The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 July 1914

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN < 3 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 16 1914. NO. 8,188
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    173 1 The Lords have passed the Home Kule Amending Hill, and mmm discussion took place on an Muendmeot by I>ord hunraven Page 7. From Batavia comes a report of Chinese complaining against the action of tbel>utch in re.iding a gambling establishment ,t Semarang- Page fi. Mr Austtii i
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    HOW TO BE STUPID.
    907 1 It 18 commonly supposed that the stupid are horn so. mid would be otherwise if could, but. like the poet, the stupid man 1! as born and oft< makes himself in -pit- of fair amount of natural dtfinm because he likecomfort oi stupidity better than the
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      284 1 PALLADIUM ORCHARD ROAD Singapore's Premier Theatre. ORCHARD ROAD TO-NIGHT commencing at 9 p.m. bhabp, TO-NIGHT The Only House in Singapore, Giving One Show a Night, and that the Best, Recognised (Even by the Children* as Easily First, and Best, and there can only be one best. PARTNERS CRIME A Hateful
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      213 1 VICTORIA THEATRE, SINGAPORE FOR A SHORT BEABOK ONLY Commencing Thursday, July 23. Maurice E. Bandm^nn Presents The BANDMANN OPERA Co. I One of the Most Laughable Thiipcriaw Musical Plays Thursday, 23 OH! OH!! DELPHINE!!! Ju| y From the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. Most Popular Musical Play of recent years Friday. 94
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      196 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Sea damaged sugar ex Kdendale to be auctioned- Page I. Mount /ion to be let -Page 2. Auction sale of Lob Cbee Seus effects. Powell and Co. Page J. Kat/ Bros, are selling oddmeut* m sboes —Page IS. Further shipment of Hupmohi et> for Straits Motor Garage Page
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      160 1 THE WEEK Thursday 16th High Water— 4-CO a.m.. 410 p.m. Le&gut football. S C.C. v Ranger?. B. I. Homeward mail closes. Lodge Eastern Gate Installation B p.m. Straits M. S. G. u.eerinf4. 8 30 p.m. Friday 17th. Sigh Water 5-15 a.m.. ">-4 p tu. League football. S.K C. v K.0.
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    SUICIDE EPIDEMIC AMONG BENGAL GIRLS.
    300 2 Thk ran k <>r Hi An luliiU) correspondent, writing to th^ says: It ■ppaan il i lilt new spirit li^ •.'Monti tbc girlhood «.f the lu-ngal of late witne>>*-d .\itl mstoiiisiniifiit akin to a feeling of reverence :iirHtion humilkt (»f cases of self immolation of
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    123 2 Women have pi tyed a large part in the Krupp fortunes. Kriedrich Krupp, the ri^iual founder, whose name has been retained as the business title of the firm, lost his father us a boy. and was brought up by his grandmother. In JSOO this masterful old lady purchased some smelting
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    DRASTIC CURE FOR USE OF BAD LANGUAGE.
    218 2 ■HOXWEALTH.* 1 Draatic nn-aMm s to >uppress swearing were adopted aoan tinsp ago in the Little i!th. H:r horset, where delioajoaol bofl and girls conduct their own community. Mr Tecil Chapman, the LonJou Police .<, -rrate. related the circumstances to the -of the
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      535 2 MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. v«ivoiis mother WOfrl*d 1»V liousehold flotltl auit tiiu down by i"«- h«-,it uei Oblldl n. feeling c! nidtic iv.W lences even m- than thru |mi« nts. unable to sit still or stand still or to k- «p latoli micdt concentrated on an\thin»4 veiy Iou«. f'Oth u»-»-d
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      521 2 Notices THE CHIN HUAT HIN OIL TRADING COMPANY. (Seah Ti KSi ah and Co. P^ofkietoks.) NOTICE In hereby given that the partnership herc'-.n'. -iibsistiug between Seah Peck Seah, Tan Bwl Khi, Lim Kirn Feng and Seah Whan Ng« carrying <>» business at Singapore under the style or Chin Huat Hin
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      314 2 Apartments B3UD A>ij RESIDENCE. Devon Villa X Iliver Valley Koad, ComoJtable double !-i t ooliH IC'glfeti. Tel. 6 7 6 SINGLE hHi) LCUOJE ROOMS Comfortably forms ed with gou«l ard on moderate terrni-. No. 15, Nive:>rd. 12 6 Y. K. 0 A HOSTtL. Excellent Room-, with Board, offered to Single
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      543 2 Wanted EUROPEAN ASSISTANT Wanted Immediately, fci t^ k«- charge of' Estates Department iv lochl cffif< Must have experience of E»tMC acconms. Good salary aud favoirable pic-pf-^ts to suitable ruan. Apply in writing with copi* s of toatl uionials to Box 148, o 0 Free Pi 13-7 nc. WANTEO Experienced Eurooean
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      555 2 Auctions AUCTION SUE OF 3,050 Bats Java Sugar. Mai To be held at Jetty No. 2 East w Tanjong Pagar To-day Thursday, 16th July, at 3 p m. Par MOOMtf of tvnicrtned POWELL A Co. Re Chop Loh Chee Seng, R* AUCTION SALE OF Stock -In-Trade At No. 94 Market
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    LABOUR AND THE STATE.
