The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 January 1914

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 26 1914. NO. 8,01:5
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  • 200 1 The London labour news is somewhat serious, but hope may be found iv the di 6 sensions of the coal masters, and the readiness of 30,000 builders to go back to work. Also civilians are stepping into the breach to deal with coal Page 7. There has
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  • 888 1 Quarrels are like love in this, thai some people fall into them with difrh ulty and pain, while others are naturally disposed to enjoy them. And as the man who I love with love is not necessarily warm hearted, so the mau who enjoys qu trrelling may be
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    • 263 1 POSITIVELY LAST TWO SIGHTS OF THE GRANDEST AND MOST REALISTIC BATTLE PICTURE EVER PRODUCED els 4.500 ft. Kntitled THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG ,utly called THE WATERLOO OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR now drawing j LARGE CROWDS ALHAMBRA S 2nd SHOW 9 30 TO 11 p. m. TOGKTHER WITH A WOMAN
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    • 228 1 VICTORIA THEATRE, PO E V 2 NIGHTS RETURN AND FAREWELL VISIT OF MR. EDGAR WARWICK AND HIS COURT CARDS WITH AN ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME EACH EVENING. Prices $3, 2, 1 Plan now open at MOUTRIES. VICTORIA THEATRE Commencing WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY t\ THE MAUD ALLAN entire chance of programme nightu
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    • 107 1 H__H__H______M__H_V_H_n__B_______D STILL ON AND ATTRACTING THE HIGH-CLASS PICTURE ENTITLED THE WASTREL a| o. A HUMAN BRUTE s 5 BIG REELS TAT 9 P. M. SHARP. FOR. THREE NIGHTS MORE If ONLY. January 24, 26,827. F 1 NEW PICTURES LIN THE FIRST SHOW AT THE MARLBOROUGH GRAND GALA PERFORMANCE AT THE
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    • 239 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice re Thor Mielche, deceased Page 2. PoweH's revised list of furniture sales Page 5. Little's balm for coughs Page 1. New Hamburg Amerika sailings Page 8. Last two night of Court Car^s Page 1. Robinson ft Co. have a choice selection of felt hats Page 7. Viyella
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 149 1 THE WEEK Monday 26th. High Water— lo-3 a.m.. 11-48 p.m. New Moon. Chinese New Year commences. Cricket, S.C.C. vs Negri Sembilan. S.R.C. vs K.L. (V.M.C A.) Supper and dance, Tanglin Club. Emulation Lodge, 8.30 p.m. Court Cards. Victoria Theatre. Tuesday 27th. High Water— lo-48 a.m. Emperor of Germany's Birthday. Cricket,
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  • 294 2 i .shiou you would strike you bbonitl get a motor hike Ami tr.u iihout the country every day; Nou w;il want !*t»ady nerve to negoti '-tich curve In the roads and lanes you cover on the way. You inunt also make provision to avoid all chance collision With
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  • 217 2 A Bombay Government press note says I but in order to popularise physical culture in schools, a member of the Indian Edu itional Service, Mr Wren, who has been »'udyiug the question for some time, was ited on special duty for the preparat <>n of a
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  • 122 2 A Welsh captain (says the Western Mul") commanded a vessel in the East lia Company's service.. During a long i vage on his ship he was one night ;< wakened by a voice, which said: loseph Turner, get up and sound the well." I thought he was
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  • 40 2 Jones always did possess a soft heart. This is how he wrote Dear Mrs Lewis, Your husband cannot come home to-day because his bath ing snit was washed away. P.S. Poor Lewis was inside it." Western Mart
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    • 328 2 \li<> MAUD ALLAN I~~mamr-» •*>-> _y__HH_L f_W___ Bn^i •*mw^^±tm9^ '''"^_S _bh_r*_____L J____L^^H t." "jii^'^u wmv m l~ v In her Dance 'The Funeral March." H. S. KIRWAN, Fodder Contractor, Job Master, Horse Dealer, Breaker Trainer Telephone No. A*r.*mW I Immediate Attendance on Sick or Wounded Horses, Cattle or Dogs etc.,
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    • 433 2 Notices 1 NOTICE RE THOR MIELCHE, DECEASED. Any perso or persons having claims against the Estate of the above are requested to communicate with THE DANIBH CONSUL, The Arcade, Singapore. 26-1 mwf 30 1 EXCAVATION CONCRETE WORK Tenders are invited for Excavation, Timbering and Concrete work, at the Singapore Electric
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    • 630 2 Notices THE BAtGOWNIE R BBER ESTATES, Lid. Declaration of Interim Dividend and Notice of Closing of Transfer Books. Notice is hereby given that a Second Interim Dividend of 10 per cent, has been declared by the Directors on account of tbe year ending 31st March, 1914. payable on Saturday, the
