The Straits Times, 11 April 1914

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.461 SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. APRIL 11. 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      335 1 Si > IEVERTCOPrWAHTStT Real Habana Cigars with Sumatra Cover are the The greatest featoro and moot important point in connection with ARDATH CABINET CIGARS is, that they are manufactured by skilled workmen, and under strictly hygienic principles. ARDATH CABINET CIGARS are manufactured from tbe (toest tobacco grown m virgin soil,
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      59 1 Be Business-like Whatever the extent of your correspondence may be, thi pen should only be used (or tbe signature. We have TYPEWRITERS with all the latest attachments at prices to suit ill pockets. W e arc offering a few enquirers Free coupons, which will entitle the holders to a special
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      126 1 ROBINSON CO. For the Coining Race Meeting. Ladies' Department. A -8 NEW SHIPMENTS 0F GOODS /I jtti*\ 0L CONTINUALLY ARRIVING ms&n%lr DRESS FABRICS AND SILKS FOR EVENING BB^f'SSl AND AFTERNOON WEAR. ff INN NEW SHADOW LAOE3. \T I Ml, VEILINGS AND RIBBONS. V*JmsJ STRAWS, FLOWERS AND PLUMES. JijHr BMART AND
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      9 1 GOODRICH TYRES. Solk Aunts ADAMSON. GILFILLAN 4 CO., LTD.
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    Lawn Tennis.
    752 2 BEST AGE FOR PLAYING THE GAME. Experience v. Youth. It baa often been an interesting question, aays tbe London Standard, for discussion as to what age, assuming that no prolonged break has occurred in his career, a player should be at his best. His best time has frequently
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    Modern Crusoes.
    258 2 Tbe stirrin" story of a wreck in tbe South Seas was told oo tbe arrival at Havre from New York of the liner Kochambeau, which had aboard CV.pt. Ducos, the commander of a sailing ship, the Tour d'Auvergne, which was lost last October off the Palmerston Islands. The
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    19 2 It's hard to be poor, but, all the same, it is one of the easiest things in the world.
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    24 2 It is said that a man is most proud of himself between forty and fifty. Of coarse, that is when he is getting on."
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      117 2 Study your Complexion M%r if you have a beautiful skin and complexion preserve them with ,M I! "'Hazeline' Snow" 1 IT (trait Hark) ijiil U yA\ It charms away roughness, tenderness, jg££&&^L 7 VGA sunburn, greasiness, eruptions {^fiipSU^VJ//j¥/ VftV\\ v and the disfiguring effects of all f \v^\ l helps
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      15 2 For coogbß and chills. Take Wocds' Oreat Peppermint Cure. Sold erery where, 80 cents uo.tii
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      413 2 Loveliness of Skin and Hair Preservedby Cuticura Soap And Cuticura Ointment. No others do so much for poor complexions, dandruff, and dry, thin, falling hair. CutlrurmSoapiindOlntDwntKoldfvmrwiHrc 8»mDlo or each wlih 32 p. bouk free from neurrat dopot: Ncwberr. 27. <;h»rlcrliou.ie Kg LondoD: R. Town Cci Sydney. H. S W.; Lennoo.
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      921 2 BALEB BY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE. IN THE COURT OF THE JUDICIAL COMMISSIJNER AT KUALA LUMPUR CIVIL SUIT NO. 175 OF 1918. In the matter of August Huttenbach and Ludw g Huttenbach Plaintiffs. William Henry Crompton and Wee 1U P L«r Defendant* TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION O» Wedneiday, April
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    Empire Impressions.
    1086 3 ADDRESS BY UNDERSECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES. Lord Emmotl's Tour. There was a crowded attendance at the Whitehall Rooms of the Hotel Metropole on Match 10 to hear Lord Emmott, Undersecretary for the Colonies, deliver his address an Impressions of an Empire Tonr. His lordship was a member of
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      639 3 SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE Ol UAJKiK COLLECTION OF FLOWERIV, \M) FOLIAGE PLANTS, To be Leld at No. 4. .Ta'.an Rajah eft Balestier Road, On Satokdav, April 18, at 2.30 Mfc Coroprißinw: Sttpdanotin. Clematis. Ro?e TrtiH, (Ir.uod ('refolds, Farlcycnse, Maiden Hair, Li">e and Ftatbet Forns, lie eto (On vi w
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      787 3 NOTICES. GOVERNMENTJF JOHORE. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. Tenders are hereby invited for the following services of which full par icu'ars m»y be aiccrtained and ail ncce-sary plans fetu dA the P. W. D. Offic?, Johore Bahrn, on any diy, Fridays exempted, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 SO p.m.
