The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 June 1914

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  • 14 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. CENTS SINGAPORE SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1914. NO. 8.151
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  • 138 1 Rebels seem 6teadily driving back the Huerta troops and have cut off Mexico City from the West coast Page 9. Suffragettes caused a scene at Their Majesty's Court but their appeals were i drowned by the music Page 9. The Loudon Rubber Wire denotes a 1 steadier
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  • 1074 1 eiday 1 wandered into ver> weird places Ibut were hidden away on jungle covered hills they were caves. My friends had brought me a long way in a motor car t famous places, and had left me at tue foot of the steps up which I climbed
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 248 1 ALHAMBRA CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE- BEACH ROAD. jtfDUD SHOW 915 P.M. Two Shows for one Payment. FIRST SHOW 7-30 P.M. MAX UNDER IN MAX THE NEW BUTLER! Films la 3 Parts, Up to the Alhambra standard he SILENT ACCUSER fi>» ie is not of rtesh and blood, the Silent destruction his machinations
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    • 242 1 PALLADIUM ORCHARD ROAD Singapore's Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD TO-NIGHT COMMENCING AT 9 p.m. SHARP. TO-NIGHT! Yes, we have Another Exclusive Photo Play" A WOMAN I ACTS lit IHF UTS PEOPLE adapted from Messrs. Deunery and Maillans Famous Play Marie Jeanne, ou la Femmo dv Peuple." Al*o Pathe Cartoon, Eclair Journal,
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    • 202 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Boarding Officer wanted for Singapore —Page 2. Accommodation wanted Page 2. Telephone Co have vacancies for operators Page 2. Powell and Co sell building allotments Page 7. Strong Australian horse for sale Page 2. Tenders for granite for the railways Page 2. Ship notices: Kutsang, Gregory Apcar and
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 107 1 THE WEEK Ssturdaj 6th. High Water— 9-3 a.m., 8-33 p.m. Raffles Institution Sports. Bronihead Matthews Shooting. Sunday 7th. High Water— lo-0 a.m., 9-13 p.m. Trinity Sunday. Malacca Planttrb' meeting. 10-30. Monday Bth. High Water— lo-51 a.m.. 9-52 p.m. Full Moon. M, M. Outward and Homeward mails due Football Ass. mtg.,
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  • 688 2 ANGLO INDIANS AND THE MINISTRY. The Rev. Kobmah Bbhnr "a Lj mi. The Re*'- Sorntaß B&nuet, L'bapJaiu 0/ Jhansi and late Chaplain of Christ Cburch, Madras, write* to the Indian Cbunhman Sir, At one who has b*vn for three years in Mair«s. and also been working with Mr ftsfcrniw Walsh,
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  • 145 2 The action for libel brought by Mr W, W. Fegeu, a journalist on the staff of the Bangkok Daily Mail, against Mr Eric Keid as editor of the Merrythought, Mr E. rUbot as proprietor, and Phya Arthakarn -iddhi (Attorney General) as printer, came before the Dika Court, Bangkok, the other
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  • 91 2 For the first time in the history of the ancient church at Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire, the choir stalls were empty the rector having disbanded the choir for a time, as a sequel to the strike of several adult choristers as a protest against the inclusion among them of a
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  • 59 2 The Lancashire Chancery Court at Manchester awarded the Rev. F. Lawson, Vicar of Pershore, Warwickshire, over 1,400 which was lying in the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. The sum of £220 was put in the bank in the name of Mr Lawson's grandfather 82 years ago, and, with its accumulations.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 335 2 SEE OUR WINDOW FOR GRAMOPHONE BARGAINS SMALL STOCK ONLY TO CLEAR. RIDICULOUSLY LOW PRICES WHICH CANNOT BE REPEATED ONCE STOCK 13 EXHAUSTED. Robinson PIANO Go. Notices LADIES LAWN TENNIS CLUB. An American Tournament will be held ou the afternoons of Tuesday and Wednesday, the 23rd and 34th June, mixed pairs,
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    • 725 2 1 Ntoices TENDERS INVITED. FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUIWAYS. i SUPPLY OF GRANITE BALLAST, SINGAPORE. Tenders are invited for the supply of about 14,000 cubic yards of granite ballast 'oaded into trucks at various stations on the Siuganote Railway. The bfcllast must be of the hardest quality obtainable and b oken
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    • 535 2 Wanted WANTED To share quiet home in the country by English family of tlm>» no children. UliW PAX co Fr<je Pr»--66 110 BOARDING OFFICER Applications will be received at the Master Attendant's Office up to 15th June, for the post of Boarding Officer, Marine Department, Singapore. Salary £180, rising by
