The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 March 1914

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. :x cents SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1914. NO. 8,087
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    145 1 England has beaten Wales at Association football Page 7. A furious gale in Russia has caused many deaths Page 7. The report of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is given on page 6. Suffragettes have damaged the interior of Birmingham Cathedral Page 7. A settlement
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    HIS LONG LOST BROTHER.
    936 1 1 likens was a sailor mau, he held a chief officer's certificate and the quit* properly deserved reputation of being the biggest liar Ease of Sue/.. Billikens was once upon a time chief mate of a small Australian steamer that voyaged between Hongkong and Sydney N.S.W.
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      301 1 PALLADIUM Commencing Wednesday, 18th March. FOR A SHORT SEASON ONLY! SENSATIONAL ATTRACTION AND ENGAGEMENT uierabK expense of the famous 'QUICK CHANGE ARTIST Sir Mark Anton udon- Hippodrome and Principal HalK iv hN Burlesque Musical Drama entitled CAUGHT RED-HANDED FOLLOWED BY ERSONATIONS of celebrated music composers conducting their own compositions. U-
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      321 1 I 1 I SELECT I THE SUBJECTS BEING E=iLnt TO-NIGHT! -in motion pictures. I Humorous Interesting 2ND SHOW, 915 TO 111") P.M. For Thrills and Sensation see 4/V ORPHAN OF WAR— X. B. Film, and THE TIGER -Vitagraph Film. Our Humorous and Interesting Subjects are WANTED A MAMMA-A DEAL IN
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      253 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. X.D.L. latest sailings Page 8. To let furnished: Bungalow C. Institution Hill— Page 2. Campbell House school for boys, Clifton Downs, England Page '2. Notice re smoking concert of the Engineers Association Page 2. Jackson's rubber smoking apparatus is being widely adopted I'age ~>. An important series of
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      142 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday 18th. Pigh Water 1-41 a.m., 3-7 p.iu. BandmaDn Vie Theatre. "Laughing Husband." Hippodrome opens. Thursday 19th. High Water— 2-?4 a.m.. 4-40 p.m. Moon Last Quarter. P. O. Homeward mail due. Association of Engineers Reception 4-6 pm. Eastern Gate, 8 pm. Bandmann Vie. Theatre, "Step this Way." Friday
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    ATTACK ON ATTOCK BRIDGE.
    461 2 RSATKXtAL STOSTT. tmwar, Feb. 19. on Monday night raiders attacked the west abutment of Attock Bridge. The police resisted wounding some raidAfter a fusilade of some hours the raiders retired. I of Raid. When the Bridge was attacked it was about eleven at night. The polite
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    CINEMA SENSATION.
    324 2 Leaf Fkom Rn York Bridge. New York, Feb. 6. In the presence of the thousands of spectators yesterday Rodman Law, who describes himself as a sensation specialascended a tower of the Williamsburg Bridge, New York, which is almost us high as the Tower Bridge, London, aud aived into
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    NEW RUBBER IN THE FIJI ISLANDS
    471 2 Covering the greater portion of the 250 islands that comprise the Fiji group is a jungle of tropical vegetation. The total area of the islands is 7,484 square miles. Of the great variety of wild trees and shrubs which are found iv the uncultivated
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    THE OPEN DOOR.
    63 2 According to a Dairen dispatch to the Asahi, the Kwangtung Government is considering the pros and cons of the closing of Dairen as a free port. The Japanese businessmen in Dairen fear that if the authorities decide to close the port, it will not only hamper the
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    DON'T GRIN AND BEAR IT.