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      352 3 LOSS OF FLESH is a common indication of an im< poverithed blood supply and should not be neglected. But, whatever the cause, extra nourishment is needed. SCOTT'S Emulsion is the remedy that enriches the blood, aids food assimilation, creates appetite and brings back the colour, energy and strength of glorious
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      967 3 STEAMER SAILINGS. AUSTRIAN LLOYD UNDER MAIL J 9^ rViFH THE AUSTRIAN CONTRACT yJLji GOVERNMENT New Monthly Fast Line, Trieste-Shanghai From and to Trieste and Vonioe. calliug at Port Said Sues, Aden, Colombo, Penang, I ngapore Hoiitkoug and Shaughai. ODTWARI>. HOMEWARD. Doe to arrive on or about Dae to aaii on
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      624 4 BTEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, PLY MODTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Stoamers will leave Singapore on or about— MAIL LINES Homeward (for Europe). m a-
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      551 4 BTEAMER SAILINGS. N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this service have been speciaily designed and constructed, and are fitted
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      821 4 BTEAWER SAILINGS. THE 31AM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pabang, Beraerah, Kretay, Paka, Tringganu, Bisnt, Semera Baohok, Kelantan, Tabai, Bangnara, Tulupin, Panarai, Patani, Singora, Laoon, Kobsamni, Bandon, Langsnen, Takn, Cbnmpon, Kohlak and Bangkok. Due Departure BORIBAT April 1 1 1.1. MAHIOOL April 13 April 15 .•.REDANG April IS April
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      519 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. DEUTSCH DAMPFSCHIFF FAHRTSGES. HANSA BREMEN. Combined Service. The steamers of thf se Companies maintain a regu'ar servioe between Hamburg, Bremen Antwerp, Rotterdam and Emden anl the Straits, China and Japan. Homnwardo, they are despatched fort nightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month
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      639 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N D. L. NORDDEUTBCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steaioors this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg, L sbon, via Rotterdam. Antwerp, Sou-i amp'on, Gibraltar, Oenoa, Naples (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Sa:a, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Ponang Singapore Hongkong,
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      620 5 a^EXX ATZY 9 TYRES. :H:oo£lcmcl/t; Co.) Singapore. STEAMER SAILINGS. COMBINED SCRVIUB OF THE 6CEAN 8 8 CO.. LTD.. A THE WEST AUBTRAUU 8 N. CO.. LTD UTWIIt F**mantl* (Perth), North Australian Ports, Java and Singapore tfegolsf Fortnightly sailing* S«»\»> Sitfcapore and Western Australia, oaiiiag s Java (ss inducement offers) Derby,
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      564 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. AUSTRALIA BVBURNS PHILP LINE Singapore V> Java Posts, Port Da»win Tbobsday Island, Uhishank and Sydney, via Torbis Straits. Also taking paßEoogera and cargo with transhipment for other Victorian, Sunn Australian and Nortb Queensland Ports, British Nkw Guinka, New Britain, Tasmasian and New Zealand Posts. Smooth Passnfte- Superb Scenery.
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      487 5 NOTICES. NOTICE. Fiom April 6, 1914, Mr. C. A. McLelUn will be acting Resident Secretary of tbe China Mutual Life Insurance Company, Limited, and will hold s Power of Attorney for the Company. E. ALEXANDER SLEF. Resident Secretary. Singapore, April 0, 1914. 64 13-4 THE SINGAPORE SLIPWAY AND ENGINEERING CO..
