The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 May 1914

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEX CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY MAY 8, 1914. NO. 8.130
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    155 1 A Liberal M.P. has tried to draw Sir Edward Grey regarding a reduction of armaments that he thought might follow from the protection of private property at sea during war Page 7. Mr John Redmond is disinclined to discuss Home Rule unless the bill be first passed
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    JOHRE JUNGLES.
    1068 1 JOHRE JUNGL ES. It riKJv he difficult for the average per t sou to believe, and it is only the few who V have the desire, time and money at their disposal, oc thot-e whose daily work needs their constant presence la the jungle, who m realise what life is
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      403 1 PALLADIUM THE HOUSE OF REFINEMENT. I SPECIAL RACE PROGRAMME. ALL THE WINNERS TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT *s- THE QUEEN OF SPADES "m Among the Eskimos of Siberia. i You are requested to bring your over-coat with you.) 1 The Time of His Life. (Comic.) The VivaphOne, In new numbers. BROTHERS AT WAR.
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      109 1 LAST NIGHT OF THE FAMOUS IRISH PLAY BY DION BOUGICAULT The Great Irish Actor and Playwright (Author of Colleen Bawn "and Arrahna Pogue") ENTITLED THE SHAUGHRAUN IN 3 PARTS. ALSO THE THRILLING TWO-PART PICTURE THE DEATH WEIGHT w hlch will hold your attention throughout AT THE MARLBOROUGH Picture Theatre. Beach
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      273 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. A Chief Officer wanted at onee Page 2. Powell and Co. sell valuable freehold land Page 5. The Star Opera Co. has let their theatre to a Parsee Co. and there will be no performance there to-night Page 1. Straits Settlements Branch annual meeting Page 2. Departure of
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      124 1 THE WEEK. Friday Bth Htßh Water— 99 a.n... 9-14 p.m. N.D.L. Outward mail due. B. I Outward mail due. Municipal Commission 9.30 p.m. Chi Chris. A^sc. "Ancotral Worship '8-15 pm Saturday 9th High Water— lo-1 a.m.. 9-46 p.m. Proclamation. Races, ihird day. Sunday 10th H!?h Wt-ter— lo-47 a.m.. 10-19 p.m.
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    M.S.V.R. CAMP
    336 2 M. S. V.R. CAMP K. and Ipoh Club. The correspondent of the Mala? Mail writing of the recent camp at Ipoh records following little jingir— ltnl lb the evening there was cigarette king concert at the Ipoh Club but m o> the volunteers attended, and tlu> did had other social
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    THE GOPENG TRAGEDY.
    176 2 A verdict of justifiable homicide was returned at Ipob, in the case in which Mr B. C. Warren was charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a Chinaman, at I hi Kaiupar, on MHI March, while be was engaged in piospecting work for Mr Payne Gall.v
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    DEATH OF FRENCH FATHER.
    109 2 We regret to record the death, which took place in the French Convent Hospital, Wanchai, yesterday afternoon (April 80) of Brother Peter, who took charge of St. Joseph's College but a fortnight ago, coming to Hongkong from Penang, where he was Director of the largest Brothers'
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      337 2 SEE OUR WINDOW GRAMOPHONE BARGAINS SMALL STOCK ONLY TO CLEAR. RIDICULOUSLY LOW PRICES WHICH CANNOT BE REPEATED I 18 EXHAUSTED. Robinson PIANO Go. Kir J Church: ll 1 ciiihl x.Stiima 30 Years' Sufferer Cured by Veno's. lrardhwacd< n and I I 'hurchill and M nufaeton i lish Hi< testi- ii
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      450 2 Notices I STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ASSOCIATION, SINGAPORE BRANCH. The Annual General Meeting will be held in the Exchange Kooius on Saturday. May 16th, at 12-30 p.m. A copy of the report and accounts will be sent to any member applying to 0 R. K. MUOLISTON, Hon. Sec. Treasurer. 8-5 8-5 TRAFALGAR
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      703 2 Notices NOTICE is hereby given that the business of KOONG THYE, at 34 Hongkong-st.. Singapore, has been determined that the business has been bought by a new firm KOONG THYE WING KEE. The new firm of Koong Thye Wing Kee have purchased the book debts of the late firm. The
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      470 2 Notices NOTICE TO OSNTMCTMS. Tenders are invited for the erection of a new bouse for the Str," Chinrse Recreation Club. Plan and specification can b«" «een at i Straits Chinese Recreation Ctali Tvm\> should reach the Hon. Secretary, not later than Bth May, 1914. KIONG CHIN ENC, lion. Secretary, S.C.R.C
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      357 2 Wanted WANTEO AT ONCE >i Binal! 1 II a.iv. U MAI WANTED By < I, in. h, Borneo, cleik with Chinese chaia and another dial* I passage, (iiittiAr),\ la in GUTHF 7 REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY An i and fr< c pass., enoet to HARRISONB A CRO 7 j RUBBER ESTATE Third
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    A SILVER ROMANCE.
