The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 April 1914

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1914. NO. 8,10(5
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    173 1 Our correspondent at Penang wires some particulars of the dissatisfaction of the Regent of Kedah which led to a ques tion in the House of Commons yesterday Page 6. Incidents of the dying lister agitation are that an instructor has been injured by celebrating Irishmen, and the
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    IN MY WANDERINGS
    1022 1 When the moon il hi^li and tbe breeze )f tbe evening is cool. I descend from the roof of my house, and go out into the righway. Down the gaily lighted tramway and past Mm church Mm the way to :he Market, and at night, there are
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      359 1 PALLADIUM THEATRE, ORCHARD ROAD. GRAND EASTERITTRAaiONS. EAST AND WEST A fascinating Romance founded on Rudyard Kipling's Famous Quotation in 3 acts. MISS FANNY HALLE Novelty Act and Danseuse. THE FOUR DARE DEVILS A soul stirring story of lore and despairing vengeance. A thrilling drama of absorbing power and human feeling
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      92 1 TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! TO-NIGHT!!! 1 AT THE GAIETY PICTURE PALACE Corner of Albert Bencoolen Streets IN THE SECOND SHOW 9.30 TO II p.m. THE RISE OF OFFICER 174 A Masterly Police Drama IN TWO LONG REELS WITH KING BAGGOT in his best See how he Rounded one of the cleverest Crooks
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      142 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Sarawak partnership notice Page 2. Holiday closings, Fraser and Xeave aerated water; Monopolies Dept. for liquor; Singapore Marine Insurance and Fire Insurance Associations and Railways Page 2. M. Kindler, expert European dentist Page 2. Riba for the blood &c Page 2. Lait Bonjois at Lancaster's Page J Office
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      156 1 THE WEEK Thursday 9th. High Water— 9-20 a.m., 9-58 p.m. B. I. Homeward mail closes. S. R. A., annual mtg., com met Raffles Girls Prize giving 10 a.m. Friday 10th. High Water— lo-8 a.m., 10-24 p.m. Full Moon. Good rriday. N.D.L. Outward mail due. jB. I Outward mail due. Golf,
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    OH, MR. BIDGOOD!
    402 2 OH, MR. BIDGOOD Fitter ßlondel l is the oom dt plume of a geutleuau for mar t in well ihe Mala? Archipelago. He i and k;otu in for writing I 1 the followii ;im i ian infections I od! ii yen J i to ik ju wha: Mr Blondell'l humour
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    CURFEW FOR POLICE.
    305 2 Mm bi H 10 p.m. A new edict issued by the Chief Con -issex, Mr A. S. Williams, will have the effect of reviving the curfew bell in the western portion of the county. Of course the ordinary citizen canuot be b for home at an hour
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      334 2 THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, BEST ENGLISH MADE GRAMOPHONES vv $25 TO $150 RELIABLE MOTORS. PINE TONED SOUND BOXES. SOLIDLY BUILT CABINETS. HIGHLY PLATED FITTINGS. iLLUBTBATIONfi AND PRl£l FREE I APPLICATION. THEATRC ROYAL North Bridge Ho A THE STAR OPERA COMPANY TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT NO PERFORMANCE To morrow, Friday. JaTaneai r PANJI
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      652 2 Notices I MOTOR CAR OWNERS I are asked to instruct thf ir Drivers to obtain Torn any of tbe local garages copy of the RULES FOR DRIVERS Isowftfi by tbe Singapore Automobile Club. 8-4 14-4 i THE SINGAPORE SLIPWAY AND ENGINEERING Co, Ltd. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the
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      802 2 Notices FEDERATES MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. NO ICfc. The train s srrioc "n Good Prkl ly, 10th April 1914, win be the tuun* 3anda>g«soepl jn the Singapore ectien. P. H. HENSHAW. kg, 3n me Manager, P.M. B. Rlys. 9-4 9-4 SIGAPORE M4RINE INSURANCE AGENTS ASSOCIATION. Iris hereby notifl <1 that the
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      691 2 Wantad WANTEO I M F DOUGLAS. riM Ho:- 4 1(J 4 t WANTED Furnislu il I i Tt nr 1 aonths or longer. Kntrr Ma\ /c of rooms and fail particnlfti Vould ooaslder i.nfniniM here is a Tennis Conrt. Apply to EUROPEAN. PtHri Bo Kuala Liiinpur. 8. 1 1 1
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      217 2 Frr Safe fOR SALE PR|>AT t fully plant* buuguh v CHING KEh FOR SALE h. Model 19] Ma 7-4 FOR SALE A Reasonabl< Ap, I G. E. A. 4-4 FOR SALL I 16 2 FOR SALE To Lei TO LET ALI AMBAR BAN AM A TO LET 2nd PI MEYER
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    BRITISH POSITION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
    629 3 Thbbi Flag Offu bbs. The recent announcement says the Daily Telegraph by the Admiralty of new admirals' commands iB held in well-informed naval circles to point to an intention to strengthen considerably the British force now stationed in the Mediterranoen. When the changes forecasted occur
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    LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.
