The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 February 1914

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1 12 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY FEBRUARY 2 1914. NO 8 04'.)
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  • 206 1 Result of Saturday* 1 S.R.E. (v) shoot is giveu on page 12. The Liberal majority in Durham has been reduced Page 7. A shipping disaster in America has co6t many lives— Page 7. Lord Roseber? has had to undergo a serious operation Page 7. The investment and
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  • 1295 1 A WOMAN'S IMPRESSIONS OF THK NEW HEBRIDES. Indine Ua\. the j.<wel of li with the moon i -.ug like a ball of Mai behind cone shaped mountain*, m- tinct and so ive volcanoes, with low. flat islands and h!gb i ones, reminded one of Norws daylight f;:d< d. the water.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 219 1 AN UNRIVALLED PICTURE-DRAMA IN 4 BIG REELS 4 Entitle? THE INHERITANCE OF REMI DAUBRAIS. STILL FIGURES ALHAMBRA r 2nd SHOW, 9 3O TO 11 p. m. while there are TWO FIRST-RATE FILMS iu Mm M Bkow, 7 3) ro 9 p.m. Maja or a Modern Witch Story -A Vitaseopd Special
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    • 298 1 VICTORIA THEATRE THREE NIGHTS ONLY A Commencifig WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY AT 915. P. M. THE MAUD ALLAN ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME NIGHTLY AND CHERNIAVSKY COMPANY, HJj/^IJD ALLAN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF W. ANGUS McLEOD. and Leo Jan and Mische Far Eastern tour booked and directed by ~fc.Tl A W T£** W7"W7
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    • 74 1 THE GAIETY PICTURE PALACE Corner of Albeit Bencoolen Streets THE CLEANEST, COOLEST BE£T HALL of its kind GRAND PROGRAI.::»IE FEATURED BY Balaoo THE MAN MONKEY INTRODUCING M. BATILLE The World's Best Animal Actor Thrilling and Sensational SUPPORTED MY A SOLDIER'S HONOUR A Grand Military Drama AND CAPTAIN KATE Thrilling adventures
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    • 171 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Wolseley car for sale Page 2. At Theatre Royal, Berma Shadan Page 1 Paul and Co. for high class photography —Page 2. v 'e.^eus Bros, for high class ceiling fans Page 7. Shipping Siaui Steam Xav, Co Indo- i China Co; latest sailings Pa^-o 8. Robinson Piano Co.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 125 1 THE WEEK. Monday 2nd. High Water— 2-30 a.m 2-42 p.m Purification Candcmis. M. M. Outward and Homeward mails due. Monthly Miss. mtp. Piinsep-st. Church 8 15 p. Tuesday 3rd. High Water —2-57 fc.HI., 3-24 p.m. Moon First Quarter. St. Blai/e. Chapter St. George Emergent. 9 pin. Wednesday 4th. Pigo Water-
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  • 486 2 k.r Wardrobe and Imit\tion Sea. Hiring the year just closing 30,000 ications have been made for patents in tUe United Kingdom, the total being pracilly the same as last year. Veronautics have once more attracted ;he attention of the ingenious, some five b mdred of the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 307 2 THE ROBINSON PIANO Co HAVING KKCEIYrID A Duplicate Shipment OF ENVELOPES ARK OFFKRING THEM AT Cost Price to Clear. PRICES AND SAMPLES ON APPLICATION. SIEMENS WINCKESTcft HOUSE, SINGAPORE. i leguams SIEMENS, SINGAPORE. Telephone No. 647. ;Electricai Engineers. Manufacturers and Contractors. i SIEMENS B!!O7H; RSJYNAaO WORKS, U. Head Oflcc Caxton House,
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    • 756 2 Notices TITI TIN COMPANY, Ltd. Notice In hereby itvea 'hat a further Dividend of -5 iK'i cent, has this day been declared on account of the profits for the period tnded 31st October, 1013. The said further Dividend will be paid on Thursday, sth February, i914. The transfer books of
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    • 405 2 Notices PAUL Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC A«T:3T3, No. 57, Selegie Road, Singapore. PHOTOGRAPHS ONLY OF THE HIGHEST ART. CHILDREN S PORTRAITURE A SPECIALITY ENLARGEMENTS AND MINIATURES. Artistically finihhed in Black and Wbite, Water Colours and Pastels. CHARGES MODERATE. 2-2 mwf 2-3 GUAfI KIAT GO. SHIP-CHANDLERS, 37. PHILLIP STREET. GOYERNMEN V MUNICIPAL CONTRACTORS.
