The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 February 1914

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1914. NO. 8.068
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  • 1623 1 Wireless foh All. If a person wants to call to a friend, he knows not where, he will call in a loud electro magnetic voice heard by him wh« has the electro magnetic ear, silent to him who has it not. Where are you he will say. A
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  • 160 1 i The Benton affair in Mexico is being much discussed and the newspapers are asking President Wilson to define his plan under the Monroe doctrine— Page 7. i Two Australian submarines are shortly due in Singapore, being escorted from Colombo by H.M.S. Yarmouth Page 6. Wire summary
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 567 1 #HI MHBBMHBBIW I COMMENCING MONDAY 23rd FEB., r m (POSITIVELY FOR 5 NIGHTS ONLY) I AT THE 9 I HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, I S NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. g Professors Rosa Fordo I (Direct from New York) B H Fire eaters and Human Ostriches, Conjurers. Jugglers and Knockabouts, 9 I A
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    • 108 1 His Clever Troupe of Conjurers, Jugglers, Acrobats and Illusionists REPRESENTING THE GREAT WINSON Go. WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A GOLD MEDAL New Acts New Illusions Thrilling Sensational and Mystifying In conjunction with A Strong Programme Of best selected Pictures INCLUDING THE INDIAN MAIL ROBBERY IN THE FIRST BHOW NO FREE
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    • 219 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS.; i; Book keeper and Chinese krani wanted —Page 2. Cobs and ponies at Morton's Page 2. Bank cheque lost Page 2. Powell and Co sell shop furniture and i pawnbrokers unredeemed pledges Page 5. Hamburg Amerika new sailings Ho- j kuto Maru sails Page 8. Guan Kiat and
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 135 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday 24th. High Water— lo-S a.m., 11-18 p.m. St. Matthias. Concert Outram-rd., St. Matthews Organ. Wednesday 25th. High Water— lo-46 a.m., 11-40 p.m. New Moon. Ash Wednesday. Thursday 26th. High Water— ll-40 a.m. B. I. Homeward mail closes. Friday 27th. High Water— o-1 a.m.. 11-52 p.m. 3rd Brahman
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    • 297 2 THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, FOR BEST ENGLISH MADE GRAMOPHONES FROM $25 TO $150 RELIABLE MOTORS. FINE TONED SOUND BOXES. SOLIDLY BUILT CABINETS. HIGHLY PLATED FITTINGS. Illustrations and prices lists post free on application. A Real Um Slwdari— '(P GOLD WATCH FREE* The four !in« o«* letter* to this L, v
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    • 449 2 Notices GUAN KMT ft CO. SHIP-CHANDLERS, 37. PHILLIP STREET. GOVERNMENT ft MUNICIPAL CONTRACTORS. General Importers and Exporters and Commission Agents. BOLE AGENTS FOR GLOBE FLUID The Ideal Fluid for Cleaning and Preserving Boilers. New Shipment Just Imported. Hubbuck's coloured paint, oil and sundries, Asbestos Compressed Fibre Sheetings, Asbestos Metallic Woven
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    • 891 2 Notices LKT Chartered Bank Cheque C/*****8 in our favour has beeu lo«t, the public are hereby warned not to negociate same. JULIAN FRANKEL FURNITURE Coy. 242 25-2 NOTICE. MEETING OF THE BOARD OF LICENSING JUSTICES. The Meeting of the Licensing Justices for the Second Quarter 1914, commencing Ist April, 1914,
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    • 516 2 Notices jjr/jr NOTICE is hereby given that the Nederlandsche Indische Bpiritus Maatschappy. Sourabaya, are the Sole Proprietors of the above trade mark used as labels either priut ed turned pressed or stamped in printing on bottles barrels and cases of Arrack. Spirits of Wioe. polishes and varnishes and sold by
