The Straits Times, 10 January 1914

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.386 SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. JANUARY 10. 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 276 1 THE CILIBRATID White Horse ictTCH A whisky Establisbii> ...1742. 1 1 Years Old. /TOP NOTCh\ \SCOTCH. Br QrOTfH "^^Mf '.•j I^^^^^l^^^H^^* n^v^ v-/ m a i *3M^ B ▼V iIInJzVI INCLUDING DUTY. PRICE: $1.60 per Bottle. $18.30 per Case. CYLINDER OIL for LUBRICATING GAS OIL ENGINES. CYLINBEAR has been specially
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    • 226 1 ROBINSON 4fc CO. Sole Agents for: "Q A T Ti'TP'XI f^\Tf^T fC The »u.steell\AljlL llxrl \j I IjljJjO GUARANTEED FOR EVER. gp^a *^%> The popular RALEIGH made of Steel IT and without any Malleable Iron Castings /V. as in other Bicycles, is the Triumph Jflt£^^^&s^ r tls 1 Cycle Manufacture.
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    • 9 1 GOODRICH TYRES. Soli gemts I ADAMSON. CILFILIAN CO., LTD.
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  • 969 2 MEXICAN ENVOY ARRIVES IN JAPAN. Only a Mission Of Thanks. Tho Japan Daily Herald (Yokohama), of December 22, publishes the following reference to the arrival of the Mexican Envoy, M. de la Barra, in Japan M. de la Barra, Mexican Special Envoy to Japan, arrived at
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  • 85 2 The success of the V.M.C A.'s campaign for raising money for an industrial school in Chengtu is assured. 150,000 hare already beea guaranteed by the five collecting bands. Keen, friendly rivalry exists between the bands, because the band collecting most money will receive a gold medal and the next a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 248 2 "'Hazeline' Snow" (TRADE MARK) THE ORIGINAL NON-CREASY EMOLLIENT i Soothes {^Sn Preserves Sensitive TU^^ Dainty Skins JS\ Complexions The first application produres a decided im- B^»"^^^= i*| provement in the I i^^Bl^^H^l appearance of the skin. \P^ I Signs of exposure and A ne gl ect disappear. -HA /FUN E"
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    • 13 2 For oooebs and chills. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Core. Sold everjwbtre, 60 ctoti
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    • 421 2 DANDRUFF AND FALLING HAIR Prevented by Im/ rwwk Treatment with CUTICURA SOAP And Cuticura Ointment. Directions: Make a parting and rub gently with Cuticura Ointment. Continue until whole scalp has been gone over. Next moming shampoo with Cuticura Soap. Shampoos alone may be used as often as agreeable, but once
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    • 444 2 New Life and New Health for the Weak and Ailing. Thesufferer need suffer ttolonger. Thcveakiicedbevctik no more. Because "\Yincarais"(f/i<: wineoflife) cre;ttes new health, ucu- strength, new vigour, new vitality and mv life, livery wineglassful of Wincarms makes you stronger, healthier and happier than you were b -for?. From even the
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  • 1048 3 STEFANSSONS SHIP C4RRIED AWAY Explorer Left on the Ice. News of an extraordinary mishap to the Canadian Arctic expedition reached London on December 10 in a special cable from the leader, Mr. Viljalmnr Stefansson, to The Daily Chronicle. Conditions which this experieno ed Arctic explorer describes
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  • 344 3 By usmg tbis method it is elalmr d Oy Under lubrcatiou cost is reduced 9'>% in either St<am, Gas, or Oil Bigioe-4. Fool Con •unoo fon is rtdaoed 5% to 1 and Pi-ton Kiny-Va-.ves and Valve (ie*r« are protected from we r The Borneo CVimpaoy, Limit, d, Singapore
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 574 3 idtf'M FOR LUXURY IN WRITING USE THE (b^\a/A FOUNTPEN It is not a cheap p*a to bay, bat it v cheap to use. It outlasts all others baeanse it be* stiiturlist Hunt point wbleh years of writing do not toaoh. Tbe ink flow is sflisnslln. and only Ul-uafe mi bwafsalwits
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    • 261 3 HEALTH FOR ALL In hot climates nature needs help wholesome nourishment for blood, bones, nerves and muscles. Nothing supplies this nourishment like Scott s Emulsion. Whatever the cause of your weakness, it will make you stronger, healthier and better in every way. For nearly 40 years doctors have recommended genuine
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    • 260 3 RANEEOUNGB GLAZED STONEWARE. Drainpipes and Junctions. ALL SIZES STOCKED. SHARPE, ROSS CO., LD. There are so many Brands it Perfection Whisky on the Mi Market, to protect the public, and to make our Bottle quite re£^ distinctive, we have adopted tbis Orange Ribbon and Seal. Our U^'?A Whisky is so
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 663 4 STEAMER BAIUNQB. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION GO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PENANO, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills ot Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gait, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about— MAIL LINES Homeward (for Europe). I Connecting at
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    • 629 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. nTy7k. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained be twe n Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with tbe Imperial Japanese Government. The New Tnia-pcrew Steamers maintaining this service bavo been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted
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    • 796 4 STEAMER SAILINBS. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LP. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pabang, Bergerah, Kretay, Paka, Tringgann, Biaut, Semera Bachok, Kelantan, Tabai, Bangnara, Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Siogora, Laoon, Kohsamui, Baadon, Langsuen, Taku, Cbumpon, Kohlak and Bangkok. v .i Departure s.s. VUGALA Jan. 1O s.s. PRACHATIPOK Jan. 11 Jan. 14 s.s. BORIBAT Jan.