    187 3 In Russia, as in Prussia, the profession of the journalist has its risks. Statistics just published show that last year news paper proprietors were fined in 340 instances, and the Kieff ritual murder trial alone led to 102 Press prosecutions and the arrest of six editors.
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    RAINBOW HAMLET.
    118 3 Mr Matheson Lang tells of an amusing experience he had in India when playing Hamlet. During the performance the company was astonished to find that the limelight man was pouring coloured light on the stage. One moment the colour was blue, the next red, and the next green.
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    THE CHINA SOCIETY.
    599 3 The Art of Preparing Silk. At the monthly meeting of the China Society at the Caxton Hall, Westminster, on sth ult.. a paper on Silk was read by Mr Stanley \Y. Littlejohn, of the British Museum. Mr H. Gordon Selfridge presided. In the course of his lecture,
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      387 3 'From the came tin of Benmr's ft Food you can maintain a healthy man or feed a baby." ;j Bender's Food, prepared with fresh new milk, jj combines all the elements necessary to sustain life in full vigour. In addition it contains the i natural digestive principles which act upon
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      7 3 Waterbury's r JWw prNEAPPLE THE Ideal Digestant
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      196 3 FOR INCANDESCENT OIL LA PUPS USE "Cross" Kerosene THE CHEAPEST REFINED OIL ON THE MARKET. is specially suitable for burning in ii ent lamps and will ov»| MORE LIGHT at a LOWER COST THAN ANY OTHER BRAND OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS d* -i Jl per 4-Gallon tin *O (including Duty;
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      244 4 3 NESTLES and KOHLERS CHOCOLATES 3 CHOCOLATE -«^BI UhJ so NOURISHING THAT EVERY TABLET MAKES A MEAL. THE SWEETMEAT DE LUXE \mm < H NESTLE and ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED MILK CO. (London). Uj B-irmTTTTT ii ittfr I tTs"snnnii i Hiiian nTrfnTTrmrnni Singapore Cold Storage Co., ltd *w Entrance tt» Borneo fhert
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      213 4 CELESTINS VICHY TABLE WATER. Tni* mofll cc obratf-i ami incomparabU in order to meet the rising d« 1 mauds of :be public has bt-en new laftrndnoed here in unall bottles, being formerly only used in large unes. The VICHY WATERS are thret in number. Grande Grille, Hospital and O tin's.
