Straits Echo, 14 March 1914

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    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo !'i!U CHRONICLE Of EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FiP EAST GENERtL > VOL. 12. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, SATURDAY, 14th MARCH, 1914. Single tepy, ID tentj. No. 59
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      999 1 “TIGER" Brand Cement. A High Class Cement suitable for all purposes especially engineering and construction work. For prices and further particulars apply to TIANG LEE Co., 63, Beach Street, Penang. e Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SANfeiLANDS, EUTiERY 8 Co., AGENTS FOR '.PENANG F. M. 3. DAVID
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      35 1 There’s PURITY and VI6ODR in every drop of Read’s “Dog’s Head” Guinness The Stout you are used to. Insist on having Dog’s Head Brand. Sole Agents TIANG LEE Co., 53, Beach Street, Penang. 3rnunnnnnnan**B t■■■
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    The £ s.d. of a London Season.
    895 3 The s.d. of a London Season. (Bt a Young Husband.) Are you goin/to do the eeason is a question frequently put when people are asking their plane for the lummer months and deciding whether they shall stay on in the country or enjoy the social whirl in that divest of
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    Other People's Dreams.
    888 3 Man is but an aas if he go about to expound this dream.” So says Bottom as he stance, at the Savoy, on a monticle of green velvet, looking round him for his vanished company; and tbe remark has an application far beyond the limits of the
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    £2 TO £lO WEEKLY
    389 3 FOR ONE HOUR OF YOUR TIME DAILY. With an Idea and £2 to Start I Made £5,000 in 2 Years. If you work over a set of books or behind the counter, or over a typewriter, or behind a team, or on the tram, or in
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    Big Brains.
    81 3 No definite conclusions can be drawn from tbe fact that the brain of the late M. Bertillon was considerably above the average size. He is in the company of such great men as Bismarck, Cuvier, Kant, and Turgenev, the last-named having possessed one of the heaviest brains on
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      72 3 A Fanily Necessity. Every family should be provided with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm at all times. Sprain» may be cured in much less time when promptly treated. Lame buck, lame shoulder, paius in the side and chest and rheumatic pains are somacf the which it 1» especially valuable. Try this liniment
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      270 3 H H U U P P M M O O B B L L E E 1914 MODEL ROADSTER. READY FOR THE ROAD. Price: $2,250. Fitted with Electric Light and Self Starter $2,525 nett. OR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY TO CUAN TIN HOE Co., penang. nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrmn n n n n n
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      59 3 A Life Saver. It is safe to »ay that Chamberlam’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy ha* saved the lives of more people and relieved more suffering than any other remedy inexistence It is known all over the civilized world for its speedy cures of cramps in the stomach, diarrhoea and
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      270 3 Read! “The National Review” {CHINA). PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT SHANGHAI. The Authority on Chinese Affairs. It is the closest touch with t;.o I» .grvsive Government Authorities and influences those mainsprings of development now coming so rapidly into play in the Republic. 14/- per annum postage (free. Local Agent: —Khoo Hock Tyc,
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  • SHIPPING.
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      ARRIVALS.
      113 4 Nore, Br. s.s., 4,188, Asbury, March 13, Yokohama, Feb. 17, Gen. —A. G. A Co. Atreus, Br. s.s., 4,390. Williamson, March 13, Yokohama, Feb. 17, Gen.—W. M. Kirin Maru, Jap. ss., 2,357, Nakamura, March 13, Calcutta, March 5, Gen.— p 8. CoBenvorlich, Br. s-s., 2,164, Smith, March 13, London,
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      DEPARTURES.
      101 4 March 14. Tara, for Madras taking mails for Europe, etc., via Bombay. Both, for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, Sabang, Padang, Ac. Batavia. Rotorua, for Tongkah and Renong. Hok Canton, for Teluk Anson. Lama, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Jin Ho, for Asahan. Mambang, for Setul Bindings (by Train)
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      MAILS CLOSE
      243 4 Fob Deli—Per Indragiri, 16th instant, 10 a.m. Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy—Per Zaida, 16th instant, 11 a.m. Langsa, Edi, T- Semawe, 9egli, Olehloh and Sabang—Per Atjeh, 16th instant, 1 p.m Calcutta —Per Laieang, 16th instant, 3 p.m. Tongkah—Per Sappho, 17th instant, l p m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 4 Penang, March 14. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4/j 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4^* T 3 Credit 2/4 t T 3 Documentary 2/4} Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 1744 3 days’ sight Private 175 f Bombay, Demand Bank 174} Moulmein, Demand Bank 173} 3 days’ sight
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    PRODUCE.