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    • 289 2 To Let TO BE LET Portable and M TOUT No 10 D'Almeid; comprising spacious god J r -i Apply NETHERLAMDB TRADING SO c, ETT TO LET PARUY FURNISEO Compound Hous. bedrooms, bath rooiu httat Ist. 10 4 Apply C ZALAS TO LET FURNISHED VILLA MARINA Ta. Ist June. App] k
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 582 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES Trinity Sunday. Jane 7th 1914. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. 6-4} a.m. Matins 7-j>oain. Ordi ation and Holy Communion >tal > Hymns 160, SSI, 351 (tune Iff.) 9-45 a.m. Holy Communion. (Plain.) 4 p.m Sunday School Bible Classes. 5-30 p.m. Evensong A Bermon. Hymns 163, 353, 160, Mt. TANQLIN
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  • 1238 3 An American- Idea of thi; Colour Question. THK M WAR DRUMS." Some British officers were seated watching a Sepoys' dance on the Indian frontier the other day, when one of them was shot dead from behind. The murderer was instantly chased and. caught, and proved to
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  • 201 3 M. Max Xordau has been generalising about London smells, and has shown his ignorance about our city of a thousand scenta by declaring that its prevailing odour is that of beer. Perhaps some tradition about English ale has fathered M. Xordau's belief that London smells beery
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 235 3 I gNJOY GOOD HEALTH JA7) I BPIRITBBYDBINKINQ I WOLFE'S Aromatic Schiedam SCHNAPPS I tV lG -1 cpi nt uhnt ral use; i upon i J G. P. KELLNER&Co., CALCUTTA tiWC^C A. SCOTT Co. RANCOON. -I CARTRIDGES Always Reliable 3 Eley Eley Acme Universal I > c S t. n| fig
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    • 101 3 7^ ouamnUed 20 ft &w?Carf>otie Specialty prepared fbr use in hot Climah's. Jl splendid preventatire against infection and, by far the best lif"* on the market W. J. GARCIA, 219, Orchard Road. Pianos bought, sold or exchanged Good prices allowed or old in struments. Cheapest and best stock of Music
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    • 135 3 -y. OT WITHOUT HSALTH f UTMQ CRKTH VETiL R7n^iN ajvd iipiiiiii IH PURE BLOOD HEALTH .8 IMPOSB.BLE. VETAR7O blood w *<■ A f-Ysl^Vr MEDICINE CARLSBERG iTee!*^ Better ,*%3^ y^fc^r* J< World-wide v use. SOLE AGENTS THE EAST ASIATIC Co., Ltd., Singapore. NOTICE to PARENTS. Is It Fair to give your
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  • 909 4 Mr J. C. Pat-quel m ;m article specially n for the l'mang Oi iite says. IBgl ac, like the S ikais," ible of long sustained etTort in any liredion, and every allowance WM tot this by tbe audience, who had cone from the surrounding bans more out
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  • 317 4 Tattooing as a tine ait 13 very much in evidence among the Lao people. Nearly all the males are tattooed in some way. One can tell approximately the age of a man from his tattoo marks. Tamnism, which rules us all in some way or other, years
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  • 173 4 Little Italy has gone into mourning. The king of the Saffron hill district, Signor Luigi Fraulo, an ice merchant, and some time a vendor of ice cream from a barrow, died recently. Signor Fraulo was an Italian of the frugal, sensible, hard working type,
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  • 620 4 Amalgamation of THI Threk Town- Many thousands of Devonitius in London will be interested to learn that though chere were lively exchanges at the recent Local Government Board inquiry whicb heard the arguments for and against tbe amalgamation of tbe towns of Plymouth, Devonport, aud Stonebouse, or,
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  • 172 4 igh Lo It also i come an nlttin I various ;i: equipped with j j less out II pos>, dis-> ibled to keep ii them. In view of >v should i with NgMti to tilt Wit I ,of the Imperial M kiaoiK'hou stir -end and fn r
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  • 30 4 Nippon Yusen Kaisha Per N V X «tr Atauta M^^* Jl jRE Mr WedOfe, W. O Btlrllai, I children and European nnrae. «r Mrs Bridges and i UiMmb
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 4 4 MILKMAID Hot C!/mares. *^S^
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    • 145 4 MILKMAID NATURAL STERILIZED MILK. M STERILIZED TO REMOVE ALL INJURIOUS BACTERIA j RETAINING ALL THE NOURISHMENT AND FLAVOUR OF THE FRESHEST AND BEST COW MILK. ONCE TRIED ALWAYS USED. [1 NESTLE AND ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED MILK CO., (London), SINGAPORE. ETC <^HSE BMBI fe^SSS 'J^c-^ §^li gpM gSjya a»K t>" i Railway
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 109 4 PASSENGERS EXPECTED i children, Mi A. II ,leD»>er^. T. W. 1 W. B. Dougan. K. D. Bi Mi— M. C. Stouor. 1. i I I str HI mala j Mrs A. > Jackson M r^ M I J. W. L. il. R. Bt. C. M. Kun. G. Shaft Mr A
