The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 January 1914

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    16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. JANUARY 29. 1914. NO. 8,04 (J
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    191 1 Mr C. W. Darbishire is nominated by the Chamber of Commerce as its representative on the Legislative Council Page 7. There is an outbreak of cholera in Kedah Page 6. Mr Vanderbilt's yacht has been wrecked but the millionaire and his guests have been rescued by a
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    ITHE FRESH WATER PEARL.
    1083 1 The fresh water pearl Usher is a gambler, 6ays Mr Torn Shiras, writing in "Popular Mechanics. The chance t he will find a fortune in a season !i. him into malaria ridden swamps, along mosquito infected rivers, always hoping. Sometimes when the glow of fe\ m
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      562 1 FEATURES UIPTHDIA TUEATDC three nights only a. AX T T A T% jri-xTN A Beach YlulUnlA IntAlht A A I I A I/ I A oeacn Comriiencing WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 The AbnAJylpß/i Road. THEMAUDALLAN TO-NIGHT I EMTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME NIGHTLY 2nd SHOW, 9 3O TO 11 p. m. AND
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      201 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Horse palanquin ar.d harness for sale Page 2. Birds of Paradise for sale Page 2. Meeting of Chamber of Commerce Feb. 9— Page 2. Municipality call for tenders for work at the pumping station Page 2. Ship notices Fernando Po, Yatshing, Edvanna, Oriental African and Indian African line
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      151 1 THE WEEK Thursday 29th High Water 0-45 a.m., 0-9 p.m. B. I. Homeward mail closes. Presbyterian Church meeting, 8 45 pm. Friday 30th. High Water— ll2 a.nj.. 0 47 p.m. B. I. Outward mail due. Marine Motor Service mtg, Down <fc Co, 12. Legislative Council 2-30 pm. Spore Plani ng
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    THE AFTER-TREATMENT OF MALARIA.
    222 2 >i»- Komilil RpM'l statement in his great hook, In India alone malaria has been otticially estimated to kill every year on the average 1.130,000 persons," brings home to everyone the appalling danger of the disease but to no one does it appeal with greater force than
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    FINEST TENOR 1 EVER HEARD.
    424 2 !>, i; Vikw. Warsaw, Russian Poland, Nov. 20.— Is i .iruao's rival coming? Jean de Res/ke, thekiugof tenors until I i U't't lue stage, says Yes." The man who is to put Caruso in the li has beeu taking lessons from Jean de Res/ke at
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    A CURE FOR WRINKLES.
    274 2 \s a result perhaps of the constant I .try and hustle of modern life, and the vous strain tnereby entailed, many a -man tiuds that fine lines and wrinkles I appearing on her face—' crow's feet," > aking their unwelcome traces noticeable >out her eyes far
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      220 2 The most radical and most t>earcbing remedy for all troubles of tbe bladder and urinary passages is fJf H H jH H m si* V Baa If w Bd£ Abolishes pain and effects a cure. Obtainable at all Chemists. General Agents, S.S. F.M.S. MAYNARD Co., Ltd. 11-3 SINGAPORE. tte F.
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      548 2 Notices HOTEL JOHORE BAHRU. Tenders are invit+d from applicants wishing to take over on lease the working of the Hotel Johore Bahru. i Applicants may be for one or more years on a monthly rent payable to Government, and should be addressed under sealed cover to the Secretary Hotel Committee,
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      633 2 Notices j SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND EXCHANGE. Notice is hereby given that a Special General Meeting of the members of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Exchange will be held within the Exchange Buildings, Singapore, on Monday, 9th February, 1914, at 2.15 p.m. Business. To vote oq the nomination
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      506 2 Notices EXCAVATION A CONCRETE WORK. i Tenders aie invited for Excivatiou. Tim < bering and Concrete work, *t the Singapore i rltctric Tramways Power Station, Mackenzie Koad. M. B. FRIEDBERGER. a.m.u .E.. Consulting Engineer, U, Raffles Quay. I 26-1 31 1 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. The Annual General Meeting of the
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      461 2 Wanted WANTED Malay Clerk for British North n i itnment. Most write \v< 1) Sl nd in ,ti Arabic character, also be able to uwriter. Apply by lett< GUTHRIE Co Ltd, 8-1 WANTED Chinese Clerk tor Bnti Government. Must understand <?<> and have a thorough knowledgi writing aud shorthand. Apph
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    RUBBER SHARES AS AN INVESTMENT.
