The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 May 1914

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1 12 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENT- SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1914. NO. 8,144
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  • 192 1 The report of Bruang mine appears on page 6. Second days racing re&ults at Seremban —Page 12. Singapore has scored 942 in the Interport shoot p age 12. A sad shipping disaster has occurred near Halifax U. S. Page 7. The I'nionists have won a great victory
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  • 1261 1 An old fellow student may be permitted a few lines of gossip and appreciation in regard to the late Samuel Rutherford Crockett, who brought the wilds of Gal loway permanently into the region of romance, and whose premature death in the prime of life i» universally lamented.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 163 1 To-Night To-Night ALHAMBRA CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE BEACH ROAD. SECOND SHOW 9-15 P. M. FIRST SHOW 7 30 P. M The Latest and Greatest of Sensations in the Upper Air, A TRAGEDY IN THE CLOUDS (In 4 Parts.) A Circus Story with a tnrill that you will not soon forget, THE FRUITS
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    • 314 1 PALLADIUM ORCHARD ROAD ORCHARD ROAD THE MOST UP-TO-DATE THEATRE IN THE FAR EAST. TO-NIGHT COMMENCING AT 9 p.m. SHARP. TO-NIGHT A PROGRAMME THAT WILL PUT IN THE BHADK ANYTHING YET SEEN IN SINGAPORE. AN ALL BRITISH EXCLUSIVE BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. THE HOUSE This Him is unquestionably one of
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    • 143 1 TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT IS Gaiety PICTURE PALACE THE HOME OF LIGHT AND COMFORT Junction of Albert and Bencoolen Streets. New Petters Engines and Siemens Dynamo By Messrs. Guthrie Co., Ltd. and Siemens Bros., Ltd. THB SHOW WITH THE BEST LIGHT IN TOWN Electric Fans fitted in all Classes and will
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    • 298 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Robinson and Co., for choice solid silver presents Page 7. Notice re debts of the Straits Fibre Company Page 2. Sale of furniture, palanquin and horse to-day by Powell and Co. Page I. P. and O. latest sailing lists Dilwara for Penang and Calcutta PRge 8. Junora the
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 94 1 THE WEEK Monday 25th. High Water— ll-1 a.m., 10-1* p.m. New Moon. M. M. Homeward mail due. Children's Band, Gardens, 5 pm. Football, Cup match, Rangers v Koyli. Emulation Lodge. 8.30 p.m. Tuesday 26th. High Water— ll-86 a.m., 10-40 p.m. Queen Marys Birthday (1867.) Singapore Art Club Exhibition. Singapore Assiz
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  • 185 2 an to Kn.iM and Bagan sam\h. H. H. the Sultan of Kedah. accompanied by his suite, with Mr W. E. Speers, Assist aut Commissioner of Police, in attendence, paid a visit to Kulim on the l'ith inst. The party arrived in three motor cars and were received
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  • 138 2 :her and fir trees over an area one mile long by half a mile broad burned fiercely all day April 22, and far iuto the night on the Earl of Seafield's estate in the Strathspey valley betweeu Carr Bridge and N'ethy Bridge. The fire gained a
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  • 158 2 I.INGTON AND THF. CHARTIST PERIL. Another interesting reminiscence of the Chartist riots is Riven in the Times. The writer, Colonel H. M. Siuclair, says Lady Burdett Coutts further told me that one day at this time she remarked to tha Duke that be had taken,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 41 2 Life ia toll of toil and trouble, If you make it ao. And one's worries all seem double When you welcome woe. Don** be always meeting sorrow. Look the other way Take Woods' Peppermint core to-morrow— You'll be bright and §ay.
