The Straits Times, 8 January 1914

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    13 1 The Straits Times NO. 24.384 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. %ANUARY 8. 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      218 1 THB CALIBRATED White Horse tC9.CN KJ U WWMV Ejtablishid 1742. 1 1 Years Old. /top notch\ \i SCOTCH. INCLUDING DUTY. PRICE: $1.60 per Bottle. $18.30 per Case. CYLINDER OIL for LUBRICATING GAS OIL ENGINES. CYLINBEAR "S" has been specially prepared for the Middle East and has been approved by leading
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      220 1 ROBINSON 4fc CO. Sole Agents for: "Q A T TJ 1 T TT PVPT 1? C Th, »u.sTEE L xvAJLjliiljrl \j 1 KjLEaO GUAIiANXEEI> FOR EVER. rAißßgy c P°P u 3r BALEIGH made of Steel **~?f^ V^ and without any Malleable Iron Castings /\v as in other Bicycles, is the
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      8 1 MORSES CALCARIUM DISTEMPER DAMSON. GILFILLAN 4 CO. iIC
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    The Stolen Gioconda.
    1153 2 FAMOUS PICTURE FOUND AT FLORENCE. Italian Arrested. A most remarkable account of the finding of Leonardo's famous picture, La Gioconda, which was stolen from the Louvre over two years ago, has just been telegraphed from Florence, says the Milan correspondent of the Daily Telegraph nnder date December
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    74 2 Although one does not hear so much of them nowadays the Boy Scouts' good deeds still continue. A correspondent writes in Tbe Manchester Guardian —I was bicycling to the office the other day, and met a Boy Scout. I said, Have you done a good action to-day?" He said, Not
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      315 2 £fij ff§|^' Does the M Climate Try You? \g^t ktx 4 VAN A' brand i H 1 Tonic 1 J/£S Helps to maintain full mental and physical /C^\t (v^d vigour and buoyant spirits in spite of fc»> y^Z), climate, overwork, etc. JO£ I^2 r5r 5 Q Pi fc>{}| ScienUlically H^rl
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      53 2 TIN MINING. Messrs. Boring k Co., Ltd., London who have the highest reputation in the woild as I specialists in Turbine*, Turbo Pomps, sn I Pipe Lines have appointed The Borneo Company. Limited, Singapore, as their Ag< nt> and will be pleased to advi-e and estimah upon Power, Pipe Line,
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      248 2 ANTI-MALARIA ESANOFELE PILLS. Tbe surest care against Malaria K- ver highly recommended by eminent professor* snd by tbase wb'o bare tried them. Uped by tbe Italian Government. MUTUAL TRADING, LTD., Oagoino Co., Agents. No. 8, Raffles Square, corner of Boabam Street. 2810 b d SPHINX ~.|H|J. BALM |^BjE9 Tbe World's
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      298 2 RANEEGUNGE GLAZED STONEWARE, Drainpipes and Junctions. ALL SIZES STOCKED. SHARPE, ROSS CO., LD. JUST ARRIVED: 1914 Celebrated STAR CARS With new Torpedo and Stream Line Bodies 1O 12 and 15 2O H.F». ON VIEW AT THE GASOLENE LIGHT AND CYCLE CO., Beach Road. FAR EAST OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE CO., LTD.
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    Turkey's Array.
    1119 3 THE GERMAN MISSION ANP ITS OPPONENTS. Details of the Scheme. The Constantinople correspondent of the Berlin Continental Correspondence writes the following letter on the German military mission in Constantinople and its opponents The new German military mission is shortly expected to arrive in Constantinople. At its head is
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      823 3 STREETS Co. I2oChe&psidc Jft A|\ iIIT C Ss^r.to.« I LONDON. INGLAND f$ AKIf A I NJ% parti. C.l.losiK-t Frte. MM M\ W il 111 >"•»* £S«A"\ jgT Direct frcm ENGLAND ,2?Sm\\\ /■r^si^l Gr CLEARANCE s*le of HBHK!°£S9BfIHJi -'A\ Write (or Iree Calalciur tnntaining over •*^^"^^^Js»|^^P»SSj H^stT carriage paid Caih refunded
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      563 3 HEADS QUITE BALD WITH RINGWORM Spread Until Eldest Boy's Head Was Covered with Ugly Patches. Then Younger Boy Had It. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Today Have Splendid Heads of Hair. 1 Queen St.. Gilllngham. Dorset. En*. "Last summer my eldeat boy caught ringworm at school and I treated It
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      347 3 You may pay more for your milk I but you cannot get a better quality. 38-4-tk 22-4 YOU MAY REST ASSURED lhat Beecham'i Pills will be of great jervice to you if your stomach is out of orc.r or your liver is sluggish. The conditions of life in these days
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      647 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P.& O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON. AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Golf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES Homeward (for Europe). (Connecting at From
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      638 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly pervice is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with tbe Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and arc fitted
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      791 4 STEAMER BAILINBB. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pabang, Berserah, Krttay, Paka, Tringganu, Bitut, Semera Bachok, Kelantan, Tabai, Bangnara, Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Singors, Laoon, Kobstmui, Bandon, Langsaen, Taku. Cbumpon, Kohlak and Bangkok. Due Departure a.s. YUGftUA Jan. 1O fa.a. PRACHATIPOK Jan. 11 Jan. 14 -s.a. BORIBAT Jan. 14