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    • 513 4 STEAMER SAILINIS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. AND OEUTSCH DAMPr'SCHIFF FAHRTS6ES. "HANSV BREMEN. Combined Service. The steamers of tht so Companies maintain a regular servios between Ha-üburg, Bremen Antwerp. Rotterdam and Emiea anl the Straits, China and Japan. H.ii'if.wsrdp, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hi mburg and one j
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    • 659 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. "nTd. lT NORDOEUTSGHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fist and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting M tr-eillus Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Peri Sad. Suez. Aden, Colombo, Pdnaog Singapore Hongkong, Shanghai. Tsingtau,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 392 5 "JENATZY" TYRES. Hooglandt &c> Co.» Singapore. RUBBER GROWERS ASSOCIATION. iMAHYi RESEARCH FU.VD) Th« Preparation of Plantation Kerosene Oil Engines m J£. Patilin^ Laboratory, Ma'a;a Research Fund THE 'DEAL FUEL IS 100 copVs of tl.ii book have now arrived and may b < rurchatol frox tbe undersigned at tbe fulbning rates:—
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    • 564 5 AUSTRALIA by BURNS PHILP LIKE M*»it-o«» io Java Pc>» Posr Dakwip Tbdesdat Island, BaisßAwa kod Stohit vi« Toiaat SriAiTs. Also taking passengers and cargo witb transhipment for other Victsbiam Soptb Aost, 'liam and Nobtb Qubikslakc Poets, Biiti. h Ni w Guini a, Naw Be; r aid Tashamiam and Niw Zialamd
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    • 599 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR SALE Boy's 'Standard" Bioycle in cxcel'enl condition Co»t $7i>, very little used. Wlut effers? Apply to B 2 3. Robinson Road. 10 1 b 15 1 TO BE LET. 21-2, Wikio Road. Three bed o;m», hall and dining rocm. Gas and Wa'er laid on immodiate entry. Apply
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    • 350 5 Royal Vinolta I Cream Soap. Koy;il \iiioli.i dream Soap pOMetaea liiv;lily henelicinl <|ii;ilities which render it most eficackma in promotin.u the health and heauty of the skin. It yields rich, creamy lather, exceptionally soothing and comforting in its elTect. Henie. ladies, children and all whose skins are delicate or sensitive
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 336 6 j —•■^■■wna^W. JBA S\ mBB^H ■Mj k r JM\ \S .£g4i fj Vl &t b^b^Ll Y^ a^*" *\^l m^r la^dt^B *^r^ 1 5-Ct., 9-Ct. Gold and Sterling Silver ml- t-.,..« To "K C'l'tainm. n.nM C, (flr 1 ~2 2K "WTT B-^P^-i^ A>, f*^. .^aw CSC^O., 33, Rallies Place. —""^^VMM_^^^—i^__ WaSBaaVaaUBmHBB^BHIBBVIBaWHa^BVBBSSHiHBVBIa^B^B^BVB^B^B^B^BIBHBBIaVBHBMMHBVnHMHBSHISMB^B^BMI
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    • 123 6 AUCTION SALE At No. 86, Ftah Im lijad, Ki-ppc! Harbccr, On Satihday, Jamary 10, at'2.Eo r m On vi.w from tho Btb int. POWELL Co, Aoct'cnuts. r<!l 10 1 MORTGAGEES SALE Ot VALIABLE FREEHOLD GODOWN property, situate at moiumf.d SI'LTAN ROAD, SINGAPORE, c LelJ Powell Co.'s Sale-room, On Tuesday, .Jaxcaey
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    • 231 6 ?!adc in Dublin. BOTTLED FOR DIRECT EXPORTATION b, READ BROTHERS, Limit* Dog's Head Guinness with the Dog's Head Label en every bottle. la anperior to any jtout becauM ll it brewed from the only stout water in the world; the DUBLIN WATER. Keeps in all climates. Always uniform and standard
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    • 125 6 INSIST ON GETTING "SHELL" i g f\ m aCdSOII&DIG LSrOS nn Salp Ull kJdIC. KONG HIN6 GHEON6 4 CO., Adelphi Hotel Building*. Branch; 70. BUbop Street. Penanß JUST ARRIVED: The yer y Best Bismarck Herrings. Marinlert ardaths bouquet cigarettes .shoppiioJtatiif House o« Lords kYvL-. $1.60 per 100. Sett Habana tigari
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  • 101 7 FIXTURES. .Saturday, January 10. High Water, 8.21 a.m., 10.30 p.m. Sunday, January 11. High Water, 9.10 a.m., 11.9 p.m. Monday, January 12. High Water, 9.i6 a.m., 11 45 p.m. N. D. L. homeward mail due. Tuesday, January 13. High Water. 10. 19 a.m. Wednesday, January 14. High
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  • 154 7 To-DAY. MM NaflkMl l'-engkalis, Siak and Pakan Barue Brouwcr 8 pm l'< ii.iug and Calcutta Dunera 8 pm Batu l'aliat Hong Wan Bpm Malacca, P. Swettenham and Penang Klang 3 pm Mni. I.:il>'.i;m. .Tc -selton, Ku.iat, Samlakau, etc. Marudu 8 pm Manila, Hongkong and .lapan Talthybius Bpm
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  • 224 7 The Imp. German mail steamer Buelow left Hongkong at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 7, and may be expected to arrive here at 10 a.m. on Sunday, January 11. She will probably be despatched for Europe at noon on Monday, January 12. The P. and O. outward
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  • 103 7 Wharves at which Vessels arc Berthed To-Day. TANJONG PAGAR. Bast Wharf Basin Hong Moh. W. Section No. I... Taroba, Dunera. Sriibs Wbabf Deli. Main W. S«ct. No. 2...F, F. Ferdinand. 8.. .Nil 4...XU. 6 ..Nil. 6...Tsurugisan Mara, Patani, Kum Sang. Niw Docb 7.