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    • 458 2 For Sale^ BILLIARD TABLE MR SALE Half size billiard table with all fittings. In good condition. Suitable lor small mess. Trial by appointment. Apply M BILLIARDS co tat Press." 31-1 uc FOR SALE One quiet and f-erviceable horse, with Palanquin acd Harress complete. Owner leaving the Colony. Apply CHING KENO
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    • 490 2 Wanted WANTED Capable Shorthand Writer and Knowledge of accounts dcsirabl. ing salary re<)un<d t<> BIME, DARBY Coy. Ltd. Malac<». 811 SHORTHAND TYPIST Wanted I— w illicitly muht >». willing to make hin,-« !t neraJJy antel. s. t i;ii\ ar cording to qualification^ Appl> l.\ BOX No. 31 211 WANTED EUROPEAN
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  • 839 3 t m l;l«Ut- tft The Topicist has pleasure i?-. «übmitt.ng the following Fable for the Times Two emiaently pacific citizens, who had lath in Mr A^qnitb as the man I iat all < ere walking v road one t! i > vkMI they vrountfred by a
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  • 635 3 The remains of the hull of an old woodeu warship now lying at Woolwich, wluie in ilays gone by there was an important dockyard of the lintish Navy, are excitiuj* the attention of n targe number of people. Mr .1. Seymour Lucas. i:.\.. after visiting the
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  • 473 3 Work. That Will Amrt .Mann Shipwreck. Neuter's agency is informed by Professor David, of Sydney University, who has just arrived in London, that while on the voyage from Australia, where he is the official representative of the Australian Antarctic he received :i wireless message from Macquarie
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  • 410 3 Will Stkal Ei.cs From Under a Hkn. Some interesting facts respecting the destructivene66 of certain species of crabs in Grand Cayman, an island in the British West Indies appear in a bulletin just issued from the Royal Botauic Gardens at Kew. The article is entitled
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  • 846 3 Mr Tiieodoi* 1 B nseve i~ <C South Aim. rit« t look At J'. \rlmdof ar *»oiii«; hours, and were moti received by tli«' Governor, who laoftored us over island. We lira, i at the Governor* hou>e iu tractive loomx strolled into beautiful garden with i 8 many stt
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  • 49 3 Messrs. Boving and Co.. Ltd., London who have the highest uputation in tut world as 6pecialißt6 in Turbines, Turbo l'urups and Pipe Lines have appointed The Borneo Company. Limited, Singapore as their Agent* and will |i ndvipp and eBti»n<t.' Ti p,, r Pipt i .i^J Pump jii
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 13 3 For all internal complaints. Take Woods' Great Fepptraiint Cure. dO cents a bottle.
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    • 169 3 \nvv half a wineglassful >^' /yf\ before or after each meal /^j \> zl k It is the ideal X\ > SfAN^f INVIGORATOR >W<l for debilitated bodies, <j zmr brains and nerves. > i > It will strengthen you <1 C, £r!xr and keep you perfectly j\ y .rr fit
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    • 44 3 Grimault's Skin Soap, so justly renowned ol its cleansing and curative properties in removing dobie's itch, &c, prevents all skin diseases: it is nice to use, has a most refreshing smell and should always be used in M countries in washing aud shaving. li
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  • 436 4 Dr. and Mks. Hoops Attacked For some little time past there have been sporadic cases of cholera at Alor Star, the capital of Kedah, and during the past few weeks the outbreak has a&suineu al most the proportions of an epidemic. The Kedah Government 'has. however, taken
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  • 233 4 It has been practically decided to abolish the use of funeral plumes on horses' heads from the 14th inst. The K.S.P.C.A. caused inquiries to be made which established the fact that horses do at times suffer by reason of this plume, especially in wet weather.