    1467 3 I rum >> mf ftonatHtu Londou, June 19. The outstanding feature of the Lal>our world tbiM week h:i^ l>een the meeting of the railwayman at Swansea. 'Ihis has brought home forcibly to the public the remarkable strength of the three anialga mated bodies Kailwuymeu. Transport workers
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      225 3 Benger's g is Natural >3& r fe^ lance KHv^^ ith Iresh new I i i'Ood and ihe l l iiengers I M known to a,. -atfs)£i~ how Btagw kI .V^ :n»»l:di and Coavkle* enu. ir»« from <5t M ANCH RUBBER. JACKSON'S PATENT RUBBER SMOKING AND DRYING APPARATUS my user of
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      57 3 &SARTIN S I Pv«neh Rtr.i*.'-/ for «.u Irr*£p!or:;lefc. 'vltetlrM-pa '»>t >i Martins PUs :n ihe :>au'« v. th* o "i' •'>' lrr^ii;»/it)r of the Sj^>eit t haaH <l<>.^ a, «J(«if»"l«re'1 Thotc who use then re om-ne».i '.he- IC o-kj. wit At All Cheiaists and Srncev Ml* NCJUiTiM i .in HOfHur*»r
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      339 3 /#y A, -1 I in X\vy \\v.'\v Neuralgia, Nervous Breakdown NURSE HALL, c/o Mrs. Bassett, Commercial Place, Landport, Portsmouth, Kng., writes: "1 was raftering om nervous breakdown with Internal Neural^i en I began a course of Phosferine. After having i ken it for three or four months, 1 felt better
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      318 3 PASSENGERS EXPECTED. Per P A 0 str Hal a. due July 18. -J. Raff, Miss V. Cradock, C. E Harris. Mrs G. J. Russell, Mr Mrs H. B. Dudley. Miss A. Cook. Miss T. G. Alexander. The PAO str Malwa. connectirg with the steamer China at Colombo, due July '25.
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    HUTTON'S MARKET REPORT.
    356 4 and tii upmi de likely not tniu-b improvement in II me prr vio 1 1 1 the rccesrt advances din leal that should an linpr. me tI)H moment the market n the question of lemand will act control but at an kage of decent cotton and lookiug
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    COLLARLESS MEN'S MODES.
    299 4 Ihe attention to masculine model 1 i i' iris COioei the rumour ;n-e t;> be abolished, and men ire to collarless by ii.\ a much opposition. It is tshiou is doI from London, u r Boston, from which the U i t foi men derive. Ro- in
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    GHOST STORIES.
    292 4 Dr. M. R. Jamet, the new Vice Chancellor of Cambridge, adds to innumerable academic accomplishments that of being a writer of admirable ghost stories. His two volumes of Ghost Stories of An Antiquary are quite among the in si thing! of their kind; and he who reads Count
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    PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES.