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  • 158 7 Arrivals. Per str. Perak, Jan 10.— From T. Anson via ports Messrs. F. W. Owen, C. F. Kobins H. W. Caldtidge, Ah Chye and Mrs. Ng Ha]> Choon. Per str. Taroba, Jan 10. From Madras Messrs. E. K. Conmbes, A. de B. C'liarh-, W. Hudson, E. B.
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  • 370 7 Latest Arrivals. (ineisonau, <iir. Cruiser I'eOOtons, 7SO crew £8 guns, 1 1800 h.p. Com. Bruningbaup, 1. l ii 9. Kroni Amoy, Unc. Kds. De /.even Provincien, H. N. M. Cruiser 6525 tons. 420 crew 20 guns 8000 h.p. Com. Castcodvk, .lan 10. From Tandjong Priok, tm i Vor
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  • 275 7 EXCHANGE Sinoapou, Jam irv*lo, 1914. On Lohdom Bank 4 m/s 2/4 Demand 8/4 J Private 8 m/i S/4J} 8 m/s 2/4^ O« Oiu»i Bank d/d 26(4 Private 8 m/s m '24 1, Oa Franoi Bank d/d 294 i Private 8 m/s tOl On India Bank T. T.
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 189 7 iv£3 Buyerf BeUew [0 10 Ampang 9.10 10,00 1 1 Ayer Weng I.CO 10 10 Belat 2.40 2.70 10 10 Bruang 050 0.76 10 10 Kampar 10.25 10 10 Kauaboi 1.80 1.80 10 10 Kinta Association 11.00 I'J.CO 61 £1 Kinta Tin 1.10.0 1.16.0 E! £1 Lahat Minec 4.2S
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    • 627 7 2/. 3/- Allagat 1/6 2/£1 £1 Anglo Java 8/9 4/9 2/- 3/- Anglo-Malay 8,9 9/6 If- 2/- Batons Malaka -/9 1/8 £1 £1 Batn Tiga 2.1.0 2.7.6 norn 3/- 2/- Bekoh -/6 -/9 £1 £1 Bnkit Kajang 1.7.6 1.12.1 £1 £1 Bokit Lintan'g 2.2.6 2.10.0 norn II- 2/- Bukit
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    • 125 7 £1 £1 B. Smelting Co. 12/0 14 6 £1 61 Pref. 1.2.0 1.8.6 6/- 6/- Electric Tways 4/- 4,8 10 10 Fraaer Neave 68/0 55/0 50 60 Hammer A Co. ICO.CO 1C7.50 100 Howarth Brakioe 45.(0 100 7%Pref. 100.00 100 100 Kata Bro, Del. 180.00 140.00 10 10 Maynard
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 346 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 residential property known as FernhiU, Orange Grove Road and Nos. 64, 05 and 66, Kanisah Marican Road, at 2.80. January 14. At saleroom, Chinese furniture, etc.,
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    • 130 7 OF ALL EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES BOUTON ROUGE ARE THE BEST. SOLE AGENTS FOR ROCK DRILLS. Vjiv Telephone k Yf^C\ 425 SING, OVfflJ^ i^ T,U««: c-^ In the S. African Government \VL)\O"^ <s>^ Stope Drill Contest Johannesburg. \\V 1909-10. these Drills divided the FIRST and SECOND PRIZES Of £5,000 IN COMPETITION WITH
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    • 67 7 A MOST ENJOYABLE MULTI-REEL FILM: THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE Depicting a Great Imaginary Expedition to tbe Polar Rsgions, HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, NORTH BKIOGB LOAD. IN CONMICriOM WITH SO RUNS THI WAY. (Social Comedy) A.B. NKVKR KNOWN TO SMIL*. (Farce Comedy) A.B. THI SMUGGLER'S PRISONER, (rhr.llinx Drama) MEU3S. SCENT INO
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  • 1186 8 The Straits Times. SATURDAY, JANUARY 10. DISRAELI AND THE WHIGS. It is just a hundred and ten years since Benjamin Disaeli was born, and nearly thirty-three years have passed since be died. Vet the making of books about him is far from complete, and the interest in his life, in
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  • 11 8 Latest advertisements of the day appear on page S and 11.