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  • 1360 5 The 12th annual general meeting of the Tronoh Mines, Limited, was held on 7th met. at the Cannon street Hotel, .Mr Charles Vivian Thomas (chairman of the company) presiding. The Secretary (Mr A. H. Cullen, c.a.), read the notice convening the meeting and the auditors' report. The Chairman,
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  • 580 5 The prices for Mid American Current Month during the week have been May Ist. 6.83, 2nd 6.84*, 4th 6.885, sth 6.93*, 6th 6.91 and to-day at noon 6.91. Spot MM American being quoted May Ist 7.26, 2nd 7.25, 4th 7.27, sth 7.32, 6th 7.31, and today 7.27.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 231 5 Study your Complexion JW7 Why clog N%v M the pores of vouAm skin with face powders? "'HAZELFNE' 1 (Tn Je Mark) I I SNOW" 10 v more healthful, and most --< i/3/i ectivc in removing that objec- i jJ^mS^* V< w 1 I J0" ikC J Simply delightful j I
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    • 20 5 PHOTOGRAPHIC Store and Studio. Amateura' work, Developing, Printing and Enlarging. KONG HING CHEON6 Co., Adelphl Hotel Buildings, Singapore. Branch: Penano.
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    • 240 5 The Warm Season curiously enough brines with it most chills This, however, is easily explained by the great variations In tween rhe temperature of day and that of night, ihe rearing of light, airy, clothing, I over-heating, the drink ng of ice«coM liquids etc Fcr chills and colds u-jth their
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  • 941 6 To Bow Or Not To Bovt The Royal gift of remembering faces is given to few, but to Ptill fewer is granted the priceless boon of being able not only to remembe*- a face but to remember the I name that it accompanies, (lone are the uood old
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  • 57 6 Sore Throat denotes a weakness in the larynx that has been seized u}>on by harmful germs, who, colonising there, are prepared to create serious trouble unless swept away by a dose of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, a true germicide, which, at the same time, soothes and heals the tender parts.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 591 6 A v c t ions REMINDER. AUCTION SALE OP VALUABLE FREEHOLD SHOP HOUSES AND BUILDING ALLOTMENTS AT TELOK AVER STREET AND WALLICH STREET TO BE HELD At Messrs CHING KENG LEE Cos Sale rooi On Monday, Bth June and Wednesday, 10th June 1911 COMMENCING AT 2.30 p m. each day
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  • 881 7 London M.t may be, r the 1 idea is and the country has B on the subject re it ii for coma to any even to a del hUm electorate This it possible on limit :uui there Tbfl Home Rule gh the tloiisc ni on the tbere I
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  • 194 7 A Nbst on Train. An extiaordinaiy story comes from Limavady through the Central Xewa Agency. In a railway carriage which travels twice to Liinavady Junction each morning, and to l>erry at 11.35. a.m., leaving I>eny again at 4.50 in the afternoon, a thrush has built her nest, and
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  • 190 7 When a passenger becomes so irritated through having as fellow passenger in a motor bus a man with a sundial that he publishes his trouble the suudial was the last straw, in bis case —of course, everybody begins to speak at once. Everybody has suffered. What may
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  • 11 7 Mr G. C. Valpy's leave baa been extended till September 17th.
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  • 914 7 Iho HOth ordinary general meeting of Eastern Extension, Australasia aud ua Telegraph Company, Limited, was I on 12th inst, Sir John Wolfo Barry, v., presiding. The general manager and etary (Ml F. E. Hesse) read the notice convening the meeting aud the auditors' report. The Chairman said
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  • 34 7 Six elephants have been shot by Kuala Selangor planters, whose estates they had ravaged. The rivers in Perak are silting up bo rapidly that the Government will have to take steps to dredge them.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 797 7 FROM 45 TO 50 THE MOST DANGEROUS PERIOD IN WOMAN'S LIFE. Worked A Miracle in my Wife's Case." Strong Tribute to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills From Ceylon. For reasons which every woman knows the period which comes between the ages of 40 and 45— when the "Change of Life takes
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    • 572 7 Chs. J. GAUPP C» I .33, Raffles Place. Chronometer Makers Jewellers, Marine Opticians. ALWAYS CARRY COMPLETE STOCKS OF Nautical and Surveying instruments. Agents for:— W. F. STANLEY Co., London. E. R. WATTS SON, London. VOIGTLAENDER SOHN, Braunschweig. CARL ZEISS, Jena. REMINDER. THiS DA V, SA TURD A V, AT 2
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  • 27 8 Domestic Occurrences. DEATH. Kan: F.RB.— (>a May 4, at 6, Colosseum Terrace, London, Mabkl Grack Sanderp, the dearly loved wife of Captain W. Orpen Sanders, Royal Artillery.