    59 4 The old time Portable Steam Engine is now giving place to newer ideas. H. Garrett Sons, Limited, have introduced a Piston Valve Engine using Superheated Steam in which it is claimed half a ton of coal will go as far as a ton in the older type
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      123 4 DELICIOUS PURE RICH THICK CREAM H it is just the pure EXTRA THICK CREAM taken from the richest milk obtainable AND PRESERVED BY NO OTHER MEANS THAN STERILIZATION. "J Lh obtainable everywhere. U C^ NESTLE AND ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED MILK Co.. London Jjjjlj mi ii ii ii mi ii ii Hit
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      80 4 a bmmm mmMM MWMMM >^awflMWPaW«^y^^^*M■^i■■wyJ«&«■■■■ 'packing; M OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, j INCLUDING I Asbestos, Canvas, g Hemp, Rubber &c.n 1 8EHN, MEYER Co., Ltd., Engineering Department, |9 IMP SINGAPORE JAMES MOTION C? MOTION Singapore, MARINE AND OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS, SINGAPORE. (1 escr i i) HBH T Makers and tions kept m
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      138 4 Chs. J. GAUPP Co 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 SOBN, Braunschweig. CARL ZEISS, Jena. FAR EAST OXYGEN ACETYLENE COMPANY, LTD., {SINGAPORE BRANCH.) MARINE BOILER REPAIRS
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    SHOPPING AS A GIFT.
    366 5 mo* do M they for! i -.»f to th i IB for it or a pi ..ho shop- if t.inot ii of i id i ri t).ihop ant > no op the ink And I uigina ;-h. I Ml but handling their tal po>- rh« devotee
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    65 5 The World has been purchased by ■4r West F. de WenJFenton, editor and igmg director of The Sporting Mr West K. de vVend-Fenton is well-known in sporting circles and owned is, winner of the Two Thousand <>uiueas in 1900. 'The World" was founded in 1914 by Kdmund Yates, and for
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    'SEEING' BY SOUND.
    394 5 H rHE Blind ill Read ith Their E v -i wonder of science is seeing by ear. It hai be»«n Htfioguifcod for a long time that anything that can be seen havalue id sound that displacement off light tuay he represented in terms of sound Frequencies. That
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    Market Price List.
    372 5 The prices quoted are generally those cur- 1 rent at Clyde Terrace Market. At the other markets there may be small rariations. Singapore. July lit a. 1914. per catty 06 nch do 20 per lb. 18 ik do 20 Bean Spi per catty v£ Bamboo Bproola do
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      558 5 H I CUPID'S PROMPTMGS. "T| lA\ PS*! jmr '!o a* in the shade in th' open air as well MTIX. H*fc" us indoors, o. breath of "'4711" brings new life an 1 viui Jpß^^ uncl tiurgy to ail within the radius of its caarnu. m y^ c n t by
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      50 5 MORTGAGEES SALE Tuesday, 21st July, at 2-30 p. m. Freehold land containing an area of ***** square feet being part of Grant No. 40. Together with the European dwelling house erected on the said land and known as Ho. 136 Bukit Titnah Road, Singapore. POWELL k Co., Auctioneers. 157 «-7
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      754 5 Study your Complexion /j/P/ Why clog >^^the pores of your\^S^ Iff/ skin with face powders? \$V iff/ use— Ya\ m "'Hazeline' l| 1 Snow" yQA t W i ar more healthful, and most Vrj\ x v\ effective in removing that objec- r wf \W\\!S^ tionable greasy appearr.nc:; V^\ ard allaying
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    The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, July 16, 1914.
    771 6 The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, July 16, 1914. 1 -Ver feopics rlfftt m*lßt*tft Qz.i*>- i- *nd urbrib«d l&j gain! 'rt 1 i.• 1 nc; carious cr«C«ptt 4t»» To the ordinary observer there is perhaps in the reports of the debate in the Lords on the Home Rule Amending Rill nothing
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    684 6 Mr A. B. Haudy, of Sungei Way Estate, went Home on leave on Friday. Mr A. Aguew, of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, left Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday for Perak. The Rev. W. I>. Ashdowu, of the Mission (Impel. Farquhar Street, Penang, is laid up with typhoid fever. (S.E.) A portion
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    WHAT IS A CAPTAIN?
    912 6 WHAT IS A CAPTAIN From time to tune shipping ofrdei hi are sliajbtly agitated by the bree/e arising from those case* in wkich masters of local craft are fined for earryinfl a larger number of passengers luau permitted by th« v licence. The aveiajjc layiuau, no doubt. with visions of
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    70 6 A Calico Fancy Dress Ball, arranged by the "Knuts," will be held at the Teuto nia Club on Tuesday July 28th. Applications for tickets have been very numerous and the dance, to which members of the Teutonia, Tanglin and Hollandsche Clubs and their friends may subscribe, should be a great
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    CHINESE AND DUTCH.