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    • 444 2 Wanted I wanted a first das* book k^pe, and i( Apply to The Ea.t A siatlc J I 242 N I WANTED IMMEDIATELY Young Chinese krani for general <m l must be good typist oftl< Apply MeMPt. BEHK MEYER *c« 1 I WANTED IN THE MALAY STATES A good general
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  • 396 3 Woman Detective as Bride. Big, ruddy cheeked, and bashful but beaming happily Tom Hayward, the great Surrey batsman, was recently married to Miss Matilda Emma Mitchell, one of the most famous women detectives, and in her own way as remarkable a personality as her husband. They
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  • 325 3 Grappling with Pbohlem of Sanitation At the third meeting of the All-India Sanitary Conference at Lucknow, Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, member of the Gover-nor-General's Council, delivered a long and interesting address. He said that they could not in the land of the ox-cart expect the pace of
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  • 121 3 The case from the Colombo District Court in which Mr R. E. S. de Soysa sued the acting Attorney- General, as representing the Crown, to recover Rs. 300,000, as damages sustained by him owing to the refusal of the Government Agent to grant him a
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  • 406 3 The question of Sunday Labour in the Merchant Service i« one which has occupied considerable time and attention of the Imperial Merchant Service Guild for some years past. It is scarcely credible how Sunday is disregarded on board British Ships where there is no law
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  • 234 3 Huge Supplies Available. One of the romances of the oil industry is contained in the announcement of the discovery of a new Mexican oilfield. The importance of the strike cannot be over-rated. In the first place, it sets at rest the vexed question of the oil
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  • 100 3 It will be remembered that some time ago we had an account of a settlement of European Buddhist Monks on the little island in the lake at Dodanduwa, near Galle. The number of priests in the settlement will on Saturday be increased by three new-comers who will
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 217 3 G s J. GAUPP Co., 33, RAFFLES PLACE. Chronometer -Makers and Marine Opticians Always have on hand Complete Stocks of Nautical Instruments. LOKD KELVIN COMPASSES AND SOUNDING MACHINES. HEZZANITH COMPASSES AND INSTRUMENTS. BEST LONDON MADE CHRONOMETERS. SEXTANTS, KEW A CERTIFIED. MERCURIAL AND ANEROID BAROMETERS. TYPHOON BAROMETERS. SELF REGISTERING BAROMETERS, THERMOMETERS
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    • 72 3 THIS t is j IT! WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound t /J7\ TASTELESS ODORLESS J^lfcL ie atest sc i ent ifi c P re t paration of COD LIVER OIL. Does all that is £"£&%<.' claimed for it and super- j ~<-/-^ j sedes the old fashioned I'^fcfc^V emulsions
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    • 234 3 FOR KEROSENE OIL ENGINES i THE IDEAL FUEL IS "Cross^ Kerosene THE CHEAPEST REFINED OIL ON THE MARKET "Cross will give you MORE POWER at i LOWER COST THAN ANY OTHER OIL OBTAINABLE FROM~ALL DEALERS 4»-i AIT P er 4-GaUon tin Including Duty) THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM Coy. (Straits Settlements). LIMITED
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  • 393 4 A Bi \T FOR RHJOKM UD Mii.'T\i:v Si goOM r i? sidelights on the inner of the Emperor of Russia are contained in boo* by Major (ieueral A. Elchaninov, entitled "Tsar Nicholas II." which has published by Hugh Rees, Limited, petal 7s 6d net.
