The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 April 1914

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY APRIL 4. 1914. NO. 8102
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  • 223 1 Wrack has won the Newbury Cvp Page 9. Rubber Company returns will be found on page 8. There has been a serious fire at Kuala i Lumpur Page 8. The meeting of Tapah Rubber Company was held yesterday Page 9. There has been a serious disaster to
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  • 119 1 More of Little's sale specialities Page 8. Dr. Williams pink pills sure anaemia |l Page 6. Sale of teak furniture and books by < I Powell and Co. Page 7. Falcon brand Pilsener beer sold by Caldbeck Macgregor Page 8. Fresh films at the Marlborough and Alhambra; Gala
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  • 1154 1 To call bark yesterday, the ft ttcrday of, an it he. so iiitiuy years ago Draw the wrtiiius, stir the dickering fire, light a ;ood cigar, then settle in a comfortable irmchair with the register of th«» old chool. The very list of uatnt>» in clear
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 296 1 A DELIGHTFUL HOUR WITH MAX UNDER IN HIS LONGEST AND BEST COMEDY KNTITI.Kh Max and His Rival IN 3 PARTS am ANOTHER HOUR WELL SPENT in hi ;;ing PATHES ANIMATED GAZETTE (186 th Edn N\w Nuu;b< AND TILL DEATH US DO PART (IN I REB loured Pathe Film depicting a
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    • 39 1 Victoria Theatre. Thursday, April 16th and Saturday, April 18th at 9 p.m. GRAND Variety Entertainment under the management of SINGAPORE ADC. and K.0.YL.1. Plan of Seats at THE ROBINSON PIANO Co., Ltd.. on Monday. April 6th. At 9 a.m.
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    • 329 1 mm<&mmmm& <ssmmmmm i «^^<^^^ W J TONIGHT! 8-10 to 11-30 TO-NIGHT!! j I another FANTOMAS serial I THE THIRD BTORY, "THE MYSTERIOUS FINGER PRINT" THE FOURTH STORY, I' THE TRAGEDY AT THE MASKED BALL LENGTH 15,000 Along with GAUMONT GRAPHIC, No. 10 AT THE I HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, I NORTH
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    • 70 1 A UNIQUE PRODUCTION OF PATHE FRERES WHICH WILL BE FOUND TO M A COMBINATION OF TRAVEL, ROMANCE, COMEDY AND THE DRAMA ENTITLED ROUND THE WORLD ON TWOPENCE (After a well-known work) 5 LONG REELS 5 7,000 FEET Will be pot on TO-NIGHT AT THE MARLBOROUGH Picture Theatre. Beach Road. Commencing
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 151 1 THE WEEK Saturday 4th High Wattr— 2-30 a.m., S -56 p.m. Moon First Quarter. P. O. Outward mail, evening. Southerr Districts' Agricultural Ass. tut£. S. G. C. Monthly Medal. S.R.E. (V.) Monthly Shoot.. S.C.F.A. League, Straits Evergreen \s StraitI'nited. Sandaj sth. High Water— 3-16 a.m., 7-46 p.m. Palm Sunday. P.
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    • 349 2 THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, I FOR BEST ENGLISH MADE GRAMOPHONES FROM $25 TO $150 RELIABLE MOTORS. FINE TONED SOUND BOXES. SOLIDLY BUILT CABINETS. HIGHLY PLATED FITTINGS. Illustrations and price bum post free ON APPLICATION. C. K. SEN Cos JABAKUSUM TAILA The Standard Hair Oil. IBE ROYAL TOILET. Jabakusuni Taila keeps
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    • 830 2 Notices 1 LOST Vroin Uilstead Road, Australian Terrier, blue-grey color, large cataract one eye, answers to nan c «>f Mick." Reward. Apply, n. 1. CRITTEN, McAlister Co., Ltd. i 3-4 uc STRAITS MERCHANT SERVICE GUILD 31. Coleman-st. Next Meeting, Tuesday April 7th at 8.30. Committee Meeting, at 8 15 p
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    • 767 2 Notices NOTICE Notice is hereby given, that 1 the undersigned A. B. A Rahe»tn. prop* "to f Messrs Ismail and Rahe< in. have givea a power of attorney to Mr A. M VI. Mohamed i> acton my behalf during iuv absence oa leave. Dated this 3rd day of April 1914
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    • 601 2 Wanted WANTED Board-hesiderce by yoiiDg married Englisl couple and infant. 1 ocy if suitable Two furnished rooms with Hoard required Tennis. Low terms no so <• wential as g. food and comfortable accommodation. Will enter May Ist. Fullfst particulars to ENGLISH. Po-t Box 54 Kuala Lirupur. 44 114 Sourabaia tirnj
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    • 294 2 To Let TO LET PARTLY FURNISHED Ootapooad H ln-.:i«. iUIS. hatt) t r '-r TO LET UNFURNISHED Harrfell 14. Nanta i.,,. March. 1914. to ADIS ft EZEKIEL 1-19 HOUSE TO LET ftlvortcm" 8 ipjH April. Imi |.;uti' TO LET A BOH bungi Enlry April. ai A H > ALI AMBAR