    1664 3 A Long View Or Their Merits. The present range of prices in the rubber share market proves that the investing public by no means appreciates intelli gently the actual position of the planta tion industry. Otherwise we should not see shnres in first-class estates, which,
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    WILL THAT MADE HISTORY.
    200 3 Great Thellussox Bequest Case Recalled. The death of the Rev. Ernest Charles Thellusson, which has just occurred at 1 1 Oxton, near Birkenhead, recalls the famous I will of Peter Thellusson, whose eccentric bequest brought about a change in the British law of succession. Peter Thellusson
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    CEILINGS AND PANELS.
    50 3 Beautiful and adaptable to any style of Architecture and to any method of interior finish, are the CRANE wonderful Art Metal Ceilings. Cool, clean, white ant, and vermin proof, for Bungalows, Hotels, and Public Buildings. For illustrated catalogue and particulars write to The Borneo Company Limited, Singapore.
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      269 3 I BENGER'S gi AV'v^t^^ft^ Natural mmmk v^l S^^Sk^^ i« entirely free from any t y r^^^&^ V chemical substance >1 3 Jf whatsoever. V^ jL It is different from all ~*7 y\^^Sr^^\ other foods in being 7 0t j v icniifically combined j*^r with natural digesli V ""vT^^i princi] i.
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      235 3 l^^W says you' need vsl^l v^^f strengthening food PTKFPI FP'l i%^^4f (Trade Mark} rJS r*rr~^ "S k S Cod Liver Oil fi§ H with Malt Extract Kg /^JA V^\. 'l.-. ;-J-^V It is all food conccn- L#3#s 'VryiS trated, delicious, digest- f/wv>r \Ja^2 uO;DIiIVE-R O*L strengthening. r\/*\/ 7;| Scientifically prepared
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    INDIA'S RICHEST RULER.
    569 4 \m 09 Km. RABAD. The bu»it e 3 (.likf n Nizam J are di 'he I'nited Mr Henry D Bak« r. in a r i Wmahiwkgtoa. Up 1 1 i 1 c uparativelv recent li*Mt, lie. remarks, 1! 4 though, geneialiy speaking. mo-t import tut N itive
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    THOUGHTS OF A PROFESSOR.
    632 4 I Prof. Eucken. of Jena, who it is said ii' no than any otunr living man, is shaping religion of the future says our great need is, in the first place, an understanding of our real poverty and an insight into the infinite possibilities of our
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      619 4 M 11 11 HBB Bl 88 88 88 11 88 88 88 11 88 IB 88 88 \Xl\ 88 11 88 8811 11 18^5 LJ X !fl Vir i# rStT^fisW'ffi mi\ The British War Office India Offlce I Itflß VMm MMMi W f f &I V Mi Admiralty, The Straits
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    HOW I WENT DUWN A VOLCANO.
    797 5 HULLING sToin 01 v DAW! KKAT. I t down the crater of work with a kiueinatograph ,-dgeofa burning, roaring. >s two miles or more ♦hrough walU of poisonous Miging by a thread line on cliffs la peril of asphyxiation and the thrilling story told
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    HOW TO WATCH THE WORLD GO ROUND.
    407 5 i'ksiu'll'm, the shadow, and the Screen. A demonstration proving the fact that the earth is going round was given by! Professor H. H. Turner, Saviliau Professor; of Astronomy in the Tniversity of Oxford, in the first of the 88th course of Christmas juvenile
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    ALL ABOUT AMBER.