    949 3 ATTEMPT TO CORNEB THE METAL. •CX NOW AM, BOLD. A public annouuc€:ment has just beet the Financial Times of April 7 to the effect that the silver Syndicate had completed the realisation of its stock. This episode closes a notable chapter in history of iilver. During recent
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    ATTACKS ON MISSIONARIES.
    298 3 a Dane.i >ufl Locality. Yiugtak, April 20. Two missionaries of the American Baptist Mission bave returned from a country trip and report experiences in the Lung Mun district which do not indicate very good protection for foreigners travelling in the interior. The; were on their way from
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      241 3 rX Neuralgia, Nervous Breakdown U c/o Mrs. Rassett, Commercial Place, nouth, Eng., writes:— "l was suffering br d with Internal Neuralof Phosferine. After havi four months, I telt better than years previously, and consider it er tried. As a remedy for all I think there is nothing to equal as
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      49 3 F. CLARKE Go Li! i 01 i Mrs. Ch. imi wpiitrfss. THE BOWRING Pm. Co., Ltd. s HIGH GRADE LUBRICA IL. MARINE ENGINE A CYLINDER OIL. FINBBURY COURT. London Gaggino Co. Office BONHAM STREET, No. 6. k. Deposit ROBINSON ROAD, No< 25. Waterbury's COMPOUND THE Ideal Digestant j i
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      174 3 I SOME MAKES OF PENS j^y ourable conditions, but >7^ >^W^ I fail when driven. The ff B SURE TOM GET TM 'SWAN' Ktaudrs every ml cA test. isfaction is qua- 1 rantcod. w xS m^^LWwi Does ao: leak of > FOUNTPEN Dry up. -sw/ur r/le Pc/I th v Ink.
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    TOO OLD AT 30.
    280 4 of v. rl. ill not, int of the -•> than Mrs g lorn us ed for man abo honour or You* i for or Wesi |pon. 1 to le Miami The nnmbi i ol barmaidi who become The barmaid lias a harder living to earn than
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    Nervous Disorders Through Heat.
    140 4 is on!;. tartera of omacb in the tropics,' once epigram- 1 ;i distinguished arm; uervt on in t be hot iijiujt fully cope with m > ide L. v in Nerve pi ise bead lly■Aon for bodily or mental i mory and a in physical functions.
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      140 4 M|g gi ii ii n ii n ii ii n sa Si ii ims mmrmi ii h ii n n n mwn f" by APPOINTMENr TO li. M. THE KING €zL3 W '^S^jjll^p,^ d F. M. S. Government HospitaK «J I THE FINEST, PUREST and RICHEST MILK U« Used in
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      31 4 For Cuisine AND Cleanliness TRY THE HOTEL. KUALA LUMPUR. ft-] 5-6 PHOTOGRAPHIC Store and Studio. Amateurs' work. Developing, Printing and Enlarging. KONG HIN6 CHEON6 Co., Adelphi Hotel Buildings, Singapore. Branch Penano.