    54 6 Appeal to Pektof From <h. r Omm (nrrmp, ■I] The Chinese < olo.iv has ••rnni.i, effectual regarding tb. famblers al Besaacaafbj :< bodj of in which one Chinese several injured whilst one policema, also injured. Froopi tor North Aijr-h. Troops have been sent coast of Atjeb in
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    STATES NEWS.
    126 6 I)< .ah of Mr X ItcKetiz Ipob. .1. The death occurred suddetiK evening of Mr fiMMMtfa M of Ihe TiiiifK of MHlavii. It ing from fever when km ratarnei m day from Imsm^s trip t<. ipore. Kuala Lumpur. i>ut otis i sodden colt«| He wm The Fight A^uiiM
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    ALLEGED CHEATING.
    99 6 H IRGE AGAINST HARK BMPLOYI A rather mfaHM charge retti k| Chau Chye I*oo. employed by Harbour Board. It is that being a j bound to protect tbe in: I the Singapore Harbour Hoard he did cL» deceiving one A. Hock. I the Accountants otfice Keppel Barbi producing
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    NIGHT OPERATIONS.
    205 6 The S. V. c turned out night for operations against thBlakan Mali. K:u h unit wa*> asked to furui6h a particular number of men to form a composite force and thes. conveyed by launch from the hrill Hall to lilakau Mati. The searchligL' work and all the lauuche>
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    114 6 It is a long time since the Huey lottery has bad to pay out on the same letter drawn twice in the same day. Tb. event occurred the other day. The fortu nate winner was Mr Oharu, a .Tapane^ gentleman who arrived from Singapore in Bangkok a few months ago,
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      211 6 N. BULL.OCH LADES PURE MALT S SCOTCH WHISKY. KNOWN AS |||pfDT G LD H LABEL. /^CALDBECK MAGGRE6OR Co^^^ Wh k%l Wiut' a Bpirlt Merchsntu The Famous 12 H.P. ROVER CAR f^HIIIWIMWI liH 4"~^ X COMPLETE WITH DYNAMO LIGHTING SET IN STOCK GREEN CAR, WOOD WHEELS $3,500 Nett. BUFF CAR. WIRE
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    HOME RULE.
    187 7 LORDS PASS AMENDING BILL -of Lords Umi the Am,i:«lm<4 BUI at third •wiag t Hineudled the Irish onvpntiouV m of the Iri-'n I oiiimU Bill when! Irish members were ieadv to accept The Boom »>f omoor must J neither j N ktionalisi nor i Ktei aMsasjan being 1
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    SIR EDWARD CARSON.
    39 7 ruloa .July 15,— S ->n has London. was to have n *d the volunteers at c raigavou to il:»y vi 'irkjrnt telegram fM( ■tag recalling him to Loudon aud a is stopped to enable him to
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    NAVAL MOBILISATION.
    38 7 A Great Fleet. Loudon. July 15. The test mobilisatiou huh replaci the annual result of Imii i .:> invitation to r> I to r for training. 4M warships of all aiII he fully manned in the next > <
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    G.O.C.'S VISIT TO KUALA LUMPUR.
    94 7 G.O.C.' S VISIT TO KUALA LUMPUR. C. R., S Itlemmta, will visit hi Lumpur this monrb and will make 1. 3 and 3 M Lumpur, on *Mit; I bfl proposed scheme tic t'd guard to an imaginary advancing towardi nrte range from Koala Lumpur and it i that the hills
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    192 7 lhe imports of Australian wine into Difced Kingdom for the five months 1 May 80 are repc: Messrs V. irgoyne and Co., Ltd.. to have been ons. as J^9.01"; gallons he corresponding period of IVI3. i he mortality returns for Singapore for Ptti ended July 11 6how t4O deaths, i
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    FRENCH ARMY.
    178 7 I CHARGES AND DENIALS. j B? Submarine < able}. Km im Service. I 1 .Inly 15. In the >,nare in the debute on tbe Army Bill the Minister for War rieuied that thousand* of millions of francs bad been wasted By the end of 1915 he said they
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    A GERMAN SPIES FOR RUSSIA.
    86 7 A Conviction. tin, .Inly 15. (oiirtmaithl lias MBtmMMd the German sergeant Pohl to tiftetn years penal lemtude tof Mpioi in the intereal of R i>m.i. He will al»o be iv»-tl of civil right* foe ten y.'ars ami ii iismiated Ibaarmj. The Rauiaa mili ■Hachc bai
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    SUFFRAGETTES AND MINISTER.