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    • 418 2 Wanted WANTED Qualified Kurasian take charge of saw-mill, iunst write English. Apply Box No. 368 23-1 WANTED Road Surveyor and Ovei i i ferred. Reply H 221 WANTED Malay ci.ik fot Mtfah N ernioent. Must write well an.: i Arabic character, also be iftlt writer. Apply by lettei GUTHRIE Ltd
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  • 653 3 I v BSLOGGBD 6i HOONKR :iiiur\ Ith A thnlliuij story d in connection with ..u schooner Kldorado, which K-ean during a fierce storm. -i- >f her cu-w of el. ■>vrda> ,i Idorado, in in fine Pi fri ><>und for Valparaiso. oi:th> out, hmvj weather I. The vessel had
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  • 543 3 i Relentless Proi'A(.\ni>\ m Crimi HHMf-M M\K ART. In the second of a series of articles ou The Indian Peril," a writer in the Times to day deals with the causes I and consequences of unrest.' He writes: A standard of prosperity never prey iously approached coincides
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  • 312 3 Idea OOKCBVRD M Years AGO at Belfast. Twenty Wye years ago a colossal industry was born in a veterinary shop at j Belfast, Ireland. There John B. Duulop converted a sheet of rubber and a canvas bag iuto the first pneumatic tire ever
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  • 1082 3 A Work and Travel Car.— The World's Growing Uniformity— A Durab *> Zinc Coating Progress with Leprosy- Recording Vibrations in Air— Seeking New Sheep Without the Cerebrum Stone Like Leaves A Meter for Steam. A farmer's vehicle that could be U6ed both for touring purposes aud farm work
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  • 540 3 Thkee Livkk Lost sviw Two MRU am. their KBHD Sydney. December 30th. Crounlli this morning tbe scene of triple -thing tragedy. Tbe victims were Mai Louden, aged 22. eldest daughter of A lick Louden, a well known boot inanuf; ol Sydney: Daphne Louden, aged 16. bra youngest daughter,
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  • 124 3 Hovel S New York. December ;>lst. M Phila delphia yesterday members of the Ameri can biological societies witnessed a remark able series of experiments showing tbe possibility of removing blood from the human 6y6te:n, thoroughly cleaning it, and then returning it to the body without danger. A
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  • 85 3 At the annual meeting of the membei of the Church Workers Association, held on Wednesday evening at the new Parish Room near St. Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur, Mrs Barnard retired from the office of Vice-President and Miss Truni" from the office of Secretary after a very successful
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    • 13 3 Stomach troubles. Take Woods Grtat Peppermint Cure. At all Stores 80 cents bcr
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    • 211 3 1 |j "-'K'BPLE'R'-li 11 Cod Liver Oil !l 11 W,TH M Malt Extract Qj V Famed throughout the world for its purity, v [n) digestibility aad delicious flavour. v C^J a I r pN "^x. Health -giving l& 1 1 I Food for_ 1 1 Backward. |j j| WtA r,
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  • 557 4 ann of gym. a member of the itaff of Bit Garnet II ;>eley in Kgypt. in 1883, and Sirdar of HM Egyptian Army, from 1886 to 1893, field Marshal Lord Greuiell was the most f ting chairman at the lecture given by Sir Claude MacDouald ou his remiuis
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  • 120 4 Allahabad, Jan. 8. The Aga Khan writing to the Pioneer tt yarding the recent All India Moslem league meeting says I may point out t.i.it when the president and members begged me to continue in office for a few more to enable them to consider certain changes
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  • 351 4 Liberty Means only License to Native. No people where the vast majority are utterly illiterate and grossly superstitious, as in the case of the Filipinos, are ready for self government," declared Prof. Gilbert N. Brink, former assistant director of edu cation in the Philippines, at the annual banquet
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  • 193 4 At one of the many private residential hotels with which the West End now abounds, there was recently an interesting incident, writes a correspondent. As usual after dinner, everyone crowds into the Lounge, and bridge tables are quickly manned. A new arrival an old gentleman with rheumatism and
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  • 92 4 For four hours the lady remained in the shop. She had visited every department and worried nearly every one of the assistants without spending a penny. As evening fell, one of the shop walkers approached her and said sweetly Are you shopping here, madam f The lady looked surprised.