    127 2 Tossing and turning on a bed of woe, do you rise with an aching, painful back that unfits you for work or pleasure Backache *s serious. It should not be neglected. You should not "grin and bear it." STOP IT by rubbing in Little's Oriental
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      73 2 MARTIN'S jf^lforTadies.j PI JLLS 1 Proneh Rtm^v tor all IrrcfalarltlM. Thoawariitf. I «d>es k«rp a'-t o< Martin s Us in ;he h juse. to tfcat oa th« hrwt •trn of any lrrnftilartty of the System a timely dene Bay tw tannittwfd TtM mho mam Umm i* oaicia them hence ttvav
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      362 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. ILLUBTRATIONB AND PRICE LIBT9 POST FREE ON APPLICATION. Notices NOTICE. The Partnership formerly subsisting between James Dashwood Saunders, Geoffrey Garnett Uorsfall, and Lachlan Rose Macphail,
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      816 2 Notices NOTICE. A Sm r king Concert will he held at the Association of Engineers' new premises in the Banque de I* Indo-Ohine new building on Ihmsday 19th. at 9p m. Members desirous of inviting friends may obtain tickets at the Association Kootns. H BUTCHFR. Hon. Secretary. 18-3 19 3
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      608 2 Wanted WANTED IMMEDIATELY A smart European Assistant for office work. Commencing salary Mk 1 p< m onth and free (juarters. Applicant moat be British and unmarried. Apply in own handwriting with testimonials to P co Free Press. 173 24-3 Bachelor (English) requires furnished l> sitting room, and Board, in Telok
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      451 2 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF >m ment ware*. <v- r Messrs. CHING KENG LEE 4 h Sale-Room On Saturday, 21st March, at 11 CHINO KENG LEE 6 in 3 MORTGAGEE S SALE Monday, 23rd March, at 2 30 Pni 1. »99 Wars Lea* with plauk and attap h« had s ted
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    THE MORPHIA TRAFFIC.
    994 3 Thk Hi:<, inning ok thk Traffic. It was about tbe middle of last century that a firm of chemists in Edinburgh began the business on a small scale. For a long time this firm, and another in the same city, supplied the world with thei drug. It
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    CEILINGS AND PANELS.
    52 3 Beautiful and adaptable to any style of Architecture and to any method of inteiior I finish, are the CRANI wonderful Art Metal Ceilings. Cool, cleai white ant, and vermin proof, for Bungalows, Hotels, and I Public Buildings. For illustrated catalogue land particulars write to The Borneo Company
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      763 3 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Teak Household Furniture, Piano, Plants, &c. The Property cf J. KELLAR. Esq. At Government liungalow, A Nasim H I On Saturday, 21st March, at 1p m. I A. him, Ciefeld bout wood revolving piano stools v drawing hkhu chairs; teak round table with marble top,
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      101 3 4 THIS IS I IT! i Y/ATERBURY'S METABOLIZED j I Cod Liver Oil Compound t TASTELESS ODORLESS The latest scientific pre- Ti < parationofCQD LIVER 5 Vfr~- t )l[ >es all that is IM" cUhIJSJIw' cl. limed fur it and super- ..-^.x. sedea the old fashioned I r emulsions which
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      245 3 DUE TO ARRIVE Ex S.S. "CHALISTER 09 of these P°P ul ar cars. 1914 MODELS, Four and six seaters, with cbmplete Electric Self-Starting and Lighting System. CALL AND INSPECT. As these cars are nearly all sold intending purchasers please call early at. ABRAMS 9 Straits Motor Garage, Telephone 719. Orchard
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      349 4 BWlinillllll H 11 11 11 ffTTTI 81 !i 88 UBB 85 18 18 iiTCTi 81 Hftfj pi S^CONDE.NSEDj^ L. SsEdM^ ECONOMICAL. I/I fj I NESTLE AND ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED MILK CO., (London), SINGAPORE, Etc > '*^> PItIiUJLU lUrfi ISILOIgIg3rfIIIT!I!JI.LUIIU^ SIEMENS; WINCHESTER HOUSE, SNGAPOH SIEMENS. S Telephoki n Electrical Eng. Manufacturers and
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      160 4 For Cuisine i AND Cleanliness TRY THE j EMPIRE HOTEL. KUALA LUMPUR. 512 5-6 THE BOWRING Pm. Co., Ltd. HIGH GRADE LUBRICATING OIL. MARINE ENGINE CYLINDER OIL. FIN3BURY COURT. London Gaggino Co. Agents. Office: BONHAM STREET. No. 6. A. Deposit: ROBINSON ROAD. No. 25. THE ROYAL HAIR DRESSING I SALOON
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      179 4 [OUR SPECIAL I LlNtv LIGHT RAILS [Tipping Trucks I SLEEPERS I ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, BEHN, MEYER Co., Ltd., NOTICE to PARENTS, Is It Fair to give your children milk of an inferior quality whei SLEDGE. BRAND is obtainable from all the principa provision dealers When ordering, therefore, insist upon being supplied
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      191 4 iJDOULTON 7^ jSANITARY WARE I jLarge Stocks Arriving Shortly SOLE AGENTS I CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS Ltd JAMES MOTION C° MOTION I MARINE AND OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS, SINGAPORE Nautical A: w i Surveying I n s t r v TBr\t'. li r o ments of all I t I mil < descrip-
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    1185 5 have been thrown out a -ami in various QMrftatf tha I ibber, tin anil cooouuts :du>tries of the country by encouraging W ilo not put any parti ytgmtimm that resi the growing o! •■> in their compounds. 'Hu ed in watching to sec h not stolen »>■ or
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    GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REPORT.