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      112 4 r ,;<•■?/•*s&- r^-*< te%£sL* k i Railway Material B OUR SPECIALITY. |J Very Very I Large Low Stocks. Prices. General Agents for H. H. L BOEKER Co., BEHN, MEYER Co., Ltd.M ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, SINGAPORE. JAMES MOTION C* MARINE AND OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS, SINGAPORE. Nautical /y^^\ Watch llf x k*\s&\ and I
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      115 4 Ghs J. Gaupp Co., 33, RAFFLES PLACE. Watchmakers. Jewellers Marine Opticians REPRESENTATIVES MAPPIN WEBB, L L Carrying a large stock of Sterling Silver AND Plated Ware. Specially Suitable lor Wedding Presents. FAR EAST OXYGEN ACETYLENE COMPANY, LTD., (SINGAPORE BRANCH.) MARINE BOILER REPAIRS BY AUTOGENOUS WELDING Repairs of Furnace Cracks. Repain
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    THE STATE OF CANTON.
    510 5 :!v referred to the iinpov. :.tiou of the nwmtmm of the Kwang< It was stated f»y the Govral that it was dittirult to of carrying on the local •hat it was impossible 1 any appreciable h .i t ied to liM i.ist t f;i> or so
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    139 5 Bar.' clerks said uncomplimentary tlnugs about their fellows at a meeting he Cannon street Hotel to consider formation of a trade union. One speaker said that bank clerks were distin- i :*.nright slackness and snobThey could "not get the man who simply wat bed the clock round from \e till
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      563 5 Protect your p^ PM Children against W M Consumption M '?r \s y KlvinS them w ;\X II 'KFPI FR' M (Trad t: Nark) jf/l fj Cod Liver Oil V/ VVITH \v\ /A Malt Extract m P rov^ es weakly children (and l1 1 I// U Vi adults) with strength
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      681 5 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF MOTOR CARS At Messrs Wearne Brothers Garage, Orchard Road, On Friday, 24th April, at 5-75 p.m. Full particulars wJJJ be announced later. POWELL CO., Auctioneers. 7-t 13-4 MORTGAGEE S SALE Tuesday. 14th April, at 2-30 p.m. Lot 1. Freehold land situate off Rangoon Road, Singapore, area
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      924 5 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Wax Polished teak Household Furniture; Iron Safe Plants &c. The property of C. R. Martens Esq., At Clan-lands." faei Canal Koad. Oi Tannin hoaJ On Saturday, 18th April, at 2 p.m. ornaments 4c. Very handson,,-l > carred t, ak sideboard with mir ed teak wardrobes
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    The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, April 9, 1914.
    2255 6 The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, April 9, 1914. i Seldom if ever we should imagine have martyrs of capitalism met with a less generous reception in England than has been the case in respect to the famous Nine of South Africa. Almost i without except ion and those exceptions were,
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    CASE OK KEDAH
    116 6 PENANG i X II K, N Pen The I'M tbe Keduh statement in (I Commons. Oa July. 1909 Bit WOU was informed by tbe the Colonies that no out of the 190U Treaty vh affect Kedah. The PlftMg Q Regent s protest is falj position of his
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    45 6 I nun Our Oi Kuala Lumpu: The wedding took place the 4th inst. of Mr Harold Will of the F.M.S. P.W.1)., and M trude Palmer. The Kuala Lumpur Huhl> declared an interim dividend of per cent, for the half year endeii I H
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    The New G.O.C.
    49 6 Kuala Lumpu: The Malay Mail bean-Stepuent-on's successor iv command Straits Settlements forces will General Keade. who has a record. He was commandant of Military College, Kingetor. foi four years. It is rumoured U ML F. l>ay. of the 1Capt. Elliott Cooper as adjutair early next year.
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    291 6 Mr V. A. Lyons has arrived at Jpob I'tnbao to practise at the La Mr A. G. Watson, of Simon 6 ami o. Ltd.. Kimia Lunipi. for Peffang on transfer ou I The Hon. MrG. H. 1 >a lomr on the iHth instant. He tMI B<H to the F. M.
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      172 6 1 N. BULLOCH LADE'S PURE MALT H SCOTCH WHISKY. KNOWN AS dt m GOLD LABEL. WHISKY COtO l»»«v BOLB AGENTS MAGGREGOR foh^^ WkolenleJ Kttul Wine Spirit Morchauts. V^ JOHN LITTLES GREAT SALE To-days Special Bargains. I m nh 90 cloz. <W.vn It KaDCV CnA Nn hitc Muslin Cushion bleCov, Table
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    BRITISH POLITICS.
