The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 February 1914

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1914. NO. 8.067
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  • 134 1 There is a considerable budget of wire news, commencing with comment on the week-end elections, and the illness of Mr Masterman Page 7. A Scotsman, a rancher in Mexico, has been shot by Villa and great eacitement is felt over the killing Page 7. The Rubber Growers
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  • 65 1 The oldest and largest makers of high pressure Pipe lines are Messrs. Boving A Co., who during three years delivered approximately over 300,000 tons used especially for Hydro- Electric service. For The British Aluminium Co. at Loch Leven they have installed 89 inch pipes for 98 ft. Head.
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  • 1635 1 Two old schoolfellows met recently, the one a literary man of some repute, the other myself, and. in the course of a long reminiscent talk, slid into a subject which is seldom discussed, and has never been thoroughly studied, although it contains useful material for the psychologist. It
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 239 1 A SPECIAL VITAGRAPH FEATURE FILM. UNIQUE IN CHARACTER KNTITLKD THE TIGER LILY IN 3 PARTS he Lily. As fierce and revengeful as the Tiger, her kindred spirit and compaS. .king the destruction of her own flesh and blood, she destroys herself." supported by APPLE GROWING IN THE STATE OP WASHINGTON.
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    • 464 1 tMOTßMiaH____t|M__M»««MWl COMMENCING MON DA V 23rd FEB., ((POSITIVELY FOR 6 NIGHTS ONLY) M AT THE I HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, I NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. I a Professors Rosa Fordo 1 (Direct from New York) 1 Fire eaters and Human Ostriches, Conjurers, Jugglers and Knockabouts, m I A Genuine Laugh. A Scream.
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    • 179 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Board of Licensing Justice Page 2. Board and residence at Barganny House —Page 2. P. and O. Co., new sailings Page 8. Chairman tobacco, and W. Page 6. Hupmobiles at Straits Motor Garage Page 5. Bulloch Lade's whiskeys, C. M. and Co. Page 7. The Sunbeam Car, Wearne
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 111 1 m THE WEEK. Monday 23rd. High Water— 9-20 a.m., 10-52 p.m. Lodge St. George Regular, 9 pm. Tuesday 24th. High Water— lo- 1 a.m., 11-18 p.m. St. Matthias. Concert Outram-rd., St. Matthew's Organ. Wednesday 25th. Higb Water— lo 46 a.m., 11-40 p.m. New Moon. Ash Wednesday. Thursday 26th. High Water—
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  • 156 2 UThe grievance of play goers and managers of .Theatrical Companies which visited Colombo for many years past, has been the inadequate Halls, with defective scenic arrangements wherein they had to stage their operas. Mr Maurice Band mann, who has visited Colombo for aeveral years past,
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  • 329 2 H()W TO OVEKCOMHTHK W'KAKNKSS IT CAUSKS Sir Thomas Ntevenson and Sir Shirley Murphy, in their treatise on Hygiene and Public Health," write with regard to the effect of the Tropical climate The diges tive powers are lessened, the nervous system is depressed, the functions of restoration and blood
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 484 2 f :t^_\i jW__M_fc>' (A > __N__i Y_____ It^v* __r Double Your Present Income That's what you caa do— no matter who you are or where you live. You can positively double your present income by working during spare time or permanently as a one minute photographer. One man earned over
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    • 634 2 Notices 1 NOTICE. rHE KWONG YIK BANKING, Co Ltd., (IN LIQUIDATION). The Liquidators of the above Company Messrs Lim Peng Siang, Leow Chia Heng end W. Lowther Kemp. Chartered Accountatt, tiereby give notice that all persons owing ironies to the Company are required to pay the same forthwith to the