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    • 809 2 Notices In the Matter of the Companies Ordinance 1889 AND IN THE MATTER OF THE STRAITS FIBRE COMPANY LIMITED. (In Liquidation.) The Creditors of the above named Company are required on or before the SOth Jnne next to send their names and addres eh and the particulars of their debts
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    • 576 2 Notices WARNING. j The number plates of Bullock Cart No. 612' (red gronud and white figures) are reported stolen. WE. HOOPER, Regi&trar of Vehicles. Singapore, 21st May, 1914. 22-6 255 GOVERNMENT NOTICE. Tenders will be received at the COLONIAL! ENGINEER 8 Office, up to noon of the 26th i May,
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    • 729 2 COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PORT OF RANGOON NOTICE. The Commissioners for the Port of Rangoon invite application for the appointment of Assistant Harbourmaster. The salary of the appoi tment will be Rs WC— -If— Bs > a month with a house allowance of Rs. 100 a month. iNo extra ftes cf
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    • 558 2 Wanted EMPLOYMENT WANTED By Englishman, as Canvasser or Salesman, (Wines, Spirits or Me»ch&ndlae>, good knowledge of local market. Reasonable "alary and commission expected. For further particulars apply REASONABLE. coFree Prons. 23-5 m* FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT. WANTED. Levellere fcalary $2 to S3 per day. Must be accurate workers,
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    • 279 2 To Let TO LET <>ud tail a, V A|ply t. Ri v TO LET FURNISHED A compound houw. v. dab. Badnintoi on. Keppel Harfo. •20 TO LET PARTLY PURHISEO Compound Hous< bedrooms, bath n Ist. TO LET FURNISHED M BTEPHEMS >Al TO BE LET FroMlst Jm office. 2nd A.pply on
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  • 1304 3 London. May 1 ->t it will be recol,'iit bad granted j >r the discussion ited on the so called It was to start on vmi to b* taken \n the week >: thoir inMt came out with 'here ruuls to proving over•:i Iht Saturday. papers Mi and d
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  • 111 3 even if you h»T« •offered through dreary, dis nial days and hid«ou» nights the affliction of a •woUen knee. Do not despair tmm though physicians and remedies hare given you no relief. Little's Oriental Balm is what you nee if. It will cause the gwelllng to disappear,
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  • 529 3 In his notes on foreign affairs (one of the most notable fea'ure* of The Contemporary Review) Dr. Dillon writes: Count Witte, who established Russian finances on the solid basis which enabled them to bear the strain of the war with Japan, of the ensuing general
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  • 380 3 The steamship Riouw, built by Messrs Archd. McMillan and Son, Ld., Dumbarton, for the Stoomvaart Maatschappij Xeder laud," Amsterdam, recently ran her trials on the Firth of Clyde, and we are now able to give fuller particulars concerning this fine boat. She is of the shelter-deck type,
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  • 50 3 Beautiful and adaptable to any style of Architecture and to any method of interior! finish, are the "CRANE" wonderful Art Metal Ceilings. Cool, clean, white ant, and vermin proof, for Bungalows, Hotels, and Public Buildings. For illustrated catalogue and particulars write to The Borneo Company Limited, Singapore.