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      504 4 STEAMER SMLINIB. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. AND DEUTSGH DAMPFSCHIFF FAHRTSGES. "HANSA' BREMEN. Combined Service. The steamers of these Companies maintain a regular service batwetn Hamburg, Bremen Antwerp, Rotterdam and Eadoi ani the Straits, Cbiaa and Japan. Homp.wardo, thry are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and one j a month
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      650 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. NORDOEUTSCHER LLOYD. BREMEN. IMPERIAL 6ERMAN MAIL LINE. Tho fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (connecting Mar.-eil'.op, Naples, Alexandria, and vice verita) Pir, :U v, baet. Aden, Colomto, Penaog Singapore Hongkong, Shanghai,
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      487 5 JENATZY TYRES. Hooglandt «Sfc Oo.» Singapore. imperial Unsurpassed in Quality durnnvr/\n*f in S the last Quarter Century, DLVUL iJ and today the Highest Grade brilliant. of Kerosene on the Market. The Burning Question. For illuminating and use in sylvan Oil Engines. An exception- ADDA 1/1/ ally high grade of Kerosene
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      142 5 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. B. I 8. N. CO LTD. Keturn tickets at emc.ai rates wi.l b< irsuod by tbe B. I. S. N. Co., Ltd's ttsamert. to P. r: Sweltenbam, P<*ang, Rangoon Calcntta, Madras and Coromandei Cuasi Potts, available for are h t» it n 15tb I cctm her, 1918, &n1
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      186 5 WHY IS OUR gn*l COTTON CREPE (of which we have a large stock in Dainty Colours)SO POPULAR P Many people are buying it and they like it— BECAUSE OF ITS LASTING QUALITIES AND BECAUSE IT IS COOL AND COMFORTABLE. YAMATO CO., 41, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. I Nyals (with Peroxide) a
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      511 5 LUX FOR TAKING CARE OF WOOLLENS, For Washiag Blankets, Flannels, Wooßens, Dainty Fabrics, and lor preserving clothes oi all descriptions, LUX is an ideal preparation. Made in die form of Hakes orwafen LUX b delightful in use. giving Irec ami creamy lather which coaxes rather than forces the dirt from
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      312 6 A NOVELTY IN JEWELLERY is to h r< on in the collection of PHOTOGRAPH SIGNET RINGS we have on show, in which miniature photographs of those near and dear to you or jonr oown.ayn n.ay be placid. Thete litRS may ho hai w:th Bißnits in PLAIN GOLD OR BLOODSTONE. We
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      188 6 I FOR Kerosene Oil Engines THE 'DEAL FUHL IS Cross w^ Kerosene i The Cheapest Refined Oil on the Market. "CROSS" will give you MORE POWER at a LOWER COST THAN ANY OTHER OIL. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS <£ -4 jg gr per 4-Gallon tin I *»O (including Dutyj. THE
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      112 6 SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Tkikqrams: SIEMENS, Singapore. TV.tmoxK So. 847. SIEMENS Continuous Current Motor Type FC. Over a*^^X^^ of these MACHINES at work MW M in ths Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAMO WORKS, Ld. Head Office Caxton House, Westminster, London. Supplies Deft, and Storm Upper Thames
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    114 7 FIXTURES. Thursday, January 8. High Water, 8 36 a.m., 8 15 p.m. Friday, January 9. High Water, 7.29 a.ra., 9.45 p.m. Y. W. C. A. annual meeting. 5.16 p.m. Saturday, January 10. High Water. 8.21 a.m., 10.80 p.m. P. and O. outward mail due. Sunday, January 11.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    179 7 To-I>AT. Hongkong and Japan Ivy Mai v Bpm Batu I'aliat >fena 8 pm Hongkong and Japan Eutyalus Bpm Tebing Tinggi, Bcngkalis and Bagan Moran 3 pm Malacca and Muar Kaka 8 pm P. Dickson and P. Swcttenbam Sclangor 8 pm Penan;;, Rangoon and Calcutta Ellenga 4 pm
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    130 7 The P. and O. outward mail steamer Devanha left Colombo at 8.80 a.m. on Sunday, January 4, and may be expected to arrive here on Saturday morning, January 10. The Imp. German mail steamer Buelow left Hongkong at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 7, and may be
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    Mails for Europe.
    69 7 1..1 FT SINOAPOU. V Dec. 4 B. I Dec. 8 M. M. Dec. 12 P. *O. i Dec. 15 N. D. L. Doc. 18 ft, I. Itec. 22 M. M. Dec. '2fl I. AO. Dec. 29 K. D. L. .lan. 1 ft. I. lan. 5 M. M.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    343 7 Latest Arrivals. Hyo Loony. Brit. str. 295 tons, Captain Thomson. Jan 8. From Kuantan, Jan 7. G.c. anil 171 d.p. S. Steamship Coy. For Kuantan, Jan in. K<ls. Hclenus Brit. str. ISIO tons, (apt Baker, Jan 6. From Liverpool, Dec 6. Gc. W. Mansfield a Co. Left for
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    101 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day; TANJON'O PAOAR. Bast Wharf Bas:h Hong Mob. W. Siction Mo. l...Waihora, Ellenga. Sbiibs Wharf Meteor. Main W. Sict. No. 2... E. F. Ferdinand. 8...F1111 Wo 4...Ki11in. ii 11 5 ..Klang. 6...Tsurugisan Mara, Marudu. New Dock 7.