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    • 845 2 Notices NOTICE. MEETING OF THE BOARD OF LICENSING JUSTICES. i The Meeting of the Licensing Justices for the Second Quarter 1914, commencing Ist April, 1914. will be held in the First Magistrate's Court, at 2.30 p.m.. on Friday, the 27th March, 1914. Applicants for transfers, renewals, removals j and new
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    • 505 2 To Let TO BE LET UNFURNISHED. The pleasantly Htuated residence known as Woodgreen No. 7. I'pper H ran goon Road, adjacent to Woodsville Estate. Immediate c entry. Apply to POWELL A Co., Auctioneers. 20-2 26 I OXLEY HOUSE, OXIEY ROAD. Double and Single rooms from Ist March. 19 2 Td
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    • 506 2 Wanted I WANTED IN THE MALAY STATES A good general mechani. j some experienoe of erect ion. draughts -nan and able to pre] I aud must have coium. rclal i I cai < xperience and speak Ml Apply A. B.C. i 21 2 I WANTED A EUROPEAN MECHANIC With thoroughly
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  • 1233 3 [XX o\ V TROOPSHIP. am U:l>correspondent, who has read D Uia The Daily Telegraph jag for th. \ru the ting life on board a I hired Trail- _< uptimes she may be No. 6 Ihe case may be for It just depends on the .rotation and
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  • 343 3 Interesting Memorial ox Wmmmcm Coast. To commemorate the world-wide importance now attained hy the Greenwich meridian, the French Academy of Sciences hm decided to erect a monument on the French coast at the point where tbe Greenwich meridian first encounters French soil. This is the little watering place
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  • 959 3 I Attention is drawn by the Malay States Information Agency to the programme of railway extension now under construction in the Federated Malay States. In the past the country has owed its steady financial prosperity largely to the wise policy, followed out by successive Administrators,
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  • 724 3 SOIN1) PRIWIPLKS AT WORK. Lord Kitchener and India. The recent rumours of the impending departure of Viscount Kitchener from his post of British Agent iv Kgypt have had a remarkable effect in a particular direction. The statements have emphasised tbe extraordinary hold which his personality has on
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  • 217 3 Quot homines, tot sententiac. But it is not very often one sees cases of prepossession in favour and prejudice against one and the same person as in these two different estimates of Mr Bonar Law as a political leader No 1. lam thankful to think that ne
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 53 3 Sufferers from Indigestion will und safe, pleasant, and permanent relief in Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, the family medicine of English Colonists throughout the World. I Its great virtue is proved by the fact that more than two million bottles are sold every year. At all Dispensaries and Stores 80 cents
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    • 208 3 FOR g INCANDESCENT OIL LAMPS USE Cross Kerosene THE CHEAPEST REFINED OIL ON THE MARKET. CROSS *'«»**«»»'■■> is specially suitable for burning in incandescent lamps and will give you MORE LIGHT _i a LOWER COST THAN ANY OTHER BRAND i mil- i OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS to-to -g JM j~*
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  • 753 4 When the Dominions i.oyal Comni:.i^aiu at Weetmiaatei on Jan B under the ch;.irmau_bip el Sil BdftM Vincent it hud before it ■talamenl pi ay re i by Pro fessor WyuJham li. Dunstan as to the work of the Imp* rial Institute lof which he is
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  • 321 4 CONFUCIANISM AS STATE RELIGION IN CHINA. Remarkabu: DbcisAohb. A remarkable debate, philosophically of the greatest interest, telegraphs the Peking correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," took place iv the Administrative Confer ence ou the subject of the worship of Heaven, many delegates evidently viewing the matter as one of the gravest