    200 4 Gold Leaf ...$64.40 Black Pepper 16.50 buyers White Pepper 30. —sales Trang Pepper 21.25 sales Cloves 40.— sales Mace 110 nominal. Pickings 86—sellers Nutmegs 110 s 25. sellers No. 1 6.10 sales Sugar j 2 5,50 sales Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 10.65 buyers C Tahbun 190. —sellers Gulta
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    MARKET PRICES.
    163 4 Penang, March 14. Beef— cts. Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 55 f 9 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 55 Pork— Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Head Feet 24 Tongue 28
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    SHARES.
    2108 4 pj P I QQ •g .2 Number of o. .2 2 Capital. Shares *1 P Dividends. Name. B IS 8 1 13 i 4 1 i P*H j» P-l W 02 j j 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 RUBBER DOLLAR SHARES. I p.c. p.c. p.c. 1909 8 450 000
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      52 4 Best Medicine Made. A better medicine can not be made than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It relieves the lungs, opens the secretions, aids expectoration and assists nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. Besides, it contains no opiates and is perfectly safe to take. For sale by all Dispensaries
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      12 4 Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs un i Colds, never fails Is
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      53 4 THIS IS IT! WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound E TASTELESS ODORLESS I Sssfc The latest scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL. Does all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly lecommended by the medical profession. OF ALL CHE MISTS Price
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    MARGINAL NOTES.
    1619 5 [BY TOM WRIGHT.] At first blush (though I hur.y the guarantee that nothing to be written Hereinafter is calculated to bring a blush to the cheek of either the most effeminate or the most feminine of my readers) at first blush, I repeat, (for after such a lengthy
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    The Very Rev. Bro. Thomas.
    260 5 The Very Rev. Bro. Thomas, Assistant Superior-Geueral, who is expected iu Penang on Mondav on a visit to the schools in the Far East, will be warmly welcomed by the members of the Catholic community in Penang,especially by Xaverians, past and present. Tbe following is
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      213 5 e Ehere is-no checklto-jhe+Popularity of M Black White «9 Tm SCOTCH WHISKY ‘BLACK WHITE* •HE HOUSE Of COMMONS *U**&ifj{*t* SCOTCH WN:|KV o«smxiF» JAMES BUCHANAN CO., LTD. LONDON. GLASGOW, &C. DISTILLERS BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. >C3 B Showells Patent SAFETY-RAZORS o IN LEATHER CASES AT $2-50 EACH. Leather U Fancy Goods of
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      84 5 Messrs. LAMBERT 8 BUTLER’S FAMOUS SMOKING MIXTURES. e JjAOt l>h£ ENG rontier M kk i n Cjrarnck AND “Frontier” Tobacco. OBTAINABLE AT ALL THE LEADING STORES IN PENANG. 'Vir.-u n. i^mrr Ribeiro Co., Ltd., SiT* f €1 ACCOUNT BOOKS, LFDOERS, Ac. 6 MADE TO ORDER. A Large Stock of i
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    94 6 riWi»hi.l daily (except Sundayi and frtriie holidaya) AT TKM CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pmon Dntty Local 9U ptr annum. ftnlrtitf— Postage Extra. Ifail amm (Port Fro*) $17.50 oaili anon»*: ECHO —PEN ANG." Titophonn Noa. Echo 586 Printing 343 ff 1,111 kuIMM NMBiiiMtioM tbouW
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    THE NAVY AND FOREIGN POLICY.
    1518 6 If there is one service upon which the average Englishman does not begrudge the lavish expenditure of public fuuds it is the Navy, and any reasonable demands the Admiralty may think it necessary to make will always be willingly conceded by the great mass of
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    M. A. P.
    902 6 Mr. Arshak Sarkies returned from Singapore by the s.s. Tara this morning. Mr. R. B. Osborne sat in the Third Court this morning in place of Mr. G. B. Kellagher. Mr. Handley Bird, from Bristol, England, will preach at the Mission Chap 01, Farquhar Street, on Sunday
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    984 6 Tringganu, like. Jobore, shows its ruler’s head on its postage stamps. This is surely an infringement of the strict tenets of Islam which forbids the •'reproduction of the human likeness. At one time this rule was very rigidly enforced in Turkey and foreign decorative artists engaged by the
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      399 6 NOTICE. Penang Auction Mart. BY ORDER OF THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ESTATE OF CHUNG GAIK LEEN, deceased. TO BE SOLD BY WANTED. Two Clerks for Estate; Offices must h* ve had previous experience. Apply p, W. BARKER Co, 14 3-14 181 a Penang. WANTED. PUBLIC AUCTION? On Saturday, 21st March,
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    608 7 THE FUTURE OF PRM. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 14. During the debate on the question of the oale of the Prai Dock to the F.M S. at the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday, the Hon. Mr. E. D He wan said that l, e thought
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    Sungei Gau Tin.