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      108 4 imunt Hl— lIIIMIIM— IIIIIIIIWII Hill Ml*"— t| i Railway Material a g OUR SPECIALITY. B^ pj Stocks. Prices, gg— General Agents for r^3C3B I ISI H. H. BOEKER Co., BEHN, MEYER Go., Ltd. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, SINGAPORE. lIHWIHII ABRAMS 9 Straits Motor Garage, Telegrams *Abrams." ORCHARD ROAD. Telephone 719. AGENTS FOR
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      278 4 For the Races. V j EI S S x^^M PRISM BINOCULARS 12 io- oo /7 NEW MODELS /I 16 x 10- 0-0 TO BE OBTAINED FROM Chs J. Gaupp Co., 33, RAFFLES PLACE. FAR EAST OXYGEN ACETYLENE COMPANY, LTD., {SINGAPORE BRANCH.) MARINE BOILER REPAIRS AUTOGENOUS^ WELDING Repairs of Furnace Crac
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    THE SEALING DISSSTER.
    475 5 lbe steams Bellaveritiuo arrived Lt-re nine dead and fifty -urvivors mudlaud. The for- kod in ice and suow. and larpaulint*. uud presented a r.-> arc so crippled nable to walk ashore. In <nenres they narrated •uJlaud's crew were put morning la ii for i boarded I trrn
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      48 5 Vooda Gi rat Pepper»iint -y, tn ,T me for couglis, chills »c vV »Ddy affections of the >totnach, 2JJ«ted by the knowledge of its 20 a of curative work in Australia, v 1 1 M<J counties other Divisions My Everywhere proved and *o candard medicine that can be
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      330 5 fjon cannot f,nr heftn- Ih<m trith^m WOLFE? Aromatic Schiedam j SCHNAPPS I wherr-vrr yon ,r, iV It s o ordinary I !!l^ > to ordinary wines ipremc perfection of a IJp: Pint, and the highest possible JSL^ PO!:U (>t I )llll 'y- is suitahh- nlike Cor ipflS^ 1I i :i;in(lmi-n,
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      422 5 I* Serves you right, Sir, I*! if you find your Tyre flf In Bin too hi^h, m m use GOLUMB Tyres if and you will see the difference. From All Dealers and Garages. PRICE LISTS ON APPLICATION. THE GOLUMB TYRE Go. (far east.) Ht t,u <«« 52 51 Robinson Road.
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      238 5 Re Chops Loh Kee Seng and Loh Chee Seng, In Bankruptcy AUCTION SALE OF A Quantity of Shanghai, Chefoo and Tussore Silk, Chinese Silk Trousers &c. &c. At No. 28 Market Street On Saturday, 9th May at 11 a. m. (By order of The Official Assign. To be sold in
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      MARRIAGE
      33 6 Okkll Tom^ins. At St. George's Church, Penang, Mil May, 1914, Frederick Leigh, eldest son of J. C. Okell. Littleton, Chester to Mariow Beatrice, second daughter of Henry TOMKINB, J. P. Rtockton-on Tees.
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      DEATHS.
      43 6 Hogan. At Penang, on May sth, Ernest Charles Stuart Hogan, aged M years. Lease. On the lHt instant, at Medan. Sumatra, O. X., Lilian Gwendoline the dearly beloved daughter of James Joseph and Delphine Dorothy Leasb. aged 2 years and 1 month.
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    The Singaours Free Press
    784 6 Friday, May 8, It'll Tbe problems of warfare possess a horrific fascination for even the peaceloving citizen. Tbe question of guns versus armour is apparently an undying one, though for tbe time being tbe gun seems to have it (assuming that it can get in a
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    522 6 The total "bag" of a recent elephant drive in the Plus district of Perak was three Chinese tin stealers Mrs Malcolm Duncan has quite recovered from her recent illness. She is leaving the Crag and returning to Perak. (I\G.) The death has occurred (wires our Kuala Lumpor correspondent) of Tunku
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    " TAI ON " PIRACY.
    1052 6 TAI ON PIRACY. BTBAHBB BATURATBD WITH KEBO6BNB AND BURNT. About Two Hutctwrd Uvn Lost, UFFICBBB* V>HW X EtRBtKTA? We have had in recent years to record many piratical outrages on river steamers plying between Hougkong aud the West River ports, but the outrage on the Tai On, of which news
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    HONGKONG OIL BLAZE
    236 6 Huge k \t Lai One of tha Luge oil t rtard Oil Com pa* r Hongkong) caiiph 1 volv< of kerobiue. pean emplo\ <>»■«. h«p| the tank, w bicfa gallons, when be heard on looking around kmv tbl tbe tai>k. made of .-teel in, owir>by MMBfl tneai
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    TANGLIN BARRACKS CHURCH INSTITUTE.
