The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 March 1914
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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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Title Section15 1914-03-11 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 11. 1914. NO. 8,08115 words
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Article173 1914-03-11 1 Mr Asquith's long expected statement on the Home Rule compromiße is in short that counties may elect to remain outside Home Rule for 6ix years Page 7. Lord Milner thinks that Mr Asquith's offer is not yet good enough, and Sir Ed- ward Carson desires the time173 words
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Article998 1914-03-11 1 It was a beautiful manuscript, The young and impressionable acting editor thought he had never seen such a delicate lady's hand so neat, so legible it was he was accustomed to complicated ciphers apparently written with the butt cud of the pcn that he almost resolved to998 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement303 1914-03-11 1 A THING YOU'LL APPRECIATE: A VARIED PROGRAMME OF MOST ENTERTAINING PICTURES VUL BE PREBKNTKI. TO-NIGHT lOW 930 TO 11 P. m. ALHAMBRA IT .ts that cotnpri-t the Programme are Pathe's Animated Gazette— (182 nd Edition) lu.luJintf ,cial DepicttaNj The African Labour Crisis Alkali Ike and the Wild Man (Essanay) THE303 words
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Advertisement306 1914-03-11 1 NOW SHOWING f I AT THE m HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH,! NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. An EXCLUSIVE FIVE REEL stirring naval-Battle drama, enacted by the UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET, AERIAL CORPS and MARINES entitled. I VICTORY I Made with the aid and permission of and officially endorsed by THE UNITED STATES NAVY306 words
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Advertisement126 1914-03-11 1 VICTORIA THEATRF SINGAPORE. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT AT 9 SHARP MAURICE E. BANDMANN presents The Newly Organised BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY, The most successful and Popular The Girl from Utah Now crowding the Adelphi Theatre, London. PLANS now open at ROBINSON'S DOORS OPEN AT 8.30. TO-MORROW NIGHT! "THE MARRIAGE MARKET" FROM DALY'S THEATRE,126 words
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Advertisement199 1914-03-11 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice re exhibits for the London Rubber Show Page 2. Book-keeper wanted and an illusionist Page 2. Powell aud Co. sell miscellaneous goods Page 4. Signaller probationers wanted for the F.M.S. Railways Page 2. Girl operator wanted for the Telephone Office Page 2. Tenders for a further section199 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous139 1914-03-11 1 THE WEEK Wednesday 11th. Bigh Water— 9-32 a.m., 10-40 p.m. Bandmacn Vie. Theatre. "Girl from rtah." Thursday 12th. High Water— lo-18 a.m., 11-5 p.m. Full Moon. Purim Jewish Festival.) B. I. Homeward mail closes. Lodge Zetland Regular, 8-30 pin. Bandmann Vie. Theatre, Marriage Market." Friday 13th. High Water— ll-2 a.m..139 words
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Article531 1914-03-11 2 UCTDCG \N KUKINi. WIKK. There was what Home journalists call a human story unfolded in Klang Police Court lately, when a glimpse into Tamil coolie life and customs was provided by an assault case brought before Mr Adams. The complainaut was a woman named Meenatchie, and the defendants531 words
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Article147 1914-03-11 2 An Australian inventor, working on the lines of Kdison's poured concrete houses, has succeeded in successfully applying the principle of building houses in moulds to suit Australian conditions. He calls it the uionolyte process, and it differs from Mr Edison's in several respects. Instead of his moulds147 words
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Article627 1914-03-11 2 Punch's famous aphorism Is life worth living t It depends on the liver applies with greater force to Europeans resident in the tropics than most people, for they suffer considerably from that cause. There is, however, no reason for this, or for people not being627 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement89 1914-03-11 2 mm.-^ It is evident that the cinematograph theatre is assuming the traditional role of the penny dreadful. Numerous cases of juvenile theft have been asserted to be due to the influence of a certain kind of moving picture, a view that is upheld by the Sutton Coldfield magistrates, who bound89 words
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Advertisement33 1914-03-11 2 THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, FOR BEST ENGLISH MADE GRAMOPHONES FROM $25 TO $150 RELIABLE MOTORS. PINE TONED SOUND BOXES. SOLIDLY BUILT CABINETS. HIGHLY PLATED FITTINGS. Illustrations and price lists pest free on application.33 words