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  • 691 8 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, Jink 6, 1914. Owing to the troubles in Ireland and Mexico attention has of late been withdrawn from that very distracted area, the Balkan peninsula, although a species of languid interest, well expressed by an 1 told-you-so air, has been taken in the affairs of
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  • 681 8 We are sorry to learn that Mr Justice Edmonds is down with fever. M. M. The Old Boys of Raffles Institution are celebrating Saturday, Founder's I>ay, by a dinner at the Raffles Hotel. Mr A. B. Voules is appointed Solicitor General. Straiti Settlements, with date Dec. 15 1913. The appointment
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  • 139 8 No Case at All. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kual Lumpur. June 5. Mr P. A. (iolden, the prop»ietor of Fair lawn boarding Hoi;»e. Wiis urrtstei at Malacca on a charge of cheating. He appeared at the Koala Lumpur police court the complainant being Mr Van Geyzel, who
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  • 176 8 The annual report on tbe Prisons of the Colony is published in the <iu\i. The daily averages for the last throe pean have hen. 108? I I M il M 1. decline iv number! in rcco: doubt due to the t-\ if hinij-hin habitual criminals und Othec undesirables.
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  • 64 8 A Max hinder picture ie .i of the new programme ur U:m Alhanibra. and the title alone. The NVw Butler," suggests rare poMibUifciei to Max's hosts of adi mirers. The Silent Accuser" is a powerful dramatic piece, whilst The Web is as absorbing a production as could well
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  • 426 8 About four months ago. ou the expiration of his home leave, M. Lauthier. of the Singapore brauch of the Cauque de I'lndo Chine, proceeded direct from Mar eeilles to the Hongkong brauch of th»Bank. By the homeward N. 1). L. mail steamer Lut/ow on Monday afternoon he returned to resume
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  • 421 8 n-arly «li lfl L. Mexico? Laboac You bad h. Wbybbuuu icier it, ltl hl; taimng heavy w< the links o t day aid aav< seemingK can play til businese the record reiaiVr. f itae im h phase of our i not only c;in I not a\oiu hut which
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 180 8 jjj A PURE NATURAL MINERAL WATER ifejl^nl^B^tJ TAKARADZUXA; JAPAN, PINTS AND SPLITS BBV^V B^r W^ P^- \!^^^^^^S OBftM f i nd 8 dozen respectively. I<^"^ J- CLIFFORD WILKINSON y*^W 18 ON EVERY BOTTLE. Ly 4 X' 1 B^ WHOLBBALB AND HETAIL ■|B BB^BBBB^^^^^BH I 1 M Caldbeck, Macgregor mama*** ■tr-.^^r,
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  • 75 9 PLAYED OUT BY THE BAND ■By Submarine Cable]. ,re> Sebvici. The police are taking g eD pn caatk ai for to they have been warned of tt< in ipen state i i .-i ;ng a topped on her ts»ed tb- king and shou |'i „c don t
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  • 23 9 Major W. M. the King*i ■:<l Of following selecivdeaa, >mLiy. June Kucik IMgl ipele boito Wi torn Urewer I'etheu rch
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  • 121 9 k recently l>:ctionary of i in the Ch. r has arranged ipt to enable I ol Chinese to £et side own tongue, Chinese character who know I what race of It appears to pre knowledge of the r 1 rds, who writes I of the wide range of
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  • 62 9 :ty there will be opened in the ora eight to eleven o'clock iv j in exhibition of pictures by I ppo, a Japanese artist who recommended. Theexhi-j for threo days and I two dollars will be those who enter will be i charming little ek v he will
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  • 109 9 tition for the Mills' too* place during very windy Thursday. The results were. Th returns for Singapore for enJe.J May 30 show 244 deaths, 1 »>lle of population of 38.f 3. I 1 Solera malarial fever and i each; phthisis 40; < un heri beri 20
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  • 76 9 ANTI-GREEK DEMONSTRATIONS. [By Submarine Cable]. Sofia, .June 4. There were anti (ireek demonstrations yesterday at Sofia and Varna. At the former place the crowd I removed and carried off the Greek flag I which h;ul been hoisted on the Greek [Church. The Bulgarian Government apologised for the
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  • 56 9 Soiia, .luue o. The Greek steamer Flo* rida flying the Amprican flag and carrying three hundred Moslem refugees and sever al deported Bulgarians arrived at Dede agatch. The populace becane excited Mid shops were closed and meeting of protest held, landing the release of the Bulgarians or
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  • 42 9 London. June 3.— Ranter is authorised to state that Great Britain and German', have each OTprciamd tlwir ronHnaai to nil a wafthin r> Durazzo ii the other Powers do the same, in the event of danger to toe I'rirrp.