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    • 818 4 _:iiii ii hit i in a ii a ii ai ii ii »i ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii h ii si ii a ten Ij NESTLES and KOHLERS CHOCOLATES and flw_BlriC^^£% v m i Rl_^_-_^_-_ &Mk SUPERB Amm _i.___L®_l mt tArn 'v*» 2_^£/£^2^_l_Ji______ E3fli 11 U 1
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    • 45 4 SIEMENS <— uw_Ha_aaaaa^^n*_wn mmmm. WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Telegrams SIEMENS, SINGAPORE. Telephone No. 647. Electrical Engineers, Manufacturers and Contractors. SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAMO WORKS Ld. Head Office Caxton House, Westminister, Loocoo. Supplie* Dept, and Store* Upper Thames Loodoc. Lamp* and Fittings Dept. Dalstoa, London. Work* Stafford and Woolkici
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  • 705 5 n.on p__y« with renliij Ml rs flteoll to il up here, vm Couth. ht ahead and the moun bseghftO, it is il for a great -m;p of com j dong, penetrating the oa an inland sea of More sugge-tive intain lake, tucked some
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  • 915 5 IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN SAMOA. \ikil;.\t Fungus which Dbbtbots Lar\ ak. Some little time a^o the authorities hi Samoa wrote to Mr 0. K. Moser, the American Consul in Colombo, asking bim for information regarding the measure* adopted in Ceylon to overcome tbe rhino beetle pest. They
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    • 47 5 Orimault's Skin Soap, so justly renowned of its cleansing and curative properties in rei moving dobie's itch, Ac, prevents all skin i diseases: it is nice to use, has a most refreshI ing smell and should always be used in h* countries in washing and shaving. 11
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    • 133 5 i __a _E9 Am y*^ r^^***~- -_*^-^>^V /TeluccaN I I CIGARETTES I|| I I BEAR THIS HALL MARK I I 7 P^_^""""^B9_B_i >_K^^p _s ___3-H__F_HBB_____^"^ IM TP^i^* lv^''7_^ I ___OBH_ r l-____C__ H __M__H_______B____l __E__fe_-___-_9___flN_H__H___________* X ImbC 7 r\ <\^' a__ Ch J. GAUPP Co., Chronometer Makers, Jewellers Opticians, 33,
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    • 788 5 it II MM DOULTON \S I SANITARY WARE Large Stocks Arriving Shortly j SOLE AGENTS CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS Ltd. I Auctions AUCTION SALE OF Excellent Teak Household Furniture, Piano &c. The Property of Captain Klimmet At Serendah House. No. 53. Scotts Road. On Saturday, 31st January, at 2-30 p. m.
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    • 290 5 AUCTION SALE OF UNREDEEMED PLEDGES, The Property of TEN PAWN SHOPS On Tuesday, 3rd Feb., at 10 a. m On Thursday, sth Feb., at 10 a m On Saturday, 7th Feb., at 10 a. m. The Pledges consisting of Watches. Chains. Gold. Diamond and other Rings. Earrings. Chinese and Malay
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  • 2328 6 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Jan. 26, 1914. H*m <r,»'i tne P r <«s th- P-oples HfcSt rmttdfc Oeawed t> influence Bad i-,->brit«d «y f»'-" ■i Tuatt i\ tormm*m*mommlmm i-lGt.pmji to fehpiots LrO**Jtl *r' One of the most remarkable things about the recent American legislation promoted by President WILSOH against
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  • 148 6 FURTHER GHARGES. Former Koyli Commander. B\ M maniM fcble]. Reuters Sebvite London. .Tan. LM. Ihe Arm\ case, in which sixteen def.i, charged, is being continued ,t i Police Court. The prosecution announced further KumrnoiiKeK h against a soldier and a n\i soldier is colonel Whittaker, fori command of
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  • 198 6 Ml i v H h LUG. The annual conference ol th. the diocese of Singapore Penang next Wedne&da The following clergy will af The Bishop of Singapore. The Bishop of North Queensland will conduct tbe <,>uiet Da> lot I Yen. Archdeacon I /.ard. Rev. F. W. Haines (Penan;
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  • 221 6 j To the Editor. Dear Sir, The Fund for which been appealing will be called "The apaneet Famine and Earthquake relief Fund, a* the intention is to include all w\ homeless and starving in Japan, wbetfctr from famine or eartbqu Very truly yours H. I 1 Archdeacon.