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  • 12 8 Pen-ny Assizes commence on January 19, and Malacoa Assizes on February 2.
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  • 18 8 On Sunday, January 18, at 8.80 a.m., there will be a service in English at tbe Jobore Cburcb.
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  • 19 8 The output of SaDgei Gap for December is as follows -Tributers 24 piculs, battery 226 picnls, total 249 piculs.
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  • 28 8 Cnder the Societies Ordinance the following societies have ceased to exist The Malacca Recreation Club, the Malacca Football Association, the Malacca Choral Society and the Gio Siong Keng.
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  • 43 8 W e understand that a very interesting breach of promise of marriage case, in which large damages are claimed, will shortly engage the attention of the court. Mr. E. M. Tozer is appearing for tbe fair plaintiff and Mr. Braddell for the defendant.
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  • 39 8 It is notified in tbe Gazette that the King's Exequatur, empowering Senor Don Manuel Zuniga Medina to act as Chilean ConsulGeneral at Calcutta, with Consular jurisdic tion also in tbe British Colonies in Asia, has received Uis Majesty's signature.
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  • 44 8 The total fatalities from plague on the east coast of Java during 1918 was 9,922. Of these 0,636 occurred in Malang; 1,481 in Kediri 817 in Paree 361 in Toeloenga goeng 346 in Soerabaya and 145 in Ngandjoek. The total for 1912 was 2,186.
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  • 46 8 Great precautions are being taken by the Kedau authorities as regards the water supply of Alor Star owing to tbe cholera epidemic, and Tbe Straits Echo understands that several tons of Penang water are beirg conveyed to that port by every trip of the steamer Kedab.
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  • 47 8 The ladies of Province Wellesley have formed a literary circle by means of which it is hoped to introduce a greater measure of sweetness and light, in other words culture," into tbe rather humdrum existence of tbe average planter's wife iv a somewhat scattered district. Straits Echo.
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  • 52 8 The first section of the German wireless telegraph system in tbe South Seas has just been opened to public use with the inauguration of the stations on the islands of Yap and Nauru. Telegrams to Nauru are despatched by cable as far as Yap, and are sent on thence by
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  • 49 8 The price of quinine has just been raised considerably. This is tbe second advance announced by the makers since the agree ment was sigued between the American and Kuropean manufacturers of quinine and the growers in Java of the cinchona tree, from the bark of which quinine is produced.
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  • 53 8 The Borneo Trading and Development Company has been registered with a capital of £60,000, in £1 shares, to acquire, deal with, and turn to account concessions, plantations, forest, and trading rights, etc., and to adopt an agreement with A. J. Dukon, private company. The office is at 425-428, Moorgate Station,
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  • 58 8 Capt. Stroatfeild, R.N., M.V.0., of H.M S. Triumph, an enthusiastic advocate of the Boy Scouts movement, outlined to a large and interested gathering of St. Joseph's College Scouts at Hongkong his plans for extending the usefulness of this corps, which already numbers over 120 members, by supplementing their land training
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  • 92 8 Mr. James Irving, as agent of the steamer Ghee Thye, appeared before Mr. M. h. Sherwood in the third c urt at Penang, on Thursday, on a summons issued at the instance of Mr. E. S. Kitto, of the General Post Office, lor failing to give reasonable notice in writ
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  • 80 8 The American Consul at Singapore states in a recent report that in 1909 there were registered in the Singapore municipality 6°29 coffee shops, while in 1913 these have increased to 827. These coffee shops are patronised by the Chinese population, and the opinion has been expressed that tie substantial increase
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  • 120 8 It will be interesting to the Crown Colonies in the Far East, says the L. and C. Exprts?, to learn that it has been practically decided that at no very distant date the Admiralty •>ill take over from the War Office the control of the fortifications guarding our ports and
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  • 136 8 The German cruiser Uneisenau, with Capt. Zur See BrnniDgbaug in command, arrived in port yesterday from Aruoy. She will remain here until the lH*h, but her next destination is uncertain. Tua Ciceisenau has a tonnage of 11,600 and mfal a crew oi 750. To day tlw captain, a. cot: paniod
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  • 387 8 Mr. N. K. Sedwick Las beeu appointed a deputy to the Superintendent of Cuandu and Liquors Revenue. Colonel R. Williams, M. P., and Mrs. and the Misses Wiliains have returned to England from their visit to Java. Mr. W. Rawson, late of Cbangkat Serdang estate, has taken
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  • 57 8 In response to numerous enquiries by many who were unable to bo present on Saturday last, in consequence of the inclemency of the weather, Freear has derided to appear again in bis Frivolities (with many changes) in tbe Victoria Theatre on bis return from China and Japan in