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  • 237 4 Not since Palmer of Rugeley has there so remarkable a poisoner as Karl Hopf. who has just been sentenced to death at Frankfort. Hopf poisoned whole- and is suspected of other crimes besides those of which he was convicted. He posed as the model ton, husband, and
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  • 452 4 Iu the Spirit of the East, a magazine devoted to Asiatic studies, Elisabeth Outlier Heimerdinger has published some short stories, which are part of the popular j stock-in trade of China. One of these runs I as follows "There were two men who had been frieuds from
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  • 210 4 It must be well over twenty years ago, not very long after .Association football was introduced into Singapore by C. H. Ligbtfoot and otber enthusiasts, that an expedition to Johore, to give the .lohore Malays an experience of the game, was undertaken by the football playing memj
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    • 496 4 pirn-rfTTTTmorniisiSiiiigiKHiiiiiiiiliiiiiilgrnTTrng %y I itS J^y A Hfr MM W SK B I 1 i 't i| mS^M MBLIB mMM^MMteI LV CONTRACTORS TO j^*^^- i 0 *N M The British War Office, India Office, Admiralty, M^f" Im The S. S. and F. M S. Government Hospitals, etc. M<? E MILKMAID 5»
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    • 78 4 Singapore Gold Storage Go., Ltd. Near Entraoce to Borneo >* Telephone 1026. Sea stocks of all kinds o! Frczen Meats etc., can be delivered to shipping at the Wharves, or in the Singapore Roads on sbort notice. OFFICE HOURS. Weekdays 7 a.m. to 5 p.m 7 a.m. to 8 i.b
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  • 253 5 In, it>KNT 01 tH M PAMMB. remarked"! that two things d of stewards faithfulness and How far the hero of the incident former quality, however may have dispensed the those who read this judge. 01 ft^_ 9 t and windy afternoon recently, stalwart man of colour was
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  • 233 5 never happen in a city where they use arc lamps. Mr Joseph McCabe. In consequence of present day fashion women now eat ten per cent. more food than they did twenty years ago. L u Taylor. <._;:ime and tango dances wonld delise the figure of u
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  • 148 5 ligious and benevolent old &iy living in South London has had a w ;n lj experience. The other day her compassion was aroused by a poorly i wretched looking man whom she -> her bouse. ■g a half-sovereign from her purse •ke wrapped the coin in a
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  • 77 5 Willoughby de Broke, speaking at Abridge said that the essential features a BUI for the Amendment of the Territonal Forces which he was to introduce m *o the House of Lords were that the •portable classes should be forced to (**t military service, that the poorer
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  • 183 5 Amkrr an Plan to Prevknt a Monopoly- New York, Jan. 26. A plan of the United States Government to baulk the establishment of a radium monopoly was announced in Washington to-day by the Secretary of the Interior, Mr Lane. Briefly, it consists of the division of
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  • 102 5 Parib. Jan. 26. The midinettes of the famous dressmaking establishments of the Rue de la Paix have devised an ingenious plan for finding husbands. They have founded a mixed club called the Trente et Quarante (Thirty and Forty). It consists of fifteen girls and fifteen young
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 198 5 Re CHOP TONG GUAN IN BANKRUPTCY AUCTION SALE OF Shop Fittings, Iron Safe &c. At No. 244 Teluk Ayer Street On Wednesday, 25th Feb., at 11 a.m. POWELL ft Co, Anctioneers. 11l 25-2 AUCTION SALE OF PAWNBROKERS UNREDEEMED' PLEDGES ON Tuesday, 3rd March., at 10 a.m. Thursday, sth March., at
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    • 449 5 ■Shajvfe^ 'IsQ Lt/J]» vtmciTV t J j^^tßlA V'^Bl with the hands and figures ena- In .*Mn*innui W^&f^v/f #''^5 the hands and figures. With this \Wn^mmifKb- J^^^B^^^Hf watch hung up in your bedroom ■vjt, V i t^2V^"**vC^'*'^^fffßl|)^^^^R2' Demi Hunting Watch, a splendid pro- t O""V."W_--"~:/_'/..:--I*;.2: '.'■'-^•'^^•y-'-'^-'^J^/ti^Ki '"">, Pltite, Gramophone*, Boots, Clothing,
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    • 722 5 V \\v7>irfc \Urk)\\ I I 1/ \>\V\\ A few of the y \n?\\ benefits bestowed upon r/ V\A the weak and depressed by /^Z this reliable tonic are Buoyant, spirits Strong, steady nerves <3 A vigorous brain < > A brisk step > A hearty appetite jj > A good
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  • 26 6 Domestic Occurrences. DEATH. At Haudley Cross, Grange Road, Singapore, on the 21si instant, Peter, infant son of Mr and Mrs H C. Ccoke-Yarborough, aged 7 months.
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  • 26 6 hi* -si Ikl PrfSi the Peoples /i*nt BH»^i Ceaw»d by 'nflyercc and urbrb«d b? tain i K«r- patriot Trutfc ber glorious pr*c*pt* <«».