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Advertisement478 1914-03-11 2 Notices GUAN KIAT CO. BhipChandlrrh. > 37, PHILLIP STREET. OOYERNHEN T MUNICIPAL CONTRACTORS. General Importers and Exporters and Commission Agents. SOLE AtiENTS 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 Woven478 words
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Advertisement832 1914-03-11 2 Notices FOUND In Raffles Square black and white fox-terrier pup. Owner pie* c apply to S TOMLINSON, 100 2 Robinson Road. 11 3 STRAITS MERCHANT SERVICE GUILD Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 24th, 8-30 p.m. A full attendance is requested THE SUNGEI GAU TIN MINING Co., Ltd. NOTICE OF CLOSING TRANSFER832 words
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Advertisement596 1914-03-11 2 Notices 1 REWARD. One hundred dollars will he paid by the Government of Kelantan in any jK'rson gn information to the police leading to the covery of a o ft. Mikronu lolite which was stolen from the District Surveyor. Bagan. on the night of the Jst Februaiy. The Theodolite is596 words
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Advertisement376 1914-03-11 2 Wanted Oriental Telephone A Electric Co. Wanted immediately a giri „p«.r CLERK-IN-CHAKC£ Tt 11-S WANTED AT ONCE A woman to work in optical > IN] r sian who can speak Mala\ i salai j nif nth and at 42 MINTO ROAD. ROCHORE hoi.rs of II am. aud ~i 113 BOOK-KEEPER.376 words
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Article641 1914-03-11 3 Ist of the rsy now ip forthc >rain| N ■•.•> Ksii tmi ft urn < rt. \>nt who, il l»f'fn tide:<l cliques. M Imperial consulted AdminU M Heresford as bein^ the man I rn;ht in the past and iiblic can rely implicit! cur .1 i-i i:ni(pjt\ his641 words
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Article673 1914-03-11 3 so\ik Useful Bugomtioinl If every Indian police recruit could be trained on the lines suggested by Deputy Superintendent /afar Omar, of the Inited Provinces, the force would soon become one of the wonders of the world, says The Statesman. Perusal of an English translation of Mr Omar's673 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement12 1914-03-11 3 A^l el?* Stoniach troubles. Take Woods' *SL PPerirint Cure< Al Btores cents12 words
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Advertisement190 1914-03-11 3 OIL GAS POWER. Diesel, Semi Diesel, and Suction Gas Engines and Plants— enquirers for this class of power would do well to consult. The Borneo Company Limited, Singapore, who represent firms of the highest repute, which is a guarantee of reliable power and satisfactory running. Crude Oil Consumption from .4190 words
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Advertisement205 1914-03-11 3 it is an established facP®§ rimr Genuine Bayer's Tablets of Aspirin are distinguishable from their many imitations by rhe following advantages/ 1. Theease with which they break up in w.ir.'r (without even stirring) 2. Their rapid action in allaying the pain of headache, toothache, neuralgia,- rheumatism, menstrual coiic etc. ff^=-~205 words
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Advertisement706 1914-03-11 3 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. THE SPRING? RACE MEETING (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING) WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday the*sth, Thursday the 7th, and Saturday the 9th May, 1914. PROGRAMME FIRST DAY. Tuesday, sth May, ISI4. 1. THE OPENING STAKES. Value $600. A Selling Race. A Handicap for Hcrses. All706 words
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Advertisement751 1914-03-11 3 Tiimn day. bATii:; May, I£l4. 1& 8 THE STEWARCS STAKES Mi PLATE. Value $500. A Handicap for Pou Giittins that have run at the meeting. Kb trance Its. Distance. Race Course. If there are more tbau Twelve Entries, the race u> he divided into two races by the Handicap r.751 words
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Advertisement676 1914-03-11 4 ggUlllUl." s> Bs l 8""" inni ii ii ii ii MTUjQ SB r t-—rf js** o >>^^ T __!7i fANTR ATTORN Tn tj BY APPOINTMENT TO H. M. THE king. Jf^ mSS^m^^^^^^^W^^ A FM. S. Government Hospitals «J I THE FINEST, PUREST and RICHEST MILK 3 Ua Used in all676 words
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Advertisement508 1914-03-11 4 Auctions AUCTION SALE OffLadies' Black and Brown Leather Shoes, Gents' Shirts and Collars Ac. At Powell it Co's Saleroom On Thursday, 12th March, at 11 a.m. Comprising 8 dozen collars, 7 dozen shirts, 64 pairs ladieh' black and brown leather shoes iSc. Also 5 new Geuts' Albion Cycles. To be508 words
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Advertisement276 1914-03-11 4 SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Telkixßams SIEMENS, SINGAPORE. Telephone No. 647. Electrical Engineers, Manufacturers and j Contractors. SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAMO WORKS. Ld. Head Office Caxton House, Westminister. London. Supplies Dept. and Stares Upper Thames •ict, London. Lamps and Fittings Dept. Dalston, London. Works Stafford and Woolwich. Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd.276 words