    241 5 Now that there is such cra/.e for amber and so much of it is worn it is astonishing how few people know anything about it, what it really is, or where it comes from I The strangest stories are fabricated about it. quite as strange as the
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      97 5 For all Stomach troubles. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. At all Stores 80 cents a bottle. I this I is 9 IT! J WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound j£~\ TASTELESS ODORLESS j v>f i I it S s paration of COD LIVER __=j| oil. Does all that is 1+
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      377 5 For Cuisine AND Cleanliness TRY THE EMPIRE HOTEL KUALA LUMPUR. 5-12 5-6 THE BANGKOK TIMES (EBTABLIBHED 1887.) LEADING PAPER IN SIAM. DAILY AND WEEKLY ENGLISH AND SIAMESE LARGEST CIRCULAriON. KELLY AND WALSH, LTD., Singapore Agents. Telegrams TIMES, BANGKOK. AUCTION SALE OF UNREDEEMED PLEDGES, The Property of TEN PAWN-SHOPS On Tuesday,
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      810 5 Auctions PERAK SALES ROOM S. IMPORTANT ~SALE OF LAND, AT TELUK ANSON, LOWER PERAK. By Order of the Court of the Judicial Commissioners at Taiplr.g re Administration Suit No. 72 of 1913. The undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on the Bpot on V'ednesday, February 11th, 1914,
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    The Singapore Free Press Thursday, Jan 29, 1914.
    1629 6 The Singapore Free Press Thursday, Jan 29, 1914. »na'l the Pres, Ifcl Peondi rlgiit malattSfc Onawec? b> mfluerce and crbnbed by fvla -»t->;t Trat ber ci.'nscs precepts 4*rw. K :r* to Rt!i;>«R <OVtH| Ufl L*fV The telegram in to-day's issue refer, ring to the disagreements between the general Labour Conference
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    498 6 Mr and Mrs E. T. C. Garland arrived last week by the P. and <). China. Another steel lighter, of HO tons capacity, has just arrived at Port Swettenham. Mr \V. J. Hodge, of the Chartered Bank, Penang, has been visiting Kuala Lumpur. Mr (i. R. Mackie, of Bearwell Estate,
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    TRONOH'S ENGINEER KILLED.
    60 6 (From Our (Jim Correspond' f |)UII Mr James ManritoHU. th. engineer cf Tronoh Mir.. Paging when motorii g from Ipol. early this morning. He of the car and died almost neck being broken. The Knylj> Vj>jt The X O |fXX defentrd I P tion football by one
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    PENANG NEWS.
    72 6 volunteer! Going >• (From <>ur (> < Major <i<Mieral Stepbenson the VolunteoN \< v,, i,v were 206 on parade. Th<> I I plimented those who were n, said that he saw im MMM I bandrnent ol the Corps. Mrecruiting would be stimulated port. (jciniMii Eiii|»( ror's Birthday. Tbe
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    CHOLERA IN KEDAH.
    65 6 still Bitfcnr SarioiiK. [From Our Own ('orrery, Pen :.na. Im Mrs Hoops, the wife of the Sta: of Kedah, is recovering from a tuild of cholera. The outbreak is still serous are a dozen cases a day. mor-th in the villages around Alor Stai. I n uUo
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    SELANGOR RACE WEIGHTS.
    153 6 (From Our Own ComtpomdetKuala Lampui Jai The following are the handicaps for the second day 6 racing at Kuala Lumpur Race One. Brown Comet 10 4 cbaritv 7.9. Race Two. Rigadoou 9.7 itOMbak lf\ Yeoval 8.2, Helon of Troy J Race Three. Pedas 9.10, Iri Toby 8.10,
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    231 6 Hon. Mr Dabhikh for coincii.. A meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Exchange was he. terday in the Exchange Buildii Those present were -Messrs the Hon. D. T. Boyd, (Boustead and I Tomlin (Adatnson, Uilfillan and E. Bramall (Barlow and Co. 1 .1. Deuniston (Borneo
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    16 6 Among visitors to Kuala 1 Messrs Frank Adam, A. 'C. I Patenoa und M lin.u... i
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      222 6 COLD L I "»V"v WHITE LIBEL (FrTY^C I (I'l SLSw ÜBEL $1700 J>^\l\[2\Jrs^ Mr^L $I4 25 rer dozen JA l^^l^^i d Z6n less 5 I^*' /^S^ l 9 less 5 (Taty extr» i j j vt > e xtra^ BL SCOTCH WHISKY Jls "Prepared for £xport. EXTRA SPECIAL, GOLD LABEL.