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 626 4 _i ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii is ii b Si^irmi ii niiii ii inrnTro BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE KING td^Sß& J *^^i^^^^^^^^^' :^P^ and F M s Government Hospitals *N THE FINEST, PUREST and RICHEST MILK 3 C Used in all the Principal Hospitals
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    • 85 4 > Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. Near Eotraoce to Boroeo Wharf Telephone 1U26. Sea stocks of all kinds c Frcsen Meats etc., can be delivered to shipping at the Wharves, or in the Singapore Roads on sbort notice. OFFICE HOURS. Weekdays 7 o.m. to 5 p.m l 17 a.m. to
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  • 745 5 fvm of Si* A-mk iation has Report and Accounts the Third Annual I held in Penang on 80th that the staff has been trrivul of the following i of IBM report Rev. K. A. k v. ii. Bum. Btov. K. L. M. A. Kveleigb. Miss M. spiou
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  • 384 5 What is the moral and religious life of the savage man I \s regards the Borneo tribes l)r W. MacDougall, at the Royal Institution recently, sought to answer this question. So far as the question of morals is concerned, said Dr MacDougall, when the
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  • 241 5 It is estimated, says the last issue of the Bulletin of the Imperial Institute, that there are at least one hundred useful kinds of timber-yielding trees in the forests of the Malayan Peninsula, and in order to facilitate their identification, by forest officers and others, the Conservator of
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    • 13 5 Waterbury's n nW i JtV^r PINEAPPLE %\\i}jr COMPOUND T H E Ideal Digestant
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    • 360 5 Hupmobile IN STOCK. THE POPULAR FIVE-SEATER CAR. Recognised as the best value for money on the market. Price, Complete, $2,130. CALL AND ARRANGE A TRIAL RUN. ABRAMS 9 Straits Motor Garage, 5 Orchard Road, Singapore. Telegrams: ABRAMS. Agents for NAPIER. VULCAN BIANCHI. Telephone: 719, .■mmmmmaammimm ittmmmm^mmammmnmmmaaammatmmamrwr ttu .i m.mmamur**mmr*«mmmmaammmmmaammmT i
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    • 791 5 A ujrM o n s AUCTION SALE OF EXCELLENT TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, COTTAGE PIANO, HORSE AND CARRIAGE, Etc. The Property of Mrs T. L. Gosling, at Sunnyside, No. ISt Thomas* Walk On SATURDAY, the 28th FEBRUARY, 1914, at 1.30 p. m. An excellent toned cottage piano by Misqulth Co., in
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    • 158 5 For Cuisine at AND Cleanliness m» TRY s ot THE EMPIRE HOTEL. Ik y KUALA LUMPUR. a 5-12 5-6 _L j F. CLARKE Co. torn. 207, QUEKN-ST., SINGAPORE Livery Stable Keepers. Fodder Merchants. For Rubber-tyred Gharries and fieet I uhte% tyred carriages, ring np Telephone (11 FODDER delivered to any
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  • 38 6 Domestic Occurrences. BIRTHS. At Cairn Hill." Singapore, on the 21st inst. to Mr Mrs M. Morrison, a daughter. At Handiey Cross, Grange Road, Singapore, on the 21st instant, Peter, infant son of Mr and Mrs H C. Cooke-Yarborouqh.
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  • 34 6 ttom sna'l _H Piess the People s rljat ma.att-i* flawed by infiuer.ce and urbribed by fatal H«.e p_H ot Truth ber jturfo'is pr_cap_» dial. f»^'__i__ to Rekgion. Lo»__s__? and Z_>~
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  • 2202 6 It is understood, although apparently no official announcement on the subject has been made, that all work has been now abandoned on the Harbour Mole, and that seems to be borne out by the fact tbat Mr. T. LEIGH MatTHF.ws, of Coode, Son, Fitzmaurice and Matthews,
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  • 51 6 RUBBER GROWERS ASSN. OUR LONDON WIRE. (From Our Own Corrmmmmtr, London At the annual meeting of n J# {üb Growers Association inscription collective bargaining mmm eBI6i impracticable as the producing .ndmtht too complex. Weekly auctions howe\ 1 The share market is vet a d,i; •ci ing lower sale prices. 1
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  • RUBBER RETURNS.