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  • 263 4 The General Post Office (according to the Press Association) is about to introduce an extension of the Baudot system of telegraphy, which is likely to he very beneficial to the public service. This system, invented by a French telegraphist and extensively used in France, is
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  • 176 4 Continued Deadlock. P Peking Dec. 29tb. espite Presidential mandates enjoining tnat unfair discrimination against the former adherents of the Kuo Ming-Tang party must not be practised, the vernacular Press chronicles wholesale dismissals from many of the Ministries, the discharged employes being practically all ex Kuo Ming Tangs thus
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  • 139 4 SILVER BULLS BEATEN. The dangerous bull speculation which has threatened the silver market for some years past is now at an end, say Messrs Samuel Montagu and Co. in their weekly report on the market. The comparatively small portion of four or five millions sterling of silver held in speculation
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 234 4 JT TT W V 1 T^ JT* T^ TT 1 i nn 11 11 nl— sm^ hrhi h 1 iki it 11 npa iVVI LiViV\r\l U j phemm m Y BRAND I «j»tt 1^ or m v /f I Sterilized, MILKMAID n£g^^/^^/^^ NATURAL STERILIZED MILK. ''IT WfelW TflE/IATURAL f^^^ sterilized
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    • 135 4 fm£ KlblL /J\ LIGHT CHEAP PIONEER STAND A most Handy and Useful Apparatus. Consisting of PIPE VICE STAPLE V|CE to take pipes up to with Jaws 2 ins. diameter 3^ i ns wide FOLDS UP FUT. EASILY CARRIED. Weighs only 75 lbs. PRICE FROM STOCK $30. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT BEHN, MEYER
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    • 26 4 GAGGINO Co., Raffles Square, Corner Bonham Street. NEW ARRIVAL. Spaghetti, Maccar.n P'idelini. lui Claret, Enibashy dut) fi«« $4.40 Antimalaiial M Esanof^lt' PllU. Tbt curt afairnt Malaria
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  • 743 5 ini mi. ok<> \mTii. \''chhi&hop of i u\ preached I "itfrhury < 'athedral. taking St. Matthew v.. IS. Lord Morley no meau judge -had late :>i»'J them, the Primate observed, that for getticg things done th«' perfectly 1 union might be of little avail. ierition mi^ht be only
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  • 81 5 l'hra Sawek, the well known white elephant, has lately gone M must," and •-r nlay iu the course of his gambols knockeJ his light tusk out, goring a post iu his stable. He has now no tusks reinaiuii:^, the left having been lost some I m a
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  • 317 5 I'Kl\ I l ,k i EUt l>\ii POEM Nf.i.i i}w\ tun Drury Lane orange sellers are an insti tution not lent, old than the theatre itself. For centuries, generation after generation of women have come and gone one build ing has succeeded another, but the
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  • 167 5 Official Advice to a.mkkk \n Husbands. Beginning on January 1 next, all coup les applying for marriage licences in Milwaukee will be presented with a printed list of don'ts.' This is a sequel to the Wisconsin eugenics law, which will become theoretically effective at the New Year,
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  • 167 5 SOVEREIGN REMEDY FOR DRUNKARDS. Novel Schkmk in York. Alderman Vernon Wragge, a former Lord Mayor of York and Recorder of Pontefract, is making a novel attempt to reduce the convictions for drunkenness in York. A year ago he offered a sovereign each to twenty persons most frequently convicted of the
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  • 171 5 It is a common but none the less an noying experience to find that a cheroot will not draw because some small insect fiend has bored a hole in it. The animal that does the damage is a kind of beetle known to its intimate acquaintances as
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 463 5 1 _^^jK^^_ ~~^*~~^^*Bwß*^M^*^^bn. Double Your Present Income That's what you can do— no matter who you are or where you live. You can positively double your present income by working during spare time or permanently a* a one minute photographer. One man earned over US pound* in 3 rnontha-— anoth-r
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    • 337 5 For Cuisine AND Cleanliness TRY THE EMPIRE HOTEL KUALA LUMPUR. 5-12 5-6 CELESTINS VICHY TABLE WATER. This most ce'ebrated and incomparable table water in order to meet the rising demands of the public has been new introduced here in small bottles, being formerly only used in large ones. The YICHY
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    • 461 5 MOTORISrS!!! LEAKY AND STAINED HOODS 1 emieicd absolutely waterproof and will look as new by applying AGGORDIAN FLEXIBLE PAINT CANVAS )PvBuo^> PANTASOTE AND LEATHER HOODS. Supplied to tht Wai Oftic*. London Country Council Colours. Black, Buff. Browu, Grey. GALLON FOR TWO SEATER -1 GALLON FOR FOUR SEATER 1 GALLON FOR
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    • 210 5 AUCTION SALE OF PAWNBROKERS UNREDEEMED PLEDGES ON Monday, 2nd Feb., at 10 a.m Wednesday, 4th Feb., at 10 a. m. Friday, 6th Feb., at 10 a.m. Jeweller, consisting of Watches, Chains Diamond Kings. Brooches. Earrihi: lets, Cninese and Malay Geld Oman On view from 30th Jan.. 1914. POWELL ft Co..