    29 7 Lomiou. .Inly 1 Two suffragettes with dog whips attacked Mr McKionon Wood. under secretary to the Treasury, ns be was leaving bis residence. They were arrested. > -<
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    GREASED PALMS AND GERMAN ARMY.
    282 7 T\ii.(U: I An army scandal on a small scale has been revealed in the prosecution of Otto lahnke, a master tailor, for libelling noncommissioned otlicers of the .',th Foot liuards. lahoke bad asserted that nobody was allowed to supply the army unless be greased the
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    MANILA STEAMSHIP SERVICE.
    171 7 To Bl Dist ONTIMI Inquiry at the offices of Me66is Sbewau, Tomes and Co. this inorumg coutirmetl the statement tbat the steamships Hubi and Zaiiro. owned by the Philippines Steamship Co., are to be taken off the run. The boate will make one more round trip each,
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    HUERTA'S RESIGNATION.
    125 7 STRAIGHTENING OUT THE SITUATION. [By Submarine Cable"). Kku'ier's Sbbvior. Washington. July 15. The Brazilian Minister to Mexico has telegraphed to MiBryan that Huerta's resignation in favour of Carbajal may he expected today or to-morrow. Mr Bryan will informally treat with Carbajal until power lias been transferred to the
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    AMERICAN RAILWAY MEN.
    32 7 Chicago July 15. The representatives of 16,000 engineers and firemen on 98 western railroads are conferring with the representatives of employers demanding an increase Of wagei and other reforms.
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    LOSS OF EMPRESS.
    38 7 A Big Claim Montreal .Inly 15. The Canadian Pacific steamship Company will start an action immediately against the former owners of the Storstad for two million dollars for the loss of tlie Bmpratl ot Ireland.
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    SPORTS NEWS.
    33 7 County Cricket. London .lulv 15.- Leicestershire has beaten Worcestershire by au inuingtJ and M\teen runs. Derbyshire hn> Jrawn vith Lancashire and Kent has beaten Bates by an innings and 117 runs.
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    International Lawn Tennis.
    31 7 London. July 15. The British team has beaten France in the Davis Cup by three matches to oue at Wimbledon. Mavrogor date beat Decugis 6—l. 7 —5, 7 '>.
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    M. P. FOR WEST BIRMINGHAM.
    19 7 London. July 15. Mr Austen Chamber hi'u has been returned unopposed for West Birmingham.
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    DIPLOMAT DEAD.
    14 7 Berlin. Joly K». llerr Hexthausen. < rer« man Minister to China, has died.
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    215 7 Proposed Ni:\\ Independence Bill Washington, .7uue 1. Representive Jones, of Virginia, chairman of the bou.>e insular affairs committee, to-day stated th:it he would soon introduce a new Philippine independence bill in congress. While all details of the new hill are not ready to be made public yet, said
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    158 7 Hongkong has many things of which it is justly proud a few of which it should be ashamed. Among the latter is the decayed collection of specimens which is dignified with the name of a museum. A more forlorn and neglected lot it would surely be difficult to find anywhere
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    LONDON RUBBER WIRE.
    30 7 LINGGI DIVIDEND. {From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 15. Linggi declares its first interim dividend payable on August 7, of fifteen percent, the same as last year.
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    47 7 In our Wednesdays issue, under Barlow's Prices Current, appeared the statement that "Of the 69 tons offered at to day's (July 13th) auction, 26 tone changed hands," etc. The latter figure should have been SH. The error was due to the indistinctness of the typewritten k> copy."
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    36 7 Agents. K. W. Barker y'o. Alma:— 0,000 Bukit Toh Alang:— Cluny 14,K83 Kinta Kellas 15,600 Shanghai Klehang 5.075 Kuala Kangsar '25,994 Sangei Buri M.006 Kota Bahroe 1'J.869 Chemor: 9.782 Shanghai Malay 1,613
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    DUTCH NOTES.
    654 7 A faction light between several hundred -Javanese and Achinese prisoners occurred in the Sourabaya prison on the 2nd inst. The warders were compelled to use their weapons, killing six men an.i wounding six more, before order could be restored. On the 4th instant the launching took place at
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    28 7 Teacher "Now, Tommy, if you had ten pennies, and your little brother asked you for half of them how many would you have left Tommy (promptly) "Ten V
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      231 7 Robinson Co. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OP THE GENUINE TUCDMIIC VACUUM PATENT ntnlflUD FLASK Japanned Oak k&f Black Enamelled Aluminium fe Body, Nickel Top and Cap. Top and Cap. $2-00 I $2-75 Quart Size I Q uar t Size $3-75 \_f $4-5O SPRINGBOK SELECTIONS MADE FROM THE FINEST MAGALIESBERG TOBACCO.