    • 81 6 (From Our Own OtoVVWtoftowitWl Kuala Lumpur. I »>.,. j] The Frenchman I'appineau dHHpi k connection with the Klattic case again remanded at Klang v. ;ur attendance of Fox. there c g al j ficulty in his removal to t; T__ prisoner says that he is prove I his
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  • 54 6 Law -Makinc. In I, No les6 than seventeen bills an down on tbe Orders of tbe Day for Council meet ing on Friday. The fii Copyright Amendment, General Loan and Inscribed Slock. Merchant Shipping Amend ment, Aerial Navigation. Third readings are of Malacca Lands. Padi ultivatorg Protection, Railway
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  • 510 6 Tbe Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge have just voted the followiuf grants, amongst others, viz:— X' ls a year for three years, being 145 in all, to the Bishop in North China <Rigbt Is*. K. L Norri6> towards the maintenance of Kn Wen ch'i as a theological student
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 94 6 CHAIRMAN FRAGRANT, COOL, SWEET. *vM I ii V; v "nr/rra" -~r— TlT'.TiiMiiriT- •jj/ s TOBACCO 80ctS. per tin. CIGARKTTES 45 CtS. per tin. KELLY AND WALSH, Ltd. GOLF! GOLF!! f*^ i=i n ben sayers> >&£ I UNIVERSAL GOLFER S*S&k i I PRACTICE AT HOME IB .«_f^ ."-v _______^^^^*HP_B f^~ 1
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    • 63 6 i A silly old duffer named Wray. Went into the Chemists one day. A botile he bought of a cure which be tbou_n* Would chase h s bronchitis away. His wife said, 44 Yon ass what a sell The name Isn't Woods' can't you ten Then quick as a thought
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  • 103 7 CANADIAN OIL. CONSERVED FOR EMPIRE. A New Bill. [By Submarine Cable]. Kecteb's Be*yic__ iwa, Feb. 21. A bill has been introjoced into the House of Commons ■I rbc Government power to prohiit tbe •xpor': of crude or partly made Mftroleum. The Premier said that the Sill was introduced as a
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  • 47 7 Feb. 21. The employers art -fully running eleven meat depot? performing all the work. Tbe int member of unions are talking of lgeneril strike. The iron workers rave un increase of wages, although working under an award. All ►he bit,* engineering works are idle.
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  • 121 7 King and Commerce. London Feb. 21. The King and Queen motored to the East India Dock warehouses in the afternoon and inspected the -ilk and tea departments, and an exhibition of Chinese. Japanese and Persian i)s. Their Majesties also inspected the itOffee of ivory and spices in the London
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  • 258 7 company of tbe Volunteers, numbering about 110, attended the service specially arranged on their behalf at St. Andrews' i>'dral yesterday evening. Major Glen nic was iv command and detachments from the Artillery, Engineers, Chinese Company, and Cadets were in charge of Major Makepeace. Lieut. Le Mesurier,
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  • 139 7 Kurasiau named de Souza went out shooting on Wednesday last, and his expedition had a rather undignifying finale* Making his way into a vegetable garden in Lavender Street, he laic down his gun and took off his boots, intending to bathe his feet. Three Chinese at this
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  • 216 7 TWO-SIDED VICTORIES. Mr Masterman's Indisposition. [By Submarine CableJ. Rbutbb'b Sebviob. London, Feb. 20.— The polling at Poplar is being carried on amid considerable excitement, Sir Matthew Wilson assisting the Unionist candidate. The result of the Poplar election is that Councillor Yeo, Liberal, has 3548 votes, Mr Clark the
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  • 139 7 Plain Speaking. Berlin Feb. 21.— Daring tbe debate on the Navy Estimates, Admiral Tirpitz said that the number of ships which according to the navy law should be serving in foreign waters has not yet been reached. It would be their aim during the next few years to
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  • 200 7 Cause of the Out. .rear I'nknown. So far the cause of the fire on the Tosa Maru is unknown. Representatives of the firm of Messrs Paterson Simons, the con signees, visited the vessel on Saturday morning and an exhaustive examination was made which failed to bring to
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  • 138 7 The "Tiger Lily." a picture play of in tense dramatic interest was a feature of the second show at the Alhambra on Saturday evening. Having for its central figure a passionate and unscrupulous woman who endeavours to wreak vengeance through the medium of her "twin spirit" (a
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  • 301 7 LIFEBOAT LOSSES. [By Submarine Cable]. Redteb's Sebvice. London, Feb 21. A Norwegian Schooner is ashore on the Saltees Islands (County Wexford). The Fethard life boat has been lost and another was stove in while the crew were boarding the schoonei. It is feared that there will be heavy loss
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  • 25 7 Washington, Feb. 21. The Senate has ratified without amendment the arbitration treaties with Great Britain, Japan, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Portugal and Switzerland.
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  • 24 7 Washington Feb. 21. Governor Goethals predicts that merchant shipping will be able to pass through the Panama Canal by July 1.
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  • 39 7 London, Feb. 21. A supplementary army estimate of £216,000 for aviation has been passed. London, Feb. 21. Col. Seeley has agreed to the postponement of the adoption of the War Office Bisley conditions till next year.