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  • 1124 6 It was our privilege to write appreciatively of that grand scheme, the Hongkong University, first, on the occasion of the announcement of the princely benefaction of the late Sir HoRMUSJEE Mom, who undertook to provide the whole of the buildings whatever they cost, :ind, second, on
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  • 916 6 Dr and Mrs Anderson sail for home on the 26th inst. Three or four cases of libel or slander will shortly come on for hearing before the German Consular Court in Bangkok. Mr A. R. Peel, the British Minister in Bangkok, will be leaving by the Deli about March sth,
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  • 161 6 TWO SUHMAIUNF.S TO Al, We have special iufon effect that two submarine* fa I lian Fleet will arrive in the middle of April. Thes. I corted from England }>y MM I a ship that many will rei^^ as the command of (aptai I Admirali K. H. S.
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  • 77 6 Tlie Woman's t liiim;:,i. the following officers at its on Thursday last. President. h.iiypp. Yjrn l'r.v M rh lierrv etary Mif> Eduu \riir Treasmer, Mr*. J. Pt>|| \Mt Mibb Y/ehnau and |fi The rest of the hour w.i> > pt! bearing further reports from those who
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  • 33 6 We are abked to state that it, keU mm he obtained from Messrs Evans, I). J. Jones, W. B. Williams and Griffith Jones. Applications cannot hi entertained after Thursdav 26th inst.
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  • 576 6 The following property was disposed of by auction at Messrs Ching keug Lee and Co's sale room yesterday afternoon —All the right title and interest of Wee Koon j Sin in Land and House v Neil Road bought by Wee Twee Kim for *2.000. Under the auspices of the xngapors
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 125 6 LIME JUICE CORDIAL. Per dozen 57.50. less 5 per cent. SOLE AGENTS CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co., Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants. GOLF! GOLF!! BEN SAYERS' •pi^ljjE I UNIVERSAL GOLFER PRACTICE AT HOME Wm price, 3> ,DU. f^ i TOM MORRIS i^BP*'^] GOLF CLUBS. FULL RANGE NOW DISPLAYED LITTLE'S SPORTS
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  • 107 7 A Prince's High Hopes. fßy Submarine Cable]. Kkcter'b Srbvicb. wied, Feb. 28. Prince Wied cere ,:ioiiiously received an Albanian deputad by Essad Pasha, who said that the iep itation on behalf of all Albania usked< to accept the throne of a free and »> pendent Albania. 1
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  • 116 7 Greece Comes to Terms. fVb \i:i. The reply of Greece Nw was presented yesterday. It J that tirt-ece is ready to conform ton of tbe Powers and assumes rue Powers will decide that the which they will not allow to be fd will never be the object
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  • 32 7 Constantinople, Feb. 23. Lieut. Kemal a as courtmartialle J for deserting his post anina and furnishing the enemy with plans of the forts. He was shot in the morning.
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  • 504 7 Fifty Americans resigned the public service in the Phillippine Islands between the 7th and the 14th inst. lloilo is described in a telegram appearing in the Manila Cablenews as facing the worst siege of Asiatic cholera it has t-ver known in its history." The disease is reported to be rapidly
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  • 217 7 INDIGNATION AGAINST U.S. The Courtmartial Record. [By Submarine Cable]. Kkutbr's Sbbvk;i. New York, Feb. 23. The Foreign Office announces that the United States has agreed to instruct her Consular representatives in Mexico to enquire into the circumstances of the death of Mr. Benton. El Paso, Feb. 23. The
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  • 74 7 Later. I nionist papers urge President Wilson to change his policy of encourag ing the rebels in Mexico and do something to ensure greater safety to foreigners. The Morning Post calls upon him either to announce his plan to that end, or declare that the Monroe doctrine and
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  • 35 7 Vera Cruz, Feb. 23. The German cruiser Dresden has sent to the German legation in Mexico City two machine guns and forty thousand rounds of ammuni tion, escorted by bluejackets wearing civilian dress.
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  • 96 7 London, Feb. 23. The survivors of the shipwreck off the Irish coast who took refuge on an island have bad a terrible night. The rescuers were compelled to run to shelter and the survivors have had no food since Friday. Later. Eleven of the shipwrecked men
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  • 25 7 Ottawa, Feb 23. Mr Hughes announces that Canada will send a team to Bisley under the same conditions' as laet year.
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  • 15 7 London, Feb. 23. Joe Jeanette beat Alf Langford at Paris in seven rounds.
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  • 15 7 London, Feb. 23. Sir E. Carson denies his engagement to Miss Frewen.