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Advertisement141 1914-03-11 4 JAMES MOTION C? MOTION kirn MARINE AND OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS, SINGAPORE T A. /rKI ■^'^m^tmf 20 lilfi 11 S t" 1* 11 iH 11 v| PAItKT 1 nients of all VL; co a»wc w Jy tions kept cp¥ M^»w in stock. 1 s Jewellei Certified Compass adjusters* to the Marine Sul•veyor^141 words
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Article1302 1914-03-11 5 our London correspondent niiition of affairs a r'll be taken as m< re!i»r indications which of lalt from that part of the ie v newi it will pro! unt a good deal of it. Th»re uh. n Ikiagi are bad worse than they really I piitures of the1,302 words
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Article195 1914-03-11 5 An Important Confkrkm i: in Colomho. a conference of local members of the Rubber Growers' Association, the Rubber Research Committee and Government experts was held on Feb. 26. The chief object of the meeting was to arrange a working scheme with the Chemist of the Rubber Growers' Association,195 words
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Article109 1914-03-11 5 The following examples are given by the New York Tribune of answers to examination papers in English and American literature at the University of Tennessee Irving's health was bad and was sent to Europe." Keats has not been given his proper place in American literature." "As Edwards109 words
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Article742 1914-03-11 5 Alor Ga.iah. The Capital is $120,000 in $1 shares all issued and fully paid. The financial year ends 30th September, at that date last year the area, according to the last report issued (dated 20th Dec 1913), was 476 acres planted 40 felled and cleared 516 (now?)742 words
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Article44 1914-03-11 5 BARLOW CO'S RUBBER WIRE. Messrs Barlow A Co. kindly inform us their London House wiring under date March 9 with reference to the Rubber Market state that a quiet tone prevails. The commodity is quoted as Smoked Sheet 2s 4sd Standard Crepe 2s 3i'd44 words
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Article47 1914-03-11 5 LATEST DIVIDEND. (from Our Own Correspondent) London, March 10. Batu Caves pays a final dividend of 50 per cent and carries to development account jC2,000 and forward £6 000. The F.M.S. exports of rubber for February were 2,304 tons against 2,542 tons in January.47 words
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Article76 1914-03-11 5 March 10. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's auction was held yesterday when there was offered for sale 969.73 pkls or 129,297 lbs. and sold 937.09 pkl3 or 124,945 lbs. Sheet Smoked ...$ll5 to 8127 Unsmoked 110 126 No. 1 Block 120 Crepe No. 1 12176 words
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Article585 1914-03-11 5 Singapore, March 10. A somewhat irregular rubber market was experienced at today's auctions when about 60 tons were offered for sale. The bidding was rather slow and the prices obtained mostly below last week's level. Ribbed Smoked Sheet secured the highest price, up to 5127 being585 words
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Article14 1914-03-11 5 Agents. Evatt Co. Ulu Pandan 4,980 total 10 months 45,127.14 words
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Article487 1914-03-11 5 London, Feb 15. \s a result of the past week's business a further advance in prices has taken place, although the market has been hardly so animated as previously. Current values of Plantation grades are about ldperlb higher than those ruling last Friday, closing rates being slightly487 words
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Article195 1914-03-11 5 Singapore. March 10. At the Auction held this morning prices were again lower but at the reduced level competition was well sustained and practi cally an entire clearance was effected. The highest price of the sale, $127 per pkl, was obtained for a lot of Smoked Sheet.195 words
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Article321 1914-03-11 5 An extraordinary meeting of theOnenta Rubber Company, Ltd., was to be held on 17th February for the purpose of passing a resolution increasing the capital from £40,000 to £55,000 by the creation of 15,000 new shares of £1 each. The shares will be offered pro rata to the321 words
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Advertisement25 1914-03-11 5 The first anniversary of the Soon Hoe Kok will be celebrated on Saturday, at 7.30 p.m. at the President's Residence (No. 13 Tong Watt Road.)25 words
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Advertisement113 1914-03-11 5 for KEROSENE OIL ENGINES THE IDEAL FUEL IS "Cross" Kerosene THE CHEAPEST REFINED OIL ON THE MARKET Cross will give you MORE POWER at a LOWER COST THAN ANY OTHER OIL OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS <6| AIZ per 4 -Gallon tin V** *O Including Duty; THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM Coy. (Straits113 words
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Domestic Occurrences.