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    204 7 Arrivals. Per str. Iyo Maru, Jan From London .Mrs. S. J. Howe, Master Allan Howe, Messrs. W. Samahro, T. V Fab and L. Alvis. Per str. Yugala, Jan 7. -From Bangkok: Messrs. Robert Oswald and You Piok Kian. Per str. Lady Weld, Jan 8. From Malacca Messrs.
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    273 7 EXCMANQE Sinoapobi Jant-aby 8, 1914. O» London Bank 4 m/s ■> A Demand 2/4} Private 6 m/i M 2 4 8 m/s 3/4* On OißHAin Bank d/d 28f4 Private 8 m/i m 844* On Fbauci Bank d/d m 394| Private 8 m/s COl On Imdia Bank T.
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      MINING.
      187 7 %Z& Boyere. Sellers 10 10 Ampang B.CO 9.25 1 1 AyerWeng I.CO 10 10 Belat 2.60 2.7S 10 10 Bruang 0.60 0.85 10 10 Kawpai 10.25 10 10 Kanaboi I.EO 2.00 10 10 Kinta Association 12.00 18.00 £1 £1 Kinta Tin 1.10.0 1.15.0 £1 £1 Lahat Mined 6.25 7.75
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      RUBBER.
      618 7 ££>! Bnyere BeUecB< I/. 2/. Allagai 1/6 2/£1 £1 Anglo Java 8/0 4/9 I/- 3/- Anglo-Malay 8,9 8,6 I/- 2/- Batons Malaka -/9 1/8 El £1 Batu Tiga 2.1.0 2.7.6 norn 2/- Bekoh -/6 /9 El £1 Bukit Kajang 1.8.9 1.18.4 El £1 Bukit Lintang 2.2.6 2.10.0 norn 2/-
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      GENERAL.
      129 7 61 £1 B. Smelting Co. 13/0 16/61 £1 Pret 1.2.0 1.8.6 5/- 6/- Electric T'w»ya 8/9 4/1 10 10 Fraser k Neave 68.f 0 65.C0 50 60 Hammer Co. ICO.CO 107.50 LOO Howarth Erakine 45X0 LOO a 7%Prei. 100.00 100 100 Kat« Bro, Def. 180.00 140.00 10 10 Maynaxd
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      14 7 For congbs aad chills. Take Woods' Great Prppermint Care. Sold everywhere, 80 cents bottle.
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      438 7 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. January 18. At saleroom, freehold godown property situate at Mobd. Sultan Road, at 2.3 January 18. At salerooms, freehold re sidential property known as 'ernhill, Orange Grove Road and Nos. 64, 6> and 66, Kanisah Marican Road, at 2.80. Chlng Ken; Lee and Co. January
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      117 7 OF ALL EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES BOUTON ROUGE ARE THE BEST. SOLE AGENTS FOR HOLMAN ROCK DRILLS. VC^ Telephone \«XX* lti& V rmmr VL^^\ O^ In the S. African Government VMaVT^^ X Stope Drill Contest (Johannesburg 1909-10. these Drills divided the FIRST and SECOND PRIZES Of £5, 000 IN COMPETITION WITH Drills
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      57 7 ORAND NEW YEAR ATTRACTION HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. THE GREATEST DETECTIVE DRAMA KVEK PRODUCED FANTOMAS "THE MYSTERIOUS FINGER PRINT" in 6 part*. Revealing the astounding advantures and sencational exploits of a Mysterious and Specious Villam. awd GAUMONT GRAPHIC NO. 49. ix TO NIGHT'S 2kd biow (9-16 to 11-80)
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    The Straits Times. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8. BOOKS ABOUT RUBBER.
    1071 8 The Straits Times. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8. BOOKS ABOUT RUBBER. We are very glad to welcome a book on the preparation of plantation rubber by Sydney Morgan, A.R.C.Sc, F.C.S.. senior scientific officer and resident chemist in the Federated Malay States for the Rubber Growers' Asso ciation. That association has been rather
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    35 8 The Local Government Board it to be asked by several Metropolitan borough councils to prohibit the addition of mineral matter to rice, on the ground that under some circumstances it is definitely prejudicial to heiltli.
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    48 8 For the first time since the opening of the line in August, 1900, non stop trains were put in operation on December 3 on the Central London Railway. It is expected that the running time from the Bank to Shepherd's Bash will ultimately be reduced to eighteen minutes.
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    42 8 Burglars entered Wright and Co.'s jewellery establishment, in Regent- street, the othtr Saturday night and stole valuables worth over £1,000. Tho thieves cut their way through s wall fiom an adjoining shop and used textiles to deaden the noise of falling brickwork.