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  • 1375 6 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Feb, 2, 1914. Caawed by MtMOOt Bad •:.-'brsb«d b? f«Jtl *i*lM«i to Hel.eioo. LovO<j Those who have had the opportunity, that opportunity itself being a privilege, to make themselves acquainted with the writings of that unrivalled authority on naval history, Admiral MAHAN and the principles
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  • 745 6 Arrangements have been made with the Government of Hongkong for the loan of the services of Mr J. A. S. Bucknill. Attor ney-General of Hongkong, to act a6 Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements for seven months from the beginning of April during the absence of Sir William Hynd man.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 100 6 1 u Kiutok. Sir. 1 local r.tiildint: L«»v J li.if all doc windows opening into path nuiht h. 1 hung to open inwards al though these door* wouh day and t>e hooked back close to th» You may have noticed though that screen doors are allowed to op*ti
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  • 111 6 Tm I '"ll:« UK .1 Mr A. Q. VT*rd, Leati u afternoon uft.t only ten liou: PoOow Sugars and Smart v. him. Mr W ard d«>:.r h mean u> both socially and otliri.il]> teen >h;i; Home on ]<■■.:■ Doctor Ho- out still weak, while Mrs :1 >
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  • 388 6 Agents. Dei ricl and Co. lat The Singapore Msait of M. Trilii Vice Consul 'or Franco h»ve. m interested lo learn that he k iDg having receded a similar app at Bjsli i rl.oid. The llev. .lames King, ricar a erwick on Twoed, form. of Si.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 248 6 ICELLY WALSH, Ltd., Singapore. NEW ANNUALS, 1914. fUST T* HAND. JUST TO HAND. Ct*. 1 Whitakc s Almanack leather cloth side 140 2 Do. do. paper binding 0 60 3 Hazell's I :iual 2 00 4 Daily K; i Year Book -0 35 0 Air.; nak de Gotha 6 50
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    • 9 6 KEV. W. RUXCIMAN The Manse, I p.p.c. Cavcnagh RcaJ.
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    • 35 6 Should mac in his blindnew, Deny a small kindness To others when suffering pain The tin's what nihkt H And sneezing, '•<!*»■ »t Ifi siuaply a -,jf.'i) ol •i-.Lupalgn. 'Jake Wood s f'epjx riuiiit <'ur.\ -i.i
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  • 98 7 THE DEPORTATION INCIDENTS. Government's No Surrender '.ible"). KtGTKft'S SXBVI B. Lon! Mm: :he South African I uiaa }\ir m eui in a »peech N .uts uf w inont-. hat Ministers deem it advis i iloaHng i r pruhl. ■iii'. unfi! I iin^; gave notice of a Hill tmal
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  • 32 7 l!lil!^ ml Wh:- ,iiig .Mltiil I il 1 pei on which our Empire ••^d w ro Ibc whole vern I ";trlii to saddle Uj?u" ■as] enti meiess.