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Article19 1914-03-11 6 Baur.— On Tuesday, March 10th. at the Maternity Hospital, the wife of F. P. Baur, of a son.19 words
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Article, Illustration16 1914-03-11 6 •>••-• -tires***«d j> r.fi'-'-r.cr »nj urbrib«d b? I Urn patriot zi ;H.sus oreca?'-* <»•••--.16 words
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Article1178 1914-03-11 6 Af might very easily have been an ticipated Mr ABQUITB and his colleagues have funked (very eloquently as regards the Prime Minister) running any newer I and near enough it has been to the 'edge of civil war. For insistence on going on with the Home1,178 words
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Article194 1914-03-11 6 Mr and Mrs W. G. Worcester are pro ceeding home by the i.s. Nore on holiday. It is understood that the Due de Montpensier will arrrive at Singapore this morning by boat from Port Swettenham. He will not land bete at all but will go straight on board his yacht194 words
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Article848 1914-03-11 6 {From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. March 10. The wedding took place at St. Catber me's Church, Kajang, on March 7 of Mr Franci6 Berkeley (iougb. son of Canon Gough of Birmingham to Miss Frances Annesley Hope Bailie, daughter of the late Mr Alex Bailie, formerly Commissioner848 words
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Article132 1914-03-11 6 HUERTA'S ORDERS FOR BATTLE Fears for Tampico [By Sulmi; Kfi en a/. Man bpl* have defeated the I aud the latter m whitln i Ameni hi. I.i .1 warship- up. iMtedO, March eight American rang< i tli. ir own body of the Aui^ricn to have been in132 words
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Article107 1914-03-11 6 March 10 building of the Missouri been burned to the ground ai >i a hundred persons are nilbeen found iv the streets. The Club was the BMM iv St. Louis. The dann a milliou dollar*, and tin building i- now only a mass of bi i107 words
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Article52 1914-03-11 6 Sacramento, March 10 Jred deputy sheriffs, armed with pickax- hand lee, fought six hundred ur.emplo ii astht result of the arrest of neneral and eighteen followers. .'adswere broken. The unemployed, whe dustrial Workers of the World aud raided the Churches of New \ork ou Mur were eventually52 words
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Article336 1914-03-11 6 Tbe next Hongkong I D lation Examination will be held in A Gazette Kxtraordina: 10 withdraws the cholera pioclamation against Pekalongan and >< prohibits cattle importation from Bangkok because of foot and mouth d Monseigneur Barillon will week for Kuala Lumpor. wb- 8 -uday the 2'2nd instant, he w new336 words
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Advertisement183 1914-03-11 6 JOHN LITTLE Go., Ltd. uiv. In view of In view of Approaching jjjjjj ol^^ i .,%^l Approaching Training J^l C S9K Training and >> +m^ and Race Season i I jf^^l Race Season Expressly I^^Hl *Ei 1 Expressly Display 0 Display Goerz Binoculars SPECIAL FEATURES. Small size High Power Greater183 words
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Article2360 1914-03-11 7 GOVERNMENT'S CONCESSIONS. Mr. Asquith's Speech. me Cable]. Kit ml BaYfli House of Commons was packed! ith, who wan loudly cheered pared to make his statement lion on the second r> I BUL tie said that i ported the measure in all as couvinced as ever the\ Imm d2,360 words
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Article245 1914-03-11 7 London, March 8. The House of Com raons was even more crowded for the second reading of the Home Rule Bill than when the Bill was originally introduced. There were no vacaut spaces. The Arch bishop of Canterbury, and other prominent peers, including Lord Dunraven, were conspicuous over245 words
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Article55 1914-03-11 7 Lord Milner in a letter to the Times 6ays that Mr Asquith's t-tatement makes it imperative for the signatories of the Convenant of March 2 and 8 to redouble their appeal to the nation to make clear to the forces driving Mr Asquith that a more generous55 words