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    70 8 The Federal authorities at Baltimore, Maryland, have fined the captain of a North German Lloyd steamer which has just arrived at that port the sum of Xio for neg looting to maintain constant wireless service on board his ship. There was one wireless operator, but not two as required. This
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    13 8 The output of the Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Limited, during December, was 500 piculs.
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    14 8 The steamer Thessolia has brought 5,041 tons of coal from Penarth for the Admiralty.
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    17 8 The output of tin ore from the Kampar Tin Mining Co.'s mine for December was 40 piculs.
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    31 8 All records in the history of the coal trade of Hull have been eclipsed by the total tonnage dealt with during the eleven months of last year, which amounts to 7,398,870.
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    30 8 Tamil Evangelistic Services in Short Street Girls' School, to-day, to-morrow and on Saturday, at 6 p.m., will be conducted by the Rev. S. Abraham, of Kuala Lumpur. All are welcomed.
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    31 8 A commencement is being made with the erection of a £25,000 pumping plant at the West India Docks. The installation will raise the water level throughout these docks by 2 ft.
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    53 8 Sympathy with the resolution passed at the Kuala Lumpur confen n:o on coolies' wages was expressed at a meeting of the Central Perak Planters Association at lpoh on the 6th inst., on the motion of Mr. J. Milne. It was agreed at the meeting that Malays' wa^es should be the
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    63 8 Since a mad dog bit a large number of other dogs in Savoy, in the south east of France, in July last, over 30 persons have been sent to the Pasteur Institute at Lyons for treatment for rabies. The spread of the disease was due to the neglect of proper
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    75 8 In the East End of Paris, on December 16, in tho presence of a large crowd of roughs, two 19 year-old girls who were rivals for the affections of an apache, stripped to the waist and fought a savage, duel with knives. Oue of tho combatants was badly stabbed in
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    71 8 A Sydney telegram of December 17, says A magnificently spectacular fire is raging (raiduight) in George Street West, near the railway station, where theextensive premises occupied by Messrs. Williams Bros' motor agency are ablaze from top to bottom, with flumes streaming from every window in the whole of tho eight
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    87 8 Tho Empire is informed that Mr. Stewart A. Curzon, sole concessionaire of the London General Omnibus Co., and managing director of the Greater Omnibus Service, Ltd. (England), and the General Omnibus Co. of Russia, Japan aail South America, is in Calcutta and is completing fiual arrangements for starting a compauy
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    86 8 The Anglo-Chinese School, lpoh, and its branch schools at Kampar, Gopeng, Tronoh and Teluk Anson, will re open on January 12, after -the Christmas and New Year holidays. The new buildings at lpoh now rapidly approaching completion, says the Times of Malaya, will be opened in March next by His
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    97 8 On the 2nd inst., a Malay boatman with two women and two girls as passengers was crossing the Kuala Muda river a( a place known as Pantei Cbichak whtre thu current runs strong and deep. The load of four passengers and the man proved too much for the little dugout
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    93 8 The Admiralty have decided to form a sea plane station at Dundee, and 12 machines with a complement of 12 officers and 60 men are to be stationed there. Construction of housing accommodation and launching slipways is to be immediately commenced with a view to having the depot in active
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    96 8 The St. Petersburg correspondent of The Standard states The Jew Beiliss, who was recently acquitted at Kieff on a charge connected with the alleged ritual murder of the lad Yusbinsky, has been given a passport to enable him to emigrate froui Russia. All the leading personages connected with the prosecution
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    113 8 The brief exhibition of Edison's wonderful talking pictures, the Kn, toi>bone, at the Albambra recently was all to brief to satisfy the demand of the public to see it, and since it* departure many eoquii ie« have been wade of the management an to uh probable return. In deference to
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    464 8 The remains of Mrs. Seah Eng Keat will be removed from 13. North Boat Quay, to Thompson Road Ceiuetory, on the loth inst., at 2 p.m. The Rev. W. E. Horley and Mrs. Horley, of Ipob, the Rev. W. O. Parker and Mrs. Parker, Miss Moore and
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    Maud Allan's Visit.
    55 8 Tho exact dates for the performances of Miss Maud Allan and tbo Cherniavsky brothers in Singapore are February 4, 5, 6 and 7, in the Victoria Theatre. Tho advance agent, Mr. D. E. D. Cohen, is now in town making arrangements for the visit and precise details
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    Government Changes.
    114 8 The Hon. W. Evans, Resident of Penan*;, leaves for home on the 14th inst. and after leave will retire from the service. It is at present proposed that Mr. A. T. Bryant will succeed him, nnd that Mr. W. Mich el I from Penang will act as Auditor
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    Presbyterian Church.
    134 8 On Sunday next, the Rev. W. Runciman preaches for thu Rev. John Cross at l'enang, who will that day hold services at Ipob. Mr. H. S. Mackenzie, whose thoughtful ser-.'jons and addresses are much appreciated, will conduct the services for Mr. Runciman. The Board of Managers will meet
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    The Methodist Conference.