    178 5 ngapore. 17th March. A somewhat irregular demand was ex perienced at to-day's Auction and of fifty tons offered seven tons were withdrawn. Values were on the whole better but while Pale Crupe fetched 5132 or 56 above last week's level, Smoked Sheet responded but slightly to the
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    184 5 Agents. F. W. Barker Co. Cluny:— 11,138 Sungei Duri:— 5,932 < Kotaßahru:— 14,214 1 Alma: 8,500 Bukit Ton Alang 4,975 Shanghai Klebang: 4,450 Kinta Kellas 11,050 Goodheart: 1,147 Chemor United 8,650 I The funeral of the late Mr R. G. Stitt < took place at the
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    LOCAL COMPANY POSITIONS.
    815 5 JIMWf The nominal capital is 5350,000 of which 291,800 shares of SI each are issued and fully paid. The financial year ends at 30th June, and at that date last year the planted area is said to be 732 acres Swamps and reserve 106 Total area 838
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    LONDON RUBBER WIRE.
    73 5 SMART RISE IN RUBBER (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 16. There was a smart rise in the rubber j market, but political fears have kept back rubber shares, in sympathy with other markets. Petaling pays a final dividend of 50 per cent and carries forward 16,460.
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    RUBBER AUCTION.
    113 5 At the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's Auction yesterday there was offered for sale 816.67 pkl. or 108,889 lbs. and sold 699,88 pkls. or 93,317 lbs. Prices Realized Sheet Smoked Fine Ribbed Sl2B to $130 Good Ribbed 117 127 h Fine Plain 123 127 m m Good
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    BARLOW'S PRICES CURRENT.
    553 5 BARLOW' S PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, March 17. In sympathy with quotations received from London during the last few days, prices at today's auctions showed a slightly higher average. Crepes were in good demand, Standard (Quality being accorded the top price of the auctions, viz., $132, an improvement of 56 per
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    WHITES RUBBER REPORT.
    533 5 London, February 29th. The market has reacted sharply from j the level reached a week ago, current Plantation values showing a decline of about 2d per lb. Fears had been entertained by some operators that the February position wa6 oversold, and eager cover ing assisted in raising
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    THE RISE IN RENONG SHARES.
    563 5 The Ordinary shares of the Renong Tin Dredging Company Limite a mode rate but steady rise above their issue price of l}, have, since the commencement of the present year, spurted to 3 ft. This hag not been due to any material change in the
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      117 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 i LOWER COST THAN ANY OTHER OIL OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS <fe| AIT P er 4-GaUon tin V-l* *O including Duty) THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM Coy. (Straits
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      DEATH.
      36 6 Gordon.— On Feb. llth, at Braebimie, Klgiu, Scotland, from heart failure JESBIE Forbes, widow of William (Jordon, formerly Agent of the Mercantile Bankt f India, Madras, and daughter of the late John Forbes, Haddo, Aberdeenshire.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, Mar, 18, 1914.
    2250 6 The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, Mar, 18, 1914. In addition to Lord EsHER another enthusiastic champion of Mie cause of a European millennium is Sir Max WAECHTEB, a personality well-known for the prOjßOtion of philanthropic objects asjilso for prominence in business affairs as the head of an important firm with
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    SOCIETY OF sT. VINCENT DE PAUL.