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Article268 1914-03-11 7 London, Mar. 9.— The rush of members of the House of Commons to appropriate seats for the Home Rule debate began at eight o'clock in the morning. The Nationalist members held a conference and unanimously passed a resolution that Mr Redmond should express* their views268 words
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Article101 1914-03-11 7 London, Mar. 10. Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Lausdowne, moving the appointment of the Marconi Committee, said that Lord Loreburn had joined ou the condition that the charges agaiust Lord Murray should be specific aud formulated the inquiry should be limited to them aud the101 words
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Article171 1914-03-11 7 London, March 10. Mr Tim Healy put a long question regarding concessions in China. Mr Acland replied that His Majesty's Legation during the last eleven years had taken and continue to take every opportunity of impressing on the Chinese Government the necessity in her own interets of171 words
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108 1914-03-11 7 New York, January 21. The Wright Company, of Dayton, Ohio, headed by Orville Wright, won a legal fight of five years, involving 81/3,000,000, in tbe United States Circuit C mrt of Appeals, when Judges Lacombe, Cox and Ward upheld the decision of Judge Hazel, of108 words
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Page 7 Advertisements
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Advertisement98 1914-03-11 7 ELECTRIC LAMPS AND TORCHES. ii I PMC3 Hand Lamp, Hand Lamps, Pocket Lamps, $5.50. $4.25, 4.75, $1.50 to 4.00 5.25, 5.50. Torches: $3.75, 4.00, 6.50, 7.50, 8.00 10.50, 11.75. Berec Superior Refill Batteries Metallic Filament Bulbs. ROBINSON Co. Special Value I N jfci, U CjTlO Reversible $2. 50 eachSIZE 5898 words
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Advertisement566 1914-03-11 8 says you need Y^^ vQtn^ strengthening food 'wmi P'kTFPI FR'S A (TradeMatk) C I A^ T H f y^ &y^\ w C\T\ I\/PI? 111 Irs/^K^ k '.A. i V^^\/l^ L4I y 1 rv x^ l 1— 'A 1 A with Malt Extract m vSv r V'-^-S^ It is all food566 words
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Advertisement516 1914-03-11 8 Shipping NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. FOR Hongkong, Shanghai, and Japan Ports. The Imperial German Mail Steamer, 41 YORCK 8,909 tons, Captain Lo ser, having left, Colombo, on Sunday, the 7th inst., at midnight may be expected to arrive here on Friday morning, the 13th instant, at 10 a. id. en route for516 words
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Advertisement641 1914-03-11 8 Shipping M. M. MESS&GERIES MARTTIMEB MAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1914 1914 Atlantique Mar 15 Nera Mar 16 Paul Lecat Mar 29 Australien Mar 30 Cordillere April 12 Amazone Apiil 13 Polynesien April 26 Atlantique April 27 Magellan May 10 Paul Lecst May 11641 words
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Advertisement653 1914-03-11 8 Shipping N.D.L. Norddeutscber Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp ion, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtaa Nagasaki and653 words
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Advertisement656 1914-03-11 8 Shipping P. &<T STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading Issued lot Ooast, Persian Gulf. Continental and Aiua/w Ports. CM Steamer* wtll leave Blngapor. MAIL LINES. Homeward (for Eubgpki Prom Singapore, connecting at Colombo with 1914.656 words
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Advertisement720 1914-03-11 9 Shipping Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND NX/estern Pacific Railway Co. Tbe New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Francisco to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. MX) Ton Triple Screw Turbine Liners BHINYO MAKU TENYO I MART the yueens of the Pacific.720 words
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Advertisement412 1914-03-11 9 SINGAPORE'S ONLY COMPANY. unBT C|p|m fIF m mjm mmy 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 gnpren* Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act412 words