    47 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 14. The nett profit made by the Sungei Gail Tin Co. during the vear was $61,513. A final dividend of 12j% was declared, making 35% for the year. A sum of $18,736 was carried forward, less directors fees.
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    Date of Next General Election.
    52 7 (Reuter.) London, March 14 Mr. F. D. Aclaud, Under-Secretarv of State for Foreign Affairs, speaking at Acton, said that the Government was resolved not to make a further concession in regard to Home Rule. He added that there will not be a General Election before
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    An Interesting Engagement.
    81 7 (Reuter.) Washington, March 14. President Wilson’s youngest daughter is engaged to the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Mr. W. O. McAdoo. In the M.F.A. selection match yesterday the team captained by Shaik defeated the team captained by J. Choe by 1 goal to nil. Both the Captains
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    THE AEGEAN ISLANDS.
    118 7 STRAINED TURCO-GREEK RELATIONS. Reuter.) Constantinople, March 13. The spread of the anti-Greek boycott, especially in Smyrna, is causing anxiety among the Armenians. It lias also affected the Oecu nenical Armenian Patriarchs who have strongly protested to the Porte against it. The Greek Minister has also called the
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    Lincolnshire Handicap.
    94 7 Latest Bettisg. Reuter.) London, March J 3. The betting for the Lincolnshire Handicap (l mile) which will be run on March 25 is as follows 100 to 9 agst. Cuthbert and Bonbon Rose. 100 to 8 Mediator. 100 to 7 Aghd e. 20 to 1 Maiden Erlegh and
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    Peace in the Balkans.
    95 7 (Reuter.) London, March 13. The Austiiau Minister of Defence, Baron Georgi, speaking in Parliament supporting the increase in the recruits, declared that nobody could believe, but we may hope for a long peace, or the Balkans will be settled in such a way as to preclude
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    Ambassadorial Obiter Dicta.
    52 7 And The Explanation. (Reuter.) Washington, March 13. Mr. Page, American Ambassador iu London, lias replied to Mr. W. J. Bryan, theU. S. Secretary of State, explaining his remarks at a dinner of the Associated Chambers of Commerce. He says that they were either distorted from over-condensation or
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    H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.
    52 7 (Reuter.) Loudon, March 13. Some interest attaches to the third court season at Buckingham Palace as the Prince of Wales, in a naval Lieutenant’s uniform, will make his first appearance iu court. His Royal Highness will start on Monday for a three-weeks’ visit to their
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    Girouard—Girouard.
    39 7 Girouard —Girouard. Restitution of Conjugal Rights (Reuter.) London, March 13. Among the undefended cases in the Divorce Court is a suit for the restitution of conjugal rights bv Lady Girouard against Sir Percy Girouard, ex-Governor of British East Africa.
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    Lords Marconi Committee.
    37 7 Reuter.) London, March 13. The Marconi Committee of the House of Lords held a meeting and appointed as Chairmau Lord Halsburv who directed that the charges against Lord Murray should be formulated by Tuesday.
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    East African Loan.
    87 7 (Reuter.) London, March 13. The House of Commons has adopted a vote authorising a loan of to East Africa. Our Kuala Lumpur correepondent wires that yesterday the Chief Judicial Commissioner gave judgment in the Cycle and Carriage Company partnership case. He said that he believed the statement
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    RUSSO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
    140 7 NO CAUSE FOR ANXIETY. (Reuter.) London, March 13. The semi-official Norddeutsche Zeitung declines to see any ground for uneasiness in the anti-German articles in the Russian Press which are no more able to disturb the good relations between the two Governments than the unfounded note of alarm sounded
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    Duelling in the German Army.
    67 7 (Reuter.) London, March 14. In the Reichstag, replying to the interpellation in regard to the fatal duel between Lieutenant St. George and Lieutenant Haage, the Minister for War said that the authorities, both of the Army and the Navy, were working untiringly to effect an
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    Dublin Unemployed and the Police.