    560 6 SOCIETY OF sT. VINCENT DE PAUL. The thirtieth annunl f r Societ\ i nceot df i 1913 has Jm| ing to find that [\>, the present year with *'2.H1 I The balance on th. her. 1911 was 1 1H, making t the amount expended in leaving ji on 1 .<]
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      181 6 IMPORTANT I THE Three Castles Cigarettes now being packed with one coupon and a miniature in every tin twenty-five of these coupons will entitle 1 you to an artisticcrilt frame free from a»l\ertisement, in which to place the miniature thf-k may m asm to tm British-American Tobacco Co. straitsi Ltd.,
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    A PARIS SENSATION.
    157 7 PREMIERS WIFE KILLS POLITICIAN. Only Wanted to Wound. [i.y Submarine Cable]. Ricteb's Service. 1 7. —Paris has been excited w spa per duel between i i i.: I mix. II of the former was always I nul lms culminated in charges ii the pt'i-on.-tl honour of M.
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    AMERICA'S PROBLEMS.
    67 7 Mi rob, 14 U i-, uo* I :bat I'reaident Wilson will pay the :ion to Mr Chamberhi notion in the Senate calling in tin rtateaMafti of the i in London with regard to il tolls. The government ap -poM'd to treat the whole latch, 17 -Mr Bryan has
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    GERMANY AND THE CHINA TRADE.
    52 7 larch 17. The new lierruan :ute. whose mission it is to rade between Germany and i? ht M it? drat meeting, a hundred including repre aenbUiTM of industry and trade. Herr I i ambassador at Tokio was president, and Herr von Loebell ■lai Wieler of
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    WATERLOO.
    46 7 Ion Mann 1*. The Duke of Wil ri n to the Lord Mayor fl lo the public for jglO.OOO to eld of Waterloo on the of the centenary, to prevent build Um hirtoric site. A Committee is beiag km 1, including Lord ind Lord Methueu.
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    EXPLOSION OF POSTAL PACKET.
    45 7 a 16. The Daily Tele Sj ioey, gays that Mr Frederick :>-;oner of the closed settle m, and two others have been >y the explosion of a el containing dynamite and ntrived to explode when openl clue as to the sender.
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    OBITUARY.
    40 7 uv:i March 16. Sir Johu Murray nrii.urgb, the eminent oceanographer, has been killed in a motor accident and laughter baa been seriously injured. London. March 17. The death is also announced of General Wihnot Henry Bradford, a Crimean hero.
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    AUSTRALIAN MILITARY POST.
    28 7 March 17. Brigadier General :es, commandant of the Royal Military I Australia, has been offered the of inspector general of the military forces of Australia.
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    VIENNA ESPIONAGE TRIAL.
    22 7 London. March 16, At Vienna the trial Russians, charged with espionage °o behalf of the Russian General staff, has
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    THE CHILDAR PIRACY.
    52 7 \hr<,tn Out Own Correspondent.) -,'konjf, March 17.— 1n the piracy on u!dur there was stolen a bag of ginseng valued at $300 jewellery llyon clothing Ht $39,026 and money: "4,086 making a total of 121,966. [Not according to our reckoning.] The engines •i re disabled and the
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    ULSTER.
    175 7 MR ASQUITH DISAPPOINTED. Party Complaints [Bj Submarine Cable]. R«utkr'b Sebvici. London, March 16.— At question time in the House of Commons, Mr Asquith said that he adhered to his proposals regarding lister, in the hope that they might be the basis of a settlement. Financial and administrative adjustments would
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    HOPES FOR AFRICAN DEPORTEES.
    92 7 London, March 17. A message from I the Indemnity Bill is through the committee stage in khfl lie. Mr Smuts miulr >ome concessions regarding references to deportthe principal being deletion of a paragraph in the preamble describing them as pel maneutly undesirable." London, March 17. —Mr
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    MORE SUFFRAGETTE FOLLY.
    88 7 London. March 16. Suffragettes have daubed with white paint the entice inter ior of the Birmingham Cathedral with rd-. "Votes for Women" and similar war cries. The maguinceut Kurne JoiM ts window, it. it is feared, permauently dis Sgorad. It is 6iippobed that SaffrageMa secreted herself in
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    G.E.R. TROUBLE.