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      534 8 Shipping INDO CHINA S. N. Co., Ltd. FOR Sourabaya and Samarang. The Company's Su ;i The CHONSAMG due here on 17th in-t, will hay. prompt patch for abovt ports. 4ht and Passage apply to BOUSTEAD ft Co., Ag< IVT 17-7 COMPANIA TRASATLANTICA OF BARCELONA ILOILO AND MANILA Th. v i
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      540 8 Shipping RICKMERS LINE. FOR ANTWERP, HAMBURG. ss FELICIANA ariives lure- en or about the 18th Inly, taking cargo for the above mentioned port^ For particulars regarding freight etc, apply to HOOOLANDT ft Co., Agents. 14 7 itL NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. FOR Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingatau, Kobe and Yokohama. The Imperial fllinill Mail
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      531 8 Shipping N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained botween Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twinscrew Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with
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      608 8 Shipping MM MESSAGERIES MARITIMEB. Mill LINE China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles HOMEWARD OCT WARD 1914 1914 Chili July 20 Paul Lecat July 19 Atlantique Ang 3 CotdilMra Aug 2 Amazone /ug 17 Polyn£sien Aug 16 Paul Lecat Ang 31 Magellan Aug 30 Cordillere Sep 14 V. de la
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      693 8 Shipping N.D.L. Sorddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAII LINE. Tb* fast and well-known mall steamer u ct ihis Company sail fortnightly from Bremen aamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp »n, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice veis»> Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang 3ingapore, Hongkong, Shanghai. Tsingtan Nagasaki
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      589 8 Shipping P. &0. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceyltr Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through bill* of Lading IMMI ant Coast, Persian Gulf. Continental an J Aiuerloa« Porte. Bteamers will leave Singapore on m fefe MAIL LINES Homeward (foh Kukoi From Singapore, connecting a
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      3016 9 THE ONLY LIFE INSURANCE' COMPMYSREGISTERED IN THE COLONY. URGES! PAID-UP CIPITIL OF INY EASTERN COMPANY. I PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, EX. The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and
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      569 9 CHARTERED BANK if India Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. >AID UP CAPITAL £1,200.000 lEBERYB POND £1,500,u00 taierve Liability of Proprietors £1 300,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38. BIBHOPSQATE, LONDON, K. G. AGENCIKB AND BRANCHES: Hanfcow New York Bangkok Hongkong Ptnang 3atavia Iloilo I nket 3ombay Ipoh oon Calcutta Karachi :^on
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      370 9 FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1861. Direct Government Bcpervxbiob Government Audit. Policies are "WORLD WIDE and HornForfeltable. Large Nett Surplus above liabilities to* RESERVE and all outstanding claims. Kbw Business, 1913, over $9,876,000.00. Cann Loans, Settlements, etc, made locally Numerous modern schemos. J. H. EYINB, Manager, South Eastern
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    MOTOR NOTES.