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  • 33 9 Service to New Zealand. Lcmiou. .Tuue 5. It is announced that i tbe Xorddeutscher Lloyd lierimm Australia lines have decided on a joint monthly ice between the Continent and Now Zealand.
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  • 30 9 Official to Investigate. -hou .lime o. Tbe Colonial O:li:e bus sent MB official to the Congo to investigate tbe case of the detention of the Rev Mi Bowskill. > <
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  • 459 9 Or Semi Final. The S.C.C. la6t evening once more earn <>J the right to appear in the local Aatocia tion mi final. Yet in defeating ri,^ A/.evedos by four goals to love they did not give an at all impressive display. The at tack was distinctly rnggeH, t ue
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  • 57 9 Mr G. P. Owen, secretary of the Singa[K>re t ricket and Sporting Clubs, left for Home leave, via Japan, yesterday, accompanied by Mrs Owen, on the N.D.L. Derrninger. H« expects to be away about aight months. His assistant, Mr F. Peason, wiil during that period bave charge of his secretarial
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  • 112 9 THE GREAT ALLIANCE. [By Submarine Cable]. Rkutek'h Skkvic*. London, June s.— The miners, railway workers, and transport workers are privotely conferring in London regarding the establishment of a great labour alliance. The decision will be submitted to the annual meetings of the separate organizations for tical endorsement. The
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  • 30 9 London, June :>. For the open golf championship at Troou there are 78 fewer entries fchao last year. The principal amateurs taking part are .Jenkins and Hil ton.
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  • 54 9 Two Officers Killed. London. Jane Commander Rice and Lt. CressweJl have been killed through falling from a hydroplane at Southampton Water. The hydroplane suddenly dived into the water. The body of Cresswell who was piloting is fjuud strapped to the hydroplane terribly injured. The body of Rice has
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  • 34 9 London, June s.— The King in a letter to ihe papers thanks the children and welliert from his heart for their greetings on his birthday, which have given him great pleasure.
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  • 62 9 Affecting Funeral. .—Twelve of the crew of the Empress of Ireland were buried ceremoniously to day, military bands playing rhe dead march and the flags ot" the city being ball- matted. Memorial Mrviceg were held in levera] churches, i ipt Keudall was preaent n thai in tb«
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  • 33 9 Pittsbnrg, June 5. During motorcycle race a machine dashod otf the trade unionist the spectators, killing two and injuring several. The rider, Archer ArmHtrou^. is not expected to recover.
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  • 56 9 The Manoeuvres. London .Tune s.— Sir E, Carson and General Richardson witnessed manoeuvres of the lister volunteers on Lord Ahercorn's estates at Baronscourt, including the recapture of a position previously ■tormed. Sir K. ;it>on sail? in speech that he knew the people were ready when the rime came
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  • 57 9 Surrounding The Capital. Mu/.atlan June, s. The Rebels bave cut orf communication between Mexico City And the west coast and bave captured the town of Colima and surrounded the town of Guadalajara. Duraugo, June f>.— Carran/.a reports that the Rebels have captured the town of rantime and
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  • 29 9 London, June 5. The death has occur *ed of Sir William Anton, rniouist M. P. !or Oxford University, a famous lawyer md noted writer on constitutional law natters.