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  • 420 3 I'ei 1* O str Xliv hi due id«y '.M Mrs H. damson and nbl ouck, Miss A. IL Waogh, Mfc I Mr <ft Mrs O. Boycr A children. B. ikwcrombAe, Dr A. F. Legge. Miss B. Ken, P. F. Due, E. Walker, A. J. B. Butcher, 0. L
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  • 62 3 Nippon Yuscn Kaisha. Per N V X str Kaga Maru, sailing May 26.— Mrs Waterfleld. 3 children and European nurse K. M. Richards. Mr Mrs McLood Craik and child. Per N V X str Atsuta Maru, sailing June 9.— Mr Weddige, W. O. Stirling, Mrs A, W. Wilson,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 230 3 RUBBER. THE JACKSON RUBBER CURING AND DRYING APPARATUS. We have no connection of any kind in London or elsewhere, therefore rubber cured by this process is sold entirely on its merits. At the London Auctions on the 10th and 11th March, 3 Estates using this Apparatus realized within Id. of
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    • 24 3 For Cuisine AND Cleanliness TRY THE EMPIRE HOTEL. KUALA LUMPUR. ft-12 5-6 Waterbury's I j^wr PINEAPPLe Krfjfi/r DIGESTIVE|| t m c Ideal Digestant ■^**^^^^SgM^BM^M^Mt^M^M^MM^^^^^^^B
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  • 1350 4 Edinburgh. April 30. trice by compulsion is once j I trial. Section 7 of tb< tish Tempt which makes it' i before i ni. after Mi> > to bring! H me eh the break- corking] custom of many work 'like aleoholk refreshment at the' Lie., il. which in
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 302 4 P"j by appointment to h. m. the king c ™i^j^^^^^^^S^^i^^ and FMs Government Hospitals M THE FINEST, PUREST and RICHEST MILK C S sed in all the Principal Hospitals throughout the World Jj pj NESTLE and ANGLO -SWISS CONDENSED MILK Co. (London), Singapore, penang, kuala lumpur Bangkok Ej H. S.
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  • 133 5 I V .ntic rid. No n vice (at I MiUMC- it of the profesMon s of I ul i'omwhich iuent iusti iia vm& moo, Arthur Mas lidtfl voyage, ir performance v; cross the rica at the i will he uo ditliculty i M r v -;m«*
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  • 88 5 i 10. 000 pril. 80. a former Ambassador tl the stewards nt et the icing in France, prejudice caused and owners of mner of the (lold Cup, Maisons Laffitte their disqualilicabi ground that it ho appeared for M. de :<?rday that Alfort Veterinary pie of the horse's it
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  • 56 5 The -j called holy hedral of Genoa, be the oldest and lie in the □tally broken. octagonal vase known stone akin o?ed to be the famous the Knight Temp R to i.t'iioa in 1101 -nong the spoils of 1 :iesarea. Since 1 In the highest Bfl are
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  • 77 5 for the year ended 4 U ,j amounted to X' 12,053, ight forward. The pay a Anal dividend of In making 15 per write off for depreciaplace to reserve fund £1. 500. leaving, to an^Q." ue total crop ..a-H v 5111k, against at esti -i- >w ing an
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  • 628 5 I- II V 3 Lack of energy and vim are constant characttri>ti s of European residents in the East. This condition is largely due tc inefficient nourishment, tor while theii food is, naturally, all sufficient in quantity, it does not contain enough of the
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 102 5 DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA BROWNS SPECIFIC. To be had at the Singaporel*Di3PENsary, and of MISS BROWN, Grassdale, River Valley Road, Singajwre. Education of Chinese Youths in Scotland. Mr. Charles Davidson, M.A., Aberdeen Grammar School, takes entire charge of the education of Chinese youths. Large suburban house. About twenty Chinese are being
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    • 1113 5 Auctions REMINDER. This Day, Monday, at 4 p. m. AUCTION SALE OF Household Furniture, Rubber-tyred Palanquin and Grey Australian Mare. A 4-seated Rubber-tyred Victoria, Tennis Gear, Also a Collection of Plants AT No. 2, WILKIE ROAD On view 2 days prior to sale. POWELL ft Co., Auctioneers. 20-5 25-5 AUCTION
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    • 767 5 I Auctions AUCTION SALE OF Excellent Wax Polished Teak Household Furniture; Cottage Piano Tennis Gea r; Plants *c. The Property of The Venerable Archdeacon H. C Izard AT THE PARSONAGE, No. 5 FORT CANNING ROAD ON SATURDAY, 6th JUNE, AT 2 P. M. An excellent toned cot Uge piano by
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  • Domestic Occurences.
    • 25 6 Chancellor On the '3rd May, at the General Hospital, Singapore, KiCHARD CharLt^, the beloved son of the Inspector General of Police and Mrs Chancellor.