    62 7 G. E.R. TROUBLE. London .\arch 16. A meeting of the Great Kastern railwaymen at Stratford h.\;. resolved to issue strike notices if the iitmiMsd policeman who acted in organis iru T the railway police is not reinstated. The chairman of the meeting referring to Mr Thornton, the new Manager imported
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    IMPERIAL STUDY COUNCIL.
    66 7 London, March 16. The Senate of the Tniversity of London has appointed a committee to advise upon the organisation of imperial studies in London and the creation of a department of imperial studies. The committee includes Lord Rosebery, Lord liryce, Lord Hambleden, Lord Miluer, Sir Krishna Gupta.
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    EAST AFRICAN LOANS.
    20 7 London, March 17. In the House of Commons, Mr Harcourt introduced the East African Protectorate Loans Bill.
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    NEWS AND RUBBER.
    187 7 lpore Action Settled. V Before the Chief Justice (Sir W. H. Hyndman Jones) in the Supreme Court, yesterday, Mr J. G. Campbell, counsel for the plaintiffs, mentioned the terms of settlement arrived at in the suit of the Sembrong Rubber Estate, Ltd., against A. P. Goodwin and
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    FURIOUS GALE IN RUSSIA.
    178 7 DUST TURNS DAY INTO NIGHT. Many Workmen Killed. [Bj Submarine Cable]. Kbdteb's Sebvicb. St. Petersburg, March 16.- The full ex tent of the Kuban catastrophe is still unknown. The telegraph is interrupted. Tiflis, March 16. —Tiflis and other towns are overhung with a heavy yellow cloud,
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    PRINCE LEAVES FOR NORWAY.
    39 7 London, March 17.—The Prince of Wales has left for Norwuy. He crossed the Channel in the gale which continues general found the coasts, and sometimes reaches hurricane force. There has been great damage and flooding.
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    EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN.
    31 7 London, March 17.—Tokio official telegrami speak of eighty three victims of an earthquake aud 4o"> houses wrecked in the prefecture of Akita. Communications are tsti 11 greatly delayed.
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    BATTLESHIP IN A GALE.
    31 7 London, March 16. During the gale the battleship New Zealand anchored at BerehaTen. She dragged her anchors for Miles and lost her topmast with the wireless gear.
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    SPORTS NEWS.
    125 7 London. March 16. The Derby betting is Tetiaieh 4— 1. London, March 16. The weather for the England vs Wales match at Associa tiou football was stormy, but the ground fair condition. There were 12,000 spectators. Play in the tirst half was fast and fairly even. There was
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    THE KING WATCHES BOXING.
    37 7 London, March, 17. The King was pre sent at a gymnastic and boxing display held at Albany street barracks last evening. An exhibition match between Wells and o'Keefe was one of the items.
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    PENANG NEWS.
    125 7 {Front Our Own Correspondent., Penang, March 17. The subscribers' accounts of the St. (leorge's Ball show a balance in hand of SIS 4. Mr Mitchell, the secretary, said that a 510 subscription would be sufficient to allow each person to invite two guests. It was resolved to hold
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    NEW COALING STATION.
    145 7 Comparatively few people are aware of the fact that a new British coaling station has been established in the Persian Gulf, where constant vigilance is necessary to prevent the traffic in arms. The coaling station occupies an advantageous position at Henjam, near the entrance to the gulf
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    MALACCA TENNIS.
    212 7 On Saturday last the Tournament in Malacca was concluded, before a large crowd, by the championship game between the Holder Mr H. E. Burgess and Mr G. Beatty. The latter quickly concluded the match beating his opponent somewhat decisively iv two sets. Mr Beatty is a young player
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    EARLY RAILWAYS.