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  • 72 7 London, Feb. 20. The trial of Count Mielc/ynski for shooting his wife and her nephew, has been opened and the proceedings went on with closed doqrs. A doctor sat beside the accused who looked most dejected. He pleaded guilty to intention ally killing his wife and her nephew,
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  • 38 7 Birmingham, Alabama, Feb. 1. Blood hounds are tracking three robbers who held up the New Orleans Limited Mail near here, stole .40,000 from the mail bags, and escaped on the locomotive, which they cut loose.
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  • 11 7 London, Feb. 20. The Hungarian loan has been covered.
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  • 24 7 London, Feb, 21.— The Waterloo Cup final has ended in Dilwyn beating Leucoryx. The betting was two to one against the winner.
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  • 23 7 St. Petersburg, Feb. 21. The Imperial Council has resolved to institute lectures in schools on the lamentable consequences of alcoholism.
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  • 34 7 No Chance for the Shippers. London, Feb. 21. The negotiations in London between the Hamburg America and Nord Deutscher Companies for a settlement of their differences have been sue cessfully concluded.
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  • 197 7 SERIOUS MEXICAN INCIDENT. [By Submarine Cable]. Kati i kk'h Service. London, Feb. |1. A sensation has been caused by news received from the American consul at Juarez, that Villa had executed a wealthy British rancher named Benton. A court martial found Benton guilty of complicity in a plot against
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  • 53 7 Peking, Feb. 21— White Wolf bandits have massacred 1:500 persons, sacking Lihuancbow, in the province of Anhwei. 25,000 troops are now converging on the White Wolf's stronghold, where there are two thousand bandits, with a thousand modern rifles. The troops are evincing a strong disinclination to come
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  • 38 7 Delhi, Feb. 20 The reports of the raid at Attock are greatly exaggerated. Some budmasbes fired several shots a few nights ago and retired when the fire was returned. There were no casualties on either side.
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  • 529 7 P. AND O. FLEET. It is well known tbat tbe P. O. building programme involves important changes from year to year in tbe composition of the company's fleet, it being necessary to replace older vessels, while still good for many year 6 service, by larger and more costly ships. Tbe
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 85 7 The Ranee of Sarawak gave a concert to the patients of the Royal Hospital for Incurables, Putney Heath, on 27th inst., the artistes including Lady Maud Warrender and Mr Henry Ainley. Her Highness is an accomplished pianist, and she played one of Chopin's nocturnes in A minor, and accompanied Miss
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    • 278 7 I MEN'S SHOES. _E!^^_______l! _n vF fl_Pß__- Aam ma Brogue Shoe for Golfing etc. _|Wl_B_i____B^^ $I so Tan Willow Calf Walking Shoe. Good Value. $7.50. White Canvas Tennis Shoe. Black Derby Snoe Comfortable Thick Red Sole. $4. Shape. $8.50. ROBINSON C° tOld Sight means loss of the muscular power of
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  • 1095 8 Per PA O str Kilva, due Feb 87.— Mr A Mrs B. J. Murdock, W. M. Williamson. Miss Bartholomew, Miss 8. Blacklaw, J. Nolan. E. J. I Carlyon, J. Rowe, Mrs Coldridge, E. Walker, H. Dingie, Mrs Miss Boyd child. Per PAH >tr Mongolia, connecting with the ■tr
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 121 8 CELESTINS VICHY TABLE WATER. This most celebrated and incomparable •able water in order to meet the rising de- < mands of the public has been new introduced here in small bottles, being formerly only used in large ones. The VICHY WATERS are three in number. Grande Grille, Hospital and Celes-
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    • 634 8 Shipping AMERICAN ORIENTAL LINE, j The s.s. 'AFGHAN PRINCE s due on the 27th inst., and will take carg* or Manila, Cebu, and Yokohama. She has excellent accommodation for a imited number of passengers. For freight and passage apply to HUTTENBACH BROTHERS ft Co., Agents. 19-2 23 BRITISH INDIA S.