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  • 1201 6 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, May 25, 1914. I•. The Unionist Party Ims scored an undoubted success at Ipswich, and a success which cannot be belittled on the ground that it was caused by any split between Liberal and Labour. The Socialist vote is so small as to be negligible—a
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  • 967 6 The arrival of Captain Agg in Penang as adjutant of the Volunteers for three months has been signalised (sa> s the Straits Echo) by bringing back into xistence the P. V. Sports Club and introducing at the Drill Hall a bar which shows every sign of flourishing." Ashes,' 1 screened
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  • 167 6 The follown !<. Mm Biihu unfurl without providing t of wbi< out |»,'p Choofi Heofi Kunn* previous I>. ptoapecUog i uott. of work 1 1 tb» miners under m obtaiaed i»y tfat Bipirt, Mi w. M work as Mai early n: nRPor did 1. ::i not li«
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  • 190 6 .lendarata 104 The Selangor I arranged to be played Monday is "off." A soc< i Perak and Selango; Ipoh on Saturday The following. ba\< cricket for h Penang, on .lun. Shelley, W. 0 Jonl nard, I*. M. I Rutley. \nt i Mr W. I). Kmptiit; Prisons,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 115 6 KELLY AND WALSH, Ltd. HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW CONSIGNMENT OF SWAN INK. 25 c. Price $6.25. 14 ct. Gold Nib. NIBS TO SUIT BURROUGHES WATTS j I BILLIARD TABLE MANUFACTURERS TO H. M. KING GEORGE V. The Straits Table Price $790 complete with all accessories E\PRES>LY MANUFACTURED FOR THE
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  • 160 7 jREAT UNIONIST CAIN. lessase to the Country M Cable]. Ip>\vich .cene in part of a -tentative to his hearers mi send B« »i«or irai I tb( >t of the country's forty I his i ,11 it the people ••>■ It Bill. iwieli bad a b would infort aro
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  • 42 7 a the S itioiuil lidllery adeiuy. For- t done was slight. vow closed. The raged and assisted in were wild hen the be tore were hud to ad en threw bags The King's portrait Kdinburgh, has 1b c who was > <
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  • 101 7 I ening at the Convent of ■•ss. a Soiree Kecreati in honour of the fete of His "fchip Bishop Banllon. A drama in plMl olumbus" with "cal interludes was rendered by the NMI \«ry prettily to a and appreciative audience, those J Part being Misses M. Foster,
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  • 81 7 I late*t eofant terrible" itory is told older s <; reen rive- year old who, to well deserved whipping from his a bid himself under the bed. The j r < aav, the Daily Citi/en, came home crisis was at its worst, and, toI «i. w-nt to the bed room
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  • 287 7 RUSSIA 'S FOREIGN POLICY. M. SAZONOFF S EXPOSITION. Triple Entente Relations. [B] Submarine Cable]. Rkcter's Sebvioi. London, May 24. -Speaking In the houma yesterday M. Sa/ouoff made a com prebenßive statement on the international situation. Referring to reports as to the transformation of the Triple Entente into an alliance he
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  • 97 7 Its Ruler Flees— and Returns. Vienna. May 14. Three hundred iusurgents have hoisted the Turkish rla^ at the town of Kavaja, twelve miles north of l>ura//o. Dura//o, May 84.— The insurgents are vow advancing and the Prince aud Princess and suite have goue on board the Italian warship Misurata.
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  • 69 7 London May 23. The death is announced of Sir Francis Laking k.i I G.C.V.0., physician in ordinary to the King. London, May 24. News has been received that Sir T. C. Kayuer k_., Chief •Justice of British (iuiana, who has seen many years service in the West Indies and
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  • 33 7 anpico May IS, —Business is resuming its normal aspect and oil employees are returning to work. Washington, May 28.— The Rebels are sending representatives to Niagara to submit Carrauza's proposals.