    117 6 <>v Monday evening the Yorkshire Lodge LO.G.T 10th Anniversary. Aft. t i. had been gone through I retired to receive visitors from t. em Star" and the R. A and many visitors interested in of temperance, including the Bro. S. J. Heath acted man tin out
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    158 6 According to a recent paper, A wholesale criminal pi on the charge of defrauding tia Status Government out t>: dollars by the systematic pr:»> incorrect invoices hu the merchant princes of China is said that the San Franc have been defrauded of ld yearly by means of incorrei t iuvi
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      159 6 SMARTEST RACE fgj FASHIONS. V i?ff^ W Evening Frocks j^^^^^\l New Race Gowns f I \\mM and Millinery. /•^•i. i anc Sunshades. a L^ -V -"r New Dress Fabrics 'i 4 Lv"; v\ anc^ Trimmings. t Little's FINE JEWELS. Every article guaranteed genuine and more than full value for tte
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      6 6 Vr. Mrs. GOONKTILLEKi; p. p. c.
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    AGAINST ARMAMENTS.
    131 7 REMOVING A TEMPTATION. l marine Cuble]. Hf{ i Baiin In the EkHMi of Com tfomll, Libert! M. I. tor urmrnxi I ■oHoi urging to negotiate with the v to securing I tea. .irryinjj war tde. Govern -t indication itmnly uot ■pttOß that this question in their arrna v
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    THE BUDGET DEBATE.
    54 7 Mr Chamberlain's Fears. -ten Chamber on the budget aud with misgiviugs, ro the rate at which they "Leniently criticised of a million from the Sinking the Liberals woulJ where to draw the of the classes. geaej of dealing ommoDS trees to pass a ttion. insurance. a bill,
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    FLLIS' CIRCUS.
    224 7 raceeMfa] tour of rank Killis' circus, ou the last occasion a t :cb opened a .^apore 'y appreciate c i -ion on s iiicU bas earned IMMB of its all nted before '"Wf* liaei the manage- ive oifers have future leave the Bast I *ug from their Is,
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    12 7 ~JC Ufm MeBBr> Wadleigh Co., Ltd. 4 ™enced butiness at Singapore, at
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    NAVAL SHOOTING.
    52 7 THE FIGURES OF MERIT. [I>y Submarine Cable]. Rkutmb's Sbb^iob. London, May 6. In the gunlayiug tests for the Navy, the China squadron is lirat with 10H.38. the battle squadron second with 105. 04. the Mediterranean ninth with 13.19, the Hast Indies twelfth with 61.01 Ifefl l;ipe seventeenth with
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    WOMEN'S FRANCHISE REJECTED.
    53 7 In the House of Lords. London, May 6.— The House of Lords 1 by 104 to 60 Earl Selborue's bill giving the Parliamentary franchise to women who already have the Municipal franehi--No Autumn Session. London, May 6. —It is officially stated that there will be no utsu
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    ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN STRIKE.
    22 7 Melbourne, May 6. The bakers of lbourne arid Brisbane threateu to strike tor higher wages.. The Masters are obdurate.
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    HOME RACING.
    80 7 Chester Cup and Derby. London. May 0 The result 01 fchc Chester Cup was 1, Aleppo B—l 2, An necy 100 6; 8, QraveloMfl 100—6. uteen ran and the race was won by neck, with four ler l »6 between second and third. The place netting was B
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    HOME RULE BILL.
    52 7 Mr Redmonds Desire. Loudou. May •">. The paper- llata that Mr Asquith conferred with Mr Rednioud erday but the latter is not eager to enter into a conference, but desires the Bill should leave the House of Commons I and that auy compromise should be embodied iv
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    ALBANIAN FIGHTING
    62 7 Another Sanguinary Engagement. Atheus, May 6.— There was a sanguinary engagement at Kodra to du\ in which live hundred Albanians were killed or wounded and there were heavy Epirote losses. Durazzo Protected. Dnraz/o. May 6. <Jreek bands with artillery and machine guns are matching by the Berat roa^
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    BURNT COLUMBIAN'S BOATS.