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  • 128 9 A committee meeting of the M. S. V. K. IJattalion Rifle Association was held at the M. S. V. R. headquarters in Kuala Lumpur m Wednesday when it was decided to apply for the U6e of the range at Taiping for ihe annual shoot, the
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  • 58 9 QUIET MARKET. BUT FIRM. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 5. It is estimated that the sale catalogue will comprise 1,400 tons, The market is quietly firm. Brauneton pay 6 an interim of 4 per cent. The North British Rubber Company is showing at the London Rubber
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  • 155 9 Agents. Sbarpe Koss k Co. Merlimau 59,501 Agents. Derrick and Co. Songei Gau Tin: Battery 225; tributers 23 total 248, (mill stopped ten days for overhaul). Balgownie:— 16,620 TelukAnson: 4,810 Glenealy 8,200 Agents. Huttenbach Bros. Royal Johore Tin 38 pkls. Agents. Sime, Darby and Co. Ayer
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  • 429 9 Federated Malay States Loan. '.May 13.) Mr MacCalluni Scott asked the Secretary for the Colouies whether it was proposed to raise a loan for the Federated Malay States iv London if so, what was the amount of the loan and to what purposes was it to
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  • 98 9 DEATH OF LITTLE NELL" The death has occurred at Harcombe- road, Stoke Newington, of Mrs Harriett Lucy Tice, who claimed to be the original of Little Nell." She was born at the Old Curiosity Shop, Compton street, in 1827. and was the daughter of Mr John Pepper- ell, the proprietor
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 231 9 GENTS. SOFT BLACK CALF RUNNING SHOES /^V IN Best itoxAf^/ ALL I Spikes^/^ki sizes V^^H^^^^ yi^Wy^' tiger BR4ND P.i LIGHT IN WEIGHT y/^/^/TENNIS SHOES AND s^^^/^^. a o COMFORTABLE S4\^S H^ 5 f FITTING /jQyRe, Xj^C. J i brass X»/ »S pk •so HjYUiLiETS, f f '*W i«C C\*/ Thoroughly
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    • 266 10 SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Tei^rams: SIEMENS, SWGAPORE. Telephone No. 847. Electrical Engineers, Manufacturers and Contractors. SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAMO WORKS, Ld. Caitoo House, Westminister. London. JlMflgifffl Dept. tind Store* Upper Thames Street, Loodoo. Lamp* and Fitting* Depi. Dilston, London. Work* Stafford and Woolwich. W I k THE IDEAL TONIC FOOD. ITLATES
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    • 655 10 Shipping BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ltd APCAR LINE FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA. The Company's Steamer "GREGORY APCAR," 4,6Cotons, J. E. Drake, Commander, will be despatched for the above ports on Friday, 12th June, at 4 p.m. She has excellent accommodation for first and second class passengers. For rates of
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    • 580 10 Shipping N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twinscrew Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all the
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    • 715 10 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MAKITIMES MAIL LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles HOMEWABO uOTWAKD 1914 1914 Magellan June 8 Chili June 7 Polyn^sitn June 22 Atlantique June 21 V. delaCiotat July 6 Amazone July 5 Chili July 20 Paul Lecat July 19 Atlantique Aug 3 Cordill^re Aug 2
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    • 628 10 Shipping N.D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamere of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp* ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connectinf Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veisa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtan Nagasaki and
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    • 560 10 Shipping P. 0. 3TEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceyltn Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymoath and London. Through Bills of Lading Issued tot Chln» Doast, Persian Gulf, Continental and Ami Porte. Btoamers will leave* Singapore on or aboot MAIL LINEB tiOMKWAKD (FOR KOROPKI From Singapore, connecting Colombo
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    • 689 11 Shipping povcTKisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. Mew Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Francisco to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. -JOO Tou Triple Screw Turbine Liners M SHINYO MARU TENYO v\ XT tht Queena of the Pacific. Equipped
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    • 873 11 I SINGAPORE'S ONLY COMPANY. mmm^^^^T!^!^!^T^^ mmmmammm^ 14RGE8T PAID-UP CAPITAL OF INV EASTERN COMPAQ PROSPEKOUS and PROGRESSIVE THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OfTICE 32 Qu Jewy The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life
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    • 566 11 CHARTERED BANK of India Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHIRTEft. PAID UP CAPITAL #1 «M mm RESERVE FUND Rewrw Liability of Proprietors.: JlSlooo ifl. BIBHOP3OATK, LONDOH, B C AGENCIES AND BRANOHRfI: Amntsai Hongkong Penang 3 Bangkok Hollo Puke* Batavia ipob Bombay Karachi Saigon Canton 8 gg? *™f p", uu