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    PEOPLING AUSTRALIA.
    116 7 MORE EMIGRANTS NEEDED. Revision of Mail Contracts. IKK'"* SEBVK I Bj >ul>niarin» Cable]. MtOSi interim Minimoiis Commission deals ralaaia ami tuft th it the system ...!,:,li emigrants are recruited in 1 Kingdom is ant 1 and Ml ;ire needed to i>» tropical parts of ITS to he fl
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    FIGHTING IN EAST AFRICA
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    PANAMA CANAL ZONE.
    6 7 First Civil Governor.
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    NEW YORK WAYS.
    65 7 Anything for Money. Norl. Lan huring the trial of 4 a gang for placing a bomb in a ent hou*e, another member of the confessed to having placed eighty I in hou&es in the city, m consider ition for moneys pa»d by property owners hoping to \>t
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    ANTARCTIC TRAVELLER.
    55 7 Honoured in Paris. London. lan. 28. Commander Kvans lag v visic to* Paris, where be is being tiucb feted, being entertained at luncheon tnd presented with a gold medal by the 'ans Municipality. He lectured before the uijraphical Society, where M. Poincare ed on him the insignia of
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    THE TANGIER MURDER.
    24 7 ilier, lan. 28. The murderer of the ''reach agent Valdrome has been found lead in his cell, hanged by his braces.
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    MILLIONAIRE'S YACHT WRECKED.
    59 7 Distinguished Passengers Saved. tak, lan. 2-v- Mr F. W. Vanderucht Warrior has struck on the M Cape Aquatra on the coast of jlumbui. A steamer rescued the Yan'•rhilts, the Duke and Duchess of Manbetter, and Lord Falconer, who was roeeeding to New York. crew remained aboard the
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    242 7 Cosmopolitans of Bangkok are wdently Dot a superstitious lot, having heir ball for Friday the 13th February a Jute that will iup.ke the nautical community turn in their sleep. (S. <>.' A man uamed Malan was bathing in the ilochor canal on Sunday when he was ken by a strong
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    LABOUR TROUBLES.
    191 7 A STORMY CONFERENCE. RfciTßß'a Srkvicb. [By Sibmanne Cable*]. <ilasgow, Jan. 11. -The Labour Conference is sitting here aud there were some animated scenes when the Conference was considering the work of the Labour members of the House of Commons. Mr Ham say Macdouald said that tb»»y had done
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    LABOUR LEADER RELEASED.
    24 7 Johannesburg, Jan. 2*. The Government has released Mr Cresswell the South African Mem her of Parliament charged with inciting to riot.
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    MARINE ENGINEERS.
    40 7 Move for More Pay. London. Jan. SB. A ballot is taking place among the nniriue engineers of the L'nited Kingdom on the question of a strike for increase of pay, remuneration for overtime, and extension of home leave.
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    INCREASED TAXATION.
    35 7 On Whom Will It Fall. London, Jan. 18.— There was a prolonged Cabinet meeting yesterday, at which it is believed that there was discussed the increase in taxation necessitated by the Navy Estimates.
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    GALE IN ST. PETERSBURG.
    89 7 City Nearly Flooded. St. Petersburg. Jan. 27. The greatest alarm was occasioned last night owing to the extraordinary rise of the river Neva under the pressure of a violent gale wMck overthrew men, blew out the street lamps. tore off the roofs of houses aud even
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    CRISIS IN PORTUGAL.
    60 7 President Defeated. Lisbon, Jan. 27. A ministerial crisis has arisen which resolves itself into a conflict between the President aud the Premier. A Congress of the two houses yesterday adopted a resolution supporting the Premier and disapproving of the pro gramme of the President, who recommended a
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    PHOTOGRAPHER KILLED BY LION.