    166 8 Evangelistic services will be held at Wesley Church, Kort Canning I toad, every evening at 8 o'clock from January 8 to 14, in conjunction with the meeting of the annual conference of the Methodist Mission. On Thursday evening, thu Rev. W. K. Horley, of lpoh, will be
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      279 8 PURIIY, MELLOWNESS AND RARE FLAVOUR are the distinguishing features of Bulloch Lade's 1 WHISKIES. |fc& rt^rt! "GOLD LABEL" at sl7.oo perdoz. S|,(jj \ws\ "WHITE LABEL" at $14.25 [p^j nEpffl Less 0%. (Duty extra). BBSS SOLE AGENTS CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants. Trunks and High-Class Travelling
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      150 8 ASFLENDIO VITAGRAPH TWO-REELER of excellent quality and displaying very A MODERN PRODIGAL IN TWO PARTS IS ONLY "NX OK IUK MANY Pictures which may be classed as feature: films AT THE ALHAMBRA Biaih Road. Sic ond Show. 9.80 to 11 p.m., thb others bkiko Tht Deputy's Paril (by the Lubin
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    THE Z4BERN TRIAL.
    152 9 MORE AMAZING EVIDENCE GIVEN. Colonel Reuter Mobbed. Reciter's Telegram. London, January 7. A Berlin telegram says interest in the Zibern affair has shifted from the trial to the Crown Prince's telegrams which were sent, not to Colonel Reuter, but to the General commanding in Alsace. The Liberal
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    Mr. Chamberlain Retiring.
    117 9 WITHDRAWS AT NEXT GENERAL ELECTION Tributes in the Press. rUOTtK'3 TELEOtUX. London, January 7. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain iv a letter to his constituents says he has decided to retire from Parliament at the next general election. He emphasises his regret at severing a thirty ren years' connection
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    Eastern Position.
    196 9 THE RIVAL CANDIDATES IN ALBANIA. Disposal of the Islands. Dkr Ostasiatischb Lli'yd Telegram. Berlin, January 7. Tho press of the Triple Alliance is warning the Albanian Mohamrne.lans against putting up a pretender to the throne. In viow of tli-: willingness of Greece to eva cuate South Albania, the
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    AVIATORS IN EGYPT.
    89 9 KICTBE TiLCOKaH. London. January 7. It is reported from Cairo that the aviator Pourpe has arrived at Lu\cr, and has restar U 1 for W idi Haifa. As he passed Assuan tourists on the roofs of the hotels, and the whole of the natives, much am i/.cd,
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    THE NAVY LEAGUE.
    27 9 KanTi*'* Tslbobah. London, January 7. The Navy L lagae has organised a national campaign in opj isition to the meetings of tbe navy econo
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    INEFFECTIVE CONFERENCE.
    296 9 Exclusion of Ulster Refused. Kh-tkk's Telegram. London, January 7. The Morning Post Rays the coversations between Mr. Asqnith and Mr. Bonar Law have practically ended, as negotiations for a settlement of tbe Home Rule question have failed. Mr. Asquith was unable to concede the demand for even temporary
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    TROUBLE AT BLAKAN MATI.
    230 9 Armed Force to Awe Mutinous Seamen Theie was a mutiny yesterday on one of the boats lyiu» at ilie oil anchorage at Blakan Mati which called for the presence of an armed force betoie peace was restored. The boat was the Kuplectela, of the Auglo Saxon
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    Charge Against Local Chetty.
    236 9 This morning, in the second court, K. N. Mauikain Chetty appeared before Mr. Talma, sitting as District Judge, to answer a charge of dishonestly making claims which he knew to be false, in tbe civil District Court. In the first place it was alleged against the
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    An Ocean Tragedy.
    134 9 Bojra Higashibana, boatswain on the Japanese steamer Kwanto Maru, who was under arrest on a charge of having shot and killed a sailor aboard the vessel when on tbe high seas, committed suicide by banging At the inquest on tbe sailor a letter written by the boatswain
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    Our Post Office.
    412 9 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TAKES ACTION. A Campaign of Complaint Tbe long-beard and long-unheeded camplaints about the Colonial Post Office, relating mainly to its dilatory, happy-go-lucky method of conducting its business, have come to a climax. Up till now, individuals and firms have been left to fight their
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    A LODGER WITH EXPECTATIONS.
    458 9 Charged in Court With Criminal Trespass. The hearing of a charge of criminal trespass at the house of Mr. Arthur M. Misto, a licensed surveyor, of Orchard Road, brought against R. B. Levien and R. A. Davidson in the third police court yesterday afternoon, revealed a
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    Brothers at Law.
    204 9 On Monday, the sth inst., before Mr. Justice Sproule. Mr. Knowles, on behalf of Simon Ezra Simon, moved the court for an order to sot aside the award of Solomon Yahyah and Yahyah Abraham, acting under a submission to arbitration of certain matters in dispute between Joseph
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    The Singapore Assizes.
    1044 9 JAPANESE BAD CHARACTERS CONVICTED. Ijw in tbe Harbour. At the Assizes yesterday, Mr. Justice Sproule and the jury were engaged all afternoon in bearing further evidence in the Japanese case in which two brothers, Idehanbei and Idebatsu, were charged with the attempted murder of a compatriot. Both
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    37 9 Messrs. Houl ler Bros, and Co., shipowners, announce that they have decided to pay sub Rtautial increases in salary to their chief, second, and third officers, and also to allow them concessions with regard to travelling expense*.