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 489 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. Palm Sun r ay. April .<th 1914. ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL 7-45 a.m. Hoh Communion. (Choral) Hyuius 9*. sit a S''-i lAdlamt. 9-15 a.m. tul Litany. Hymn 99. m. Holy O Mimunion. Plain). 4 pm. Childuu 5-30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon, Hymns 96. 6» A The S»ory of
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  • 1265 3 SHALL KELANTAN COME IN Ib it to the advantage of F. M. S. that Kelantan should become part and parcel of the Federation f Is it to the advantage of the Kflantan Malays themselves We think not. Kelantan is a laige and more or less undeveloped agricultural country which, like
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  • 250 3 Two Mkmif us Who Didn't Want to do it. A short but noi6y debate in the House of Commons had an amusing sequel in the Lobby. Mr Homer, raising the question of Mr Handel Booth's presence at consultations of the Irish Executive at the time of
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  • 107 3 Finds to BfEBT Current Expense^. Peking, March 26. The Board of Finance has received three million dollars from the Bank of Communications towards local current expenses until the end of the month. Title Deed Tax. It is reported that eight of the Southern provinces have strongly protested against
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 199 3 fVon cannot hrthr than trith^L s WOLFE'S I Aromatic Schhdam SCHNAPPS I It ordinary Iry winrt IliTl high**! JBL^ .1,1r:,!,k<.;.,r :l1 :1 «'i t«>nic ~1 tli.it render n healthful, in- l| never) beneficial «iiMffkk.M.. i .j. TNbastw. Th.lmtOlw.Uv.. I G. F. KELLNER Co., lUjCUTTA. 3 A SCOTT Co., I RAHGOOH.
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    • 76 3 w t THIS Tfi TT f i 4 I WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED 1 Cod Liver Oil Compound t TASTELESS ODORLESS > )sffi!k. Ie latest scientific pre- J /l«Ek paratior, of COD LIVER 7 :^~^j; OIL. Does all that is cw"u!STi| claimed for it and super- I sedes the old fashioned i
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    • 159 3 It is not a matter of indifference whether you take a trustworthy remedy, or one recommended ar ",ust as good". A characteristic property of genuine Aspirin Tablets, for instance, is that they break up rapidly in water »ithouf Hiring, »U* subs.itutes often do not and are consequently .neifectuai. One might
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    • 376 4 B|l 88 88 88 H 81 11 11 11 S 8 1LLI li_rLUll_U 1 1 11 H 11 11 11 11 ilTnpiQ BY APPOINTMENT TO U. M. THE KING. <^J^P SSmSS^^^^^F and F M S Government Hospitals 'H I #Cs^^^ ~^c_ r*ic, t-ic, b THE FINEST, PUREST and RICHEST MILK
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    • 85 4 v^BS &JKtS Dfc^-j i Railway Material OUR SPECIALITY. gjj| Very pi Very W MB Large ||J| j Low Stocks. Prices. General Agents for H. H. BOEKER Co., BEHN, MEYER Co., Ltd. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, SINGAPORE. DUE TO ARRIVE Ex S.S. "CHALISTER" AA of these popular cars. 1914 MODELS, Four and six
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    • 313 4 &s J. Gaupp Co., 33, RAFFLESSPLACE. Watchmakers, Jewellers Marine Opticians REPRESENTATIVES MAPPIN WEBB, P Carrying a large stock of Sterling Silver AND Plated Ware. Specially Suitable lor Wedding Presents. FAR EAST OXYGEN ACETYLENF COMPANY, LTD., (SiMGAPORE BRANCH.) MARINE BOILER REPAIRS BY AUTOGENOUS WELDING Repairs of Furnace Cracks. Repairs, of Leaky
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    • 51 5 ■FJI f^ H^^L mm mm H^b v^jpni !iiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinhK. B^H 4^B M^Ss^HKJ^^"^ i "Tß^K^^^^fc all I I j^B^w Jr* I I vW •V^r k I I I J ill L. 'T. *^^^^ES^^rT" X* I I Ik. W^^. I lij^ xl K. M '/fry V^ V^f^^. s/sS/ j^^ri I i jillii
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  • 568 6 Should it be a Fkee Port The Philippine Inlands have c wonderful future before them, a future made possible by the Atnericau people who have established an honest government here handled by men with, ability," were the parting words of William D. Boyce, ihe millionaire publisher and editor
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  • 253 6 What to do with the Philippines Manila, March 13 Ex-Governor Osborn of Michigan, who has been in Manila for some days, in a speech just prior to his departure, urged a strong national policy. He said that the present policy is compromising the Filipinos and would likely
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  • 60 6 Light hearts are beating, young voices greeting, Young folks arc jolly and brimming with fun, But one is retreating, waits for no greeting, Badly he sneezes hie tlu has begun One will pursue him. whisper this to him, Take my advice and Woods' Peppermint Cure! Away with your sorrow— ttue