    61 7 New York, May 5. The Manhattan sends by wireless a message that slu; has picked up the Columbian's second boat, with Capt. Macdouald nud thirteen men. Engiueer White was killed in the explo »ion and a ■oamiD wm drowned while leaving the ship. The total rescued is
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    47 7 It i> announced that Me Alfred Bryet bas retired from the firm of Messrs. Leigh and OraL?e, architects, etc Hongkong. Mr P, H. Holyoak ha 9 been admitted a partner in the firm of Heiss and Co. in Hongkong and China. Mr F. H. Armstrong has retired.
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    217 7 Mr W. L. Courtney, at a dinner said that once, and only once, had the proof reader let bira down. He had written something about M women's rights," but unfortunately it came out in the proof as women's tights, and it was not corrected (laughter.) A worthy Scottish beadle once
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    SELANGOR CASES.
    105 7 The Assistant's Passage Home. {From Our Own Correspondent.) Luala Lumpor, May 7. The case was concluded yesterday in the Supreme Court here of Mr J. H. Chalmers vs Harper and Company, in which the plaintiff claimed $2,000 for wrongful dismissal and 53, 031 for loss of full pay
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    Port Swettenham Land Case.
    34 7 W^terday Mr Justice luues gave bis deferred judgment in the case in which LeeTeck Tieu sued the Port Swettenham Rubber Company for ."•(>:;. .Judgment was for plaintiff for 51, 016 only.
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    FREE ELEPHANT BAGS.
    56 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 7. Since Government has decided to grant free licenses to shoot elephants in the Snngei Siput district, a number of planters have availed themselves of the opportunity. Two were shot, after four hours tracking, with consecutive shots, by Mr C. 11.
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    S. S. A. (STRAITS BRANCH).
    182 7 The Keport to the Members of the Singapore Branch of the Straits Settlements Association for the peiiod from Ist April, 1913, to olst March, 1914, reads. Your Committee beg to present to you their Report and Statement of Accounts foe the peiiod above mentioned. Your
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    DR. AND MRS. GOONE TTLLEKE.
    246 7 The regard entertained for Dr. Goone Tilleke by his patients and friends found expressions at the Grand Hotel de l'Enrope when the Honourable Mr Tan .Tiak Kirn on behalf of a large clientele of the Doctor presented him with a draft on one of the
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    GERMAN BETTING BILL.
    150 7 A new Betting Bill which the German Government hope to see passed this Session is published. The main object of the Bill is to prevent clandestine betting, which has become a grave abuse, and to restrict the operations of "touts." Boakmaking, which has hitherto been penal, is
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    SINGAPORE LAND VALUES.
    296 7 Award in Dick son Road Case. The Chief Justice (the Hon. Mr J. A. S. Bucknill, k.c.) and the assessors, Messrs J. T. Lloyd and Hock Hoe, in the Supreme Court, yesterday morning, concluded their consideration of the Dickson Road land case. It was an application by
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    BARLOW'S RUBBER WIRE
    84 7 Messrs Barlow and Co. inform us that their Loudon House wiring under date of the 6th instant with reference to the Rubber Market, inform them that there is less demand for the commodity and that the prices are lower. At the Auctions held in London this week
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    FRASER'S SHAKE CIRCULAR,
    64 7 There has been a very meagre business passing for some time past. The recent Rubber Auctions in London indicate that the raw material is slightly easier and the shares have followed suit, the movements at any time being insignificant. Tin shares sympathetically with the metal have fallen
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    62 7 Agents. F. W. Barker ft Co. Lanadron 89,125 Ledbury: 29,667 Senawang 22,542 Batu Village:— 1,649 Penkalau Dorian 6,654 Tanah Merah 1.342 P. ute 1,561 Semambu 5,154 Sungei Bagan 6,600 Cheng: 10,200 Kukub: 5,190 Dominion 19,500 Sungala 1,882 Agents. Brown Phillips and Ntewart. Khota Tampan: 8,550; total
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    GANG ROBBERS AT SUNGKAI.