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Advertisement152 1914-03-11 9 THE BANK OF TAIWAN, Ltd. Incorporated by SPECIAL IMPERIAL CHARTER. Capita] Subscribed ¥10,000,000 Capita! Paid Up V 7,499,250 Reserve Funds V 3,430,000 HEAD OFFICE TAIPEH, FORMOSA, (Taiwan). Branched and agencies: Amoy Iloilo Moji Tainan Bombay Kagi Nagasaki Takow Canton Keeluug Osaka Tamsui Calcutta Kobe Shanghai Tokyo Foochow London Swatow Yokohama152 words
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Advertisement541 1914-03-11 9 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-OP CAPITAL 815,000,000 RESERVE FUNDS Sterling £1,500,000 at 2s.- $15,000,0001 «oo SUver 917,650,000/ •32,650,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors... 815,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORB. Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Deputy Chairman. S. H. Dodwell, Esq. P. H. Holyoak, Esq. O. Frießland Esq. C.541 words
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Advertisement350 1914-03-11 9 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. POUNDED 1787. HEAD OPPICESJ NORWICH AND LONDON. Losses Paid exceed £30,000,000 Lowest Rates of Premium. Prompt and Liberal Settlements. THE BORNEO Co Ltd. Agents FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1881. Direct Government Supervision Government Audit. Policies are "WORLD WIDE anfl HornForfoi table. Nett Snrplus350 words
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417 1914-03-11 10 The interest taken in the Slingsby fight will be renewed in London, and the case will be one of the most romantic ever hoard in the Law Courts, for upon the iss c will depend the succession to the vast Slingsby estates near Knaresborough,417 words
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Article1070 1914-03-11 10 The first total where «lven represents figures f 1912, the last column represents output fot calendar year to date in all MMMU Year 1913. Feb. 1914. Allagar 161,750 16,200 33,500 Alma 83,233 Alor GajaL 95,855 7,700 17,700 Alor Pongsu 101,478 9,850 21,650 Anglo Johore 124.524 12.653 23,9091,070 words
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Article99 1914-03-11 10 Year 191 b. 181* Belat 2.106 Bruang 51 r.ruseh 1. Gopeng Con6ol :*5 Heawood Kamuning 6,162 Kanaboi Kinta Kinta Association 5.739 Kledang 45 Krainat Pulai 4 774 Kampar 566 Lahut 6.< Malayan Tin I I Menglembu Lode 17 Middleton New Tambun P. Consolidated Pengkalen lit Fusing Lama 73699 words
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Article25 1914-03-11 10 Beaufort 89 British Boraeo 148,290 Langkon 79,700 Melalap 120,220 Membakut 15,663 Sapong 168,088 Sekong 118,049 9,958 1* South F»*t 51.231 Tenom 196,56025 words
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Page 10 Advertisements
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Advertisement101 1914-03-11 10 [OUR SPECIAL! LINES Fight rails ■Tipping Trucks! I SLEEPERS I I ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.! I BEHN, MEYER CO., Ltd., Singapore I IN STOCK. THE POPULAR FIVE-SEATER CAR. Recognised as the best value for money on the maiket. Price, Complete, $2,150. ABRAMS 9 Straits Motor Garage, 5 Orchard Road. Singapore Telegrams ABRAiS101 words
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Advertisement118 1914-03-11 10 W An Ideal B Travelling Companion A real boon for long B journeys, where nutri- ment is necessary in a A convenient and easily H prepared form. Made B Bi of nothing but the purest fi cream milk and cereals. M An excellent thirst quen- B Wt cher and delightfully118 words
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Article1494 1914-03-11 11 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exohange and Share Brokers, Mar. 10. Jap. Ibuub. Paid. Last Dsv boykis. Sellers. 63.000 ts 3s Allagar 9% 17 2 1 500,00 £1 £1 Anglo- Java 3 0 4 3 160,000 8b 2b Anglo-Malay 24% int 9 1* 9 10 50,000 9b hi1,494 words
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Article67 1914-03-11 11 (COBRRCTK) DP TO Mar. 10 1 Bank 4ms 1-4 11-82 M demand 2-4 382 Private credits 8m 2-4 18-82 credits 8 m/i 1-4 1116 France demand Bank 2941 Germany, demand 2881 India, T. T. 174§ Hongkong, demand ief% Yokohama, demand 1141 Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 66$ Sovereigns, Bank67 words
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Article151 1914-03-11 11 Mar. 10. Tin 185 tons sold t^T.i:, Gambier buyers 6.50 Gambler Cube No. 1 10.76 Gambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. S'poie buyers 18.87$ Pepper, (White fair) buyers 84.00 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) 24.00 1 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 26 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves151 words