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  • 36 7 K. Mnith. 1011. Mid thai it was easy for to put dittcnltiei in thr wtj i i i t y for admittedly t who would v. ho in the S< ■•opi»» o! d
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  • 32 7 N'orrh f ham ..ijaiMs. Liberal, .e. t'nit >\\ Stuart. It] 1.571 ;!irities was aai the deportatiou of the South Afri ll M The Radical era! election i The t nionist
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  • 68 7 mi Praise. I -Mr Tafr. who is i £aest of the Duke of Con il'ut. il»-I ar a luucheou Ihi ...tu Club. H.JR.H. the Conuaught. Mr Bordea, Sir Wil and L'a!'i;u*t Ministers were Fafl said that there had been no ihiptban tb:t: of Briti-h -ice
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  • 64 7 reniag aud to morrow are the pportunities for seeiDg the splendid Ira, "The Inheritance of Kerai ae Alhambra. There are Is full of dramatic and picturesque and the story is adapted frora r Maloy's splendid novel. The accentres around the kidnapping of a heir by the proverbial wicked
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  • 137 7 lohu A. Bassin performed a surgical ;on at Poughkeepsie, New York, on a oy whose heart was too weak to permit the IM of an anaesthetic, and who was* lulled nto unconsciousness by the strains of Highland Fling." <>n board the Empress of India when she ft Vancou ver, says
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  • 113 7 SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES ADVISED. The Californian Trouble. [By Submarine Cable]. Kkteb'p Sbbvioi. U Vv':\shtngtou the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate has adopted a ilution recommending the irami'diite ratification of arbitration treaties with Octal Britain, Japan, and other natious numbering twenty four. The ratilication of the treaty
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  • 87 7 AMERICA 'S JAPANNED BOGEY. London, Jau. 81. The evidence of Rmut< i'uiial Vreelauds before the House Naval t ouirnittee at Washington has refanned the auti -lapauese agitation It is repor: oitf\l the layiug down of four capital shi[>> instead of two, owing to rumours of a heavy .lapa programme, ami
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  • 34 7 London. January :50th.— The Building Trades Federation reoommendi the with •al of labour on all jobs on which rtu-;ubeisof the Mister Builders' Association are engaged. A hundred thousand i are involved.
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  • 43 7 Berlin inn. 81. The Goreroot and other bi^jh ottteials of Alsace Lorraine have lesijjned. considering the ftoquiftialof Colooul Heuter and other officers by court Mart 'al a rejection on the i v l l authority. The Kuiperor is considering his decision.
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  • 38 7 Bombay .laa. 31,— Cart H. Butler of the iuides, who had been lent to the South Waziristan Militia, was shot dead yester•veiiiug by sppoy while attendir. Sepoys' dance at Wana. The mnrderei was arrested. £l!Qi
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  • 27 7 Dortmund. Jau. 81. Au explosion of iiredamp took place in the Achenbach mine i: Bi-ambaiur. Twenty kwo Aead bodies ul tereateen Injured have been recovered.
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  • 25 7 LonJon Jan. 31. It is officially announced that if circumstances permit the Kiug aud (Jueen will visit President Poiacare iu April.
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  • 14 7 Paris. .Tan. 81. The death is announced of M. Paul heroulede.
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  • 89 7 Thievks Posf. \s Monks. Madrid, Jan. 12. In a country mansion near Almeda on Saturday two men who posed as monks, suddenly covered their host with revolvers after they had been sumptuously entertained, and compelled him t3 hand over a large sum of money. They then made
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  • 186 7 The Peking (ia/ette is publishing aseries of articles on" The Revision of the Chinese Customs Tariff," by Sir Robert Bredon, K.c.M.ti., who ought to know what he is writing about, as he was a member of the Commission of the Tariff Revision in 1911. Sir Robert says This is therefore
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  • 133 7 MANY LIVES LOST. Ship Turns Turtle. LHy Submarine Cable]. Rkuteb's Seb^ioi. Norfolk, Virginia, Jau. 81. The passenger steamer Monroe bound for New York sank iu ten minutes as the result of a col llsion in a fog; 19 paaninaYini and 2^ of the crew perished. The 6teamer
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  • 92 7 A Useful French Loan. Paris, Jan. 30. The Temps stilts that it is in receipt of a wire from St. Petersburg announcing that the Fieuch Banks have signed an agreement with M. Kokovtseff for the issue of the first portion of a loan of j£24, 000,000 for Hussiaa
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  • 23 7 Lou Jon, Jan. 81. The boom in investmeu f securities continues, aad new loan successes are becoming an everyday occurrence.
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  • 58 7 Paris, Jan. SI. The incident of the Putiloff steel works has been considered closed, at least for the present, owing to the explanations of the Uussian Goveinmeut in response to M. Delcasse's representations, indicating that no participa tion of Krupps in the management and control
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  • 30 7 Paris, Jau. Bl. The French (iovernment has proposed in the Chamber of Deputies a credit ot" i-80,000 sterling for French participation in the San Francisco Exhibition.
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  • 27 7 Sofia. Jan. 31. The resumption of the diplomatic relations between Greece and Bulgaria is imminent. At first only Charges d* Affaire* will be appointed.