    541 7 A> touching the Turnover on Transport the followiug cutting from a home paper Iki- been forwarded by a correspondent. With regard to the memorial, of a beautiful stained glass window in Bromsgrove Church, to the late Sir Thomas Chavasse, Xt the distinguished Birmingham surgeon (brother of the Bishop
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      71 7 PROPERTY SALE. < The following lot was disposed of by auction at Messrs Powell and Cos saleroom yesterday afternoon Freehold hmd off Telok Kerau Road, area 26,992 square feet, being lots 1845 to 1868 of Grant I, together with the plank aud attap dwelling known as No. *lo off Telok
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      109 7 rjjfc-i SPECIAL DISPLAY Hlfflnia Dr JAEGER'S HOSE I I f/j n a very large range of I |g Ivi colours and Fancy effects mii i i colours, price. m\ ./I) mentof 7 V\J t feW designs. \M PER PAIR. In sizes. 9, 9*. 10. 10*. 11 ins W^ m ROBINSON
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      729 8 1 y Take 7/W n^s half a wineglassful before or after each meal lt is the ideal \IKU t INVIGORATOR < y for debilitated bodies, <J f brains and nerves. r. It will strengthen you <^ and keep you perfectly p 7 *ZZ fit for work or pleasure. l >
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      614 8 Shipping INDOCHINA S. N. CO., Ltd. FOR Penang Calcutta. The Company's Steamkk LAISANG Captain Mooney, is due here on Tuesday, the 17th inst., and will be despatched for the above ports on Thursday, the 19th idem, at 4 p.m. She has excellent accommodation for first class passengers, amidships, carrying a
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      663 8 Shipping MM. MESSAGERJES MARITIMES. MAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1914 1914 Paul Lecat Mar 29 Australien Mar 30 Cordillere April 12 Amazone April 13 Polynesien April 26 Atlantique April 27 Magellan May 10 Paul Lecat May 11 V. de la Ciotat May 24 Cordillere
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      684 8 Shipping N.D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremei IMPERIAL GERMAN MAII LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers o this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamf ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connoctin Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice \< isa Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtac Nagasaki
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      611 8 STEAM NAVIGATION COMPAQ i For China, Japan, Penang, Cevio Australia, India, Aden, Egy M Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth f and London. i. Through Bills of Lading lwmeo tor >• Coast, Persian Gulf Continent > g Porte. **™«iei| Steamers will leave Btnga» MAIL LINh Homeward (for Eck i J From Singapore, connecting
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      715 9 Shipping Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. Cew Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Francisco to aU points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Screw Turbine Liners SHINYO MARD TENYO 'MART the yueenß of the Pacific. Eqnipped with Wireless Telecraphy wmmmtm
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      564 9 SINGAPORE'S ONLY 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 Lifo Assurance Companies
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      544 9 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-OP CAPITAL »15,000,000 RKSERYE FUNDS ,™>,w Sterling £1,500,000 at 2s.- $15,000,0001 Silver 817,650,000 f »32 650,000 Reierve Liability of Proprietors... $15,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORB. Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Deputy Chairman. S. H. Dodwell, Esq. P. H. Holyoak, Esq. G. Friesland
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      351 9 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. FOUNDED 1797. HEAD OFFICES,! NORWICH AND LONDON. Losses Paid exceed £30,000,000 Lowest Rates of Premium Prompt and Liberal Settlements. THE BORNEO Co, Ltd. AgenU FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1881. Direct Government Sdpervi3io» Government Audit. Policies are "WORLD WIDE and Noar orfei table. rSvJ
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    PUBLIC OPINION
    572 10 In the United Statks. It has been necessary to refer more than once cf late to American "public apinion." That is a phrase which in the United States of all countries needs lualification aud explanation. There is no centre of public opiuion nere, no capital of the mitionul
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    PASSENGERS EXPECTED.
    571 10 Per P X O str Mahva, connec: ing with the str China at Colombo, due Mar 20. Rev H. J. Hatchcock, Rev E. O, Swinnerton, K. Robertson. Miss Auros, Mr Mrs Cross, D. Farquharson, F. 11. Card well, R. T, Holmes. Mr Soderlond. Per P O str Namur,
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    RUBBER ESTATE RETURNS.
    1123 10 The first total where given represents figures f) 1912, the last column represents output for calendar year to date in all cast I, Year 191:.. Feb. 1914. Allagar 161.750 16,200 33,500 Alma 83.233 Alor Gajah 95.855 7,700 17,700 Alor Pongsu 101.478 9.*50 21.650 Anglo Johore 124.524 12,653
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    TIN RETURNS.
    92 10 Year 191 Y< Belat :M<>6 Bruang Bruseh 1 H Gopeng Consol Heawood Kainuning Kanaboi Ml Kiuta Kinta Association 1 Kledang Krainat Pulai Kampar 1 Lahat Malayan Tin nglembu Lode I, §11 Middleton V w Tarn bun T. i ousolidated 1 Pengkalen 1'using Lama 736 I Fusing Bahru Rahman
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    British North Borneo.