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  • 12 7 Lisbon, Feb. 23. Congress has adopted the amnesty bill.
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  • 26 7 London, Feb 23. Thedeath isannounced of Earl Wimborne. [The first Baron Wimborne, Ivor Bertie Gnest. His heir is Lord Ashby St. Ledgers. Born in 1835.]
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  • 39 7 Sydney, Feb. 23. Despite the opening of additional depots a thousand homes are daily without meat and supplies suffice for only one tenth of the demand. The Men's I'nion is urging the nationalization of the industry.
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  • 95 7 Bombay, Feb. 9. Two important captures and the seizure of a large quantity of cocaine has been effected by the police and excise officers. The three accused concerned were employed on board the Italian Mail Steam Navigation Coirpany's steamship Porto Said. The quantity of cocaine
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  • 251 7 COMBINATION WITH SINGAPORE. The New Officers. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb 23. The Malacca planters tuetattbe Malacca Club on Sunday morning for their annual meeting. The accounts showed a balance on the year of 9124 and total funds of *872. The Chairman in the course
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  • 116 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 23. The bisbop of Singapore presiding at the prize giving at St. Mary's school said that the difficulty of education in this part of the world was the Eastern accent and to get English children born here to speak us
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  • 339 7 Advertising the Army in the Brave Old Days. Modern ways of advertising the attrac tions of a soldier's life lack the spirited unconventionally of the days of tbe Xapo leonic wars. The following is the text; of an old poster of the 69th Regiment, now the
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  • 62 7 The increased cost of living is a perennial problem. But it may tempt people to some additional care when it is discovered that the cost of dying is also steadily on the rise. The Swansea Corporation committee having charge of the cemeteries have rearranged the table of burial fees, increasing
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  • 156 7 T» the Editor. Sir, I beg to draw the kind attention of the Municipal authorities in charge of the water cart department to the effect, that the absence of a water cart in Short Street is greatly felt during this present hot and dusty season. If
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  • 99 7 To THB Editor, Sir, With reference to your report of nay sermon at tbe Cathedral on Sunday evening, may I ask you kindly to allow me to correct an error f lam reported as saying that the Church favoured militarism." What I did say was that
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  • 247 7 During Lent the following series of addresses will be given at the cathedral. At the Choral Celebrations (by the Rev. H. G. Peile.) Subject Passioutide Portraits." March lsi Tbe King with the Basin. March Bth The King with the Crown. March 15th Tue King with
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  • 210 7 The borrowed sermon, denounced by the Bisbop of Carlisle, bas loug been popular with all kinds of preachers. There is usually a guarnntee That tbe same sermon shnl! not be sold to any one else for delivery within a specified radius. But the writer, not many years ago,
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  • 18 7 Ipob is holiday its Spring Meeting March 27th and 28th, eight events each day for ponies and griffins.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 173 7 NEW SHIPMENTS JUST ARRIVED J&S THE IDEAL LIGHT WEIGT S /vC/ I Hi tennis SHOEy^sr/ Jgg|^ RED RUBBER /AVy IK§ wi SOLES /j?Sr/ Xl^M siVr's V/ doubt the most V* '*jm f X extensively used Shoe «To TENN| S BOWLS, v^ /SSr/ Etc PER iVljf/ tIC 4 f X From
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  • 459 8 Per P A O str Kilva, due Feb 17.— Mr A Mrs H. J. Murdock, W. M. Williamson, Miss Bartholomew, Miss S. Blacklaw, J. Nolan, E. J. Carlyon, J, Rowe, Mrs Coldridge, E. Walker, H. Dint^ie, Sirs A Miss Boyd child. Per l'AOstr Mongolia, connecting with the str
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  • 375 8 P«r P O str Nyanza, sailing Feb. 25.— Mrs A^^_ < .*«-u»3 m. a. V. Allen child, D. Kendall, T. C. Green, H. J. Marks, Mr Mrs Gordon- \Valker child, Miss. Graham, Mrs Sansom, Miss Sansom, Hugh Piper, F. Burge-s, A. F. Lowe, Miss Edwards, Mrs F. W.