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  • 99 8 No' ice is givcu that an extraordinary general meeting of the above company will be held at tho Company's Registered Office, Damar Road, Singapore, on Monday, January 19, to fill a casual vacancy in the office of auditor. Mr. W. P. Pluuiuier considers it necessary to resign
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  • 136 8 Tho draft of an ordinance to amend the Holidays Ordinance 1879 is printed in the current issue of the Government Gazette. Tbe objects and reasons state This Bill provides that the first day after the close of the Mohamuiadan fasting month which is observed as v holiday
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  • 209 8 A meeting of the shareholders of the Bank en Ilandelsvereenigiog Naudin ten Gate and Co. was held in the Hotel de Boer, Mcdan, on the sth iust. The meeting was convened by the Notary Public and Mr. do Heer, who presided. There were present 16
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 261 8 HAWKER'S "PEDLAR" BRAND P r*^ w fl. F^i By Royal Appointment to His Majesty The King. The Best "Pick-me-up" Liqueur obtainable. Per Quart Bottle $2.OO, less 5%. (Duty Extra CALDBECK, MAGGREGOR GO. SOLE AGENTS. Trunks and High-Class Travelling Outfits. THE GLOBE TROTTER." Biitain'p Best Fibre Trnik, 84', $46. OO. Cata'ogue
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    • 177 8 TWO SPLENDID SUBJECTS Throughly appreciative and well above tbe ordinary, viz FOUND AGAIN A Vitascope Comedy Drama IN 3 PARTS WIFFLEB AND THE AFRICAN POTENTATE An M. Prince Special in a Part* NEW NUMBER OF PATHE S ANIMATED GAZETTE ENJOYABLE SECOND-SHOW PROGRAMME 9.80 to 11 ph. AT THE ALHAMBRA Biach
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  • 164 9 PROSECUTOR AS COUNSEL FOR DEFENCE. Sentence to be Passed To-day. Rbutbr's Iblboram. London, January 9. At the Strassburg trial, the Prosecutor contended that as the civil authority at Zabern failed to maintain order, Col. Ktuter had not arrogated to himself executive authority in defending the honour of
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  • 153 9 GRAVE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TRANSVAAL. Attempt to Destroy Railway. Ukl'tek's Telegram. London, January 9. A .l,iln'ic-sburi» message says a ganger discovered three sticks of dynamite and a detonator uudcr the line between Witpoortje and Luipaard's Vlei just before the arrival of the /eerust train. A proclamation has
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  • 121 9 DISCUSSION ON LLOYD GEORGE VIEWS. Help Promised to Mr. Churchill Reoter's Telborax. London, January 9. Sir Stanley Buckmaster, Solicitor General, speaking at Keighley, said there was no divi sion iv the Government on the subject of the navy. Their p;licy remained tho same -to preserve the
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  • 103 9 Kiltie's Tblioham London. January 9. The Daily Chrouiclu report! that Mr. As juitli visits Paris next week. Mr. Lloyd Oeorgc shortened his tour in Algeria where there is hcivy snow, and is returning to Eugland. The Fronch papers statr-l that ho hi 1 been telegraphically recalled but this
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  • 26 9 KIL-TEBS TeLEORA*. London, January 10. The Ulster indemnity fund has now become operative as the fund has reiched the bum of one milliou.
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  • 89 9 Quarrels with Superior Officers. KlOtlK TaLBQBA*. London, January 9. It is stated in well informed quarters that the Crown Prince's transfer from Danzig was owing to his unsatisfactory relations with superior officers, including his adviser, a trusted friend of the Kaiser. The un willingness of the Crown
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  • 52 9 Rectbe's Tbivoram London, January 9. Lord Haldane at Edinburgh mentioned that Sir C. A. Cripps, who has been made a BaroD, will be a Law Lord. There are now twelve Law Lords and thus the work of getting the suprome tribunal of the Empire into proper orfer
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  • 34 9 Rioter's Telegram. London, January 10. A Madrid message says the Hispano-Amr-rican bank has reopened, after paying all current accounts under 800 sterling in fall and 25 per cent on the larger accounts.
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  • 81 9 Dek Ostasiatischb Lloyd Tkleor.si. Berlin, January 9. The power of Enver Bey is strengthened by the appointment of his brother in law, Ismacl Hakki, to be second Chief of the General Staff. The Porto has decided to increase the number of officers of the British naval mission. Investigation
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  • 44 9 (Fkom Ock Own Correspondent.) London, January 9. The exports of rubber from tha F.M.S. during 1911! totalled 23,463 ton. The amount exported during December was .I.Hfl 1,000 lbs. Bukit Kijah Rubber Company is paying an interim dividend of t.-n per cent.
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  • 268 9 Handicaps and Scrauhings For To-day. (From Oik Own Correspondent.) Penang, January 10. Following are the handicaps for to-mor-row's race meeting, the horses star red being scratched GuiFt'iN Handicap. Distance, one mile and a distance. The Gay Gordon 11.7, Pretty Polly 9.13, Gossip 9.12, Lucky Jack H. 12,
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  • 80 9 By the kind permission of Lit-ut.Col. A. G. Marrable and his officers, the band of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry will play the following selection of music in the Beta: ie Gardens, on Tuesday, January 13, weather permitting, commenciog at 9 p.m: March Loyal
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  • 46 9 The engagement is announced, aud the marriage will shortly tak« place, b^twwn William Nicol Eider, second son of Dr. William Nicol Elder, M l>. Edinburgh, and Mary, third daughter of tho late Mr K Hard 1 Birkbeck aud Mrs. Edward Birkbeck, 1 iru ham. S i;rey.