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    • 531 8 Shipping 3CEAN S.S. Co., LTD AND JHINA MUTUAL S. N Co., Ltd H_______* ■7 The Companies' steamers are aespatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China snd Japan every week, and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre
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    • 661 8 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES NAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt j and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1914 1914 Amazone Mar 1 Magellan Mar 2 t Atlantique Mar 15 Nera Mar 16 I Paul Lecat Mar 29 Australien Mar 30 t Cordillere April 12 Amazone April 13 Polynesien April 26
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    • 650 8 Shipping N. D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremer IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers of ibis Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton. Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (oonnectini Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtan Nagasaki and
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    • 581 8 Shipping P. &oT STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceyi on Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, i Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. i Through Bills of Lading issued tor C_U_ Coast, Persian Gulf. Continental and Amert__i Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or abot. MAIL LINES. HOMEWARD (POR EUROPE). i
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 837 9 Shipping Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Francisco to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Itrm 21.000 Ton Triple Screw Turbine Liners "SHINYO MARU", "TENYO JE IYO MARC," the Queens of the
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    • 650 9 SINGAPORE'S ONLY COMPANY. UM T MID up Mp|m m PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, UMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32. Old Jewry, E.C The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Com_.an.P_ a-*
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    • 500 9 The Eastern United Assurance CORPORATION Ltd. Head Office— Singapore. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). Authorized Capital $5,000,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.— Risks accepted on Buildings and Merchandise at current rates. MARINE DEPARTMENT.— Insurances effected on Hulls and Cargo. For full particulars as to rates and all other information apply to J. D.
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    • 347 9 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. POUNDED 1787. HEAD OFFICES,! NORWICH AND LONDON. Losses Paid exceed £80,000,000 Lowest Rates of Premium. Prompt and Liberal Settlements. THE BORNEO Co., Ltd. Agents FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1882. Direct Government Supervision Government Audit. Policies are WORLD WIDE and Non* Forfeitable. Rp L
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  • 382 10 In theory at least, the really big effort being made by China to prevent the growth of the opium plant, ought to be a good thing for Siam. It should leave this country free to deal with the problem along its own lines. So far, however,
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  • 123 10 Forms Subject ok Libel Action. The action for Rs. 50,000 damages brought by Mrs Laura Rosa Cantlay against Mr George Vanderspar came up for hearing on Feb. 14th before Mr H. A. Loo 6. the District Judge of Colombo. She based her claim on the following statement
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  • 108 10 Wanted a Wife to go to China. The Manchester Board of Guardians yesterday considered a letter from an Englishman in Tientsin, an officer in the Imperial Chinese Customs, asking the board to find him a wife who would come to China." Being a Lancashire lad," he wrote,
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  • 341 10 Hidden Treasure of the Malay Peninsula. The following is taken from the Northern Times of October 2nd The present boom in tin in the Malay States, due to the discovery that many of the rubber plantations have rich tin deposits, reminds one of an amusing story that is
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  • 1042 10 The first total where given represents figures 1912, the last column represents output foi calendar year to date in all cases. Year 1913. Jan. 1914. Ulagar 161,750 17,300 Alma 83,233 Alor Gajab 95,855 10,000 Alor PongßU 101,478 11,800 Anglo Johore 124,524 11,246 Anglo Malay 1,823,037 118,317 Anglo