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    • 956 6 Anaemia— The Thief Of Life and Destroyer of Happiness. How Thousands of Women Have Won Happy Healthy Wifehood and Motherhood. i— >->.« «i ■<.• Details were published in the English press strengthen the vital organs until all your sysrecently of a breach of promise case in which teni is invigorated
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    • 164 6 "Royal Household" Whisky. is guaranteed to be Exactly the same •n every respect as that supplied regularly to The Royal Household by Messrs James Buchanan Co., Ltd.. who hold the largest reserves of Whisky of any individual firm in the world. The necessary arrangements have now been completed which enable
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    • 466 6 THE ROYAL HAIR DRESSY SALOON THK PREMIER HAIR DRESSING gir^ IN THE EAST Be£ to not,:, a reduction has been of their establishment 80-4 Raffles PI, pared to mak. no rmg of BAY RUM m QUININE to then noMt LADIES' SHAMPOO $1 W. J. GARCL: 219, Orchard fc Pianos bought,
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  • 289 7 i ••■!>. N :ng the survey under report, we lost through lit b-hev*' that I re 18 smaller than actuals. in taken was a religious ported to pray wbilr i surveyor if squad were at work. His prayers supposed to keep off tigers, but he did not
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  • 272 7 Commies-ion-, uav- already ;be problems involved ia our food sapplie> iv time of war. the first ■port in 1905 ami the second all their labours have not malted in placing the question on a The whole subject is bound up with the maintenance by Great be
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  • 212 7 an, according to the Man- ;irdian," makes tea in the following manner A chip is broken a tea brick and pounded in a mortar. > then boiled in a kettle for five tain r which it is poured through r wuer into a tea churn,' a
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 556 7 £100 A YEAR to your wife and children for at least twenty years and so much longer as your wife shall live. SUN LIFE a c s oTplk c y e OF CANADA Pull particulars upon request S. J. HOWE, Manager, stating age. 6. battery road. RUBBER. JACKSON'S SMOKING AND
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    • 335 7 Most Certain Cure. Sfyj I Physic-ans recommend ih*r. JBm M^\ Oi all Chemists. iifc." A UDique cure against Acidity, Heartburn. Loss of appetite etc., etc. DYSPEPSIN A dose is effective in severe cases. Price 75 cts per phial. Advance with order. Post To remedy skin Diseases, Gout, Chronic Hhenmatism, Mercurial
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    • 598 7 Auctions REMINDER. This Day, Saturday, at 11 a.m. RE CHOPS LOH KEE SENG LOH CHEE SENG. IN BANKRUPTCY. AUCTION SALE OF Chinese Elaborately Carved Blackwood Furniture and a quantity of Shanghai, Chefoo and Canton Silk At Powell Cos Sale-room, M2Z2& To be sold in lots. BY ORDER OF THE OFFICIAL
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    • 451 7 1 Auctions PRELIMINARY NOTICE AUCTION SALE AT MESSRS CHINQ KENG LEE Co s SALEROOM ON MONDAY, 20th APRIL, AT 2.30 P.M. 312 V R^rh' e p La H d a d ouses N °s- 304, North Bridge Road. 312, Beach Road and Nos. 50, 51, 52, and 53 Clyde Terrace.
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  • 25 8 Domestic Occurences. BIRTH. Goldkn. -To r. and Mrs. F. A. Golden c? Fairlawn Kuala Lumpur, a son. At Westcliff Sanatorium, Port Dickson on 29th ultimo.
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  • 1288 8 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday. April 4, 1914. ■"a'i »h« V. r:j, tat Peoples rlfn. mutattt Cr.«wcd ►;> influence and uobnbed by fulni t Truin Cti glorious £>i©ct;U Jt»3J Constitution making and mending is a serious trial of patience: and almost a game of the like name, save that after
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  • 763 8 The marriage arranged between Mr P. Trump and Miss Carr Ramsay will take place in Penang at the end of April. To night in the Singapore Club a number of friends are giving a farewell dinner to Mr D. T. Boyd, who is shortly retiring from the Colony. i Mr
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  • 164 8 During the present year London will be visited by a body of em ient surgeons from Canada and the United States of America, arrangements bei< g in course of completion by which the forthcoming annual Bession of the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America is to be held there.
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  • 33 8 m Out Kualii l.uh Malay Mail moi ng wh.rh from the val of whirh au emerge! al Ouncil will he held enactment and the, straights way be placed In I.