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    • 242 6 KELLY WALSH, Ltd., Singapore. NEW ANNUALS. 1914. JUST TO HAND. JUST TO HAND Ct*. 1 Whitakj s Almanack leather clojh side 140 2 Do. do. paper binding 0 60 3 Hazells Annual 2 00 4 Daily Mail Year Book 035 3 Alr.unak de Gotha 6 50 6 Who's Who 8
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    • 53 6 A cold and treacherous frosty night. A lady dressed in gown bo light A cough, or cold, and then to bed. A doctor gravely shnke* h. A lover comes hot t. ot and pint A new, a speedy, Hejtsaut cut. A marriage. Bachelor*, take tin A bottle tun* „t mJmake
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  • 91 7 SERIOUS, BUT MAY END Men and Masters Divided :naiilie ('.(Me]. Kkitbr's S«KVH a I lias been an ,n the coal strike. of coal merchants has resigned ,v 1 granted the It The Coal Exchauge has itioo and decided coal. There ilily of tbe o aat] Council 1 to
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  • 53 7 industrial out liie builders lock out moon but the numbers out will uot be known till Monday. .blv amount to 1 10,000. f the week the Car i niou decided to recommend their I uot to cart coal. The iv i i i basittad to the
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  • 61 7 m J of ittt attar.. at Dahlia, fracturing his vita a ■aoral. His condition is preMany Builders Waiting. 1 rty thousand of those locked Ixsilding trade iv Loudon yes peememA themselves for reemploy Monday. Consequently the will hold a council of war and an il will be
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  • 62 7 S .A. Labour Leader. i Raav '24. The South African it M 1 I'resswell, arrested at Johan -rmrg. has been sentenced to a month's imprisonment without hard labour and to .i tine of .£2O for publishing a pamph v la excite ill feeling, lie was also i -L'lo or a
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  • 90 7 ion lav. 24. Frost, preventing the signal working, caused a collision between Kngadine Express and a goods near lining car of the express was telescoped and the train attendant injured. English passengers had narrow -i ape-;. Another express which left Paris five *.es later was brought to
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  • 35 7 London, Jan 24. A son has been born to the Princess Victor Napoleon, the first lirect heir to the Bonapartist claims to the hroue of France since the birth of the :'rince Imperial.
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  • 22 7 London, Jan. 24. The pall bearers at ird Strathcona's funeral include Mr liarcourt. Lord Lansdowne, Lord Aberdeen md Lord Cardiff.
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  • 30 7 London, Jan. 24. Divers have now placed a hawser round the sunken submarine AT and it is hoped that she will be brought to harbour by Sunday.
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  • 16 7 London, Jan. 24. Wells has beaten the frenchman Pigot in the first round.