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  • 124 10 Tear ItU. Jan. 1914. Belat 2.106 248. Bruang 44. Bruseh 1 jChenderiang Dungun (Wolfram Gopeng Consol 7 Heawood 3.82H I Kamuning 6,162 Kanaboi Ml -l Kinta 3,5L9 Kinta Association 5,739 505 Kledang 2.045 Krarnat Pulai 4,774 Kaiupar 566 Lahat 6,69 h 365 Malayan Tin 3,14t Menglembu Lode 4.917
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  • 28 10 Beaufort 89,784 British B or ieo 14^,290 Langkon 79,700 7,300 Melalap 120,220 Membakut 15,553 Sapong 168,068 Sekong 118,049 9,778 South East 51,221 Tenom 196.560 19,020
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 263 10 Ps\^ benefits bestowed upon v//^ the weak and depressed by r/\^ this reliable tonic are /£<? r Buoyant spirits Strong, steady nerves < > A .vigorous brain <j > A brisk step < > A hearty appetite P> A good digestion j3 /L, That is why it is so good
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    • 71 10 ▼HE NEW FRENCH REMEDY N N 2 N 3 CD A DI /S KJ BI.'X.P I M&CHAI envi i i FREE MKD.Co. HAVKRSTo Tl L- MVON.I n PARIS I)H>< -I a CURE I Mw V.kk dki ->t: 90. BKEKMav si. I FOR YOU I TRVM_vVI.RAi.I-l (T ASTK_-I-S_>.-'>R__"F V.T. THERAPION Sfcl
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 756 11 :ap. luhub. Paid. Last Div. Hdykrp mcbtißßß. 85.000 2b as Allagar g% i ic i 2 44 500,0 0 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 33 4 0 150,000 'is Jb AngloMatay 24% Int 10 14 11 0 50,000 2s 2h Batang Malaka Oil 12 80,000 1 1 Batu Tiga
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    • 256 11 12O,O<M> 1 1 Alcr Gajah 25% lnt 2.13 2.20 150,000 1 Aver Kuuiug 5% 50 60 200,000 1 1 AyerMolek 20% int 1.30 l! 60 /6UOOU a •> Ayer Faua» 16% 353 4.00 200,000 1 1 Ralgownie 10* int 3.90 410 400,000 1 1 Bukit Jeiutoag 25
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    • 286 11 5300.000 10 10 Anipanjj (Kinta) gee 10 00 SCO, OOO 1 1 Ayer Weng Oeo 8300,000 10 10 fctiat 9% 2.^0 275 5300,000 10 10 Bruang 7 t i' 75 200 Slio,ooo 10 10 Kainpar in' 25 5400,000 10 10 Kanafcoi j.es 1*75 5400,000 10 10 Kiuta Association 10
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    • 177 11 £250,000 £1 £1 Eastern Smeltg ord 10% 12 6 14 6 pref 10% 1 1 0 13 0 1380,000 10 10 Frasor and Neave 125% int 54.C0 57.00 $300,000 50 50 Hammer Co Ltd 8 per cent int 100.00 110.00 MinnnnnJ 100 10 Howarth Erskine ord B*% 45.00 ♦8,400,000
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  • 65 11 (COBBBCTHD DP TO Feb. 21). Bank 4m s 24 f demand 2-4 3-32 Private credits Bmi 2-4 7-16 credits 6m 2-411 It France demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 288_ [ndia, T. T. 174 aoNOKONQ, demand 17.% Yokohama demand 114. Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 66. Sovereigns, Bank Buying 18.64
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  • 146 11 Feb. 21. Tin buyers $90.87$ Gambier buyers 6.50 Gambier Cube No. 1 10.76 Gambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. Spore buyers 19.00 Pepper, (White fair) buyers 84.00 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) 24.00 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) '25 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina^ nom. Bali
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  • 32 11 [Nationality British if not specified.] Feb. 28 M. Treub, Dut, Meuleman, Bole wan, Deli Haiphong, Fch, Jaeq, Saigon <_ Haiphong Preussen, Ger, Snbeke, Hamburg via potts Goeben, Ger, Ahlborn, B'haven via ports
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  • 58 11 Per Perak Mi Mrs Hargreavcs. Mnwii Liver, D. J. Ward, H. M. Swish, McKee. Per Mataram Mr Mrs Fallow, Mr Mrs W. R. Young. Mr Mrs Stranger Leathe, Mrs Shafto Stevens, Mrs Greensill, Mist? KtrangerLeathe, Miss E. Gage Brown. Miss Hayes. Messrs H. Trcgarthen, G. H. X, La Nauze,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 161 11 "Royal Household" Whisky. s guaranteed to he Exactly the same in every respect as that supplied regularly to The Royal Household hy M< ssrs James Buchanan Co., Ltd., who hold the largest reserves of Whisky of any individual firm in the world. The necessary arrangements have now heen completed which
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    • 64 11 The Singapore and Straits Housekeeper's Day Book. Names nj Articles in Engluh with phonetic equivalent in Ilalay, Contains—Bazaars Account (52 weeks), Cook's Cash Account, Beef and Mutton Account, Dhobie'e Account, Summary of Monthly House Expenditure, Tables for Calculating Weget Due, Bazaar Weights and Measures, Fruits Indigenous to Singapore, Ac. Pf