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Page 11 Advertisements
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Advertisement90 1914-03-11 11 OLIVER' Typewriters. Send for particulars of the newest models (Nos. 5 6). The kk Oliver is deservedly the favourite high-class visible writer throughout the world. Stocked with English, French and German Keyboards. Foolscap takes paper 9 ins. wide. Brief do 14 do Policy do 18 do Also Special Carriages to90 words
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Advertisement127 1914-03-11 11 m Time^Jh m Fort Gteate Mi MomM Faber drop d*ily m 1 p.m., BlmMn m ard time, corre^^di^ a!^SSJSS mean time. Tks ttm»fu it fc«i v o'clock boob, Indicating Btac*faZm&u!toH Apioline Chapoteaut is superior to steel drop or pennyroyal and is a safe remedy for ladies. Recommended to remove pain;127 words
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Page 11 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous858 1914-03-11 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders From Arrived For When Niagara Am. yacht 703 Gabrielsen Penang, 8 3 Private Sarawak Steamen Nat. Tonnage 4 Mastei From Consignee* For Artreus Brit 4290 Williamson Y'hama, 8 3 Mansfield London 11 Asdang Siam 405 Andersen Bangkok, 8-. Co Bangkok 11 Atlas Brit858 words
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Article114 1914-03-11 12 FIERCE FIGHT AT GLASGOW. [By Submarine Cable]. Kjctkr's Sebyiob. London, March 10. Mrs Pankhurst was addressing a Suffragist meeting at St. Andrew's Hall in Glasgow, when a large force of police with truncheons drawn dashed into the Hall. A fierce fight ensued. The platform was guarded with barbed114 words
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Article42 1914-03-11 12 London, March 10. —The Suffragettes have declared war on Sir B. Carson consi dering as unsatisfactory the interview he accorded yesterday to women who had waited at the door of his house iv London since Thursday last.42 words
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Article53 1914-03-11 12 Teheran, March 9.— The Regent and the Government are each giving to the widow of Major ohlson, of the gendarmerie, who was killed in the recent fighting in Persia, a thousand pounds sterling. A committee of Persians is also subscribing to make her a present of a53 words
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Article20 1914-03-11 12 London, March 9. The death has occurred of Christian Ginsburg. the famous Biblical scholar and writer.20 words
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Article28 1914-03-11 12 London, Mar. 10. The betting on the Derby is 5 to 1 the Field offered, and on the boat race 4 to 6 on Cambridge laid.28 words
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Article32 1914-03-11 12 Berlin, March 10. The Norddeutscher Lloyd declares an eight per cent dividend. )tia, Mar. 10. The Hamburg Amerika starts a direct service from Levant ports to America on April 15.32 words
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Article24 1914-03-11 12 London, Mar. 10. Lever Brothers have issued a million one pound preference shares at 21 shillings. They have been largely over subscribed.24 words
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Article183 1914-03-11 12 New German Military Votes. Berlin, Mar. 10. The alleged Russian danger which was first given prominence to in articles in the Koelnische Zeitung of March 4 and 5 is beginning to dominate public discussion. The Berliner Tageblatt declares that Germany and Austria have too long yielded183 words
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Article18 1914-03-11 12 Capetown, March 10. The Indemnity Bill has been read a third time by 70 to 12.18 words
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Article102 1914-03-11 12 Startling Reductions. A correspondent of the "Indian Daily News" writes from Bankipur Indigo is rapidly becoming extinct. This year only 03,100 acres have been sown as compared with 90,100 acres last year. There will be some 7,000 cwts for sale as compared with double that amount102 words