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  • 34 7 Berlin, May 24. The new naval Zeppel em has had a thirtysix hours trial flight throughout Germany. She attained a speed of 9.J miles and averaged 62 for 1,240 miles.
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  • 27 7 London. Ma> 24.— The King has conferred the Grand Cross of the Victorian Order on General Joffre, Chief of the French General Staff.
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  • 22 7 Vienna, May 24.— The Emperor is so far recovered from his recent illness that bulletins have beea discontinued.
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  • 26 7 London, May 24.— A signalman on H M.S. Queen has been sentenced to four years penal servitude for stealing the ship's signalbook.
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  • 66 7 > < For the first time for 40 years the Lon ion Sailors' Home, Well street, is making an appeal for funds. To bring the quaint old building into keeping with the muni cipal regulations J16,000 is asked for. Prince Louis of Battenberg, the First Sea Lord presided at a
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  • 132 7 URGENT CABINET MEETING. Carson Leaves for Belfast. [By Submarine Cable]. Rioter* Sekvici. Dublin, May 38. The authorities here in response to requisitions are strengthening the police in Ulster as Jthey fear disturbances on the third reading of the Home Rule Bill. London. May 18. The Hon. Neil Primrose was
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  • 80 7 Halifax Nova Scotia, May 88.- Bodies and wreckage have been washed ashore on the coast of East Halifax, and it is feared that a lightship which was proceeding to Halifax from (ilasgow has been lost with all hands In a dense fog. Later. The lightship has been found
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  • 61 7 B. I and P. and 0. London. May 23. It is announced that the Peninsula and Oriental and the British Inrtia Steamship companies have amalgamated. The agreement provides for the exchange of stock between the Companies, the boards will he fused and the iuterests of both will he
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  • 40 7 London. May 23 Speaking in the House of Commons Mr Churchill announ ced that the Government was taking up i."2. 2 00,000 shares in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to secure a large oilfuel supply for the Admiralty.
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  • 260 7 A Mohammedan was sworn at the Old Bailey by the interpreter on the Koran, and hissed the book, as was the custom until a few years ago, with the Euglish form of oath. Judge Uentoul asked whether the oath as taken was sufficient fora Mohammedan. A big discussion,
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  • 172 7 In the first week of June Courts will be held at Buckingham Palace. Ascot, to which the King and t^ueen will drive as usual in State from Windsor, opens ou June 16, and the Richmond Horse Show follows on the last two days of Ascot Week.
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  • 136 7 NEW AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPION. Derby Betting. [By Submarine Cable]. Ricteb'b Sebviob. London, May 24. Jenkins of Troou has won the golf amateur championship at Sandwich, beating He/lett of Royal Portrush by three and two. London May 23. The latest Derby betting is Kennymore 2 l, Black Jester 1(
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  • 65 7 London. May 23. When the Canteen scandals case was resumed at Old Bailey the civilian defendants pleaded guilty and afterwards of the military defendants Armstrong, Burns. Johnson, Kelly, Millward, Mitchell and (^uarrell pleaded guilty. Judgment will be given on Monday. Benett did not attend and will appear
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  • 42 7 London. May 24. The aerial Derby at London was postponed yesterday owing to fog. Gustav Hamel left Paris yesterday morning to take part aud arrived at Boulogne, but has since disappeared and Mixiety i-s Celt as to his fate.
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  • 28 7 New York May 23. The retrial of police Lieutenant Becker for complicity in the murder of the gambler Rosenthal has resulted in a verdict of guilty.