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 835 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Wtommmm Nat. Tonnage i Maste. From Consignee. For iDg __2___£' v° lk Pont *anak, 20-2 Ships Agency Pontianak 24 mm\ mW Iri ol l ,JgODboom Plad J°«' "-a As Pet Co Uncertain B WhattHin Brit 195 Troan Anambas, 27-12 Siantan Co Anambat Batavier Brit 215 Simpson Natunas,
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  • 278 12 Coolie Charged with Murder. A charge of murder hae arisen out of a very trivial incident occurring in a houee in Target Road on Friday night. Two coolies, by name Lam Lok and Scan Ah Seng, had been out together, and on returning to their place of
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  • 153 12 CiHASTLY DISCOVKRY AT PASIK PAMANG. A ghastly discovery was made near the Alexandra Barracks on Saturday afternoon. In a space of jungle at the junction of Teluk Blanga and Pasir Panjang roads was discovered the body of a member of the 3rd ..rahmans. The man had evidently been
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  • 373 12 m. m* Should the Abbe Lemire be compelled by his superiors to resign his Beat, the French Parliament; will be left without an ecclesiastical member for the first time within living memory. Since 1815 the Chamber of Deputies has always contained A sprinkling of ecclesiastics, the record
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  • 99 12 TO-DAY'S TIES. D. Class Singles. Hatch v Williams. Meredith v Knox Wilson. Morrison v Pitceathly. Plummer v Rathborn. Turner v Palgrave. (To Finish.) Karsten v Milton. Charlwood v Myles. Lewis v McGilvray. de Mello v Smith. Profession Pairs. Mer. 11. Burrett and Shervington v C. S.
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  • 169 12 CHAMriONSHir. C. E. Hughes Davies v J. A. Dean. D. Class Singles. Hatch or Williams v Meredith or Wilson. R. E. McKenzie v Turner or Palgrave. D. McLeod Craik v Karsten or Milton. Lewis or McGilvray v Charlwood or Myles. W. McQuarrie v R. Hanel. Profession Pairs.
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  • 25 12 TO-DAY'S TIE. Mrs Saunders and Mrs Robertson v Miss Gunn and Miss Feindel. TIE FOR TUESDAY. Miss Feindel v Miss Menzies.
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  • 47 12 S. C. F. A. LEAGUE. A well contested was played between the Straits Evergreen and the White Star Club II in the above League Competition on Saturday afternoon before a large crowd of spectators. The game resulted in a pointless draw. Mr Brock well reft i eed.
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  • 61 12 The Police played the S. R. C. on the Esplanade on Saturday, scoring Hi, to which the club replied with 156 for nine wickets. Henson scored 18, Campbell and Savi each 14 for the Police. Tbe top score for the Club was 31, E. Galiat_.n. The result of
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  • 213 12 Captain C. H. Coventry, of the Army Service Corps, Colombo, sails for Hongkong on March 14th to take up an appointment there. Captain Coventry was posted to Ceylon on 26th October, 1911, and has put in nearly two and a half years' good service. A successor will
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  • 1440 12 The ninety-seventh ordinary half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation was held on the 14 th instant, iv the City Hall, when the ninety-seventh report of the Court of Directors was submitted. Mr S. H. Dodwell, (Chairman), presided.
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  • 304 12 The Kitano Maru discharged 27 tons of i general cargo at Malacca and took on board 233 tons of rubber, valued at 0227,690. The Holt liner Helemus arrived from China on Saturday morning with part general cargo for discharge. She loads for home ports. The M. M. Cie's
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  • 16 12 Euryalus, Brit. 2,308, Downing, 32-3, I Moji, B. I. S. N. Co., coal, une.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 136 12 FISH SIBERIAN SALMON, PLAICE, HALIBUT, FILLETS, TURBOT, HADDOCKS, SOLES, KIPPERS, BLOATERS. > m <' Singapore Cold Storage Co, Ltd SINGAPORE BRANCHES. TRAVELLING REQUISITES SHOP SOILED 201 DISCOUNT OFF CATALOGUE PRICES For To-Day Only Cabin Trunks, Brief Bags, Attache Cases, Steel Trunk, Gladstone Bags, Ladies' Hat Cases, Square Bags Etc., Etc.
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