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  • 71 7 alarmed by an elght- yeau-old Boy. Berlin, Tuesday, Dec. 30. It has just been ascertained, says the Tageblatt. that the two shots alleged to have been tired at a sentry in Zabern were tilv two shots fired from a toy pistol by the. eight year-old son of
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  • 88 7 A Wild Boar Hunt. London Jan 24. The intense <*old has tdy lasted a fortnight, and is increas he hardships of tbe coal strike poor. There were strange scenes when the ladier Guards and the medical students were loading and carting coal the depots for the barracks hospitals,
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  • 378 7 THE REICHSTAG DEBATE. Vehement Speeches. [By Submarine Cable]. KhikbV Sbhvicb. Berlin, Jan. 24. There is intense interest in the Reichstag full dress debate on the /.abern affair between the military and the populace. The debate immediately became heated. Dr. Frank, a Socialist, vehemently denounced the Crown Prince
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  • 240 7 Deaths From Cold. There was a further fall in the temperature on Dec 2.*, aud the snow and frost which made their appearance during the week end became general. Even in the south west of England, where the weather had been comparatively warm, snow fell .md the
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  • 94 7 Ottawa, Monday, Dec, 29. Commissioner Fortescue, ofthe Mounted Police, was informed to day that a police patrol which left the Saskatoon district for the Porcupine River on November I is reported to have been lost. The patrol consisted of Sergeant Harper, Constable Stevenson, and Richard Harrington, a
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  • 56 7 After fifty years of good conduct in the Ancona penitentiary, the life sentence of Giacomo Casale, the head of a notorious band of brigands that harassed Italy for years, has been remitted by King Victor Emmanuel. Casale's astonishment at the altered world in which he found himself on coming out
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  • 65 7 CAMPAIGN THAT FAILED. i [By Submarine Cable]. Rkotbb'i Skk^ioe. Loudon, Jan. 23. Mr Lloyd George has again postponed opening the Scottish land campaign to the consternation of the Liberals in Glasgow. There have been fifty thousand applications for tickets. The date Tan. 28 clashed with the resumed Cabinet meeting regarding
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  • 20 7 London, Jan. 23. The Lord Mayor has granted the use of the Guildhall for the navy defence meeting.
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  • 30 7 London, Jan. 24. Captain White drilled a contingent of the Irish Citizen Army at Croydon Park, Dubliu. There were many reservists and the drill included storming tactics.
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  • 50 7 London, Jan. 24. A watchman ex tinguished the fuse of a bomb at the Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, and went to summon the police. Meanwhile a second bomb exploded, doing extensive damage to the huge conservatory and its most valu able plants. The outrage is attributed to suffragettes. I
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  • 34 7 New York, Jan 24.— The Mayor inti mates that arrangements are completed to enable Col. Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama Canal, to become chief commissioner of the police, New York.
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  • 25 7 Tangier, Jan. 24 Yaldrome, a French agent at Tangier, has been murdered by Frenchmen who were drunk, refused, work and were dismissed.
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  • 181 7 Old Sword and A Coffin. .ma A sword and musket of the period ot Queen Anne consigned to a theatrical costumier in Belfast have been detained by the Greenore Customs authorities. They were sent with a soldier's costume intended for a New Year's eve fancy dress ball in
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  • 222 7 The children of the boom denied That they were all for play. The cast their gramophones aside And put their toys away. For they had lately been decried By If- In-, the great V. A. The children of the boom sat down, Far too depressed to
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  • 57 7 Mr Percy Edgar Lambert, the racing motorist, who was killed on the Brooklands j track on October 31 last, left estate j valued at .£10,535 4s. gross, with net personalty £10,014 2s. His will was made on a printed form, and he left his life policies to his mother, but
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  • 135 7 CONFERENCE DISUNION. Possibilities for East. i [By Sibmanne Cable]. K KUTEB 8 SEBVICB. London, Jan. 28. A conference of North Atlantic shipping lines which has been held in Paris during the week has accen- tuated the friction between the N. D. L. and the H. A. L.,
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  • 72 7 London, Jan. 24. At the meeting of the London City and Midland Bank, the Chairman urged Mr Lloyd George to appoint a Royal Commission to consider the gold question, including a scheme for the issue of an emergency currency. He suggested that if the Joint Stock Banks
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  • 32 7 London, Jan. 24. The issue of a million and a half sterling 4$ per cent bonds jn the Pacific and Great Eastern Railway a t 95 was over subscribed.
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  • 65 7 AYashington, Jan. 24. President Wilson has made a statement explaining his re commendations re immigration. He did not contemplate disturbing the arrangements with Japan in any way, but the recommendations were designed primarily to exclude Hindus. He said his view was that there should be no restriction against
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  • 85 7 Berlin, Jan. 24. With reference to Richter's allegations, Siemens have issued a statement pointing out that as was customary in countries outside Europe, all their naval business in Japan was done by native agents, who were naturally paid a commission by the firm. The firm never paid
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  • 36 7 Washington, Jan. 24. The Senate has passed the Alaska Railway authorising President Wilson to purchase or construct a thousand miles of railways in Alaska at a cost of not exceeding 40 millions of dollars.