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    • 323 11 FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1881, DIRBOT GOVERNMENT BDPBBVIBIO* Government Audit Fo^feUaWe^ W RLD WIDE Mew Business, 1913, over $9,876,000.80. Oaßij Loans, Settlements, etc, made locall. Numerous modern schemes. J H. KYAMB, Manager, South Eastern Aa« THE BORNEO Co Ltd. Genera Agents, Singapore. Royal Insurance Co, Ld Fire
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  • 721 12 The question of Recognition. Sir Ronald Ross's action in forwarding a petition to the Chancellor of the Exche tjuer asking Parliament for some recogni tion of his diHcoveiies as to the mode of infection of malaria was discussed by Dt V\\ J. R. Simpson with a
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  • 216 12 SPECIAL COLLECTION S|f AND EFFECTIVE Bi RECIPES Getting Rid of Female Mo I'iac HI. HDI dow.i; aeradietiDg the Sh goodui-ws. Yiny in thls pheminol may Ik- urn druf. I signed not un i y tv r nj growth instamh to actually kill the ing the -kin. odours
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 780 12 CANADA IN 1913. Manufactures produced r 1,620.000 000 Gold. Farms 525,009.000 Forests 185,000,000 Minerals 145.000,000 Fisheries 35.000.000 Assurance carried in Canada's Premier Co. 202,363,996 SUN LIFE A c s o s £?lS c y E OF CANADA S. J. HOWE, Manager, 6. BATTERY ROAD ATTRACTIVE PLANS. MODERATE RATES. Policies are
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    • 61 12 "For the Blood is the I WHEN YOU ARE I ILL I WatH any d I 4u« to n»i I iuch as Eoi*ma, Icrcfu Ba« I t«t£«, *bnim Uiiot o■ I S«wellir»^», Boil*, Pirrtplss, Sor*» I h>nd l Pila^Bloo4PniM I Qout, «tc I I O*er Ml yetri f '\r I
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 643 12 INDIAN MAILS. BMOIO Dl\ IM- TWti (To the Kditor of the Times.) -All interested are aware that the Indian Government is at present negotiating a fresh mail contract, and opinions are very much divided as to the direction which the improvements the public have an undoubted right to expect should
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  • 409 13 Medical Vm.uk of New Discotkbt. In the near future it will be possible to order a splash of radium water with which to dilute one's whisky or brandy, and the consumer, while gratifying his palate, will be promoting simultaneously the health of hie body. The new
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  • 304 13 rtilitarians who criticise the expenditure of public money on teaching people their business, will read the following extract from- Fairplay with interest: Quite a refreshing little attack is being made on the scientists by the fishermen on the East Coast of Scotland. There was a conference of the
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 234 13 ~r^m^N^ GLOW-WORM WATCHES KfiMßnunnß T*^^ TEI.L THE TIME IN THE m^ -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^W and I -M j\ X y^X^ \A\N' OUR POPULAR REGUS atu^^\i BL. i ate r w <atch ity 8 day u| I A jiocxl Silver Watch, much in demanJ. V V Price *2-95 each. KIN ?JSSS£SEL LONG OR
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    • 12 13 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d.
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    • 118 13 THE STING OF SCIATICA The stinging pains, the stabhicg knife thrcßts of agony— the fearful tortures of this dread disease have no more terrors for those who have tried and so know the power of Llttle'i Oriental Balm. If you i ave not used this miraculous remedy your faith may
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    • 92 13 v I 7 7 x. S^~" GLASS AND PORCELAIN RUBBER LATEX CUP. IN HALF LEMON AND FLAT BOTTOM SHAPE SAMPLE FREE ON APPLICATION. APPLY TO G. OTOMUNE ®> Co. For influenza, oough, or oold, mn "Woods- is worth its weight in gold; TO THOSE HOMEWARD BOUND When winter troubles come
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  • 467 14 In an article tinder this heading Mr Foster Fraser writes It is natural that the man who has lived twenty five years in a country should have a -slight opinion of the hurrying tourist who stays three weeks and then proceeds to expound his views. But there
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  • 966 14 The first total where given represents figures f} 1912, the last column represents output foi calendar year to date in all cases. Year 1913. May 1914. Allagar 161,750 63,020 Alma 83.23 M 32,200 Alor Gajab 86,856 29,300 Alor Pcngsu 101,47b 38,520 Anglo Johore 124,524 53,587 Anglo Malay
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  • 73 14 Year IKS. M« Belat l U6 Bruang Brueeh 1 M Gopeng c'onsol I Heawood Irdis Uyd Kampar Kamuning 6 < iboi Kinta Kinta Association Kledang Kramat Pulai 4.7 Labat 6 Malayan Tin Menglembu Lode Middleton nibun oDsolidated Pengkalen Pusing Lama Pusing Bahru Rambutan Rabman Rahman Hyd Raub 'Gold)
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  • 21 14 Beaufort British Ror 160 MLangkon 79.: Melalap 1 -'<> Membakut IM« Sapom ISB.MB Sckonf 118.04* llf South F.rt 61