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  • 24 8 lia Ainimng ,-arly tins mornii broke out at 8 o'elo the houses being o f til iala Lumpur attendance MM
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  • 96 8 Ihe J'reventiou of i 1'.»0'2. has been put iv fore- the of the .-nt i a outM iius of tw,» mile ral Pol on. The Hon. Mr K. .1. ted ti J( or*i I•■ p M'M<-«\ Mr 9XU MMItIM Mr K. I .tot I. Registrar. SopSMM I Mft,
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  • 95 8 MM Hi A sum of $400 wh- CMc of pocket picking which o< tention of Mr Stanlcourt yesterday. The arrived Cantonese, and Detect < r Me Afee, who had charge of tbi :d tb? magistrate that they w« gang who waylaid au old man in Bridge Koad auu
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  • 94 8 Agents. Sime. Darby mm! Chernpedak Pantai —3,929 6urp! 00. I'ermata Tebong Agent 6. Derrick and Co. (ilenealy Pantai Balgownie Sungei Gau —laflai laujpau 24 pikuls. Agents, (iuthrie Co. Linggi 72,393 against .3nths 295,825 aga,r Kombok (FJf.B.) 1 047 10,771 montli against Kamuning 41,6 l' total 9
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  • 114 8 Sir Edward and Lady I Port Swettenham by the day to catch the P. I 0. I'nang, connecting with tl Colombo. A serious outbreak of In about 8.30 a.m. yesterdn The wceue of the blaze wo* No. 167 which is often occupied ber of boarders. The roof discovered to be
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 193 8 We beg to announce having secured the SOLE AGENCY OF "FALCON BRAND PILSENER BEER, Brewed and Bottled UY THE Gekroonde Valk Brewery: Amsterdam. o: i quality and friee, it cannot be beaten. Per Case of 4 dozen Quarts, $12.50. Per Case of 8 dozen Pints, $15.00. Less 5 per cent
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  • 461 9 MORE PEACE SPEECHES Protagonists Speak on Monday. [H? Submarine Cable]. Kiu t*cw> Sebvtci. tkm political outlook .■Tighter, and this is evidenc. d by i.fuirtu. King to Windsor. the Unionist headquarters are he local I nionists of Kast Fife t :o oppo ith. a strong and growing feeling fA
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  • 122 9 London. April 3. Several members of and a crowd of members of IH <>f Commons gave Mr Asquith a otT at King's Cross to day on what Liberal papers describe as a new an campaign." There will be deitious at stopping places en route. i>t papers characterize
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  • 14 9 London, April 2. The canteen defenunts have been committed for trial.
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  • 69 9 Ministerial Methods Denounced. Jon, April 2.— The Commission of ry into the Rochette case, while not 'ticking the personal probity of M. Cail- other ministers, severely condemns -rial interference with the course of I the purpose of postponing the trial f Hochette, who thereby was enabled to
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  • 138 9 FLEET IN A BLIZZARD. Many Lives Lost. IBy Submarine Cable]. Rkcter'B Skbvicb. lion, April _>.- a St. John's message ■ayi a sealing steamer with a crew of 17(» went adrift in the icefloes during a bli//. I I- ifty dead and dying have already i recovered. A later
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  • 47 9 London, April The result of the Newbury (up was 1 Wrack (betting 4—1); I Milestone (100 B) 8; Kraucepeth (lot) —7). Twentytwo ran. The distances separating tbe placad ■oraai wen one and half and three length*. London, \pril Darby betting i* 6to •inst The Tetrarch.
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  • 60 9 Loudon. April :> a golf match has taken place at Sarulvludge to test the gutty v. the rubbercored ball. In the first round Vardon and Duncan, u>ing a" rub bercored ball, b^U Braid and Taylor'nsing a gutty, by five up. Then Braid and Taylor using a
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  • 48 9 London, April j Calcutta nmm the retrial of Koy for complicity in the shooting of a defective ard other per sons has closed, and the jury acquitted him. The judge summed up against tbe prisoner. The jury was discharged, but accused is detained in custody.
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  • 37 9 Ptking, April "2. —The Convention which is amending the provisional constitution has unanimously adopted Yuan Shi Kai's amendments and is now drafting a D 6« constitution giving the President practically dictatorial powers.
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  • 40 9 Batavia, April 1. A train was derailed on a bridge through collision with a buf falo and rive vans fell into the river Twenty natives were killed and fifty injured. No European casualt i-> fc —m-
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  • 40 9 London April :>. A message from Simferopol 'Crimea', say> ;ui extinct volcauo, near Theodosia. has suddenly become ac tive and within half an hour 2o acres were covered with lava. There have been no casualt i> i.
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  • 28 9 London, April 3. The death is announced of the (lermiin novelist and dramatist l'aul Heyse. Deceased received tbe Nobel prize for literature in 1910.
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  • 13 9 THE COLLIERS STRIKE. London. April 3. There are 140,000 colliers idle In Yorkshire.
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  • 22 9 London, April 8. A (Queensland 4 per cent, loan of two millions sterling is to be issued at 99.
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  • 27 9 London, April —Major General Sir C F. N*. Macready, director of personal servies War Office, is mentioned as the sue cessor of General Ewart.