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  • 376 7 At Canterbury, on the Feast of the Circumcision, the Archbishop of Canterbury consecrated the Rev. Francis Lushington Norris, D.D., as, the third Bishop for North China, and the Venerable Edward Domett Shaw, M. A., the Archdeacon of Buckingham, as Bishop- Suffragan of Buckingham.
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    • 306 7 JUST ARRIVED as* HENRY HEATH Ltd. (HATTERS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING, A CHOICE SELECTION OF SOFT ADAPTABLE FELT HATS IN THE LATEST STYLES AND COLOURINGS. ALL SIZES STOCKED. Sole Aoents S.S. A F.M.S. ROBINSON Co. {Special Lines I NOW SHOWING AT Katz Brothers Ltd. LADIEB' PURE BLACK BONELESS WASHING
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    • 266 8 Shipping GLEN LINE of STEAMERS Ltd. FOR United Kingdom or Continent. {Calling at Plymouth to laud passengers, if sufficient induce inert oft* The s. s. GLENFARG 3.647 tons. 11. J. Henderson. Commander, is due here about the middle of March, and will have prompt despatch. Through fare, Singapore to London
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    • 544 8 Shipping BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ltd. FOR PENANG, MADRAS AND NEGAPATAM. The Company's Stkamer 'TAB A 6,322 tons, K. W. Hamlyn, Commander, will be despatched for the above ports on Thursday, the 29th inst., at 5 p.m. She has excellent accommodation for first and second class passengers. Terms and
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    • 664 8 Auctions INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd Direct service to Japan via Hongkong Shanghai and to Calcutta via Penang from Singapore. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for Canton, Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtsze Ports. Formosa, the Philippines, &c, &c, Ac. STEAMERS. Tons Commander Kutsang 4,895 R. C.
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    • 658 8 Shipping M. M. 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
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    • 683 8 Shipping N.D.L i 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. Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connectinf j Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veisa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang I Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtan
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    • 517 8 Shipping P. &(f STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports. Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading Issued (or Zo&nt, Persian Gulf. Continental and Aim ricaPorte. Steamers will leave Stngapor* on MAIL LINES Homeward (fob Europe) From Singapore, connecting a Colombo with 1914.
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    • 756 9 Shipping Toyo Kisen Kaisha S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. The New Route Via China. Japan, Honolulu and San Franto m\\ points in the United States, Canada. Mexico and Europe. !oa 'i:-.p:» meem Tmnfme Liners shinyo make 'tenyo and the Q46OM of tne I'aciflc. Lquipped with Wireless Telegraphy
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    • 471 9 SINGAPORE'S OMtV COWANY. LURBEST 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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    • 145 9 HONQKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $15,000,000 RESERVE FUNDS Sterling £1,500,000 at 2.- 815,000,000 1 MQ Silver Reserve $17,450,000/ *>4,4ou,uuu I Reserve Liability of Proprietors... $10,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. S. H. Dodwell, Esq., Chairman. Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Deputy Chairman. G. Friesiand Esq. G. R. Laurenz. Esq. E. Goetz
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    • 498 9 The Eastern United Assurance CORPORATION Ltd. Head Office— Si nc.apore. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). Authorized Capital $5,000,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.— Risks accepted on Build ings and Merchandise at current rates MARINE DEPARTMENT.— lnsurances effected on Hulls and Cargo. For full particulars as to rates and all other nformation apply to
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    • 351 9 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. I v lift. HEAD OFFICES,' NORWICH AND LONDON. Looses Paid exceed £30.000,000 Lowest Rates of Premium. Prompt and Liberal Settlements. T HE BORNEO Co Ltd. Agents FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1862. Direct Government Supervisio» Government Audit. Policies are WORLD WIDE and Nob Forfeitable.