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  • 203 8 Per NV K str Iyo Maru, March 3.— D. Main, Birchall. Mr A Mrs Ferrand 2 children nurse,' Mr A Mrs Bonnet, Mr Mrs Kinsey, Mrs D. L. Gray 2 children, Mrs Johnson. Mrs LittleHeld A 1 children. Per N Y K str Hirano Maru. sailing March
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 114 8 HEAP ENG MOH STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. Singapore to Batavia, Cheribon and Samarang. Sail Twich a Week. 1.8. Gtang Seng 1,128 Tons Capt J. Craig. 8.8. Giang Ann 890 E. Uldall. 8.8. Edendale 1,128 A.Dunlop. 1.8. Wllhelm 783 M. Giesche. Singapore to Sourabaya. Slngaradja, Ampenan and Macassar. Sail Onci every Ten
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    • 579 8 Shipping NANYO YUSEN KUMI (SOUTH SEA MAIL S. S. Coy.,) FOR Batavia, Samarang Sourabaya. The b.s. "HOKUTO M&RU is due here on the 23th Feb. and wiH be despatched for above ports on the 4th March. For freight apply to, HUTTENBACH BROTHERS Co., Agents. 24 I 4-3 AMERICAN ORIENTAL LINE.
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    • 593 8 Shipping N. YTK. 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 all
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    • 648 8 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1914 1914 Amazone Mar 1 Magellan Mar 2 Atlantique Mar 15 Nera Mar 16 Paul Lecat Mar 29 Australien Mar 30 Cordillere April 12 Amazone April 13 PolynSsien April 26 Atlantique April 27 Magellan
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    • 658 8 Shipping N.D.L Norddentscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers of mis Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, BLamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Bingapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau Nagasaki and Kobe
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    • 554 8 Shipping "pT&oT STEAM NAVIGATION COMPAQ For China, Japan, Penang, Ce y i 0n Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued c O r Llp Coast, Persian Golf, Continental and Am«A^ Ports. ~iienosi Steamers wIU leave Singapore on or abooi MAIL LINES Homeward (for
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    • 841 9 Shipping f oyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND \tfestern Pacific Railway Co. New Route Via China. Japan, Honolulu and San Francisco to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. the Nt» i 1.000 Ton Triple Screw Turbine Liners BBINYO MAKU TENYO &ihl CKIYO MAKU," the
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    • 559 9 SINGAPORE'S (MY COMPANY. LARGEST PAID-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, E.C. The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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    • 285 9 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL 815,000,000 RESERVE FUNDb Sterling £1,500,000 at 2.- •1.5.000,OL«Oi Silver Reserve 117.4M.000' «",450,000 Reserve Liability of l\ ipriet: 815,000,000 COURT OF DIRECXOES, S. H. Dodvi !1 ksq.. Ctuurmtt, Hon. Mr. D. L»nrtal6, Deputy ChEinaan. |G. Friesland Esq. IC. Laud^raf Esq. j K. Goetz Esq.
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    • 511 9 The Eastern United Assurance CORPORATION Ltd. Head Office— Singapore. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). Authorized Capital $5 f 000,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.— Risks accepted on Buildings and Merchandise at current rates. MARINE DEPARTMENT.— lnsurances effected on Hulls and Cargo. For full particulars as to rates and all other information apply to
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    • 347 9 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. POUNDED 1787. HEAD OFPICES4 NORWICH AND LONDON. Losses Paid exceed £80,000,000 Lowest Rates of Premium. Prompt and Liberal Settlements. T HE BORNEO Co., Ltd. Agents FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1881. Direct Government Supervision Government Audit. Policies are WORLD WIDE and Nosr Forfeit* ble.
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  • 355 10 The plague outbreak in Ceylon has placed the sanitary and other authorities on the qui vive and exhaustive efforts are being made in various parts of the island to prevent the spread of the disease. The following are details from correspondents of the Ceylon Obeerver In view
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  • 65 10 The oldest and largest makers of high pressure Pipe lines are Messrs. Boving I Co., who during three years delivered approximately over 300,000 tons used especially for Hydro Electric Bervice. For The British Aluminium Co. at Loch Leven they have installed 39 inch pipes for 98 ft. Head.