    24 7 Nairobi, Jan. 27. Frit/. Schindler, a cinematograph operator, has been fatally mauled by a lion he was attempting to photograph.
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    KILLED BY A MAD MONKEY.
    62 7 London, Jan. 28. A Bangalore message says Corporal Gardiner of the FortyFourth Field Battery, has died of hydro phobia from the bite of a pet monkey, which was bitten by a mad dog six months ago. The monkey also bit a number of Gardiner's comrades
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    JAPANESE INTEREST IN MEXICO.
    40 7 London, Jan. 28. The Captain and fourteen officers of the Japanese cruiser Id/.umo which is lying at Manzanilia have arrived at Mexico City. They return to their ship on the 30th, after visiting placet of interest. > <
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    56 7 The popularity of the Haftles Museum in holiday time may be judged from the fact that during the two days of the Chinese New Year 8698 persons have visited it, 2417 on Monday and 6281 on Tuesday. This is much less than last year (13,436) but that, of course, is
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    R. M. S. P. CARDIGANSHIRE.
    1109 7 In spite of the apparent stagnation of things in Singapore due to the combined effects of holidays and rain, the march of events has not been stayed by our few I local showers, as was evidenced on Monday afternoon when the huge bulk of the
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    MAXIM CAMP.
    329 7 Taking advantage of the Chinese New Year holidays the annual camp at Raffles Liglit, which is always very popular with the Maxim Company of the S. V. A., was again held. The men mustered at Johnstons Pier on Saturday afternoon and went by the war department launch Moonstone
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    NAVVY MISSION SOCIETY.
    204 7 For thirty six years, The Navvy Mission Society has been actively at work amongst men, and their families on public works. Spreading throughout the world now wherever there are public works the etforts of the mission are much in evidence, aud on every hand men respond to
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    Y.W.C.A. BUILDING FUND.
    62 7 Y.W.C. A. BUILDING FUND. The committee gratefully acknowledge the following subscriptions Previously acknowledged $14,649.48 Well wisher 25 B. Petrie 25 Chinese Christian Association 21.10 A. N. Wyld 20.25 G. Rayner 15 Mrs Carver 10 Mrs W. J. F. Williamson 10 W. H. Beadsworth 10 W. K. Van de Velde 10
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    132 7 I hear, though I do not vouch for the precise accuracy of the information, that the busted Chino-Siam Bank held mortga gee on either 42 or 48 motor cars. I always wondered how some people managed it, but this fairly lets the cat out of the bag. Talk about the
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      222 7 JUST ARRIVED as* HENRY HEATH Ltd. (HATTERS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KINO) A CHOICE SELECTION OF SOFT ADAPTABLE FELT HATS IN THE LATEST STYLES AND COLOURINGS. j ALL SIZES STOCKED. Sole Agents S. S. F.M.S. ROBINSON Co. gg^JjX_&__WALSH, Ltd., Singapore. NEW ANNUALS, 1914. JUT TO HAND. JUST TO HAND. 1
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      460 8 Shipping I COMPANIA TR AS ATLANTIC A OF BARCELONA FOR Colombo, Suez, PortlSaid. Ports of Spain and Liverpool. The Spanish Mail Steamer "C. LOPEZ V LOPEZ Is expected to arrive here from Manila on Saturday afternoon the SM January and will be despatched for the above ports at 1 p.