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  • 664 9 AMALGAMATION OF IMPORTANT INTERESTS. A £700,000 Company. Borneo has attained an important position as an oil bearing territory, and its importance appears to be growing, writes a correspondent in The Times. For a long time production on a commercial scale was confined to Dutch Borneo, including
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  • 302 9 An Interesting Story From Nanking A big robbery of bank notes from the Financial Department at Nanking was detailed at the Mixed Court, Shanghai, recently, when a Chinese, who had been arrested at the request of the Chinese authorities was charged in connection with a theft of
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  • 37 9 Mr. Liurgnz, of the firm of Carlowitz and Company, after stay in Hongkong extend iiig over more than 12 years, has left for Shanghai, where he will tike over the management uf the firm at that port.
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  • 819 9 ACTIVITIES OF THE LOCAL Y.W.CA. The Appeal for Funds, There was held in the Victoria Memoria Hall last evening the annual meeting o tbe Y.W.CA. in Singapore. There was quite a good attendance over which the Rev. H. O. Peile presided. With him on the platform were
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  • 169 9 Passenger Who Missed His Ship At Singapore A yonng Englishman named L. Sparrow, bailing from Rochester, and unemployed, was charged at Shanghai with being a stowaway on board the steamer Gbazee, at Hongkong, for passage to Shanghai. He pleaded guilty, and the Gbazee captain stated that he was
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  • 48 9 Every province of China baa sent one or two representatives to Peking with a view to making Confucianism the State religion of China, says The Peking Daily News. Civil Governor Li and Tutub Lang of Kwangtung have sent (wo representatives who are now on the way to Peking.
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  • 243 9 Eight Years' Imprisonment For Fox. Mr. Justice Sproule and the special jury trying the case of Alexander Frederick Fox at the Assizes, sat till half past five yesterday evening before disposing of it. Fox's defence was that the girl followed him up country of her own volition
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  • 254 9 The World's Greatest Dramatic Singer. She is the greatest dramatic singer the world has known," so spake Jean de Reszke, the greatest operatic tenor of his age, of Lillian Nordica, the operatic soprano, who is now on a tour of the world and who is appearing in the
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  • 225 9 Sudden Death of Well-known Dramatist Mr. Stanley Houghton, the author of Hindle Wakes and other plays, died in Manchester on December 11, after a brief illness. Mr. Houghton was known as the leader of the Manchester School of dramatists. He was one whose early successes led many
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  • 280 9 The Most Northerly Station In China. Away out beyond Kalgan there is now working an op- to date wireless telegraph station, the farthest north in China, its two tapering 225 ft. wooden masts forming a new landmark. The sta'ion has been fitted up to the order of
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  • 1934 9 PROSPECTS FOR THE SPRING HANDICAPS. To-day's English Cup Ties. London, December 19. It is another index to the smountof money there is in bloodstock at present, that Tracery who has joat gone to the stnd, should find his subscription almost full immediately at 400 guineas. Twenty five mares
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  • 2205 10 (From A Coruspomdikt.) Kuala Lumpur, January 8. Our only incinerator, which of course if under the Sanitary Board, is situated on the Petaling Hills near the golf course and in a locality that is quickly being built up into a residential quarter. Here are situated about fifty
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  • 109 10 Lanadron.— 89,412 lbs. Clnny.— ll,lso lbs. Sandycroft.— lB,ol4 lbs. Batu Village —2,809 lbs. Tanah Merah-1,184 lbs. Semambu. 1. 1.", i lbs. Cheng.— l2,Bos lbs. Kukub.— s,B47 lbs. Kota 8ahru.— 17,867 lbs. Bukit Toh A1ang.— 5,207 lbs. Kinta Kellas.— l2,6oo lbs. Ooodheart.— l,l4s lbs. Ledbury.— 3s,l77 lbs. Senawang.
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  • 2814 10 The retirement of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain from political life announced this week lends interest to the following character study which appeared in The Liberal Daily News and Leader about eighteen months ago over the pen of A.G.G., who was at tbe time contributing a number
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  • 645 10 Notes in General. The dates for the Easter Skye mooting of the Selangor Turf Club have been fixea for Saturday, April 11, and Easter Monday, April 18. Football. Championship Tables. The following were the positions of the Leagues when :£io mail left home on December 19:— Matches. Goals.
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  • 32 10 An extensive coalfield is reported to have been discovered on tho Western Coast of Kabafuto (Saghalien). The Japanese Departmeut of Agriculture and Commerce will despatch experts to examine the deposits next spring.
