I. Dec 1- Jan M. M. !>♦•<• II Jhl t| P. AO. Df« H Jan N. D. L. Dec
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