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      551 8 Shipping ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE The I. s. SAL AMIS 2,796 N. R. is due to irrive in Singapore in March and loads for i touth African Ports without transhipment, j Provided sufficient inducement offers the steamer will also take cargo for Mauritius. She has excellent accomodation for Ist. 2nd and
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      563 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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      661 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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      671 8 jfhipping N. DX 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, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veisa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtan Nagasaki and
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      531 8 Shipping P. &<T STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading iHbued tor iAni Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and Au.» r c Porte. Steamers will leave Singapore ol MAIL LINES HOMEW4KI) (FOR EUROFK) From Singapore, connecting a
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      758 9 Shipping Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTALS. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Fran:o to rM points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. -crew Turbine Liners SHINYO MARU TENYO MA fcad .mm of the Pacific. Equipped with Wirelesfi Trlecrapby :i nienr^n
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      791 9 SINGAPORE'S OILY COMPANY. IARGEST MID up CAPITAL OF INY 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
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      853 9 S SoR?io N e Ltd SBUPanCe NORWIGH !INION "RE OFFICE. U U LIU. K(jLN'DKD n Head Office— Siagaporw;. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICES.^ Anthori/ed Capital $5,0(0,000. NORWICH AND LONDON. FIRE DEPARTMENT.— Risks accepted on Build- 1 ings and Merchandise at currett rates. koss** l J *'d exceed £30
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    MOTOR NOTES.
    893 10 Wearne Bros are to be congratulated ou their very good showing for the year, especially when it is considered that the active services of one of the DMUMgiBg directors were not available for a length ened period. The motor business in Singapore has certainly had a boom period
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      169 10 I TWO POINTS YOU SHOULD REMEMBER ABOUT 9 I Continental I I Tyres. I Ilow price! I HARD WEAR I FRESH STOCKS If FROM ALL DEALERS AND GARAGES W 11 OR FROM THE jjtfj I CONTINENTAL TYRE RUBBER Co, I F LIIMTED. g FORD THE UNIVERSAL CAR. Count the cost.
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      56 10 MASSAGE Miss HARU Mr. FUJITA, No. 14. Qulen Street. Are well known to many Doctors In Singapore as the most accomplished Japanese Masseuse and Masseur. We Advise Ladies and Gentlemen to tiy our Message as well as Medicine. If you are healthy try Massage twice a week to keep your
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      583 10 nlpife 11 k o shipping nlUll Vlln O Pacilic Mail S.S U. U. S. MAIL LINf COMPLETE WITH WIRE SPOKED WHEELS AND VI IKII Nn CP AP VIA INLAND bLA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU Semi -Tropical Rout( -m/^ I "*/V Only line taking the waruu I 111 I 1 1
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1476 11 Issued by PHASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, Jan. 28. Oa*. Issue. Paid. t.ast Di?. Boybr^. _dli_rB. 85,000 2b 2s Allagar 9^, jH 24 500,0 0 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 4 ij 53 150,000 2s is Anglo-Malay 16% lnt 9 71 10 6 50,000 2s 2s Batang Mai
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    EXCHANGE
    68 11 iCORBBCTBD UF *0 Jan. 28 Bank4m/s J-4 7 16 demand 3-4 332 Private credits 8 m/s 24 1532 credits 6 m/s 2-***** Fbancb demand Bank 294 f Grbmany. demand 238 i India, T. T. 174J Hongkong, demand 17} Yokohama, demand im 1 Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 66i Sovbbeigns,
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    PRODUCE.
    151 11 Jan. MM. Tin 1 .'ii tons sold 189. 67* 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 83.25 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) 24.00 Nntmegs (80 to the lb.) 26 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves
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      70 11 OVERLAND CARS. 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 full particulars to Huttenbach
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      68 11 j The Singapore and Straits HouseI keeper's Day Book. Name* of Articles in English with phonetic equivalent in Mabiy, Contains- Bazaars Account (53 weeks), Cook's Cash Aocount, Beet and Mutton Account, Dhobie'B Account, Summary of Monthly House Expenditure, Tables tor Calculating Wages Due, Bazaar Weights and Measures, Fruits Indigenous to
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      939 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tonn Commander* From Arrived Fot When Sea Belle F.M.S. 400 Ahmat P. Sham, 20-1 F.Ms. Uncertain Kuantan F.M.S. 249 Kgdom Kuantan, 15-10 F.M.S. Dock Steamer* Nat. Tonnatfe Martet From Conaißneet For Batavier Brit 215 Simpeon Natunas, 9-12 Teo Ho Lye Natunaa B. WhattHin Brit 195
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    A DELATED TELEGRAM.