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    Y. W. C. A. APPEAL.
    518 9 Endeavour to Raise Seventy -Five Thousand Dollars. The following appeaal is being issued to day To the resident* of Singapore and all friends of tbe Y. W. C. A. We, tbe General Committee of the Young Women's Christian Association in Singapore, earnestly appeal to you
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    CHINESE STOWAWAYS.
    311 9 Sent to Gaol After Uncomfortable Voyage. The morning before Commander Radcliffe in the Marine Court, seven Chinese, tbe survivors of a band of thirteen who endeavoured to make a trip to Australia, were charged with stowing away on the Esturia, one of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company's boats, bound
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    A Complimentary Dinner.
    220 9 Mr. R. J. Palmer, who has left Kamuning Estate and taken up a billet near Kuala Kangsar, was on Saturday evening entertained to dinner at Mr. J. Wbyte's bungalow on Kamuning Estate. Dr. Waugh Scott presided and, in addition to Mr. R. J. Palmer, tbe guest of
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    HEROIC SAILORS.
    180 9 SPLENDID RESCUE WORK-FOR OKLAHOMA. Thrilling Story of Bravery. Rectbr's Iklboram. London, January 7. The steamer Gregory has rescued five survivors of the Oklahoma. The captain got the Gregory to leeward of the lifeboat, hoping that the giant waves would wash tho latter on the Gregory's deck, but when
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    Strikes in Africa.
    97 9 THE RAILWAYMEN AND MINERS OBDURATE. General Botha's Strong Action. RIOTIB'S TbL*uß4M. London, January 7. Pretoria messages Bay that a meeting of railwaymen has resolved to strike at midnight tonight, tho Government refusing to comply with the demands in reference to retrenchment of staff. From Durban it is
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    COLONEL WARDS SUCCESSOR.
    120 9 Rictek's Telegram. London, January 7. It is officially announced that Mr. R. Hi Brade, Assistant Secretary at tbe War Office, who received a Commandership of the Bath on January 1, is appointed Permanent Under* Secretary for War in succession to Col. Sir Edward Ward, retired. Mr. Brade
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    69 9 Quotations Current Yesterday. The following message has been received in Singapore, dated London, January 7 Rubberon spot in London Plantation para first latex crepe 2/8 Para to arrive 3/1 Market quiet. The East Asiatic Company favour m with the following report The market in London yesterday was
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    PRIVY COUNCIL JUDGMENT.
    114 9 Straits Appeal Court Decision Reversed. (From Odk Own Correspondent Penang, January 7. A cable has been received announcing that tbe administrative decree made by the Court of Appeal consisting of the Chief Justice Sir W. H. Hyndman Jones, Mr. Justice Fisher and Mr. Justice Ebden, in tbe
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    Badek Rubber Estate.
    1225 10 CROPS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY DROUGHT. The Financial Position. The third annual general meeting of shareholders of the Badek Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held on December 11, at Ceylon House, 49 51, East cheap, E.C., Mr. J. U Sanderson (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said: Gentlemen,—
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    REAL CASTLE IN SPAIN.
    374 10 Substantial Fortune For Bristol Bride. Castles in Spain may sometimes prove substantial stone edifices. Mrs. Ellaline .Muriel Parnall, who lives in rooms at Bristol with her husband, Mr. Frank Gordon Parnall, an engineer's draughtsman, has been informed that she has come into a fortune of £250,000
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    Java Rubber Plantations.
    408 10 The report of the Java Rubber Plantations, Limited, states that the crops harvested during the year to September 30 were as follow —Rubber, 18,165 lbs. j coffee, 282 cwts. cocoa, 456 cwts. In consequence of tbe two severe successive droughts during the years 1912 and 1913 in
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    Penang Fishermens' Adventure.
    217 10 Tbe four Chinese who were brought to Singapore by the Pbysa, a steamer belonging to the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company, after being rescued from a sampan, have told their story to the shipping authorities. They are Ng Cliua Bok, Teo Bok Bay, Teo Ng and Tan Bay and
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    ARMED MERCHANTMEN.
    518 10 The Policy of The Admiralty Criticised. The new edition of Rhodea's Shipping An nual contains an article over the signature of Landsman which amounts to a strong indictment of tbe new Admiralty policy of arming merchantmen with guns so as to allow them to pot up a defence
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    DIVIDENDS AND SLAVERY.
    457 10 Britain's Responsibilities in Tbe Tropics. A memorial containing important recommendations regarding British companies in tbeir relations to modern forms of sal very has been sent to Mr. Asquitb, tbe Prime Minister, by the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines' Protection Society. It is signed, among others, by the Archbishop of
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    49 10 Miss Anna Friedlaenderfull, daughter of tbe Coal King of Germany, who has married Lord Redesdale's son, is heiress to five millions sterling. It was stated, when the announcement of the wedding was first made, that the bridegroom will receive a partnership in tbe coal business aa a wedding gift.
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    THE CONDITION OF ALBANIA.