    67 7 Reuter London, March 14. Captain White, son of Sir George White of Ladysmith fame, headed a procession of the unemployed in Dublin who sought an interview with the Lord Mayor. The Police charged them with batons. Captain White, who was brandishing a stick, was arrested.
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    Wireless Telephone.
    18 7 (Reuter.) London, March 14 Mr. Marconi successfully telephoned by wireless between the Italian warships and Sicily.
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    Affairs in China.
    162 7 News from Peking, The Government has decided to appoint Hsiuug Hsi-ling to be Director of Oil Mines, and Yang Shih-cbi Minister of Communications. It is understood that ex-Premier Chao Ping-chun had teen ill for several days before his death, which is believed to be due to heart
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    Sha‘ir Puji Pujian.
    134 7 The Methodist Publishing House, Singapore, is to be congratulated on its enterprise. Sha'ir Puji Pujian, the Malay Methodist Hymnal with music, is, so far as we know, the first Tune Book that has been produced in Singapore, though the words of most of the pieces have passed
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    The Cholera Epidemic.
    42 7 There have been twenty-two fresh cases of cholera in North Kedah and one case at Kuala Muda. Since the case of the Malay Police Constable in P rev inee Wellesley no fresh cases have been reported from this district.
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    MOHAMEDAN WILL CASE.
    1504 7 The suit, Aishahbee binti Isahak vs. Sberifa Sebab, in the matter of the estate of the late J. M. Ibrahim, was resumed yesterday morning in the Supreme Cou.t before Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith. Mr. W. R. Armstrong appeared for Aishahbee, the plaintiff, and Mr. H. T. Jones
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    Contempt of Court.
    131 7 A Chinaman named Chuah Ah Pok was this morning arraigned before Mr. R. B Osborne in the Third Court on a charge of smoking and wearing a hat in the District Court while the Court was sitting. The man pleaded guilty through ignorance. The magist rate then
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    To-day’s Quotations.
    290 7 Tin, Rubber, Rice and Copra. Tbe following business in tin has been done to-day Singapore Straits Trading Co., 250 tons at $87.45 Penang Penang Tin Eichauge, 6] $B6 80 Total 256] tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day at ill 72 10s. cash and i 1174 10s. three
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    The Race in Naval Armaments.
    220 7 The abnormal output of 1911 in warships, as indicated by tonnage launched, has not been equalled oven in 1913, notwithstanding the known desire of most Powers to add to their fleet. The total number of warships launched throughout the world was 180 vessels, of 076,909
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    Shares.
    245 7 T*s*sr<l*j. To-day. Rit*> or P>iy.r. Ssl'sr* Fall. RUBBER. ‘l. a. d. a. d. a. d. A iglo Ma'.y 9 44 10 1H 9 10 6 lHd Bukit Mertajain. 19 23 19 23 Cheraon<*«e 2 #4 2 6 2 OH 2 6 Con*. Malay» ..9 6 10 3 9 74
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      188 7 WANTED A BILL-COLLECTOR fora mercantile firm. Security $2,000. Salary according to qualifications. Apply with copies of testimonials to T. S. C. t 14-3-14 c/o Straitt Echo. Penang Cycle Emporium, Corner of KING STREET 8 BISHOP STREET. NOW IN STOCK Crushed Food and Oats, Bran and Australian Chaff. NOTICE OF SALE.
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    The Land of Rice.
    2500 8 ITS FIGHT AGAINST CHOLER i Scheme fob Pure ater. During my stay in Kedah I took tne opportunity, afforded me by the Public Work» Department, of vuiting the new waterworks nowoearing completion at Sungei Wong. Motoring from Alor Star, along the main road to a distance
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    Kelantan Notes.
    380 8 Kelantan, March 8. Ere this month is over, we «hall have said farewell, at least for a time, to four well-known and popular members of the European community, Messrs. T. W. Clayton, the assistant British Adviser; C. W. Bresland, land officer aud chairman of the Sanitary Board; Mrs.
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    148 8 Tennis Tournament. The following ties have been fixed for Monday, the 16th instant:— Mixed Double Handicap (Final Unfinished). Mr and Mrs Dunn vs Miss Beckett and Bennett (5). Bowls Tournament. The following were the results of the ties played off yesterday Championship. Miles beat H. Starr 21—13.
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    “Signs of Progress in China.”
    664 8 The Times' recent article on China reproduced in these columns last Tuesday has been extensively noted in the local papers, and translations of it are to be seen in almost all the Chinese contemporaries. It h*9 been for sometime since such favourable comment on China
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    Killing the Goose.