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  • 63 10 To-night's features at the Alhambra are a three-reel film drama entitled Found Again, and a two-reel comedy, Wifflos and tbe African Potentate, besides a new number of Path.'' s Animated Gazette. The Marl borough is featuring a Kalem two-reel production At the Foot of tbe Scaffold, and another two part
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 594 11 Norn. Valoi. Botibs. Suuii. 3/- A.lla«ar 1/0 2/4 1 Anglo Java 4/- 5/1 Anglo Jobore 6/8 8/- Anglo Malay 8,9 9,6 1 Ayer Kuuing 8/- 10/ b 3/- Batang Malaka 1/S 4 1 liatu Caves 140/- 165/nom x.d. 1 batu Tiga 42,6 SO/1 Bukit Kajang '27/6 32/8/- Bukit
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    • 90 11 10 Franer and N ave Ld 63.50 65.0 5 110 Howarth ErHkine Ld. 40.00 45.00 100 7% Pref. 90.00 103.00 10 Maynard Oft Ltd. 16.00 17.00 10 C.A.Ribeiro* Co., Ltd. 10.50 ll.OOnom IM R.Haturoavc Co. Ld. SO 00 105.00 100 7% Pref. 90.00 ***** 1 Shell Transport *Tg Co.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 104 11 To Urn F.li'.i r i f Llir S'.r.iiU Times. Sir, —Am r< !>n Mnution has been made ill. utifyii.v B>y«ell id that of my brother frt >!• i itk Kox, ot Messrs. Robinson and Co., with tbe name of Alexander Frederick Fox, who i- now on his trial before
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    • 226 11 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— A short time ago at a special meeting of tlie Muuicipal Commissioners, the President pointed out how the municipality were robbed by uii just landlords. He was quite ii<;lit in all he said, as I know from over twenty years
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    • 398 11 Sunday, January 11, 1914. St. Asukkw'm Catiikdual. First Sunday after Kpiphany. 7 a.m. Holy Communion (Plain). 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral), Introit, HI Si -rvice, Smart Hymn at Offertory, ft; Hymn at Communion, :U8 Hymn at Ablutions. US; Nunc Dimittis. 9.15 am.— Matins and Litany. First Lesson, Isiiiuh
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  • 60 11 Accurilinu toTheChina Mail. the Hongkong branch of tin- Chartered liauk of India, Aus trulia and China lost J8.300 on Dcceuibcr 24 by honouring a cheque, drawn upon the account of a wealthy customer, wlncli suljm jiit-ntly turned out to be forged. The polico wero communicated with, ami the detective stuff
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 50 11 I Coughing into < Consumption •■Only a Couch hut you Btop it while it i- ONLY a cough. WATEBBURYS rVITACCLIZED HO LIVER OIL COMPOUND The li' .'.'.ion aciii for cniiil-i iaej ci'VJie r-ot'yln. CTJIIES that i* only a m i.. 1 1 y palatable. or a i.i. cHuuvm pLta cad
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    • 48 11 A bather went to bathe, named Bowes, A wicked urchin stole bis clothes, How he got h me nobody knows He wasn't dry. You should have heard the words be swore, Woise thin he'd ever I aid before He then took Wood- 1 Great Peppermint CoreHe didn't die
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    • 483 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. A PROGRAMME HARD TO BEAT F r the fcalurts it presents, is boing pnt on AT THE MARLBOROUGH PICTURE THEATRE, BFACH ROAP, TO-NIGHT. Second Show, 9 30 to 11 p.m. AND CONTAINS TWO 2-REEL FILMS AT THE FOOT OF THE SCAFFOLD A Splendid two-peeler Drama by the Htpworth
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    • 274 11 The Latest Craze TANGO TANGO 'MAURICE TANGO SUNSHINE TANGO (ARGENTINE TANGO I TANGO LAND A (NEGRETTA TANGO C 226 (WEDDING of the ROSE S.Moutrie&Co.,Ld. RAFFLES PLACE. Distributors for "His Master's Voice Machines and Records. THE ORIENTAL SPECIFIC is tbe Specific for the Specif] complaint and of whati v..r Rtandiog. Prioe
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    • 159 11 BIIiHELIN EANS ORE I LEAGE DUPIRE BROTHERS, AGENTS. RAFFLES HOTEL. Special Dinner TO-NIGHT. Dancing after Dinner. MUSIC BY THE PARISIAN TRIO. The Brighton of Singapore. STonnto. m m Tel. 835. h fg Billiard* ea Vi e w Hotel Electric Light and Fans. ANNEXE siNOU ft double rooms, (jrovc Hotel Grove
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  • 1408 12 IMPENDING FLOOD OF BIG lOANS. Effect on Old Securities la one roppect the year 191:1 U coniinp to a very unsatisfactory end, states Tbe Daily Telegraph, of December 9. In the financial. as well as in the political, world, it is leaving behind it an unusual amount
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  • 876 12 Boyhood Days of a Misunderstood Genius. In bis youth Beethoven passed among the common people of Vienna for a fool, says The Hamburger Nacbrichten, and many even of the cultured and musical set were convinced of his madness. A work published by Hoffmann, of Stuttgart, entitled
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  • 1765 12 On December 12, Macmillan's published Theodore Roosevelt, an autobiography, which was reviewed in The Evening Standard as follows With such a figure as ex-President Roosevelt as the centrepiece, and bis career as the surrounding, a big book might be expected. Here it is, in more than ono sense
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  • 584 12 Forthcoming Arrivals and departures. The following j as-ergcr bookings to the Straits are taken trom the London and China Express. It should be understood that, in some instances, bookings may be provisional and that intending passengers may alter their arrangement*, subsequent to the issnanoe of this list in
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 287 12 Crude Oil Engines IN STOCK. One Horizontal Robson Crude Oil Engine 3ts B. 11. P., newly arrived and can be seen on testin; bench. PRICE $450. One Horizontal Robson Crude Oil Engine 32 B. H. P., Newly arrived and ready for shipment. PRICE $2,200. The Singapore General Electrical Engineering CO.,
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    • 46 13 fe leading B I beer in t\)\% I couuftnj and efluuatcd bxj Everybody! SoU Agents m 6cl)n.mctjcr&C o Ctd. DIAMOND GROOVED MANGLES *W FOR SHEET RUBBER. LATEX CUPS. GLASS. PORCELAIN. ALUMINIUM. TERNE PLATE. FULL STOCKS ON HAND. CATALOGUES AND PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION. Malacca, Seremban and London.