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  • 143 9 The American writer Booth Tarkington, like many of his craft, writes a wretched hand. On:e, while on a voyage to Naples, he sat in his deck chair with pad and fountain-pen, at work on a short story. A young American stopped before him. 'By gosh," he said, "I wish 1
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  • 1886 9 VfrUESTIONS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. Profit Carried Forward. The annual general meeting of Tapah Rubber Estate, Limited, was held yester day at Messrs Evatt A Go's French Bank Buildings. Mr A. Diehn, chairman of Directors, presided, and there were also present Messrs. W. EL Macgregor, 1). Y. Perkins
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 262 9 SPECIAL DISPLAY OF T New Fabrics AND Trimmings RACE -> EVENING GOWNS ROBINSON C 5 $TSTEg[PRKS CIGARETTES When you pass round cigarettes, be sure that they are State Express the clgarett of quality that will proclaim your social standing. No. 555 50 65 cents I Sole Manufacturers -ARDATH TOBACCO Co.,
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    • 468 10 Shipping NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD *OR EUROPE The Imperial German Mail Steamer PRINZ lITBL FBIEDRICH 8.797 tons. Captain Mundt. left Manila, on Thursday the tad inst.. at 6 p.m. and may be expected to arrive here, on Monday the 6th inst.. at 5 p.m. She will probably be despatched for Europe on
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    • 506 10 Shipping Hamburg America Line, Hamburg Oeutsche Dampfschiff-Fahrtsges "Hansa" Bremen. COMBINED SERVICE. The steamers of these oompanles maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Emden, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling
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    • 567 10 Shipping N. Y. K. 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
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    • 702 10 Shipping mTmT MESSAGERIES MARITIMEB. MAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1914 1914 Cordillere April 12 Amazone April 13 Magellan April 26 Atlantique April 27 PolynSsien May 10 Paul Leer c May 11 V. de la Ciotat May 24 Cordillere May 25 Chili June 7 Magellan
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    • 703 10 Shipping N. D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAII LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veisa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau Nagasaki and
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    • 578 10 Shipping STEAM NAVIGATION COMPAQ Fop China, Japan, Penang, Ce y i, n Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports. Plymouth and London Through Bills of Lading issued tor T%* Ooast, Persian Golf, Continental and Am-2! 1 Porto. """W* Steamer? will leave Singapore on or fcboo MAIL LINES Homeward (fob Eubom, From
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    • 708 11 Shipping 0(T KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ NKTHERLANDS INDIV GOVERNMENT. ts at Singapore, The Shipsagency, Ltd, 2-3, Collyer Quay The undermentioned daten of departure are only approximate. iw. Bill.ton. Batavia, Cheribon. Semarang, Sourabaya, Boeleleng, ih nan Sc^mbawa-Besar. Maeaasar, Boeton, Tifoo, Amboina, lea Laiwot-i. Batjan Ternate Tobelo, Ake Selaka, Boeli, weua Patani. Manokoeari,
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    • 665 11 SINGAPORE'S ONIY COMPANY. LARCEST PAID-UP Clftm CF EMM COMPIHT. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry EX The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme CoUrt of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Compani A
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    • 541 11 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL »i 5 quo job REBKRYK FUNDa •U.OOO.joU Sterling £1,600,000 at Is 916,000.000 SUver $17,650,000. f32 6V Reserve Liability of Proprietors... 81fi.0OO.0OC COURT OP DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr D. Landale, Chairman W. L. Pattendt n, Esq., Deputy Chalrn^i: S. H. Dodwell. Esq. C. Laudgraf Esq.
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    • 354 11 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. POUNDED 1797. HEAD OFFICES 4 NORWICH AND LONDON Losses Paid exceed £30,000 000 Lowest Rates of Premium. Prompt and Liberal Settlement* T HE BORNEO Go Ltd. Ageat* FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1881. Uiksjot Government Super vibiob Government Audit. Policies are M WORLD WIDE
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  • 450 12 Wifk Murdered h\ Madras, March 1«. Abo. pm. yesterday information by the police that three hud bpeti ai tacked m t ;i Temp' ieorge town police proceeded to fcbc soot, aud observed the WBOmmA tied up to a pillar of the temple with a chopper r
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  • 238 12 Lt. Colonel, the Rt. Hon. John Edward Bernard Seely who has just resigned from the position of Secretary for War, was admitted to the Privy Council in 1909. He secured the I>.S o. iv 1900 for gallantry in >outh Africa being attached to the Imil
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  • 178 12 Looted at bran Axchojuob. I i-eached Hongkong on March 26th Hnfl another piracy was successfully carried out in Macao waters on Tuesday night 24th, the >h;p raided this time being the Chuugwa, which was jnchored in the Macao inner harbour at ttie time. A gentleman returned from Macao
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 282 12 By Appointment To H.M. King George V. "ON WE GO! EDINBURGH further endorses the verdict of Olympia and Manchester regarding the popularity of DUNLOPS Census of Tyres fitted to cars exhibited at the Scottish Motor Show:--555 Dunlops 070 Total of all other makes Li L BRITISH FOREIGN combined OLYMPIA MANCHESTER
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    • 709 12 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. THE SPRING RACE MEETING SiUNDER 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. TUEBDAT, STB May. 1914. 1. THE OPENING STAKES. Value $600. A Selling Race. A Handicap for H ;rses
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    • 757 12 THIRD DAY. Saturday, 9th May, 1914. 1& 8 THE STEWARDS STAKES and PLATE. Value $500. A Handicap for Pony ExGriffins that have run at Hm iiu trance i' 2*. Distance, Race Course. If there are more tha Twelve Enti. the race to be divided into tim by j the Handicapper.