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Article38 1914-03-11 12 The heavy shower of rain which fell yesterday prevented the continuance of the tennis tournament at the Cricket Club, Some 23 ties being thus delayed. This will not affect the arrangements made for this evening.38 words
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Article336 1914-03-11 12 A. Class Singles. (i. G. Hill scr v C. R. a* B. Terrell owe 15.3. B. Class Singles. Feindel scr v Terrell C. R. 2 rec 15 J. E. W, Day owe 2 v W. B. Cochran sor. R. E. H. Oliver owe 2 v H. P.336 words
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Article58 1914-03-11 12 The following were the results of play in Monday's ties of the billiard U urnament of the above Club. Walker plus 20 250 beat Karstt n plus 60 227. Streeton owe 90 250 beat Bu: n owe 90 224. Soper scratch 250 beat Powell plus 40 175. Recauo58 words
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Article78 1914-03-11 12 Intending visitors to Filli's Circ 1 1 1 bould not forget that the last show will ba Saturday night's. The programme is an excellent one, and is capitally varied. A. ncvelty on Friday evening will be a horse jumping competition for local rough riding experts, and there should78 words
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Article175 1914-03-11 12 Singapork Steam Launch Case. The case is still proceeding before Mr Talma in the Second Court in which Captain Alexander Frost, of the Singapore Steam Launch Company charges a Chinese partner in the concern, Low Choon Guan, on three separate counts with criminal breach of trust in175 words
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Article204 1914-03-11 12 An amusiug story is going the rounds in Brunswick, says the Telegraph" Berlin correspondent. It is told that a soldier on sentry duty outside subordinate wing of the palace, weary of the monotony of his task, and hoping for tbe relief of a few minutes' agreeable conversation,204 words
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Article251 1914-03-11 12 Wo Loan for China hut Shares. The Peking correspondent of the N. C. Daily News says The arrangement concluded between the Standard Oil Co. and the Chinese Government for tbe exploitation of the oil fields of Chihli and Shensi includes some interesting features. In exchange for251 words
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Article164 1914-03-11 12 Ax Admiral's Warning. The "Matin," quoting a Berlin telegram, states that Admiral Breusing, the Secretary of the Pan German League, recently delivered a speech on the development of the German Navy during the last twenty- five years. He declared that the time had passed when the164 words
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Article357 1914-03-11 12 Mouths ago on November s—fire5 fire broke out in the oil tank steamer Twingone and it continued to burn or smoulder for 41 days. It is now announced that the hull has been surveyed in Bombay and the bottom has been ton -«J to be uninjured. Repairs will357 words
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Page 12 Advertisements
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Advertisement235 1914-03-11 12 PKOPEKTY SALE The following Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Messrs Powell and Co. 'B sale-room yesterday afternoon The shophouse premises Nos. 69, 70 and 71 Ipper Nankin Street, area 2,550 square feet, comprised in East India Coy's leases 893 and 894 with 27 years to run, annual235 words
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Advertisement129 1914-03-11 12 GAME. CHINESE PHEASANTS, ENGLISH PHEASANTS, GROUSE > < Singapore Cold Storage Co t Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCHES G»s J. Gaupp Co., 33, RAFFLES PLACE. Watchmakers, Jewellers Marine Opticians REPRESENTATIVES MAPPIN WEBB, La Carrying a large stock of Sterling Silver AND Plated Ware. Specially Suitable for Wedding Presents. By Appointment To H.M.129 words
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Page 12 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous493 1914-03-11 12 NEXT MAILS DUt From Europe.— Per N. D. L. Yorck, due March 13. Per B. I. Taroba. with mails up to 2Cth altimo, due March 14. From China.— Per M. M. Nera due March 16. London Mails D'jspatsiiefl. Left. Due. Arrived H.M. Feb I Feb X Feb 25 P. O.493 words
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