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  • 397 7 WHAT HAPPENED IN A DANISH PORT. The story of the Fanny will be well within recollection. She arrived at a Danish port from Hamburg at the end of last month, and the Daily Chronicle's Berlin correspondent, telegraphing on March 31, said Investigation into the mysterious pro
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  • 89 7 The Socialist Congress, which is meeting at Ancona, has, adopted, by a very large majority, a resolution declaring it to be incompatible for members of the Socialist party to belong also to Freemasonry. A Matlock octogenarian, Mr Aaron Rodgers, who has recently been on the lookout for a third wife,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 227 7 ROBINSON Co. HAVE A CHOICE COLLECTION OF SOLID SILVER AND OTHER ARTICLES SUITABLE FOR WEDDING GIFTS ROBINSON Co., Singapore. SPECIALITIES IN MEN'S WEAR. Soft Felt and Tweed Hats. JuTM- Fancy Waistcoats. Smart Things I Socks and Ties Men's Wear Sporting Coats ready for wear. The tilings a man likes to
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 164 8 The Tonic JF You Need If you are run down -if you have been ill and arc slow to recover, try 'Vana 1 Tonic. It will sharpen your ap aid your digestion. bra yout nerves, revive your spirits and help to restore you to TUXHAM CRUDE OIL ENGINES Have points
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    • 640 8 Shipping BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ltd APCAR LINE FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA. The Company's Steamer "DILWARA," 5,376 tons, G. N. Ramage, r.s.r Coniinander, will be despatched for the above ports on Saturday, 30th May, at 4 p.m. She has excellent accommodation for first and second class passengers. For rates
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    • 541 8 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1914 1914 V. dela Ciotat May 24 Cordillere May 25 Chili June 7 Magellan June 8 Atlantique June 21 Polynesien Jane 22 Amazone July 5 V. delaCictat July 6 Paul Lecat July 19 Chili
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    • 674 8 Shipping NVBX Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and woll-known mall steamers of Ibis Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp•on, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veisa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtaa Nagasaki and Kobe
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    • 460 8 Shipping STEAM NAVIGATION COMPAQ For China, Japan, Penang Ceyl iB Australia, India, Aden, Egy pl Mediterranean Ports, P! vmoQt and London Through Bills of Lading ih H Steamer* will leave Slngapor MAIL LINES HOMEWARD iWOh From Singapore, connect m* Colombo vith 1914. "dia May 29 hs M evanha June 12
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 703 9 Shipping toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. i New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Franicc to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. *«He* H WO Ton Triple Screw Turbine Liners M SHINYO MARU TENYO WSXOzZ KIYO MAKU." the
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    • 600 9 SINGAPORE'S ONLY COMPANY. mmj p||Mp M JJJJPJ^J^JJJJJ^JJJ3J^I PKOSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, UMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, EX. I The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act
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    • 301 9 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd DIRECT iHRVICE TO Japan via Hongkong Shanghai and to Calcutta via Penang from Singapore. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for Canton, Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtsze Ports. Formosa, the Philippines, &c, Ac, Ac. STEAMERS. Tons Commander Kutsang 4,895 R. C. D.
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    • 562 9 CHARTERED BANK of India Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. PAID UP CAPITAL £1 200 OOQ RESERVE FUND I SiSolS Reierve Liability of Proprietors £120o!ooo HEAD OFFICE 38, BIBHOPBGATK, LONDON, B. 0. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: Amntsat Hongkong Penan* Bangkok Iloilo Puket Batavia Ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta Klang
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    • 339 9 FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. eBtabliBhed 1881, Dirbct Government Supervision Government Audit fSSS&T WORLD WIDE a Niw Buiioets, 1913, over $9,876,000.00, Cash Loans, Settlements, etc, made looallv Nnmerous modern schemes. i. H. EVANS, Manager, South Eastera Ami THE BORNEO Co Ltd. Genera Agents, Singapore. Royal Insurance Co, Ld. Fire
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  • 344 10 PETITION! May he Sehved At Home or i in Colon iks. Sir Samuel Evans, President of the Divorce Court, gave on Saturday (April 25th) a decision which will have an important effect on the porvice of citations in matrimonial suits upon parties who have gone abroad
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  • 103 10 lii the course of excavations last year upon the site of Babylon tho German Orient Society claims, says the "Times" Berlin correspondent, to have discovered traces of the Tower of Babel." The excavators found a colossal staircase of three flights, which is supposed to have led
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  • 1159 10 The first total where given represents figures t 1912, the last column represents output foi calendar year to date in all casos. I i 1913. April 1914. AIla S ar 161,750 48,100 Allna 83,233 7.400 32,200 Alor Gajah 65,855 6,600 29,300 Alor PongßU 101,478 8,530 38,520 Anglo
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  • 87 10 Year IM Hoi at 2.106 liruaug liruseh Gopeng Consol Heawood Irdis Hyd Kampar Kamuuing 6,1 f Kanaboi Kinta Kinta Aesociation Kledang Kramat Pulai Lahat Malayau Tin Menglembu Lode Middleton New Tambun P. Consolidated Pengk&len 4,H7 I'ußing Lama l'using Bahra 5,5 Kaiiibutan Rahman 9,9' liahmau Hyd Raub (Gold) 01.