    94 7 EAST AFRICAN LOAN. (Bj Submarine Cable]. Bbitkb'b Sirvic*. q. April 7th. In the House of Mr Harcourt moved the iecond the Loan Bill of three millions Vfrica, Iganda and Nyasaland. he said, had been made ivment of the loan, routeothiog would fall on the British He emphasised the
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    LABOUR AND BOTHA.
    24 7 Bp ia Labour 1 Mr Kan Mi Beddoa to proceed to itarri m general Kotha, .il embodying the I.i our movement
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    ULSTER MATTERS
    83 7 Mr Asquith Unopposed. 1 be -ts have I to oppose Mr Asquith in Drill Instructor Injured. \prii *th. The Lister Volun inetroetot was assaulted by ;i Nationalists celebrating the I of ihe Home Rale Bill, at condition is precarious. Cant Play Golf. April 7. The Parliamentary had r>een
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    AMERICAN ELECTIONS.
    67 7 Some Interest York, April nth. Several State > are in progress. They are main icerned with local questions. The most interesting is iv New Jersey, because pposed the result will give the of the President s popularity, as formerly Governor of New Jersey. iv Illinois, where women for
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    THE FAR EASTERN GARRISONS.
    25 7 \pril 7. It has been decided to Indian iv China and luntain aud the 2"» th :i Punjabi Regiments return shortly.
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    FAMINE RELIEF.
    19 7 1 April 7. In the I'nited Propeople are receiving fa lief, in the form of blankets, cloth >
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    THE PALLADIUM.
    147 7 .pie of powerful film dramas figure Palladium programme for this even,l to morrow evening. One is the ng ?tory founded on Kudyard Mphngs famous quotation For Kast is id West is West of an Eastern hate for a young army officer am attempt to wreak a cruel revenge
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    3rd BRAHMANS LEAVE.
    105 7 \tter three years' stay in Singapore, d Brahmans left for their native y early yesterday morning. The faded by the band of the sth Light rj left Alexandra Barracks the previous afternoon and inarched in the pouring rain to the P. and O. wharf where oarded the
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    171 7 BRITISH TRADE. [By Submarine Cable]. Kioteb'p Sebvici. London, April B.— The increase for the quarter in imports is 46,692,784 and in exports £*,8»8,714. The former Principally in food £1,867,548, raw! cotton *t,6*MS6, whilst there wai decrease in wool of X' 615,593. The export increases were machinery .6*0:3,639,
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    ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL
    510 7 BOLT WrIKK AND KASTEK. Good Fiiday, Ap il 10. 7 a.m. Mains. Litany aud Ante Com mun on. 3 a. in ro II dooj. The T dree Hours' Berries. Conductor, Kt-v. II (i. IVile. 6 pm. K\t nsong and Krrman. Preacher, Rev. R. V. EL Burne. Alms
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    PERSONALS.
    184 7 KING AND QUEEN AND PARIS. [By Submarine Cable]. Rboteb'r Service. London, April Bth. A great reception is j being prepared in Paris for the four days' visit of their Majesties on the 21st insfc. There will be a military review at Yincennes, a reception at the Hotel de Ville,
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    LAND ACQUISITION.
    361 7 A DICKBON Road Disputation. Before the Chief Justice (Mr J. A. S. Baeknill), iv the Supreme Court, yesterday. :m ir>sue was tried in connection with the Collector of Land Revenue's application under the Acquisition of Land for Public Purposes Ordinance, 1890, in respect of town sub division Xo.
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    IMAGINARY "GERMAN BARGAIN."