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    • 129 12 SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPOrT*" T. Ms SIEMENS, SINGAPORE Tn 847 Electrical Engineers, Manufacturers and Contractors. SIEMENS BROTHERS DYMMQiORKS.K, C&xton House, fer 4 Upper Thames Street, Oalston, London. StcffcH and Wool* For Cuisine AND Cleanliness TRY THE EMPIRE HOTEL. KUALA LUMPUR 512 Singapore Gold Storage Co., Ltd, Near Entrance to Borneo
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  • 935 13 a Change in Lambbtb Fashions. The complaint of a modest gentleman summoned for a modest offence at Lam beth Police Court has suddenly brought that supposed to-be-dismal district into the limelight of frills and furbelows. This utleman declared (under pressure) that j he had
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  • 117 13 The demon Rheumatism can no longer hokl you in thrall vt terror, pain and misery. No more sleepless rights and days of agony. For between you end your tormentor is raised the protecting shield of Little's Oriental Balm. It defies Rheumatism, It casts it out of the
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  • 1082 13 The first total where ylven represents figures f j 1912, the last column represents output foi Cilendar year to date in all cases. Year 1913. Mar. 1914. Allagar 161,750 33,500 Mma 83,233 19,200 Vlor Gajah 95,855 srooo5 r 000 22,700 Alor Pongsu 101,478 21,650 Anglo Johore 124,524
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  • 120 13 Year 1913. Mar. 1914. Belat 2,106 119 Mlf Bruang 499 I'A 119 Bruseh 1.. :{99 Gopeng Consol H,7."J5 1,401 Heawood 3,828 |f| Kamuning 6,162 Kanaboi 2,6^-7 .{64 Kinta it 9 550 Kinta Association fff Kledang 46 |4f Kramat Pulai 4,774 Kampar 566 Labat |g| Malayan Tin 3,146 455
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  • 29 13 Beaufort H9,784 19,100 liritißh Bocoeo 148,290 19,700 Langkon 79,700 Melalap 120,220 Membakut 58 9,000 Sapong 168,068 B'MOO Sekong 118,049 lt,?Sf South Fiit 61,221 Tenom 196.500 >7,02Q
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 117 13 ||r your Children ]m against weakness jtfSf/ J hy giving them nAilx §1' KEPL FB'H A Cod Liver Oil S$ with Malt Extract It increases their strength, builds J&ft up their growing bodies and gives OQ them a hardy constitution. It Aw nourishes the brain and the nervous &/V^ >
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    • 47 13 Ribeiro's SPECIAL Scribbling Paper Per Packet of 240 folded sheets. 0 cts. less 10 per cent. A real good line. Cheaper and better quality than the usual Chinese Scribbling paper. Can be written on with pencil or ink. 0. A. RIBEIRO Co., Ltd., SINGAPORE PENANG. 1-4 1-7
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  • 486 14 We gather from the Calcutta papers thot the verdict of the jury officiating at tbe j first trial of the Chitpore Road murder case has been the subject of intense public interest. The vast majority of people were to the last uuder the im pression that
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  • 199 14 Booby Prize for Bubbeb Shai At I birthday party in Shanghai some time ago each of the guests invited was asked to bring a present, co?i \;g not more than ten cents, a prize being offered for the best ten cents' worth. One brought a ten
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  • 92 14 An interesting development in connection with the loud-speaking telephone ir> its use for distributing music during work ing hours in factories, warehouses, and other institutions where men are engaged in work of a monotonous character. It has long been known that work requiring mechanical skill without the
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  • 55 14 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 Conumption from .4 lb
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  • 645 14 INTERESTING SELECTIONS FROM THE WORLDS SMARTEST BEAUTY ARTICLES. -SIMPLE RECII'KMOST EEFECTIVE. The Magnetism of Beautiful Hair. Applied Arts." Beautiful hair adds immensely to the personal magnetism of both men and women. Actresses and smart women are ever on the lookout for any harmless thin^ that will in
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  • 219 14 I. r P O stt Mooltan Mr Delta at Colombo, dv« Anrtii-! r^ lll^ H.S. A. White, C. W. B< mard B.C. Kills, Rajah berteou, R. S. Thompson .1 j J.A.Sunner, Mr (amph, Gubbins, E. Kiley. Per I' O tk -unda, §m I C. Hooper, M: J. Watson
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  • 240 14 O str I> conn< cm. i»o with Medina, c lord, A. M.O. and 11. Segn' rouie Dyer, C. H Hogau. I). M. D •U'nham. J. B. Lil Cobb. A. W Mi-rravm H. ?i Walkei Hi I sons. Mr t V Mi» l». Kno* Price, W. M Mi Fellary.