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  • 542 10 <..'Vernor Forres on the Philiim-i Shall we make a second Mexico of the Philippine Islands f This is the question which has been asked by W. Cameron For bes, former Governor-General of the Philippines, who addressed the Boston City Club on tbe insular problem on December
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  • 241 10 The fact that immense deposits of coal have been discovered in the Japanese portion of the island of Saghalien (now known by the name of Karafuto) should prove a matter of some importance for the shipping trade in East Asiatic waters. The initial discovery was made a few
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  • 155 10 a coincidence that in the next mail after there appeared an article in this journal dwelling ou the anomaly of everybody connected with the administration of justice being paid well for every minute of his time excepting the juror who was only not paid but lost money
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  • 496 10 How it Would aid British Resorts. Members ot the Royal Society of Arts listened to an able paper on the Channel Tunnel by Mr Arthur Fell, M.P., and in the discussion that followed not a single voice was raised against the proposed scheme. Lord Rotherham, who presided,
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  • 438 10 What Skfton Thinks. Following so closely in the arnica of Penang, the Selangor Turf Club ex i tive should certainly be pleased with t >• support given to their forthcoming wtftiDg by the other affiliated clubs of the s. R. A. With the exception of Seronok. <ri<rify, The
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  • 490 10 Per P A U str Marmora, connecting iv, ilttr China at Colombo, duo Jan. 23. —Mr^ Miss Thomson. H. L. K. Graburn. A Mr A Mrs F. R. Marsh. A Marcan, Mt AUri W. L. Kemp, Mrs Howard. J.K. Hay craft I R. Gough. E. Kternbe g. E
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    • 409 10 For Cuisine AND Cleanliness TRY THE EMPIRE HOTEL KUALA LUMPUR. 5-12 5-6 A unique cure against Acidity, Heartburn. Loss of appetite etc., etc. DYSPKPSIN A dose is effective in severe cases. Price 75 cts. per phial. Advance with order. Post Iree. To remedy skin Diseases, Gout, Chrouic Rheumatism, Mercurial disorders,
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    • 316 10 r %ftr TKc Value of Good Sight, mtk Sight stands for everything that is valuable E-^^B or enjoyable in life. Without it our entire m earning capacity would be gone, as also the -m enjoyment of the beauties of nature .art, TTmrilrf literature, music, etc. You cannot tell if ■KR&
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    • 106 10 MASSAGE Miss HARU Mr. FUJITA No. 14. Queen Street. Are well known to many Doctors H Singapore as the most accomplished Japanese Masseuse and Masseur. We Advise Ladies and Gentlemen to try our Missage as well as Medicine. If you ere healthy try Massage twice a wees to keep your
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  • 1468 11 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, Jan. 24. Jaf Ibhub. Paid. Law Div buybrb 8hll,«B8 86,000 28 2s Allagar 9% 1 11 2 4 500,0 0 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 4 1} 5 0 160,000 28 2h Anglo-Malay 16% int 9 6 10 3 60,000 2r
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  • 71 11 (Corbbctrd dp to Jan 24 Bank 4me a 4 7 1C demand 2.4 3.32 Private credite 8 m's 2-4 15-32 credits 6 m/e 2-4 23 32 Francs demand Bank 294 4 Germany, demand 288$ India, T. T. IT4 J Hongkong, demand |yl Yokohama, demand 114$ Java, demand 141 Bangkok,
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  • 150 11 Jan. 24. Tin 275 tons sold 187. 87$ Gambier buyers 6.87$ Gambier Cube No. 1 10.76 Gambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. Spore 19.00 Pepper, (White fair) buyers 88.25 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) 24.00 Nutmeg. (80 to the lb.) 25 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina)
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 21 11 "BORNEO" CEMENT STOCKED BY STEWART WILSON AND COMPANY. Kuala Lumpur. AND THE BORNEO Company Limited. SINGAPORE. Sole Importers. SUPPLIES NOW AVAILABLE.