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    • 478 13 ONE DOLLAR BARGAINS AT WHITEftWAY'S CHEAP SALE. wtk ri%m d byt Qalte ths latent B»yle and \>y C f much worn. White with.- oharcd Wonderful Value in Ladiet' White b"^ StraW edKi Fl in n%v^ Cawn 810u5... stj.e as sVetch. Tri m „o.n. J*^ B^T^oXutTZ* acd Swiss Embroidery and fine
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 1148 14 LARBEBT PAID-UP CAPITAL OF AMY EABTERM COMPANY. A PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. 9 THE GREAT EASTERN UFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE i Winchester HouM, Singapore LONDON OFFICE I SS, O- Jawry, EC The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supnma Ooart of Bngland, and complies witb tba Britiab Life Assuranoe
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    • 575 14 BAWKWa. OEUT»CH-«8l»TI8CHE B/MK. ••in Mis dp ciPim IN lull 7,IOO,M«). Head Ofßco. Shanghai, Board of Direotors... ..Ber in. BRANCHES i Borlia, Calootta, Hamborg, Canton Hankow, Hongkong, Kob. Poking, Tientsin, Tsinanfu, Tsicgtau, Yokohama. THE FOLLOWING BANKS AND BANKERS ARE REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Bank foer Handel und Industrie Berliner
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    • 1100 14 INSURANCE. A PURE AND GROWING ESTATE is implied in the holding of a Life losurance policy. Yet few people realize the truth of this. Take for instance a policy for 1 10,000 which is guaranteed to the estate on the death of the bolder by the payment of small anun&l
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  • 984 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Some Stirring Recollections. Writing in The Daily Chronicle of December 10, Charles L. Freeston says Thrilling memories are recalled by the death of Camille Jenatzy, wbo was killed in the Belgian Ardennes by a dumdum ballet while on a hunting expedition.
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  • 140 15 Nature's mockery of eugenics was strikingly illustrated in Jersey City, when the first prize in the better babies contest was awarded to a boy fourteen months old, wbo was appraised by tbe judges at 100 per cent, perfect." The Telegraph says the child is a waif
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 167 15 WESTINGHOUSE SILENT, ROCKER-JOINT CHAIN DRIVES iMORSE PATENTS) SILENT RUNNING HIGH SPEED FLEXIBLE GEARING. THE IDEAL DRIVE FOR RUBBER ESTATES. We are now fitting these into several Estates, and indeed, Chains of another make are presently being discarded in favour of the WESTINGHOUSE SOLE AGENTS I Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. FORD
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    • 147 15 I I If you want a really m I FIRST CLASS TYRE I I use only S CONTINENTALI I ili-Ribbed t Square Tread. M Ih HI I FRESH STOCKS I from all dealers and garages or from the K I CONTINENTAL TYRE AND RUBBER CO. 1 Abrams' Motor Hiring Transport
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 899 16 "FIBROCEMENT" j Is made of the best PORTLAND CEMENT reinforced wi'.h Asbestos. It has therefore the strength and durability of CONCRETE, and the FIRE and HEAT resisting qualities of ASBESTOS. R SUPPLIES IN H 0 A s Slates for Roofs J I Sheets for Ceilings. r On C U•• They
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    • 537 16 TO BE LET OR SOLD. HOWE TO UT. No. .16-15. Ntil Rotd, to be lot. Apply to Tan Cbow Pin, No. M, 1! ut Qaay. 6 1 10 1 FiifiNlbHEO REBIDENCEB TO LET. Bon Ledi, oC Tanjong Katocg and 400, Serangoou lioad. Apply H. Somapab. 19, Raffle" Place, or 017,
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    • 663 16 NOTICES. GUAN KIAT CO., 37. Phillip Street. Ship-Chani>lki:s, Oovkknmknt and Minhipal Contractors, Gknkral Imi-ortki:s and E "OUTERS AND C'IMMISSION AI.KNTS, Sol* Agents for Globe Fluid The Ideal K.uid for Craning and Prcterving Boilers. New Shipment Just Imported i iAsbestcs Llit Co.-d Millboard, racking, Sheets, Tape, Screw Auger?, American Axe?, Moulder's
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    • 499 16 ARTICLES FOR SALE. FMMU. I'o y and Tarriage. Mai! $;76. Apply A.J. Amcry, Victoria Street. M 18 1 FURNITURE FOR SALE. At a very rcodeiata price, pifficient to completely turnieh a flat. Apply C D c/o Straits Times. 21 14 1 COMPOUND HOUSE FOR SALE. No. 6), Scotts Risd. For
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    • 681 16 SINGAPORE CLU. FIXTURES. Straits Times List. The following fixtures fir tho current week and important forthcoming fixtures are kindly supplied by tho socrctarics of tho various dubs. Convenient forms on which to make the returns will be supplied on application to the Manager, Straits Times. Keppel Golf Club. Mondays, Wednesdays
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