    119 8 The son-in-law of a Chancery barrister (says Anecdotes of Bench and Bar”) having succeeded to the lucrative practice of the latter, came one morning in breathless haste to inform him that he had succeeded in bringing nearly to its termination a oause which had been pending in
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    Singapore Mortality Returns.
    83 8 The mortality returns for Singapore issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths show that, during the week ending Maroh 7, there were 189 deaths (143 males, 46 females), giving a ratio per mille of population of 29.85. Malaria fever accounted for 24 deaths, phthisis 24, convulsions
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    St. Georges’ Church.
    49 8 3kd Sunday in L*nt. 8.00 a.m. Matins (Choral) 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion 915 a.m. IL’ly Communion (Tamil) 10.15 a m Chinese Service 5.00 p.m. Sunday School 6 00 p in. Evensong and Sermon. Hymns 540, 185, 186. Anthem Lord for Thy Tender Sake” Far rant. erCl
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      379 8 THE Straits Cinema Location: —5 ENANG ROAD. To-night! To-night!! SPECIAL FEATURES IN TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME. “The Poison Tree” 3 REELS. 3 REELS. “The Marriage of Psyche” 2 HEELS. 2 HEELS. Jim’s Dusky Sweetheart A ••Farcical Comedy. (By Andre Deed). Nick Winter Finds the Stolen Jaconda The Very Latest Pathe Gazette AND
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      366 8 Woods’ Great Peppermint Cnre, For Coughs and Colds, never fails, 1 s-6d. Lunas Rubber Estates, Ltd. MOTICE is hereby given that from the 25th February, 1914, Mr. J ar ceased to be employed by the above Co m pany. The Directors have appointed Mr. C. H Mackay, who has been
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    25 9 Vt»tel$ brom Agent» Due Arcadia India Hleiet P. Alice Colombo Singapore Singapore Colombo A.G.ACo. A. B. BM ACo 19tbMar *21st j*24t h |26th
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    SAILINGS.
    20 9 V'iicll For Agtnt* Arcadna Singapore A.G.ACo. Mar. India Colombo A.GACo Alaift (Colouibc B.MACo. P Alia 0!*i(rap*re P M AC
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      394 9 P.40. sS S.N.C Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mall Service Outward. Homeward •Sails on Friday instead of Saturday. tMoldavia calls at Naples. JGoes through to London via Bombay. FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. A Accommodation. 1st class 2nd class To London by Sea $565-72 $377-14 To Marseilles or Gibraltar $528-00 $356-29 B
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      1904 9 SHIPPING.) BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Fob Intended to Sail. Singapore (Throe times a week) I Sat. 14th Mar., 4 p.m. Sun. 15th Mar., 4 p.m. Thur. 19th Mar., 4 p.m. i Sat. 21st Mar., 4 p.m. f*or' Swenpnham and Slp*an<’«-ii (Twice a week). ictoria Point, Mergui, Tavoy, Yeh
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    France Week By Week.
    827 10 CURRENT TOPICS IN THE PRESS. Beauty or Silence. A writer in the Qaulois contributes a delightfully satirical article on the popularity of the cinematograph theatre. The picture palace, he says, is übiquitous. Funis are exhibited at the Prefecture of Police for the instructions of budding gun*
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    Brains Minus Chance.
    1181 10 (Bt Mart Mortimer Maxwell.) We are continuously coming into contract with persons who tell us that they have failed because they never had a chance.” The fact is that more often than not the chance has not only come to them but has dallied by them, fairly
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    A Boon to Back Sufferers.
    335 10 Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are a boon to sufferers such as I was,” said Mr. C. T. Sawyer, of the Indian Telegraph Department, when, seen at his home in Moclmein Burma. Thousands of sufferers like him in all parts of the world hare found cure
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      64 10 NOTICE LABOUR CODE, 1912, F.M.S. Indian Immigration Fund Ordinance 1911.” 1 EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR -J are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of the Deputy Controller of Labour, Penang, duriug the months of April, July, October and January. hoi ins
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    Dr. Wu Lien Teh.
    385 11 Our friend Dr. Wu Lien Teh recently made an adventurous motor car trip across the wilds of Manchuria. This is what a Tsitsihar correspondent, in a letter to a contemporary dated February U, says of the journey Dr* Wu Lien Teh and Reynolds, who startad on
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    Yellow Press.
    92 11 An American theologian has put forward a theory that the story of Jonah and the whale is based on the fact that the prophet was taken into the cetacean’s air passage, where he could breathe with ease. A New York contemporary which publishes this theory prints a fanciful
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