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    • 84 11 For Colic and windy spasms. Take Woods Great Peppermint Cure. Sold everywhere 80 cents a bottle. ■MHMHHBHMMHHHBHBBHHB The Singapore and Straits Housekeeper's Day Book. Names of Articles in English with phonetic equivalent m Malay. Contains- Bazaars Account (52 weeks), Cook's Cash Account, Beef and Mutton Account. Dnobie s Account, Summary
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    • 13 11 For all internal complaints. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 80 cents a bottle.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 874 11 VKSSKLS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders From Arrived For When Sea Belle F.M.S. 400 Ahmat P. Sham, 201 F.M.S. Cncertain Kuantan F.M.S. 249 Egdom Kaant*n, 1510 F.M.S. Dock Steamers Hat. Tonnage A Mas** From Con B igneee For rII^W <° ,k pontianak. 231 Ships Agency Pontianak 26 W r
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  • 1425 12 ,F*om our rum LorrtsPonaeru.) January, 1. The New Year'> Honours List contains few surprises so far as Scotland is con- cerned, and i. of a more official character than usual. As was generally expected, Mr James BIJCCs the venerable historian and publicist, politician and diplomatist, receives a peerage
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  • 241 12 Business men who have relati >:i- with the Dutch colonies in the East will find much useful information, well to their needs, in the English Secti »n ol La Gazette de Hollande." a journal poblfahed at The Hague in French and Eng iab. The object
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  • 197 12 A Barge -Load of Loot New York, Dec. 28. The four buccaneers, whose extraordinary feat of piracy on Christmas night astonished even New York, were charged yesterday with piracy in the Recorder's Court, at Hoboken (across the river from this city), and were remanded by Recorder McGovern
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  • 453 12 The annual general meeting of the above company was held at the registered offices of the company, Commercial Union Buildings, on Saturday under the chairmanship of Mr C. Bergsma. There were also present Messrs D. C V. L. Boomkamp, F. C. Peck, H. Wolskel
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  • 409 12 SINGAPORE CHINESE GIRLS' SCHOOL. The annual prize distribution ceremony and entertainment in connection with the Singapore Chinese Girls School was held before a fair gathering of spectators at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday afternoon. Close upon a hundred prizes were presented by Lady Evelyn Young to successful scholars. The
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  • 110 12 The British India liner Tara arrived from Madras Coast ports on Saturday morning with general cargo for discharge. She replenishes her bunkers, loads for the return voyage and sails on Thursday afternoon. Six deaths are reported to have occurred on the Stentor which arrived in Singapore on Saturday
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  • 96 12 Clydk Firm Establishes Branch at Esquimalt. For the sum of £60,000, Mr A. F. Yarrow, of the well known Clyde shipbuilding firm, has purchased eight acres of land and the shipbuilding and repairing plant of Bullen Brothers at Esquimalt. With the development of Canada's
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  • 11 12 The Penang Volunteers have gone into Camp this Chinese New Year.
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  • 87 12 East Wharf (Basin)— Hong Moh East Wharf Section I— Benvenue. Tara. Hong Sheers Wharf— Nil Bee Main Wharf Sec. 2— Quiloa, Manche 3 Perak 4— Nam Sang 6— Nil 6 Keemun, Stentor New Dock Sec 7— (Under construction.) West Wharf Sec. B— Meinam, Wongkoi Jardine's Wharf
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  • 196 12 Per Lai Sang Mr A Mrs Mcd worth and child, Miss Ruth Gordon, Miss A. vVillett. Messrs CO. Moy, N.N. Blomeneld. J. Sarbour. Per Bohemia Mrs D. E. V. Durage. Mrs B. Hackmeier. Misses E. A G. Modiano, Miss M. Rauchbach, Misses E. A B. Morgenstern, Miss J. Kugelman,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 7 12 Calendar received The Shanghai Life Assurance Co.
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    • 202 12 AUSTRALIAN Pure Creamery Butter > m> < Singapore Cold Storage Co t Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCHES. I AT THE I HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, I NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. I To- Night! 2nd SHOW To-Night ll I I ITALA SUPERB QUALITY FILM I I Victory or Death m LENGTH 5.000 FT I A
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 297 12 SWIMMING CLUB LAUNCHES. Monday, k Tuesday, 26th 27th Jan. Johnston's Pier 9, 10 and 11 a.m., 2.30 and 3.30 and 3.30 p.m. Club Bungalow at 9.30 and 10.30 a.m.. 12.15, 3 and 5.30 p.m. WEATHER REPORT. These Weather Telegrams are tranauiltieC by courtesy of the E. E. Tel. Co. and
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