    243 7 Thk Cape to Cairo Kail Stoky. Berlin, Feb. 25. I bear from an unimpeachable source that the statement of the Frankfurter Zeitung regarding negotiations between Germany and England as to the further construction of the Cape to Cairo Railway is inaccurate. According to the Frankfurter Zeitung," the
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    THE MUNICIPAL LOAN.
    429 7 London Registrar Appointed. A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday for the purpose of passing a resolution for the appointment of a registrar in London in connection with the sterling issue of the 1913 loan. Mr P. J. Hallifax (Presidend) presided and there were
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    49 7 Agents. Sime, Darby and Co. Kernpas 7,500 Agents. Welsh and Co. Lunas Feb. 7,900 March 7,022 total 5 months 41,672. Agents. Guthrie A Co. Emerald 5,606 against 6,042 total 2 mons. 12,076; against 12,261. Agents. Derrick and Co. Tambalak 3,568 lbs., 10,850, Kuala Sawah 3,050
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    SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE.
    349 7 The Dutch Colonial Army and the Legion dcs Etraugers of the French Republic remain the only two mercenary organisations in the world, and the first will not take Englishmen. The second takes them, but not as officers. The Montenegrins were, I believe, assisted by several British volunteers
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      128 7 FAMOUS EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES NESTOR ujfatt NESTOR GIANACLIS Sml GIANACLIS CAIRO CAIRO JL WiNCE HfßiTlf* Ot bA£OC QUALITY FINE PETIT i n air tight of m Price $|>00 per b( QUALITY EXTRA FINE PETIT FORMAT $1 .40 QUALITY EXTRA FINE FORMAT MOYEN $„75 QUEEN, COLD TIPPED The Ladies Cigarette $1.90 FRESH
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      571 8 Shipping Hamburg America Line, Hamburg Deutsche Dampfschiff-Fahrtsges "Hansa" Bremen. COMBINED SERVICE. The steamers of these companies maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Emden, and ihe Straits, China and Japan. Home wards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month lor Bremerhaven direct,
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      528 8 Shipping SINGAPORE TO BANGKOK. Thk Steamer BIN HONG LIONG Captain G. D. Rusht«>n. will leave Singapore on Friday, the 10th April, 191*, at 11 a»m. Comfortable accommodation for first and second class passengers. Electric Light. Single passage 9«0 or 95 ticals. Xt-t urn passage $106 or 160 ticals. LOW SUM
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      564 8 Shipping N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. t 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
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      699 8 Shipping M. M. MESS/IGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt 1 and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMBWAitD 1914 1914 Cordillere April 12 Amazone April 13 Magellan April 26 Atlantique April 27 Polynesien May 10 Paul Lecat May 11 V. delaCiotatMay24 Cordillere May 25 Chili June 7 Magellan June 8 Atlantique
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      705 8 Shipping N.D.L Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers of Ihis Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Bamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veisa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtan Nagasaki and Kobe
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      549 8 Shipping STEAM NAVIGATION COMPAQ For China, Japan, Penang. Qq Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports Plymouth and London Through Bills cf Lading i MU OoMt, Persian Gulf. Continental and i'orth. Steamers will leave 8ln fc ap. MAIL LINES Homeward (for Echo From Singapore, connecting h Colombo with 1914. ss Arcadia
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      750 9 Shipping ioyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTALS. S. Co AND Western Pacific Railway Co. New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Fran:n to a 1 points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. row Turbine Liners SUINYO MAKU TENYO Pacific. Equipped with Wlrelea, T^raphy HME TABLE FROM HONGKONG. ■vru tamtHoatftaai
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      745 9 SINGAPORE'S ONLY CO«P«NV. URfiEBT mm 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 Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies A ATTRACTIVE
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      534 9 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Sterling £1,500,000 at 2s.- 315,000,000: M mmmm Silver 517,650,000f 6rJ,OOC Reserve Liability cf Proprietors... eifi.OOO.OOC COURT OF DIRECTORS. Eon. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Deputy Chairman. B. H. Dodwell, Esq. C. Landgraf Esq. K. Goetz E^q. j. A. Plummer Esq. C. 8.