    104 7 There was a daring gang robbery at Sungkai, Perak, a few days ago, when the manager of the pawn shop was "held up," and relieved of 53, 000 in notes. The various articles in pledge and other valuables were left untouched. The following night there was
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    DUTCH INDIES AND SAN FRANCISCO.
    126 7 The Director of Agriculture, Industry and Trade in Netherlands India has been authorised to instruct the Chief of the Industry and Trade section of his Department, Mr E. de Kruyff, to start for the Netherlands at a date to be fixed later, and for a
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      175 7 J* RACES /^o> The Latest and most up-to-date stock of f EVERYTHING \3^/ FOR GENTLEMENS WEAI I/^*/l Kra s NOW ON VIEW y\ f) THE LATEST I /cv/ T|ES I Inspection X X cordiauy yV^T/ HATS AND CAPS I invited. jSgS^kjr' Plain and Fancy Socks, $g /J\/^ Panama Hats, Handkerchie
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      149 8 H A daily dose of this y/k m invigorator will help n to keep you in the 0 4t Pink of Health" I j It stores up a large reserve of vitality which enables you to I I withstand physical and mental strain and to resist malaria, etc. i See
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      119 8 CELESTINS VICHY TABIi WATER. This tuost celebrated and incomparable table water in o?der to meet the rising de mands of the public has been now introduced here in small bottles, being formerly only used in large ones. The VICHY WATERS are three in number. Grande Grille Hospital and Celestin's. The
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      637 8 Shipping DEFERRED DEPARTURE ss. "TASMAN," Will sail for Batavia with t<aoshipment to Semarang and Sourabaya, on SATURDAY, at 4 p.m. from whaif. The Ships Agency, Ltd. 8-5 9.5 GLEN LINE of STEAMERS Ltd. s. s. GLENLOGAN" The above vessel having left Bangkok, on 4th May is expected here on 7th
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      635 8 Shipping ml "fir MESSAGERIES MARITIME 8 MAIL LINE China. Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1914 1914 Polynesien May 10 Paul Lee; t May 11 V. de la Ciotat May 24 Cordillfrt- May 25 Chili June 7 Magellan June 8 Atlantique June 21 Polynerien June 22 SINGAPORE-SAIGON-HAIPfiONG.- A
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      676 8 Shipping Norddeutsctaer Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAII LINE. Tho fast and well-known mail steamers ol this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtan Nagasaki and Kobe to
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      547 8 Shipping ISTEAM NAVIGATION COMP Asy For China, Japan, Penang, Cey| tt Australia, India, Aden, Eg, pt i cdit > «"iean Ports, P| yrnon and London Steamers will leave 81ng»po« M MAIL LINES Homeward (»mr LcRQM f> From Singapore, connecting t i Colombo with 1914. «A»saye May 15 hs Mooltan ndia
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      485 9 Shipping foyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Franpoints in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. crew Turbine Liners SHINYO MAKU", "TENYO irific. Equipped witii Wireless Telegraphy v me. TI\IE TABLE FROM HONGKONG. v II lU 9th
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      435 9 IWHUNIiri ONIY COMPANY. mm Qf M|(M((y 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 Inland, ud complies with the British Life As-mrance Comn»nl™ ATTE.CT.VE PLANS OP B
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      299 9 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd Direct service to Japan via Hongkong Shanghai and to Calcutta via Penang from Singapore. Falun* cargo on through Bills of Lading for Canton, Macao. Swatow. Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newohwang, Yangisze Ports. Formosa, hilippines. Ac, Ac., Ac. STEAMERS. Toub Commander Kutsang 4,895 R. C. I). Bradley.
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      557 9 CHARTERED BANK of India Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. PMD UP CAPITAL ki 200 OOC REBSRYK FUND Z £1 HOAioOD Reserve Liability 0! Proprietors... £1 »0o!oo0 HEAD OFFICE 88. EIrHOPSGATB. LONDON, E. C. AGi NCIES AND BRANCHL Amritsai Hongkong PenaDg Bangkok Iloilo Pnket Batiivia Ipoh Rangoon Bombty Karr^hi
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      352 9 FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company cf Canada. Established 1882. Direct Government Bupervi Bic»8 ic» Government Audit. FcSSSSe!" W RLD WIDE "Wa N RpS?PV?° M 6 n rpla(! Rl>oVe »»Mlltleß Kit RLSEKVE and all outstanding cUime. New Business, 1913, over $9,876,000.00, Cash Loans, Settlement*, etc, made local). Numerous modern schemes. J H.