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  • 26 10 Beaufort 89,784 British Bnraeo 14*. '290 Langiton 79,700 Melalup 120 Membakut 15,658 Sapong 168,068 Sekong 118,049 10,1 South Iftgl 61,221 Toooa 100,060 WA
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 280 10 !|fl|a?tsߣhi\,rTgyg r l t a*. J GAS OIL ENGINES LATEST DESIGNS. (MAKERS: W. J. BATES Co., DENTON, MANCHESTER.) "'fit 1 GOjLD MEDAL Enquiries Solicited. Prices Reasonable. Stock Available BORNEO Co., Ltd., Singapore. BILLIARDS. w A affigiA. rt Pianos bought, sold or exchanged Our new patent Low Set Express Cushions can
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  • 1436 11 Issued by FRASBR Co,, Exchange and Share Brokers, May 23. jap. Ibhob. Paid r, ABT Riv hcthis. Sellers. 85,000 2a 2b Allagar 7}% 15 111 500,0<0 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 2 9 37 150,000 28 2a Anglo-Malay 44% Int 8 6 9 3xd 90,000 in 2b Batang Malaka
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  • 64 11 (COBBECTBD DP *O May 28). Bank 4m c f-4 712 demand 2-4 Private credits 8m t j-4§ credits 6m i 2-4 1116 France demand Bank 293$ Germany, demand 238$ India, T. T. 174 2 Hongkong, demand 16j% Yokohama, demand 114J Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 6<i Sovereigns, Bank Buying
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  • 151 11 May 23. Tin 100 tone sold I Gambier ...buyers 6.37* Gambier Cube No. 1 10.26 Gambier Cube No. 2 8.00 Pepper Black ordin. Sport buyers 18.25 Pepper, (White fair) buyers 84.50 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) 24.00 Nutmegs (80 to the Ik.) '26 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina)
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 218 11 SUPPLIES FOR Estates Mines Etc. int Exterminators. (The Universal,) For fumigating with Patent "Universal" Powder. Arsenite Of Soda. For killing weeds.) and Locusts. raiculating and Adding Machines. (T\\a Bnmsviga and Bri-Cal. Cement. "Borneo," and Buffalo brandsFresli stocks monthly. Cigarettes. I De Reszke). Ca|dbeck MacgpegQp Co CJgaretteS. (Weinberg),] Distributors F. M.