    1132 10 MO TOR NOTES. It COmefl a> rather I shock to those who buve not closely followed matters in the motorcar manufacturing world to hear that the famous Argyll! Limited has had to wind up owing to the impossibility of carrying the Company ou by reason of liabilities. There was a
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    A MAD ELEPHANT
    116 10 ushing oat a man* life with ita huge foot I not be more terrible than the cruel d< d Rheumatism Rheumatism that cripples t limbs, weakens the muscles and cru-hes nil romfoit. peact and hope by its horrible p r.ns. Little's Oriental Balm cm ps Fheumatisin. Its
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      268 10 Ipf VICTORIES I I French Grand Prix, July 4th, 1914. I i Ist Mercedes on Continental 2nd Mercedes on Continental h |j 3rd Mercedes on Continental I Russian Grand Prix, May 31st, 1914. I Ist Benz on Continental I Navacerrada Mountain Race (Spain) I May 31st, 1914. 5 RACING CLASS
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      157 10 MASSAGE Mrs H£RU Mr. FiiJITA, No. 14, Queen Streft. Are well known to many Doctors in Singapore as the most accomplished Japanese Masseuse and Masseur. We Advise Ladies and Gemioineii to try jar Message as well as Medic' r> i If you are healthy try Massage iwlee a weel \o
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      98 10 FORD CARS I Mil /^flHHk.^^B^l9 S n n linen XmTjjß^ Hf^^^^^J^ MAN $1450. AND AVAJKIQ y"W3 Jk \k tlllV j^ m $1375. U/CADkIC DDfIC I f #J SINGAPORE, KUUI LUMPUR WtAnNt DnUo, Liu., ipoh pen»ng SOLE AGENTS S. S. F. M. S. *«i Orcl-rd 80-a" fH U I UUR APiI
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    STOCKS AND SHARES
    1471 11 Issued by FRA&ER Co,, Exohange and Share Brokers, July 15. Oap iHHUie Paid r ast Div Bcybbb. Sellers. 85.000 i» 16 AHagar 75% 16 19 500,0« 0 £1 £1 Anglo- Java 2 11 3 8 160,000 2b 2a Anglo-Malay 44% Int 8 3 9 0 50,000 Js
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 11 (Cobebctbd dp to July 151. *ank 4me 1-4 3 16 demand 3-3 31 82 Private credits 8m 2-4 credits 6m i 3-4 1 Francs 'demand Bank 293$ Germany, demand 288 India, T. T. 174* Hongkong, demand 195% Yokohama, demand 114 Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 66l Sovereigns, Bank Buylnt
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    PRODUCE.
    147 11 July 10. Tin 175 tone 172.42* Oambier buyers 6.45 Gambier Cube No. 1 10.25 Gambler Cube No. 2 8.00 Pepper Black ordin. Spot* buyers 18.87$ Pepper, (White fair) buyers 82.50 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) 24.00 Nutmegs (80 to the Ib.) 25 00 Mace (Banda) 90.00 Cloves (Amboina) A'.\
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      85 11 'OLIVER'! Typewriters. Send for particulars of the newest models <Nos. 5 6). The k Oliver is deservedly! the favourite high-class visible writer throughout the world. Stocked with English, French and German Keyboards.: Foolscap takes paper 9 ins. wide. Brief do 14 do Policy do 18 do Also Special Carriages to
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      31 11 FRASER NEAVE, Ltd. Printers. Office: 13, COLLYER QUAY. Works. SIAK STREET Magazine, Book, Commercial and Miscellaneous Printing of every description carefully and expeditiously executed on Moderate Terms. Fraser Neave, Ltd., Singapore.
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      982 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Steamers Nat. Tonnage <* Mastei From Consignees For Annam Feb. 8689 Ye/ie Colombo, 15-6 M M Uncertain B. H. Lioug Brit 709 Hamsey S rang. 11-7 H Kng Moh Batavia Colombo Maru Jap 2919 Sakamato Bombay. 14 7 Pat Simons Kobe Darvel Ger 898 Littmanu Labuan, 1
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    HOCKEY.
    86 12 M\. v- v Vimt ON BATUSH4T. An event of considerable interest to tht hockey fraternity is the visii, of a Malacca team to play the S.C.C. on Saturday. The visitors are expected to prove themselves a strong combination. The following have been selected to represent the S.C.C— Knox Wilson,
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    GARRISON LADIES RIFLE CLUB.
    40 12 The monthly spoon shoot of the darti-on Ladies Kifle Club took place on Friday last M nt being the winner. The leadicg scores were as follow> Handicap. Mrs Ridout Mrs Kemp Mrs Brownlow I Mrs MacVittie
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    FOOTBALL.
    61 12 S.C.C. TEJ rO-DAY. This evening the S.C.C. are due to meet the Rangers in a league match. The following is the selected Club eleven: .1. Cterraark, goal K. M. Willian T. B. Knight, backs: C. J. Potter, E. J. Bennett and H. T. Earle, half backs Winter, W. Eox,
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    S. C. F. C. LEAGUE.
    36 12 S. C. F. C LEAGUE. The match between the White Scar I and the Stra rgreen K. (.'lub in the above League Competition wiff be pfayeif on Saturday on the police ground at B p.m. sharp.
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    S. C. F. C. LAWN BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    26 12 S. C. F. C. LAWN BOWLS TOURNAMENT. YSSTUDtAT'S TIK. Poem Ki\k Game. Fa Norrie, Threlfall. Cohnitz and Phipps beat Scoular. Blackwell. CritteD and Herman, lrt 7
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    108 12 NOMAI^ v-s A IBVBWM. The iirst half of this game, which took place last evening, was fairly even and produced no »rore. some good attacks by both sides being spoilt by faulty shooting. In the early part of the second half the Nomads held a distinct advantage. Buckley
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    SOUTH KEDAH.