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    MR ROCKEFELLER AND HIS CONSCIENCE.
    330 10 CKMKNT WHICH IiAS NOTED WASHINGTON TO SABCABM. Sarcastic comment ii made (says the Washington correspondent of the "Daily News") on "Rockefeller's elastic con Bcien is the result: of the evidence given by Mr Jehu D. Rockefeller, jun., before Hi Congressional Committee inquiring iulo the disastrous
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    Market Price List.
    301 10 Singapore. May 4th. 1914. !b. 23 si 03 13 06 nil Lna 0s 01 t l Bin do nil do 40 < ach l.cO y H do 24 18 each per catty 40 24 do. Small do ifi j-ti catty 20 dozen 7.00 do Freeh do ted
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      281 10 15 VARIETIES. E^ POTTED ALL DELICIOUS AND APPET!! JL^ MEATS. GAME, BAM, CHICKEN AND TONGUE, ETC., ETC. j§ aJ Pirepared by a celebrated Chef under ideal )P> 9 conditions of cleanliness and selection. -^'i;.'^ IN GLASS, TINS AND WHITE JARS. $f ONE OF THE BEST OF l" 1^^ 8 i£
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      217 10 RUBBER. JACKSON'S PATENT RUBBFR SMOKING DRYING APPARATUS .ikes rubber right through and is The only etlicient machine on themarket. The only one gu to smok. dry rubl dy for export ii under 5 da The Cheapest to buy and the lowest cost to run— less than A cent pei pound
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      135 10 (I The Warm Season curiously This, h easily of d OVi and o ac Str< Bayers Tablets of ASPIRIN C&ST OUT HEALTN WITHOUT PURE BLOOD XI ALTH iS UV VjETARZOS may try 10 61 VETiPZO. VETARZO REfViEDiES akb Sold by BOOTS C THE LATEST (1914) SUNBEAM CAR CAN NOW BE
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1466 11 Issued by PRASER Co,, Exohange and Share Brokers, May 7. Jaf. ißeuß. Paid. labt Di? potris. Sellers. 85 000 2s Is Allagar 7*% Id 1 11 xd 500,0' 0 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 29 4 0 160,000 2s 2s Anglo-Malay 44% lnt 9 4£ 10 1 50,000 2s
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    TRAIN SERVICE.
    107 11 SINQAPORB (TaNH-RD) Mall Daily leaves for north at 7.9 am and 7.16 p.m. Other trains leave for .Johon at 0.0 a,, 10.80 a., noon, 1.80 p.. 141 p 4.00 p. (4.80 p. Sundays). Mail arrives from north at 8.16 a.m. p.nr 7.14 p.m. Trains leave from Jobore 7
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    46 11 Time-balls on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard time corresponding to 6a m. Greenwich mea time. The time-gun is fired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard time, on every day excepting Sunday, when it is lired at one o'clock.
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    EXCHANGE.
    65 11 (CORRICTID UP TO May 7). Bank 4ma 14 J M demand J-4 132 Private credits 8m l-4f credits 6 m/f 8-4 1116 France demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 2881 India, T. T. if«* Hongkong, demand 15f% Yokohama, demand 114$ Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 66f Sovereigns, Bank Buying 18.64
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    PRODUCE.
    146 11 May 7. Tin 200 tons sold $76.12* Gambiet buyers 6.40 Gambler Cnbe No. 1 10.76 Gsiibier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black ordin. Sport buyers 18.60 Pepper, (White fair) 85.00 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) 24.00 Nutmegs (80 to the Ik.) 26 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina) norr.