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  • 1010 10 The first total where given represents figures f:> 1912, the last column represents output foi calendar year to date in all cases. Year 1913. Jan. 1914. Ailagaf 161,750 17,300 'Alma 83,233 Alor Gajah 95,855 10,000 Alor Pongsu 101,478 11,800 Anglo Johore 124,524 11,246 Anglo Malay 1,323,037 118,317
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  • 147 10 Year HIS. Jan. 1914. Belat 2,106 248. Bruang 499 44. Bru6eh 1,287 Chenderiang Dungun (Wolfram Gopeng Consol 8.735 Heawood 3.82* 22H Kamuning 6.162 Kanaboi 2.687 Ml Kinta Kinta Association 5.739 Kledang '2.045 Kramat Pulai 4,774 Kampar 566 Lahat 6,69* 365 Malayan Tin 3,14£ II Menglembu Lode 4.917 Middleton
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    • 542 10 CONSTIPATION. The Cause of much Suffering. When the Bowels are clogged the waste matter decays and ferments and encers the blood, and is carried to all parts of the body, producing Headaches, Biliousness, Sleeplessness, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite Indigestion, Neuralgia, Rheumatism and various other ailments disturbing the Heart and Nervous
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  • 1481 11 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, Feb. 28. RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. Oap. lueua. Paid. Dabt Div lyek.- Sbccbbs. 85.000 2s 9s Allagar 9% 10ft 2 0 500,0 0 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 3 8 4 3 160,000 28 is Anglo- Malay 24% Int 10 0 10
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  • 68 11 (COBBBCTID OP CO Feb. 23). Bank 4 m 's 1.4 11-32 demand 2-4 8-82 Private credits 8 m's 2-47-16 credits 6 m/s J-4 11 If France demand Bank 294 i Gbbmant, demand India, T. T. 174 Hongkong, demand 17% Yokohama, demand 114J Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 66} Sovereigns,
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  • 148 11 Feb. 23. Tin 25 tons Bold |90.b7i Gambles buyers 6.60 Gambler Cube No. 1 10.76 Gainbier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. Sport buyers 19.00 Pepper, (White fair) buyers 84.00 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) 24.00 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 26 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina)
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 128 11 Bulmer's Sparkling Cider. Guaranteed to be the pure Juice of the apple only) IS SUPPLIED TO:THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. HOTELS Savoy. Romano's. Euston. Cecil. Almond's. Gt. Central. Claridges. Hyde Parke. Gt. Western. Carlton. Piccadilly. De Vere. Ritz. Curzon. Berkeley. Etc., Etc., Etc. j CLUBS Travellers'. Jr. Athenaeum. Naval Military. Carlton.
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    • 42 11 The Singapore and Straits Housekeeper's Day Book. Names of Articles in English with phonetic equivaltnl m Malay, une, Bazaar Weights and Measures, Fruits Indigenous to Singapore, Ac. I Price $1.50 per copy Post Free, $1.75. Publishers: FMSER WEAVE, LTD., Collyer Quay, Singapore
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 941 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders From ArrlTed Fot Whea Sebastiana Itl g'boat 616 diCorvelta Colombo, 23-2 Itl Consul china Steamers Nat. Tonnage Maeto. From Consignee* For Atlas Brit 367 Vijgonboom Pladjoe, 16-2 As Pet Co Uncertain B.HoLiong DutSOl de Haan B'masin,2l. 2 Ban Seng BWnSS B.WhattHin Brit 195
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  • 435 12 Malay Assaults Fellow Prisoner. A stabbing affray in Singapore criminal prison in which an inmate injured a fellow prisoner bad its sequel in the police cor.rt yesterday when a Malay named Ahamat bin Mohamed Aris was charged before Mr A. V. Brown in the District Court with
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  • 402 12 Tragedy at Traso Trang, February 19. The Siamese Government yacht Thalang from Penang says the Pinang Gazette entered port yesterday evening with her Hag at half mast, her Commander, Capt. F. Haurowitz, having been drowned at the Trang River entrance. The deceased, a native of Denmark, was
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  • 24 12 Penan g, Brit. 886, Hatter, Fenang, 2U-2, 111 Co., P. Swet., unc. Amberst, Brit. 185, Scott, Pontianak, 23-2, Thong Kk, Po&tianak 22.