    393 10 Difficult Problems That Awai The New King. The Vienna correspondent of the Messaggero (Rome) sends to bis newspaper an interesting account of the present condition of Albania, furnished to him by a German publicist who has lately made a long journey through t'->t country. "There are
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    JAPANS SHIPPING SUBSIDIES.
    239 10 Bill to be Presented in Next Session. With reference to tbe shipping subsidy question, says The Japan Herald, Mr. Motoda, Minister for Communications, is quoted to tbe effect that inasmuch as the subsidy to be granted to shipping companies after the Panama canal is opened to traffic
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    Rubber Interests in Dutch Indies.
    230 10 A meeting of Dutchmen and foreigners interested in robber cultivation in the Netherlands East Indies was held a few weeks ago at The Hague, when it was decided to incorporate an International Society to promote tbe interests of rubber growers in Netherlands India, for which
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    169 10 The report of the Malay Rubber Planters, Limited, states that the profits for the year to September 80 amount to £11,991, which, added to the balance brought forward (£816), gives a sum of £12,807. This sum the directors propose to deal with as follows:— In payment of:— lnterim dividends (10
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    INSLLINDE ESTATES.
    438 10 Heavy Recruiting Expenses In Sumatra. Presiding on December 5 at the meeting of tbe Insalinde (Sumatra) Rubber and Tobacco Estates, Limited, Mr. J. W. Lintner said that the loss for the year's working amounted to £1,054 6s. 9d., bnt it could hardly be expected, although tbeir output of
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    THE WATERWAYS OF CHINA.
    387 10 How Traffic is Impeded by Official Indifference There is a provision in the treaties that the inland waterways of Chiua t-hall be open and free to commerce. This was considered an important condition to certain r'ghts which China acquired when the treaties were last revised, but
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    First Dreadnought Built in Kobe.
    153 10 On December 14, at the Kawaski Dockyard, tbe Haruna, the greatest warship hitherto built in Kobe, and one in the front rank of tbe world's naval prodigies, was launched by General Prince Fusbitni. The Haruna, which is of the same class as the re-cently-arrived Kongo
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    96 10 The proposed legislation covering the prevention of dead-beating hotels is bow in tbe hands of the f'bilippine Assembly in tbe form of a bill introduced by Delegate Alunan. Tbe bill provides that anyone who gets bis board and lodgings at a hotel by means of fraudulent representations, or who after
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    SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    329 10 Notes in General. Mr. J. Mantascheff, a Russian who, early in December, spont 50,000 guineas at the Newmarket bloodstock sales, offered 65,000 guineas for tbe Cyllene horse Lemberg, who won the English Derby for Mr. Fairlie in 1910. The offer was refused. The Boxing Committee of New York
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    Water Polo.
    132 10 Volunteers v. the R.E. What promises to be a very enjoyable game of water-polo will be played at Pulau lirani ou Sunday morning when a team from the S.R.E. (V)— which company seems capable of most things in work or sport Till meet a team from tbe Royal
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    MANCHESTER EXECUTION.
    213 10 Demonstration by Thousands Of Cotton Hands. The sympathy of the Oldham people with Ernest Kelly who was banged at Manchester oa December 17 for the mnrder of a bookseller named Bardsley, was due to the fact that Edward Hilton, an accomplice of Kelly, was reprieved. The Home Secretary
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    SHIELDS FOR SOLDIERS.
    277 10 SHIELDS FOR SOLDIERS Novel Suggestions of a French Surgeon. The Paris correspondent of The Lancet writes: One of the most interesting of the many surgical observations made by volunteer surgeons in the Balkan war is the report of I >r. O. Laurent, recently rendered to the Academic de Medicine. Dr.
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    KONG LEE PLANTATIONS.
    440 11 eport Recommends a Small Dividend. The report of the Kon« Lee (Peraki Plantations, Limited. stf.Us tliat durini; the year to Au 'ii«t :il n further area of 1(5 acres was >>l.intt'l uith coconuts, mid the total area ol the -tato under cultivation at the, date cf I
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    DECEMBER RUBBER RETURNS.
    419 11 Bhwr itJH I'eruiaU. 5,000 lbs Tebouy.-2:>.000 lbs. Ken.]...-.- 11,(100 lbs. Anglo .Sumatra.— 49,4Bo lbs. Malacca Plantations. 2h7,100 lbs. surplus 3H,4<H) 11>h totul RMOO lbs. Suogei Matant; Kubbcr Co., Ltd.— 6,920 lbs. cumpauy's year to date 43,690 lbs. Henrietta Kubber Kstate, Lt'.— 10,423 lbs. compnny'K year to date
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    732 11 Prices Quoted in tbe Market UH Morning. Singapore, January 8, 1914. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Rxchange an* Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotations this morning Noa. > a- boiau. Saixaai. 9/- Allayar 1.6 114 1 Anglo-Java 4/- 5/1 Auglo-Juhorc 6/- 6 8 2:- Anglo Malay
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    Passengers Overseas.
    828 12 FORTHCOMING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. Latest Lists. The following passenger bookings to the Straits are taken from tho London and China Express. It should be understood that, in some instances, bookings may be provisional and that intending passengers may alter their arrangements, subsequent to the issuance of this list
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    Ziangbe Rubber Company.