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  • 119 14 T< i N V X str Kamo Hai '1, Capt I>av. Hoi Mrs Lambert. Mr .V jli- 1 D. F. McLauj-hlin. N V X -tr Xt V. 28.— A. J. Fox. Mr i W 2 children. Mr a Mi Mr Mrs A. L. S. I'ahm i. Mrt
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 282 14 BEFORE YOU INVEST THAT $2,000 SEE THE $1,950 STUDEBAKER 25 Have you ever asked yourself what more you could want in a Motor Car than the $1,950 Studebaker gives you To tind the equaljof the M 25 in design and performance you must go far up the price scale. Few
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    • 89 14 SUPERIATTED COLD CREAM no waste -> \Mb tte Sbx>js warn W Me V\\ cqn be used VvMi^^i--' fy /"&*&s it up fa® the wttw fy nvp?r PRODUCES A FINE CREAMY LATHER DOES NOT DRy ON THE FACE MADt IN -^^^^^NGLAND. BRAND jr rJ T Tr^V> T WHR. STUHRS CAVIARE FILLETED
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    • 19 14 PHOTOGRAPHIC Store and Studio. Amateurs' work, Developing. Printin. Enlarging. KONG HING CHEONG Co. Adelphl Hotel Baiidlngs, biugaporc. Branch: V^a>
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  • 1479 15 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, April 3. oap. laaoß. Paid. Last Div. bdtbbs. Sellers. 65.000 2s 3b Aliagar 9% 17 2 0 500,0<0 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 3 44 4 4 150,000 2s 2s Anglo-Malay 24% lnt 9 71 10 6 50,000 9n 2s Batang
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  • 66 15 (COBKECTBD DP TO April VI, Bank 4me 24} demand 2-4 1 32 Private credits 8 rn'i 2-4 11-B'i H credit! 6mi 2-4 1 France demand Bank 294 Obbmant, demand 238$ India, T. T. mi Hongkong, demand ie|% Yokohama, demand 114$ Java, demand Ml Bangkok, demand 66} Sovereigns, Bank Buying
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  • 147 15 April I. Tin 175 tons sold 186.50 Gambiet buyers 6.25 Gambier Cube No. 1 10.76 Gambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. S'poce buyers 18.75 Pepper, (White fait) 84.50 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) 24.00 Nutmega (80 to the lb.) 25 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina) nom.
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  • 74 15 From Europe.— Per P. &O. Delta due April 5. From China.— Per N. 1). L. P. K. 1 riedrich due April 6. Uft. Due. Arriftd. B. I. Feb 26 Mar 20 Mar 'JO M. M. Mar 3 Mar 24 Mar 24 P. AO. Mar 6 Mai Mar
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  • 60 15 Time bant m Ton OammMm tmto MdO. Faber drop daily at 1 p.m., Slifaaere ard time, correspond!** tc 9 a.m. Oreeawtek mean time. The time-fan Is and at o'clock noon, indicating Singapore steads id time, on erery day excepting Sunday v__n II is Ired at ana o'elook. For all internal
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 86 15 OLIVER' Typewriters. Send for particulars of the newest models (Nos. 5 6). The 4k 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 M do Policy do 18 do Also Special Carriages
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    • 46 15 The Singapore^ Straits Directory for 1914. Price &8.50 per copy. $9.00, post free to places in Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Perils, Trenggann, British North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei to Siam, Saigon, Netherlands India, Ac., 19.60, post free. Pubiishers: FRASER AND NEAVE, LIMITED
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 859 15 VESSELS IN PORT. Steamers Nat. Tonnage A Master F ro m Consignees Fot Ambria Ger 3233 Kuitscfsky Y'hama, 2-4 Behn Mever New York 4 Atlas Brit 367 Vijgonboom Pladjoe, 16 2 As Pet Co In certain B. Hong Liong Brit 710 Rushton Bangkok. 313 Low Sum Bangkok B. Poh Guan
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  • 135 16 The scores for the April Competition of the Mills Trophy (200 yds.) were.— Hn Scoular 29 MissKerr 2 Mrs Ferguson Davie 28 Robinson 28 Yenning Thomas 27 Mauldon 26 167 The April Spoon was won by Mrs Robin Bon. the scores being. The Alexander Clarke scores
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  • 68 16 The following were the results of the week's play in the above tournament Hallifax rec 20 beat Willett rec 60. 250 to I*9. Wishart owe 30 beat Leeder owe 150. 250 to 11 Noon scratch beat Burt rec 60, 250 to 191. Matches for next week. Monday
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  • 76 16 The return Squash Kacquets match between the Tanglin Club and the K.0. Y.L.1. has been arranged to take place at the Club courts on Sunday morning, commencing at 10 a.m. The matches are as follows Maj. Wythicombe v C. B. Terrell Capt. Rigg v M I. Tpcott M. Kent
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  • 329 16 Ark Therk Deposits in Southern y Since Mr D. Hazard, the Manager of the itic Petroleum Co., stayed in Trang for about a week and seemed to be interested in some outcrop of coal near Lamrah, Amphur Huey Yort, Trang Province, the pomitility of the existence of
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  • 124 16 We have to welcome on arrival by the India to day (March 25th) Mr W. R. Mcv'allum. Agent of the Hongkong Bank at Penang (and brother of our late Governor), with Mrs McCallum. He comes to take charge of the branch here, relieving Mr A. A. Whelan, who goes home
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  • 539 16 Annual General Meeting. The President, the Hon'hle Mr R. J. Wilkinson presided over the fifteenth annual general meeting of the Singapore Polo Club which was held in the Exchange Kooms yesterday evening. There were also present Messrs F. J. Hallifax, G. E. Yenning Thomas (secretary) H. C.