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  • 23 7 London, Jan. 3 1st. Lord Rosebery underwent a serious operation on the 12th, His progress is stated to be satisfactory. > <
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  • 188 7 The funeral of tbe lute Mr James Me Intosh, took place at Batu Gajah Cemetery Between forty and fifty Europeans were present, and the large attendance, on an extremely wet afternoon, is an indication of the respect held for the deceased throughout the district. The funeral took
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  • 98 7 Anglo Indian Heavily Sentenced. Rangoon, Jan. 8. At the Criminal Sessions of the Chief Court this afternoon F. W. Rolston, describing himself as an Anglo Indian Engineer, was sentenced along with two Burman accused to ten years' rigorous imprisonment each by Justice Robiu6on on a charge of
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  • 290 7 Head Bar Boy Acquitted The hearing was concluded on Saturday, before Mr H. A. Forrer, third magistrate, of the charge against Hong Keow Jee, head bar boy at the Hotel de l'Kurope, of voluntarily assisting in the disposal of stolen property— two £5 bank notes, the
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  • 286 7 On Saturday evening there was a good muster of the Maxim Company (S.V.A.) at the Sea View Hotel the occasion being a complimentary dinner to the commanding officer, Capt. Tongue, who goes on leave this week. Lt. Cuthbert took the head of the table and about seventeen
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  • 169 7 The funeral took place at Bidadaii cemetery on Saturday afternoon of the late Mr Albert Randolph Parry. The deceased gentleman, who was only 34 years of age, was an assistant on the F'ulau Bulang Estates and death resulted there somewhat suddenly on Friday, it is thought
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  • 70 7 A new telephone was opened on Wednesday at Port Dickson, which hitherto has not enjoyed this convenience. It has ten subscribers, while there are five applications. The exchange is connected up with the trunk line system on Selangor and Negri Sembilan, the charge for trunk
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 29 7 Apioline Chapoteaut is superior to steel dropi or pennyroyal and is a safe remedy for ladies. Recommended to remove pain, obstruction and the irregularities peculiar to the sex. 16
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    • 239 7 FOuMIISSEg* «C t C a vict-aoi cu iNoes rouftNisscuM OC S lc Kwtourc FAMOUS 0 Egyptian Cigarettes FRESH CONSIGNMENT JdST RECEIVED ROBINSON Co. SIEMENS! WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Telm.rams: SIEMENS. Singapore. Telephone No. 647. SIEMENS CEILING FANS POWERFUL '-^^^^8 SILENT ANO ¥^r'^'M Ws^^SSm AND SILEKT •M^^mßH^^^^jß* 1 POWERFUL THE MOST EFFECTIVE
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 299 8 Shipping GLEN LINE of STEAMERS Ltd. FOR United Kingdom or Continent. (Calling at Plymouth to land passengers if saftlcient inducement offers.) The s.s. GLENLOOAN,. 3.807 tons, J. McGregor, Commander, is expected here about middle of April, and will have prompt despatch. Through fare Singapore to London provided dufflsient inducement to
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    • 528 8 Shipping BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ltd FOR Port Swettenham, Penang, Negapatam, j Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore. Karikalj and Negapatam. The Company's Steamer "T A RO B A 6,309 tons. J 11. Addenbrooke. Commander, will be despatched for the above ports on Monday, the 2nd February at 5 p. m. She
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    • 677 8 Shipping WEST AUSTRALIAN S. N. Co. Ltd. FOR BANJOEWANGIE, BROOME, PORT HEDLAND, COSSACK, ONSLOW, CARNARVON, GERALDTON AND FREMANTLE. The s. s. MINDEROO 2,720 tons, Captain Mills, will be despatched from the Roads for the above ports on Tuesday, the 3rd February, at 4 p.m. She has excellent accommodation for passengers
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    • 615 8 Shipping 17 M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. NAIL 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 II Nera Mar 16 Paul Lecat Mar 29 Atlantique Mar 30 Dumbea
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    • 678 8 Shipping N.D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers of j this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, j Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (oonncctinf Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veiaa) Port Said, Sue/., Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtao
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    • 507 8 Shipping P. 0. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPAQ For China, Japan, Penang, Ceyi Cn Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading Issued f Coast, Persian Golf, Continental au Ports. r Bteamere will leave Singapore ,n or abou HAIL LINES Homeward (kob Ecrope, From Singapore, Conner Colombo
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 638 8 PASSENGERS EXPECTED. Per P<*Ostr Nile, due Jan V Capt. K. E Warden. J. B. Elcum. Mr-, R. C. Edwards and cluhlr* a. Mr. Mrs Misses Harper, W, G. Bant: Hindi.-. Mr A Mrs F. H. Blorc, Mr. A Mr> J. W. Williamson, W. (ireig. Mrs Rig- nell and children. S.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 758 9 Shipping Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. New Route Via China, japan, Honolulu and San Franco to a'l points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Tirb:'ie Lhut.- "SHINYO MAKI' TENYO Om i'aciCc. Equipped whn WlrelehaTnlcgraphy i 'ie. TIME TABLE FROM HONGKONG. 10th
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    • 623 9 SINGAPORE'S ONLY COMPANY. LARGEST PAID-UP CAPITAL OF ANY EASTERN COMPANY. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32. Old Jewry, EX. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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    • 503 9 The Eastern United Assurance CORPORATION Ltd. Head Office Si.ngapoju:. (Incorporated in the Straifs Settlements). Authorized Capital $5,000,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.— Risks accepted on Build ings and Merchandise at cun. t r^ttv MARINE DEPARTMENT.— lnsurances effect Hulls and Cargo. For fall particulars as to rates and all other nformation apply to J.