    302 12 Mr. A. M. Marshall presided at the third annual meeting of the /iangbe Rubber Company held at Shanghai on December and said the profit and loss account, after deducting interest paid by tbe Dutch company to tbe Shanghai couipiny, the interest paid on tbe overdraft in Java,
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    BUILDING NOVELTY.
    334 12 Models of Stone Pillars on Strand Site. lteguUr frequenters of tbe Strand who have watched tbe progress of the Commonwealth of Australia IH building have been puzzled by the sadden appearance of what were apparently two Im^e white Btonc pillars amid a forest of scaffolding on the western
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    SUNGEI RINCHING RUBBER.
    353 12 Prospects of Good Dividends In The End. The meeting of tho Sungei Rinch.'ng Rubber Company, Limited, was held on December 10. Mr. Herbert Edgington, who presided, said that they had expended on the development of the property during the eight months £2,810. making a total expenditure on
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    Taiping Rubber Plantations.
    166 12 The report of the Taipiog Rubber I'lanta tions. Limited, states that tbe issued capital amounts to £204,210. During tho year to September 80 options were exercised in respect of 17,100 shares. In consideration of the subscription of 11,700 shares options upon 46,800 shares have been extended to
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    Daejan (Java) Rubber.
    164 12 The report of Ibe Uaojan (Java) Itabber Estate, Limited, stated that the following crops were harvested daring tbe year to Juno 30 Rubber, 9,JSo lbs., against 3,9781 lbs. last year; coffee, 412.63 piculg (J4,879 lbs.) against 130.07 piculs (13,217 lbs.) last year. Tbe rubber sold in London
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    KRUBONG PLANTATIONS.
    349 12 No Further Development for The Present. Presiding on December 8 at the fifth ordi a ary general meeting of the Krubong (Malacca) Rubber Plantations, Limited, Mr. T. 0. Owon Raid that the amount ca.-ried from the trading account to the profit and loss Hccount was £2,502, out of
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    NARBOROUGH RUBBER ESTATE.
    408 12 Good Prices at the Singapore Auctions. Tho report of the Narborough (F.M.S.) Rubber Estate, Limited, states that the crop harvested during the year to June 30 amount ed to £51,365 lbs. dry rubber, which realised £9,007, or an average price for all grades of 3s. 6d. per
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    Kelantan Rubber Estates.
    363 12 The report of the Kelantan ltubber Estates, Limited, states that the sum spent on develop ment, including buildings, etc during the year to June 80 amounts to £23,566. The position of the estates, according to the latest telegraphic information (November 24 and December 1), is as follows,
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    KILLINGMALL SYNDICATE.
    463 12 Proposed Increase cf Nominal Capital. The report of tho KillinghaU (Rubber) Development Syndicate, Limited, states that, after writing off tbe sum of £24S for depreciation on bt'Mdings and machinery, there was a net profit ior tbe year to June 80 of £1,218, which with tbe amount of £681
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    BILA RUBBER LANDS.
    558 12 The Visiting Agent's Satisfactory Repcrt. The report of the Bila (Sumatra) Rubber Land;, Limited, states that, according to a survey made in 1912, the properties of this company cover a total area of 61,925 acres. The manager has bten instructed to make arrangements with tl.o Government to
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    76 12 The Maharaja Gaekwar baa appointed Mr. Newton M. Duit as State Librarian of Baroda. Mr. Newton Dutt, who is n the service of the Calcutta Corporation, ser ed for thirteen years in the Strand Ma.azine office, and in other publishing hitisee, including Messrs. Cassell and Co., Kegsn Paul Turbner and
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      1729 14 SINGAPORE 8 ONLY COMPANY. i UWBEBT PAID-UP CAPITAL OF ANY EASTERN COMPANY. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. q THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICB I Winchaater Houm, Singapore. UONDOM OFFICE i 32, Old *rwry, EC The Company has £20.000 deposited with the SopaeoM Osart of England, and eompUas with
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      590 14 INSURANCE. A PURE AND GROWING ESTATE is implied in the holding of a Life Insurance policy. Yet few people realize the truth of this. Take for instanoe a policy for 310,000 which in guaranteed to the estate on the death of the bolder by the payment of small annual deposits
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    THE MOTORING WORLD.
    666 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Small Car or Big Car. The perplexing question whether to buy a small low-priced car or a large and more costly one, writes Atherton Fleming, in The World, inevitably resolves itself into a sort of algebraic equation in which the unknown
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    SHAKY FINANCES OF THE B.M.A.
    353 15 Subscription Increased to Two Guineas. By a large majority a special representative meeting of tbo British Medical Association •greed to raise the membership subscription from 255. to £2 25., with the view of improving the finances of the body. In proposing the change, Dr. J.
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      631 16 SINGAPORE CLIB FIXTURES. Straits Times List. The following fixtures fir tho current week and important forthcoming fixtures aro kindly supplied by the secretaries of the various cluba. Convenient forms on which to make the return* will be supplied on application tc the Manager, Straits Times. Keppel Golf Club. Mondays, Wednesday*
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