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 314 14 I g g ■i The Signature. O X To distinguish the original and genuine II 6 TVorctslers/iin' Sauce from the many imita- lii A X tions, see that the signature of Lea Perrins 6 J? appears in White across the Red label on ifeyiL g ever)- bottle. BS'K No other
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    • 150 14 Singapore Gold Storage Co., Ltd Near Entrance to Borneo Wbirf, Telephone 1026. Sea stocks of all kinds of Frc sen Meats etc., can be deliverer to shipping at the Wharves, or is the Singapore Roads on sfco^t notice. OFFICE HOUB3. Weekdays 7 a.m. tc 5 p.m. (7 a.m. to 8
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  • 1020 15 I R «ued by FRASER Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, June 5. Oak ibbOß Paid. r- S.VOOO Ss 2b Allacai ,1!? Botbi s. Sellers. 500,0«n £i Anglo-Java x 5 111 .5S L i. *****3 L $X ~U 6 IS nom i, I. SENSES, IK •oi* 90,000 28
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  • 70 15 (Cobmctto of to June 51. Bank4m B 1.4 3 16 demand 8 81 82 rrivate credits Bmi j.4 jj g^ crediteSm/i M Francb demand Bank 29di Germany, demand 33 8 India, T. T. ,-.3 Hongkong, demand 17!% Yokohama, demand H4j Java, demand U1 Bangkok, demand 6 716 Sovebeignb, Bank
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  • 164 15 June 5. Jin 150 tons oold §70.82* am^ ie buyers «.4O Gambler Cube No. 1 10>2fi Gambler Cube No. 3 8 QQ Pepper Black ordin. S'pors buyers 18 > 5 Pepper, (White fair) buveri 84^0 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) UOO Nutmegs (80 to the Ik.) 2 6 00
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  • 6 15 Time-balls on Fort Canning and Mount
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 140 15 H UMBER BITE AIR-COOLED $1,200 Nett IATER-COOtED $1,325 Complete ex Garage. Latest testimonial from a Singapore purchaser: Singapore, Bth Dec., 1913. Miss a THE BORNEO Co. 1/rn., Present. With regard to the Humberette 1 purchased froi few months ago, I am pleased to say Ift giving every satisfaction. The air-cooled
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    • 11 15 The Singapore Straits Directory for 1914. Publishers: FRASER AND NEAVE, LIMITED
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 699 15 I VESSELS IN PORT. Seaße.,eFMs ndT 7 F For Whe. Buhner Da't^l W U Cb T S Lee Bangkok Carlyle Brit 250 Ka"a FSET'JV lmm > Certain Goldmouth Brit 4863 Evans p 7 t, BorDeo oielm Kinkasan .Mara Jap LI.K^T m'SK'" v 0" 1 Wang Brit 732 Fawcua Penang.4.6 sk
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  • 844 16 Qnicqoid af*"* wm*a far <*• ÜbellL JUTMIAfc His fcfaj ministers lon^ ago lost their senses over the Home Roll Mil they j are now subject to a chronic loss of temper over legitimate criticism. When, for ex ample, Mr Balfour innocently said, on the djvernment's promise
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  • 42 16 Mater Well, Kme, what are you noiag. to be when you ace grown up y tiffle If I was a boy I'd be Prime Minister, but, seeing I'm a girl, I guess being a rich widow is as good as any. ibiDf."
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  • 1512 16 1/V##m our own <*orr*tfotuuftt£ Edinburgh, May 14. No shipping event in the history of the Clyde ever excited more popular interest than the steaming of the Aquitaniadown the 20 miles that separate the yard of Messrs Brown and Co., Clydebank, from the Tail of the Bank. At least
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  • 208 16 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. Single Handicap. V. G. Savi 3 beat W. C. Phipps, 4. 21—14. W. M. Butchart owe 1 beat 15. \Y. Allen, 2, w.o. E. L. Talma. 4 beat A.Procter, 3, 21 11. W. H. Threlfall owe 1 v J. Henderson, 2, postponed.
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  • 35 16 Mrs Grub I wonder why so many people put their valuables under their pillow before going to sleep." Mr Orub I don't know perhaps they like to have a little money to fall baok on
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  • 341 16 The M.M. Company's Steamer Chili left Colombo at 6 a.m. on the 4th instant and may be expected here on Monday about noon. The N.D.L. steamer Durendart left Sabang on the 3rd inst. and is due here this morning with general cargo for discharge. The SI M. Company's
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  • 80 16 Sunday, 7th June. 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, 3 and 5.30 p.m. A Water Polo Match and Team Race be tween a combined, Team from the Gar rison and the Club is
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 77 16 I SIEMENS] I WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Telegrams SIEMENS, Singapore M? SIEMENS TABLE FANS. When fitted with OSCILLATING MECHANISM, as lllusi this FAN is the most effective BREEZE PRODUCER obtainai SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAMO WORKS, Ld. Head OftiO Caxton House, Westminster, London. Supplies Dept. am Upper Thames Street, London Lamps and Fittings
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 412 16 NEXT MAILS DUE. From Europe.— Per M. M. Cbili due Juue 8. From China.— Per M. M. Magellan due June B London Halls Despatched. Left. Due. Arrived. N. D. L. May 5 May 27 May 27 B. I May 7 May 29 May 29 M. M. May ll June 3
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