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    • 339 9 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. POmMH 1787. HEAD OFFICES,' NORWICH AND LONDON. tiOSßes Paid exceed £30,000,000 Lowest Kates of Premium. Prompt and Liberal Settlements. THE BORNEO Co, Ltd, Agonii FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 188S. Direct Government Supervision Government Audit. Policies are "WOULD WIDE ac<2 No« Forfeitable. Large Nett
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  • 1038 10 Treacherous Earth Movements at i cucaracha. That the opening of the Panama Canal on January 1, 1915, is not yet an absolute certainty is stated by Colonel George W. Goethals in the annual report of the Isthmian Canal Commission, made public htre to-day. Additional slides may
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  • 429 10 Singapore, Jan. 28th, 1914. Beans, Long per catty 07 do. French do 18 Beef perlb. 20 Beefsteak do. 22 i Bean Sprouts per catty 2J Bamboo Sprouts do. 3£ Blachan do. 20 Brinjals do. 07; Cabbage, Batavia do. nil do. China do. 12 do. Salted do. 05
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 353 10 Health for Infants For over half-a-century Savory Moore's Food has been in general use, both at home and abroad. It has the reputation of being a thoroughly reliable food for Infants. Savory Moore's Food supplies just the nourishment u infant needs, in an easily digestible and \ery palatable form, and
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    • 246 10 H. S. KIRWAN, Fodder Contractor, Job Master, Horse Dealer, Breaker Trainer Telephone No. Immediate Attendance on Sick or Wounded Horses, Cattle or Dogs etc., in the absence of a Veterinary Surgeon. Carriages Benm &ted and repaired: Harness UeiTairs promptlj iV neatly executed Estimates for Carru repairs sent for approval beforehand.
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  • 1473 11 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, Jan. 31. Jap. luuub. Paid. Last Div Butbbb. ,->kllkrb 84,000 28 4h Allagar 9% 2 0 of 500,00 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 4 41 5 4 150,000 28 2b Anglo-Malay 16% int 10 0 10 10 50,000 2r 2s Batang
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  • 68 11 (COBBBCTID UP TO Jttn 31 Bank 4 m/s 3.4 138 2 demand 34 332 Private credits 8m e 3.4 7.13 credits 6 m/s 1.4 1116 France demand Bunk 294 i Germany, demand *38$ India, T. T. i 74 Hongkong, demand ih% Yokohama, demand 114$ Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand
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  • 145 11 Jan. 81. Tin buyers 191.75 Gambiet buyers 6.75 Gambler Cube No. 1 10.7fi Gambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. Sport Pepper, (White fair) buyers 88.50 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) 24.00 Nutmegs (80 to the Ib.) 26 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina) ncm Bali Coffee (4%
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 158 11 "Royal Household" Whisky. guarantee*] to be Exactly the same jh every respect as that supplied regularly to The Royal Household hy Messrs .lames Buchanan Co., Ltd., who hold the largest reserves of Whisky of any individual firm in the world. The necessary arrangements have now been completed which enable them
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    • 66 11 The Singapore and Straits Housekeeper's Day Book. Naynes of Articles in English with phon* tic equivmlmk in Maliy, Contains— Bazaars Account£(s2 weeks), Cook's Cash Account, Beef and Mutton Account, Dhobie's Account, Summary of Monthly House Expenditure, Tables for Calculating Wage* Due, Bazaar Weights and Measures, Fruits Indigenous to Singapore, Ac.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 916 11 VKSSELS IN PORT. Flag and Ton* Commander* From Arrived For When Sea Belle F.M.S. 400 Ahmat P. sham, 20- 1 FMS I ncertain Knantan F.M.S. 249 Egdom Kaanlan. 16-10 FMs'. DoT Sleamecb Nat. Tonnage Ma«tf From r^« i r mm ConHlßne€# For Batavier Brit 215 Simpson Natunas 91> T#»o h^
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    • 101 11 NEXT MAILS DUB. From Europe.— Per M. M. Nera with mails up to lOth instant, due to-day. From China.— Per M. M. Dumbea, due today. London Malls Despatched. Left. Die. Arrttti, N. D. L. Dec 29 Jan 21 Jan 11 B. I. Jan 1 Jan v8 Jan vh M. M.