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  • 290 12 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. D. Class Singles. Williams beat Hatch, B—6,8 6, 6 3. Meredith beat Knox Wilson, 4 6, 6 2, 6—3. Pitceathly beat Morrison, 6 3, 6 l. Turner beat Palgrave, 7 5, A 6, 9 9. Milton beat Karsten, 6 2, 6 4. Myles beat
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  • 45 12 YESTERDAYS PLAY. Mrs Saunders and Mrs Robertson v Miss Guud and Miss Feindel, unfinished. TIES FOR TUESDAY. Miss Feindel v Miss Men/.ies. Mrs Sannders v Mrs Hartnell. TIES FOR WEDNESDAY. Miss Gann and Capt. Day v Miss Feindel and Mr Black.
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  • 90 12 The following were the results of February's Medals played for on Saturday and Sunday. A. Class. J. Kennedy 44 45 8 61 J. Binnie 47 43 8 82 B. Class. F. Blackwell 44 43 11 73 A. W. McNidder 47 48 16 79 C. D. MacLachlan 44
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  • 50 12 S.C. F.A. LEAGUE. A well fought game of soccer w is played yesterday afternoon, on the Association's ground, between the Straits United and the Sun Kays in the above League Competition, before a large crowd. Both teams pressed hard and attacked vigorously but without any goal result. Mr Brockwell refereed.
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  • 140 12 Mr A. J. Balfour, in his yesterday's Gifford lecture at Glasgow University, on Jan. 26th regretted he was not a great mathematician. Mathematicians, he said, were among the most enviable of mankind and deserved to rank among the supermen. There were calculations of chance
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  • 44 12 A farewell dance was given at the Klang Club to Mr. F. Glendenning, who is shortly going on long leave. A large number of dancers appeared in fancy dress, the ballroom presenting a charming and animated appearance. Music was provided by the State baud.
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  • 259 12 Etceteras heat Telegraphs. On the S.C.C. ground, on Saturday, the Etceteras scored a capital victory in a tournament match against the Telegraphs. Lieut. Black knocked up 54 for them, including ten fours, and W. E. Rayner made a splendid 61, in which were eleven boundary strokes. E. W. Day
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  • 220 12 A bronze memorial tablet has been erected in Penang Presbyterian Church to the memory of Johu Harley Meiklejon, a former member of the Church, who will be remembered by many of the present residents in Penang. Mr Meiklejon first came to this country after the South
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  • 76 12 The execution of two murderesses in Berlin is a reminder of the various methods of capital punishment in force in different countries. In Germany criminals are beheaded by the axe, France uses the guillotine, which is really a mechanical axe, and the United States has adopted the "electric
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  • 249 12 Per MeduFa Mr Sutherland. Per Prachatipok Messrs A. W. B. Haughton, S. J. Robertson, W. Houston, J. C. Sworder, A. J. Ferguson, A. Lambert. Per Deli Cant A. Akin-Higgins, Mr Mrs Nisch, Mr Mrs A. O. Larkin, J. T. Perkins, Miss E. Perkins, Miss L. Lavand. Mr Mrs Lfcfevre-Pantalis,
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  • 338 12 The Radnorshire is in from London with part general cargo for discharge. The N.D.L. steamer Kohsichang loads transhipment cargo for Bangkok. The M.M. steamers Amazone and Magellan, with the outward and the homeward Franch mails, are due to arrive here on Sunday and Monday, but the Amazone will
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 209 12 Prosperous and Progressive in 1913 APPLICATIONS received for New Policies Amounted to GOLD $42,220,722-71 An increase of $4,000,000 over 1912. Total ANNUITIES GOLD $2,509,825-07 An increase of $500,000. Sun Life Assce. Co., of Canada. S. J. HOWE. M, naget IMPORTANT THE Three Castles Cigarettes are now beintf packed with om
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 487 12 NEXT MAILS DUB. From Europe.— Per N. D. L. P. E. Friedrich, due Feb 28. From China.— Per M. M. Magellan, due Mar. 2. London Mails Despatched. Left. Due. Arrived P. &O. Ja j23 Feb 13 Feb 13 N. P. L. Jan 26 Feb 18 Feb 18 B. I. Jan
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