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      346 9 NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. POUNDED 1797. HEAD OFPICESJ NORWICH AND LONDON Losses Paid exceed £30,000,000 Liowest Rates of Premium. Prompt and Liberal Settlement*. THE BORNEO Co, Ltd. Agent* FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1888. Dirbct Government Supebvisiok Government Aldit. Fo P r?eSle are WORLD WIDE No.RF^PV? 6 6
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    MOTOR NOTES.
    948 10 When the Automobile Club some time ago printed their new rules book we noted with pleasure the useful table of driving hints uud suggested that these might advantageously be printed on the backs of the licences of driver*, ff it has not been found possible to do that
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      266 10 388 miles at a speed of over a mile a minute on one set of tyres, and without a stop. Such was the performance of Mr. K. Lee Guiness in the Coupe de T Auto race, 1913. The course was exceedingly rough, abounded in sharp corners and bends, and each
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      226 10 i«lm >£ n ™H Paper l/^E^Sk, TRnPirK*M 1 Pci 1 Packet of 240 toldea o Vi ,W, and better quality y or ink. f C. A. RIBEIRO Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE* PEN A QIFMFNQ LARGE STOCKS ALWAYS ON HANDjy 1^ I ll^ j SUPPLIES OBTAINABLE FEOM W NC| EBTER HOUS f
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    STOCKS AND SHARES
    1449 11 Issued by FRASER Co,, Exohange and Share Brokers, April 8. i ap. lueuß. Paid. Labt Div boyhks. Sellers. 2* «5 AJlagar 9% 1 8 2 1 500,0 0 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 3 4$ 4 4 150,000 It 2s Anglo-Malay 24% lnt 9 3 10 0 60,000 2"
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    EXCHANGE.
    65 11 (Corrected dp *o April M< Bank 4me 2-4 i m demand 2-4 1-33 Private credits 8 m/i 3-4 11-81 credits 6 m/i 24| Fbance demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 288$ India, T. T. 174} Hongkong, demand 16i% Yokohama, demand 114$ Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 66$ Sovereigns, Bank Buyini
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    PRODUCE.
    148 11 April 8. Tin 325 tons sold 184.7 S Gambiet buyers 6.25 Gambler Cube No. 1 10.76 Gambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. Sport buyers 18.75 Pepper, (White fair) 84.00 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) 24.00 Nutmegs (80 to the It.) 25 00 Mace IBanda) 90.00 Cloves (Atnbcina)
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      225 11 SUPPLIES FOR Estates Mines Etc. 4nt Exterminators. (The Universal,) For fumigating with Patent Universal Powder. 4rsenite Of Soda. (For killing weeds.) and Locust Calculating and Adding Machines. (The Bronsviga" and Bri-Cal.") Cement. "Borneo," and Buffalo brandsFresh stocks monthly. Cigarettes. 1 1 >c Reszke). Ca ldbeck Macgregor Co. Cigarettes. (Weinberg).j Sole
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      46 11 The Singapore Straits Directory for 1914. Price $8.50 per copy. 99.00, post free to places in Straits Settlements, Federated Malaf States, Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Perliß, Trenggann, British North Borneo, Sarawak aud Brunei to Siam, Saigon, Netherlands India, Ac, $9.50, post free. Publishers: FRASER AND NEAVE, LIMITED
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      925 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Sleamera Nat. Tonnage <* Maste* From Consignees For Amherst Brit 181 Scott K.'lantan, 4 4 T Eng Lee Kelantan Atlas Brit 367 Vijgonboom Pladjoe, 16 2 As Pet Co Uncertain B. Hong Liong Brit 710 Rushton Bangkok, 31 Low Sam Bangkok Carlyle Brit 250 Falla P. s
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    NEW FATHER DAMIEN.