    1070 12 POSTMASTER GENERAL A> PROS EC I TOR. Tklkoraph Clerk A<qlittkd. In the fourth court yesterday afternoon, K. S. Menon, a delivery clerk, employed at the General I'ost Office, appeared to answer a summons alleging him to have delayed the delivery of telegraph message 210 on January 9th.
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    "DEEPAVALY."
    225 12 DEEPAVALY." A public ineetiug of the Hindu Community was held at the Hindu Association on Sunday, 2ath, to consider the advisability of petitioning the Government with reference to the Bill now before the Legislative Council to amend the Holidays Ordinance. A large number of the leading members of the Community
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    SINGAPORE ROWING CLUB.
    408 12 Annual General Mektin<; Tlie annual geueral meeting > the Singapore Rowiug Club was hel I t the 8.0.0. last evening under the chairmanship of the hon'ble Mr C. W. Darbisme. There were also present Messrs Hi ghes Davies, Langham, Selby, Fre» nter, Powell, Jollinger, Feindel, G. Wa!
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    52 12 The European, John William Neill Hammond who was last week charged before Mr Forrer, the third magistrate with cheating the International Dispensary in respect of medical attendance and goods to the value of 916 and Messrs Campbell and Co., tailors and outfitters in respect of 988.40, has been discharged on
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    LONDON RUBBER WIRE.
    68 12 ACTIVE AUCTIONS, A Rise in Price. (From Our Ovm Correspondent.) Loadon, Jan. 28. Anglo- Malay declares an interim dividend of eight per cent. Rubber shares are the most active department of the Stock Exchange. At the auctions 964 tons were sold, the prices being 2^d up. There
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    RAUB GOLD MINE.
    51 12 The following was the result of crushing operations at Raub for the four weeks ended the 24th .January. Bukit Koman, Stone crushed 4,168 tons. Gold obtained 801 o/s. Average Per ton 3,843 dwts. Bukit Malacca. Stone crushed 4,080 tons. Gold obtained 386 o/.s. Average Per ton 1.892
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    DYING OF THIRST IN THE DESERT.
    316 12  -  Earl Percy Told by A thrilling story of the bravery of the Arabs, our allies in Egypt, is told by Captain Earl Percy, of the Grenadier Guards, in the current issue of the "Army Review," which is the official organ of the Imperial General
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    RECORD FOR WELSH PORTS.
    85 12 The trade prosperity of the past year is evidenced by the coal shipments of South Wales ports. Cardiff has had exports 10 per cent, in excess of those of 1912, which were then a record. Last year's exports approximately are 11,500,000 tons, over 1,000,000 more than
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    NO OLYMPIC GAMES AT ATHENS.
    102 12 The Greek Government has decided to abandon the proposed holding of the Olympic Games at Athens iv 1914 on account of the international political situation. The Temps contradicts a message which has been sent to the effect that the Athens Committee was about to nominate
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    STATESMAN'S ROMANCE.
    121 12 A romance in the life of the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, the statesman who represented Wolverhampton in Parliament for forty five years and died in 1898, is recalled by the death on Wednesday of Mr Hamilton Fane Gladwin, of Seven Springs, Gloucestershire. Mr Villiers attracted the only
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    171 12 The Kurohiine Maru discharges a cargo of Japanese coals at the wharves. The Holt liner Demodocus from home ports discharges part general cargo here. The N. D. L. coasting steamer Kohsichang loads transhipment cargo for Bangkok. A well-known local skipper asks if j the time ball at Fort
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    A TANGO CENSOR.
    131 12 Boston, Jan. 1. Despite the great, popularity of the Tango a dead set is being made against the dance by officials and church people. At Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the. centre of the very beautiful and fashionable Berkshire Hill country, where for many years the British Ambassador had his
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      237 12 fhe GOVERNMENT "BLUE BOOK' has just arrived from Canada It shows every item of business clearly. It names all Stocks and Bonds held, l>ought or sold by the Con > pan *nd gives the price paid. After providing for the Reserves on policies according to the law. and a including
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