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    • 47 11 The Singapore Straits Directory for 1914. Price 58.50 per copy. $9.00, post free to places in Straite Settlements, Federated Italay States. Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Perils, Trenggana, British North Borneo, Sarawak aa« Brunei to Slam, Saigon, Netherlands India, Ac, JW.SO post free. Publishers: FRASER AND NEAVE 9 LIMITED
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 927 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders From Arrived For When Sea Belle F.M.S. 400 Ahmat P. S'hara, 2 .5 F..M Kelantan Mogami Jap g boat 198 Mimuri Kuching, 215 Jap Consul Malacca Steamers Nat. Tonnage 4 Maetet From Consignee Tot Anjou Brit 123 Phillips B Api, 21-5 Hok Seng
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  • 148 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kunla T.umpur. May I The following were the results of the second day's racing. RACI Onk. Tweedledum I seaton 1 WaiuothaVThirlwell* '2. Time 1.15 Won by a neck. Dividend V 2. Kit X T vo. Slaney "Cooper 1 misted Hush '>eaton> 2 Devon Ulovett*'
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  • 448 12 Fine weather favoured the annual sports of this School ou Saturday and there was a large attendance of parents, friends and scholars the Lady Evelyn Young kindly attended and distributed the prizes and jngst others present were the Bishop of Malacca. Monsignor Barilion, M. le Comte lie
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  • 124 12 A pretty spring wedding took place on April 22nd in Christ Church, Yokohama. The bridegroom was Mr Walter Hay ward, a comparatively new comer to Japan, son of Mr and Mr* Samson Hay ward, of London, and the bride, who was born in Japan, was Miss Constance Margaret Brockburst, daughter
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  • 356 12 Singapore fired in the above on Satur i day and the score can be regarded with a j certain amount of satisfaction. Early in the day it looked as if conditions were to be very unfavourable. Heavy thunder clouds threatened possible rain and bad light, but eventually
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  • 219 12 The S.< iC. played against a Ceylon Eleven on Saturday ou the S.C.C. u'tound the match ending in a draw. I C. M. B. Williams run out 11 Woodhouse b Bevau Talma c a b James 84 Black well b James 14 Badham c Gunter b Brooy Whyte c
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  • 110 12 Glasgow's Bill to acquire Loch oil for a water supply is now before the House Lords, and an attractive handbook just issued serves to focus the widespread opposition to this attempt to spoil the picturesque land of Rob Roy. Lord Bryce states that the loss to Scottish
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  • 116 12 Mi Thomas J, Barratt, chairman of A. and P. Pears, Ltd. (the well-knowu soapraaking firm), and father of modern advertising, died in his 73rd year on April 26. The new rules just promulgated for the Russian clergy include abstention from the luxury of starched collars and cuffs, secular assemblies, and
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  • 618 12 Eubopban Walks Across. Mr B. H. MaynH. who returned to Bangkok recently from a trip in Southern i Siam, ended up his travels by walking from Penaog on the west coast of the Peninsula j to Chumporn on thn east, whence he got a steamer back
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  • 329 12 As to this parrot cry of boats for all." it is a false hope. Possibly ignorant clamour from lauds people is somewhat responsible for it. With boats of present dimensions it will not do. As to these small rafts which may be thrown from the
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  • 391 12 Bassein is declared au infected port owing to the existence there of cholera. i The outward intermediate Nagoya is due at Colombo at 5 a.m. on Ist proximo and may be expected at Singapore on 01 about Mth idem. The M.M. mail steamer left Saigon at 8 a.m.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 165 12 FISH SIBERIAN SALMON, PLAICE HALIBUT, FILLETS TURBOT, HADDOCKS, 1 SOLES, KIPPERS, BLOATERS. i» < j Singapore Cold Storage Co, Ltd SINGAPORE BRANCHES Sweet C/lestn&£ TbGacco Because of its delicate aroma and sweetnessof flavour Sweet Chestnut Tobacco assures that pleasing contentment. THE CRITERION OF QUALITY. <i I Lift -^T f B
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 369 12 LATEST SHIPPING. Calypso, Brit 389, Duringer. 24 5, Kelantan. S.S.S. Kelantan Marudu, cierm 902 Keekeu 2 4-2, Labuan, Behu Meyer, Labuan 30. Pin Seng. Brit. 878, DaviJscm. J 4 5, Penang. E. Trad. Co., Penang. Lady Weld, Brit. 60, Jones. 24-5, Malacca, S.S S., Malacca 26. Carlyle, Brit. 250, Falla,
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