    666 12 S6LJSH \K FOB JAPAN LBPEB \TIoN. HivroKY of Tkkrii'.i.r DIWiMI Kumamoto is a town of about 60,000 uhahitanta, at the centre of the great west ward facing bay of Kiushiu, the island oil the toe of Japan's biggest island an i-iern Sicily. Here are two of the
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    LAUNCH OF NEW TOW-BOAT.
    158 12 The Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co.. Ltd., launched on Wednesday after noon, March 25th, the first of two seagoing tow-boats they are constructing for The Netherlands Harbor Works Co. The tugs are 82 feet long, 17 feet beam, and 8 feet 6 inches depth moulded. They
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    EUROPE'S NEW KINGDOM.
    593 12 A Journey Through Ai.i.ania. An interesting picture of the newest and least-known of European kingdoms, Albania, is drawn by a correspondent of the "Times," who has just made a tour in the country. The "Times" devotes a leading article to the narrative, remarking that the district of
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    ACCIDENT TO A JAPANESE CRUISER
    140 12 Construction Said to have be eh Dkfbctivs. The Japanese cruiser Hirato (4,500 tons), while engaged in torpedo practice in the Inland Sea on Tuesday, met with an accident and was disabled. It appears that something went wrong with her boiler, which, according to report, exploded.
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    PROJECTED THIBETAN TRIP.
    92 12 Elizabeth, X. J., Feb. 10. Next week, Mrs Eulalia Leprieto Campbell will sail for Singapore, where she will join a number of British officers for a trip through the unknown regions of Thibet. The dangers of the country to the south west of China have been enough
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    AMATEUR VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT.
    137 12 The Amateur Dramatic Committee and the K.O.Y.L I. have joined forces and have arranged a very attractive programme for the Variety Entertainment to be given in the Victoria Theatre on Thursday April 16th and Saturday April l*th. The Entertainment bas been arranged on the same lines as
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    S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS.
    72 12 S. C.C. LAWN TENNIS. i Rain again prevented play on the Ks planade last evening, as on each preceding evening this week. The remaining games in the S. C. C. tournament now stand over until after Easter. Weather permitting, the A singles semi tinal will be played on Tuesday next
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    TANGLIN CLUB.
    38 12 The following were the results in the billiard tournameut of tbe above Club on Tuesday. Skmi Fin Wishart owe 30 beat Hallifax plus 'JO, 230 to Jlo. Noon scratch beat Stevens owe 60, 260 to 318.
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    S.C.R.C
    91 12 The Straits Chinese Recreation Club has received a wire from the Jhinese Recreation Club, Penang, saying that they accept the challenge for the tennis matches singles and doubles during the Easter Holidays. Messrs Tan (.'hong Knee. Tan W1 Van, Scow Poh Leng and Neo Swee Hock, who represent tbe
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    THE FAR EAST INTERPORT MATCH.
    112 12 The Penang team will shoot this match somewhere about the middle of May. The following have beeu asked to practice for it: Capt. J. G. Allan Pte W. M. Collins Mr R. L. Cuscaden Pte C. D. D. Hogan Pte S. P. Humphry Mr A.
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    FIGHTING A CONFERENCE.
    341 12 The appended note from Fairplay calls to mind the similar suggestion put forth in this Colony, when the agitation against the Ring and secret rebates was so hotly discussed. Certain traders in Canada are still complaining of the rates of freight in the Canadian trade. The Associated
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    454 12 The Taviau left Newcastle, N.S.W., on 3rd April with cargo of coal for discharge here. The Numsang left Hongkong at 5 p.m. on Friday Brd inst., with cargo and deck passengers for Singapore. The Java Maru is due here from Hongkong on Saturday morning 11th inst. with general
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      432 12 THE SWIMMING CLUB. Launches for Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday will leave as under Johnston's Pier at 9, 10 and 11 a.m.. 2.30 and 3.30 p.m. Club Bungalow at 9.30 and 10.30 a.m.. 12.15, 8 and 5.30 p.m. Water Polo Final. Will be played on Sunday after the arrival of
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