    27 10 Beaufort 89,784 British Horieo 148.290 Langkon 79,700 Meialap 120. Meinbakut 15,663 Sapong 168,008 Sekong 118,049 9.90- 1» r South F»<4 61,221 Tews 196.660 18.00"
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1491 11 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, Mar. 17. Jak luaua. Paid. Last Div bdtheb. Sellers. 85.000 2s 2s Allagar 9% 16 2 1 500,0 0 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 33 4 6 150,000 2s 2s Anglo-Malay 24% int 9 6 10 8 50,000 2s 2a Batang
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    EXCHANGE.
    71 11 (COBBECTBD UP W> Mar. 17). Bank 4m s 2-4 982 demand 2-4 I*l Private credits 8 m/i a. 4 J M credits 8m 2-421:>2 France demand Bank 294 i Germany, demand 288$ India, T. T. i 7 4f Hongkong, demand ie#% Yokohama, demand 1 14% Java, demand uij Bangkok,
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    PRODUCE.
    177 11 ApiolineChapoteaut i« superior to ste< 1 drop or i>ennyroyal and is a safe remedy for iadie*. Recommended to remove pain, obstraoltoa and the irregularitieK peculiar to the sex. 16 Mar. 17. Tin buyers 137.75 I Gambier buyers 6.50 Gambier Cube No. 1 10.75 Gambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1317 12 The programme for the annual meeting of the Singapore Kirte Association has now been issued and shows an interesting series of competitions. As was foreshadowed in this column some weeks ago there is evidenced a distinct change in the direction of making the competitions more practical and with
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    A CRICKET CURIOSITY.
    379 12 The Daily Chronicle says: The Natal cricket umpire who tifered his decision about a catch took a different view of his duties from that maintained by an umpire of whom Dr W. G. (I race tells. G. F. Grace and W, R. Gilbert had gone in first
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    OFFICER ATTENDS EXECUTION OF HIS BROTHER.
    64 12 New York, Fob. 14. A telegram from Chihuahua relates how a rebel captain named Martinez was forced to preside at the execution of his brother and father-in-law, named Benditz, who were condemned to death for the murder of an American. The prisoners pleaded to
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    VALUE OF HOT MILK.
    130 12 Hot milk is a most nutritious beverage a real luxury the value of which but few people know, says a writer in the "Family Doctor." Many who have abundance of milk never think of using it as a drink or, rather as an eatable for we
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    S.C. C. LAWN TENNIS.
    596 12 TIES FOR TO-DAY. Cfl UfPIOVBHIP. D. H. Kleinraann v A. K. a' H. Terrell. J. A. Dean v R. C. Stout. Capt. M. F. Day v F. Moding. W. H. Threlfall v R. B. B. Donnell. B. Class Singles. F. G. Stevens scr v A. Feindel
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    HAIGH SHIELD COMPETITION.
    47 12 HAIGH SHIELD COMPETITION. Raffles vs St. Joseph's. Monday, March 23rd. on Raffles Ground; Thursday, March 26th. on St. Joseph's Ground Monday, March 30th. on Rallies Ground Thursday, April 2nd. on St. Joseph's Ground Monday, April 6th. on the S. R. C. Ground Referee Mr F. C. Sands.
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    TANGLIN CLUB BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
    41 12 Results of Monday's play. Burrett owe 80 beat Sims scratch, 236. Stevens owe 60 beat C. H. Waddell owe 130, 140. Thorogood owe 150 beat Hartnell owe 50, 205. Bath owe 130 beat Critten owe 60, 172.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    321 12 Tbe P. and O. homeward mail India left Hongkong at 1 p.m. Saturday, and is due to arrive here at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. The P. and O. outward mail steamer Arcadia left Colombo at 8 p.m. on Saturday, and may be expected to arrive at Singapore on
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      513 12 NEXT MAILS DUB. From Europe.— Per P. O. Aicadia with mails up to 27th ultimo, due March 20tb. From China.— Per P. O. India due to-day. London Malls Despatched. Left. Due. Arrived B. I. Feb 12 Mar 6 Mar 6 M. M. Peb 16 Mar 11 P. A O. Feb
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