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  • 284 16 Klkinmann Beats Thrklfall. The final in the S. C. C. lawn tennis championship was played last evening. The contestants were D. H. Kleiumann, runner-up at the last tournament, and W« H. Threlfall. The former won, and thus became challenger to the champion, F. Salzmann, whom
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  • 38 16 Mr Martin, Consulting Engineer to the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co, Ltd., has arrived from Home. He takes charge of the mine for a few months in order that the Manager, Mr Frank Williams, may take leave Home.
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  • 534 16 The tidal wave which devastated the island of Sakura in one of the provinces of Japan, is not the first disaster of this kind which the Mikado's empire has suffered. In July, 1890, a great tidal wave swept along the coast of the island of Yezo
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  • 204 16 The j-ad death of Mr Edrauud Xapier, Superintendent of Talpitigalla estate under tragic circumstances, was made known in Badulla with much regret. Mr Xapier was found missing from his bungalow early on Saturday morning and on search being made his boy found him dead about 100
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  • 137 16 Berlin, Feb. 27. There was a remarkable scene this morning at the railway station at Weissensee, near Berlin, when an elephant belonging to a travelling circus escaped from its cage. The beast walked about terrifying all who met it, and knocking down those who attempted to stop
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  • 234 16 The mail steamer Delta left Penang at 1.30 p.m. Friday and may be expected at here at 3 p.m. today. The M. M. Company's steamer Guadiana left Saigon at 4 p. m. ou the Ist instant and may be expected here to day at about 7 a. in.
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  • 43 16 Saturday, 4th April. Johnston's Pier, 2.15 and 3.15 p.m. Club Bungalow, 2.45 and "».3O p.m. Sunday, sth AnuL. Johnston's Pier, 9, 10 and 11 a.m 2.30 and 3.30 p.m. Club Bungalow, 9.30 and 10.30 a.m., 12.15, 3 and 5.30 p.m.
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  • 212 16 WEATHER REPORT These Weather Telegrams aie imusiEttt*.*. •y oourtecj of the K. E. !<•!. ud coc'&ir the observations mad« al Fl r. :krr.g (HE. th** rvatoiy, and at Manila ory (M>\ I he tlnra Art- date aud hour of »1 sp»tch thi Barometer reading (inches in HK M Miiii iv
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  • 98 16 East Wharf (Basin)— E. J. S pence East Wharf Section I— Hokkai Maru Sheers Whaif— Senju Maru Main Wharf Sec. 2— Rangoon Maru, Muttra 3— Nil h 4 Jeluaga s— Nil ,i 6 Antikxh us, M*:dusa New Dock Sec. 7 (Under construction.) West Wharf Sec. B—
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  • 89 16 I Nationality British if not specified. J April 4 V. d Boscli, Dot, Mulder. Billiton via portß Krian, McDonald, Kelantan via ports G. G. Daendcls, Dut. de Koer. Banka &c Muttra, Holtuan. Kobe via ports P. d. Nederlanden. Du- Verstegh A'daiu via pt Omapere, Lyons, Penanq via P. Sham
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  • 35 16 Den of Airlie, Brit. .'5736, Thomlon, 2-4, Portland, Or Boustead, London 3. Rumphius, Dut. 1246, Donck, 24, B. Deli, Shipagency. Batavia B. Ursula Rickmers, Gen. 2659, Maas, 3 Hamburg, Dallman, Yokohama 3. > c
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  • 70 16 Per Rumphius Messrs P. A. Morris, E. E, Russel, Davies, Tieuwifseu, Van Specht, 2. Walter, R. Eunewe. Why remain in misery with digestive trouble when a certain allcviative for that heavy, over-loaded feeling is at hand in Woods' Great Peppermint ,^'ure. The taking of only one dose will prove
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 138 16 APPLES NOW IN STOCK NEW SEASON'S AUSTRALIAN APPLES < Singapore Cold Storage Co, Lti SINGAPORE BRANCHES. P Don't believe what we say, but ask our Thurs m day's patrons and they will tell you that "When the Earth Trembled H is one of the finest pictures seen in Rin X
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