    178 12 Vim-" CM \k\» Am Mr L. B. 1". Wolferstan. as Acting Adviser, paid his first official visit to South kedah on July 10th. He was accompanied Irs Wolferstau, Mr Gorman, the State Engineer, and Che Mahomed Ar&pin, Sec retary to the Government. The party left Alor-Star by special
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    A NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR CHINA WANTED.
    118 12 Keferring to the Order of the President respecting the preservation of antiquities, a Chinese contemporary published in Peking suggests that a museum at Peking would have a better effect than laws and regulations threatening punishment to those who export these antiquities. "We should collect
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    MUNICIPAL JUNKETING.
    388 12 Tkips worn Wisi Ham CoqvctvLQ Mr <i I Hohler, the I'nionist member for Chatham, made a scorching indictment of the Local Government Board for allowing some of the local authorities to run up expenses recklessly. He cited the case of West Ham, and complained that petitioners who sent
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    A PADRE ROBBED.
    522 12 Tmk Jikou Scoubbd fob Criminals. Gang robbers added to their dariug exploits that of capturing the b >.-... of the Key. K. V. H. Burne, including it is stated, the Communion Plate an i ether church property, while he was tn tiling to au estate at Mingkai
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    A TOWED MOTOR CAR.
    374 12 Chaboi Against Garage Xahaocb Dismissed. The case iv wbich Mr W. F. Winton, manager of the Straits Motor (iarage. was charged with causing hurt to a small Chinese boy by driving a motor car with another car in tow so negligently as to endanger human life
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    ALLEGED MALICIOUS PROSECUTION.
    150 12 Before Mr C. V. Dyson, Civil District Judge yesterday, the cases were concluded in which Ang Kow and On£ Sip, planters, both of Yecw Chu Kang Road, brought action, the former for $300 and the latter for 5500. against Cheok Hwan Cheang. planter, of 129, Teluk Ayer
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    STRAITS CHINESE READING CLUB.
    142 12 The Club began a new session on Tuesday night, when thirty mimes were eurolled. The Rev. W. Murray was elected president. Mr Wee Swee Cheng secretary, and Mr Lim Thian Pee librariau. for the term of six month?. Besides the usual Junior and Senior sections, conducted
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    161 12 London, July 7. It is reported from Manchester that the general committee of the federation of master cotton spinners has decided, owing to the depressed state of the industry, to call a mass meeting of the American spinning section of the federation on the 17th instant and
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    56 12 The llcwageriai Maritimes kautara is expected to arrive at I'ort Swettenham about the eu-.i of the month, with a cargo of French tiles and sundries. This is the first French steamer to call at Port Swettenham. and it is expected that she will be followed at regular intervals
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    THE EDENDALE.
    101 12 The EUtondfrifl is now lying in the Albert Dock at Tanjong Pagar awaiting repair. A fair sized bole, almost big enough for the passage of a human body, ha 6 been made in tbe fore part of tbe vessel. The damage is not so serious as was at
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    MILLIONAIRE SUED FOR BREACH.
    431 12 New York, June Is. Papers have been filed by Miss Ivy Warebam iv a breacb of promise action for X' 20,000 damages against Mr Eugene Zimmerman, the raulti millionaire fatber o.f tbe Duchess of Manchester. Mis-s Warebam is known in and about New York as an
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      221 12 CANADA IN 1913 Manufactures produced 1 620.000 000 00l i Farms 525.00G.000 Forests 185.000.000 Minerals 145.000.000 Fisheries 35.000.00 C Assurance carried' in Canada s Premier Co 202 363 996 SUN LIFE A c s o s S^ c y E OF CANADA S. J. HOWE. Manager KOaI THE GREATEST DETECTIVE
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      180 12 SWIMMING CLUB LAUNCHES. S TTRDAY 19TH JULY. Johnston's Pier 2.15 and 8.15 p.m. Club Hungalow 2.45 and 5.80 p.m. Sunday 19th July. Johnston's Pier 7. 9 and 10 a.m. 2.30 and ;>.30 p.m. Club Bnugalow S.3o and 9.80 a.m. 12.15, 8 aud 5.80 p.m. CLEARANCES. I Nationality British if not
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