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  • 1873 12 .From our Q-wn c« > ><ip-)na*ni.i Kdinburgh. January Some pertinent aud timely observation* on the economic future of the Highlands were made by Mr Munro Ferguson at In- j verne^s, observations which were all the more telling because he is a Liberal mem ber of Parliament and once
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  • 38 12 The Tibetan Government is now aiming at a monopoly of mules, and their agents in the interior are buying up all the mules they can get, to form a reserve of 4,000 animals, and thus force up prices.
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  • 208 12 TIES FOR MONDAY. MIXKI) DOV'KLKS. Miss Smith and Capt. Biugham v Mrs Hartnell and Mr Hooper. Mrs Hewan and Mr Mugliston v Mr and Mrs Wilson. Miss Feindel and Mr Black v Mr and Mrs Darbishire. Miss J. Gunn and Mr Moding v Mrs Scoular and
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  • 81 12 Despite the unfavourable weather on Saturday there wag quite a fair attendance at the Range at Balestier for the monthly handicap shoot of the above Club about sixteen putting in an appearance. The afternoon was a pretty good one for shoot ing though the
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  • 65 12 The followiug was the result of the ballot for 10 members who. together with the Committee, will form the Election Committee of the Singapore Sporting Club. A. Agnew, Hon. Mr C. I. Carver, Hon. Mr C. W. Darbistiire, F. Ferguson, Dr. J. A. R. Glenuie, W. J.
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  • 182 12 The birthday of His Imperial Majesty the Kaiser, which is always royally observed by the German Community in Peuang, was this year an event of even greater interest owing to the presence in the harbour of the German gunboat Tiger. At half past ten in
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  • 125 12 The Sarikat Islam. The Dutch Minister of the Colonies in his written answer to the First Chamber on their report regarding the Netherlands Indian Budget for IS 14 declares that he fully agrees with the approbations expressed by many of the attitude adopted by the Governor General
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  • 37 12 Among the passengers who arrived in Penang by the P. and O. intermediate were Dr. and Mrs E. L. Hancock and Mr J. T. Clark. The latter is the Health officer of the North Kinta Sanitary Board.
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  • 561 12 The Dutch warship De Ruyter, which J has arrived at Colombo on the way from the Dutch East Indies to Holland, is to be replaced in the East by the Koniugin Kegentes. The British India mail steamer Taroba arrived from Negapatam early on Saturday morning with mails and
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 192 12 AUSTRALIAN Pure Creamery Butter > < Singapore Cold Storage Co, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCHES. /TeluccaX II I CIGARETTES I I 1 1 I BEAR THIS HALL MARK I LATEST EXPERT OPINIONS OF DUNLOPS Dunlops need no bush at- all." BystatuL First, as usual, at Olympia." Wiutiiiuj Post. The Dunlop reputation .-tand-
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 289 12 SHIPS AT THE WHARVES. East Wharf (Basin)— Hong Moh East Wharf Section I— Hong Bee. Taroba, QuiSheers Wharf— Nil loa Main Wharf Bee. 2— Fook Sang. Hong Wan I 3— Perak 4 Kuroshinia Maru s—Minderoo5 Minderoo 6 Yunnan New Dock Sec. 7— (Under construction.) West Wharf Sec. 8-l'me Maru, Derfflinger
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