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      127 11 Buhner's Sparkling Cider. Guaranteed to be the pure Juice of the apple only) IS SUPPLIED TO:THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. HOTELS Savoy. Romano'S. Euston. Cecil. Almond's. Gt. Central. Claridges. Hyde Parke. Gt. Western. Carlton. Piccadilly. De Vere. Ritz. Curzon. Berkeley. Etc., Etc., Etc. CLUBS Travellers'. Jr. Athenaeum. Naval Military. Garlton. New
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      63 11 For all Stomach troubles. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Care. At all Stores 80 cents a bottle. The Singapore Straits Directory for 1914. Price $8.50 per copy. 19.00, post free to places in Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States. Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Perils, Trenggana, British North Borneo, Sarawak an 4 Brunei to
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      808 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders From Arrived For When Sea Belle F.M.S. 400 Ahmat P. S'hara, 25 F.M.S. Kelantan Steamers Nat. Tonnage 4 Mastev From Consigneea Fot Afghan Prince Brit 3183 Whalley Y'hama, II Boustead N York 10 Argenfela Ger 8537 Schmidt N'castle, 804 Huttenbach Calcutta 14 i
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    THE SPRING RACES.
    900 12 SECOND DAYS RESULTS. rsoutball's benefit is the host name this meeting so far, for after having won Live and got second ha a sixth race on Tuesday, he again came to the front yes terday and took four of the eight races. The afternoon's .-.port was distinctly
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    THE TANGLIN STAKES.
    919 12 tJue 11.000 and $150 to the Second Horse, [andicap for Horses that have run in m Nos. lor 3 on the First Day. Entrance Distance, 7 furlongs, ku Omar's ROUOEET-NOIB H. 2. Southall 1 Mr Ribel's Kigadoon h.m. iienfield (did not finish) (Winner trained by Abraras.) This
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    111 12 The Singapore Ladies Rifle Association scored 178 In tbe May Competition of the i Mills Challenge Trophy (200 yds) at Halestier Range on Thursday morning. The individual scores were Mrs Scoular 32 Miss Kerr 31 j Mrs Mauldon 30 Vanning Thomai 29 Gattey 27 Ferguson Darie
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    S.K.C. LAWN TENNIS
    32 12 TIBS FOB TO DAY. Championship, skmi finaj T. de Silva v E. Galistan. "B" Single Handicap. Final. .1. R. Cockbura owe }80 v H. Van Cuy lenburg owe £l.">.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    229 12 The I'mballa sailed on lib instant from Rockhampton with 7,000 tens of Australian Coal for 8.1.5. N. Co. stocks. She is due here on or about 21st instant. The outward intermediate P. and j Khyber is due at Colombo at 6 a.m. on 16th instant and may be
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    FOOTMAN
    58 12 The friendly match arranged for the B.C.C. for Monday next is not against the Xomad6, as stated yesterday, but against the Rangers. According to the fixture j card, however, the Nomads are to be met on Thursday next week, whilst, of course, I on the following Monday they will
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    COMING CIGAR WAR.
    331 12 an American Invasion. New York, April 6. According to a statement published here to day the Tinted Cigar Stores Company of America is planning to open a sttiij^ of shops in London and elsewhere in England, to be called the United Cigars of Great Britain (Ltd.,) or
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    A MORALITY WAVE.
    239 12 Berliu, the City without Night, us Mr Herman Scheffauer has recently christened it, is undergoing a morality bath. An earnest effort is obviously under way to purify the town at least externally. The Prussian Diet is considering a law which aims at making show windows and shops
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    "THE BAYARD OF THE BAR."
    149 12 The Law Journal, referring to the forth 1 coming retirement of .Sir Edward Clarke pays him a high compliment "it is a professional career of rare merit and distinction which will thus be brought to a close, and it will occupy :i high place in
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      341 12 TO-NIGHT! 9.15 to 11.15 I A luaivcllous picture or wild lit. nnd,, the <„,,a.,,,. pro,lu,-. d,„ selic C AMID RAGING BEASTS The Life and Death Lure of Africa IN THREE PARTS (Episodes and Scenes that beat anything ever attempted b«ior A ROYAL SIN AQUILA SUPERFINE DRAMA Tells the stor. K.ng
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      411 12 NEXT MAILS DUE. The mails from Europe by the 3. 1. steamer Tara and N.D L. P. Lutiwi< ait expected by train to-day. Letters will be :sady for delivery by 9 am. and newspapers by 11.30 am. From China.— Ptr M. M. Paul Lecat due May 1 1 London Malls
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