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      519 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Victoria Theatre, A. OR AND VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT Under the Management of THE SINGAPOFE AMATEUR DRAMATIC COMMITTEE K.O.Y. L. I. WILL BE GIVEN ON THURSDAY, APRIL 16, AND SATURDAY, APRIL 18, At 8 p.m. Plans of Seats at ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD. TANGLIN CLUB. NOTICE is hereby given that
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      177 5 NOTICE. The proposed sale of furnitare to be held st Clarelacde, Suez Cinal Road, on Saturday, 18th April is withdrawn, the farniturc having bten di-potud of privately. POWELL k CO., Auctioneers. 11-4 1J.4 HOUBEB TO LET. No. 15 and 16, Devonshire Road. Entry from May 1. Apply No. 171, Waterloo
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      529 5 Lever's Genuine Carbolic Soap. A powerful disinfectant, combined with a pure soap possessing the highest CHMHMM properties. and particularly adapted for use in all cases of sickness or infectious disease. For Hospitals and Infirmaries LEVER'S GENUINE CARBOLIC SOAP is simply invaluable it helps the doctor by removing all poisonous exhalations
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      226 6 imperial Unsurpassed in Quality dur- nrif At M C n^ c as Q uai "ter Century, II Hi lULJ and today the Highest Grade brilliant of Kerosene on the Market. The Burning Question. For illuminating and use in sylvan Oil Engines. An exception v Af)f) VB7 ally high grade of
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      80 6 FODDER CONTRACTS $2O Per Mont H. COMPRISING 4 Lags Mixed Food— Bedding Shoeing (as often as required). Greasing and Setting tbe wheels of Carriages. H.S. KIR WAN, No. 9, The AFcade. Tel 981. 8-11 o Ardath Bouquet Cigarettes as supplied to the House of Lords. Per ICO 91 .60. Ploch
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      414 6 LOOT. LOBT. From Oilstead Road, Australian Terrier, blue grey colour, large cataract cne eye, answers to name of MICK. Reward. Apply N. L. CRITTEN, McALISTER A Co., Ltd. 8-4 n GOLD CHAIN BRACELET FOUND At tbo Alh&mbra. Owner oan bave same on applying to the Mtnager it the Show, between
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      164 6 FOR Kerosene Oil Engines THE IDEAL FUEL IS "Cross" Kerosene The Cheapest Refined Oil on the Market. "CROSS" will give you MORE POWER at a LOWER COST THAN ANY OTHER OIL. OBTAINABLE FKOM ALL DEALERS. tf» -j Ji gz Per 4-Gallon tin i including Duty. THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM COMPANY (Straits
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      78 6 INDOCHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA. The Company* steamer s s. XAMSANG, 4,035 tone, Captain H. E. Gilroy, is duo hire on Thursday, tbo 9th instant, and sails for tbo above port*, oa Saturday, the 11th idem, at 8 p.m. She has excellent accommodation for saloon passeßgers
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    120 7 FIXTURES. Saturday, April 11. High Water. 11.58 a.m., 10. V 2 p.m. Golf at Kml» I/impur, Strait* and F.M.S. Championship. Sunday, April 1 2. High Water, 11.37 a.m., 11.22 p.m. Ea«tor fray. Oolf at Kuala Lumpur. Monday. April 13. High Water, f .21 p.m., 11.55 p.tn Public
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    140 7 TO-DAT. Pouloe Soogi Aing Hong 4pm Keriraon Aing Hin 4 pm Batavia, Pulau I int. Maca-ssar and ucrman Niw Guinea Manila 4 pm Rhio, Tambclan, Sin^kawang, Pamanykat and SambaH Kalmoa 4 pm Kino Eraelie 4 pm Hongkong and Japan Dilwara 4pm Penang and Calcutta Dunera 4 pm
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    168 7 The M. M. company's steamer Amazjne left Saigon at 8 a.m. to-day, and may be expected to arrive here at about 6 a.m. on Monday, April 18. The next homeward P. and O. packet Arcadia will leave Singapore at 8 a.m. on Thursday, April 16. The P.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    422 7 Latest Arrivilr.. Aparima. Krit. str. 8694 tons, Captain Macdmald, April 0. From Calcutta, April 8. G.c. McAlister Co. Left for New Zealand, April in. Buelow. (id', str. 50)3 tons. Captain Naliratli, April IP. From Hamburg, Mar 5. (I.e. mail and p. IS. Meyer Co. For Yokohama. April 11.
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    Vessels at Taojong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    103 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day. TANJONG PAOAR. Bast Wharf Basin Lama. W. Siction No. 1...Par00, Dilwara. Sheers Wharf Nil. Maim W. Sect. No. 2...Kinkasan Mam, Dunera. B. ..Nam Sang. 4.. Nil. 6 ...Nil. 9...Patani, Agamemon. New Dock 7... (Under construction) Wist
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    51 7 Arrivals. Per str. Kaka, April 11.— From Muar Mr. \V. H. Galimore. Per str. Boribat, April B.— From Bangkok Messrs. E. Bay and V. Heurikscn. Per str. Singaradja, April 8. From Djambie Mr. A. Nannia. Per str. Sui Sang, April 10.— From Calcutta Major Samman and Dr.
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    273 7 EXCHANOB SwoAroßß, April 9, 1914. On Londok Bank 4 m/s mt 3/4} Demand 2/4 s Prirate Im/i H 2/4$ 8 m/s WH On QaiMAin Bank d/d 288* Private 8 m/s m, 842 Oh FaAMoa.......Bank d/d m 294 Private 8 m/s 2ys On 1ndia......... .8ank T. T. m
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      MINING.
      180 7 10 10 Ampttng *.50 1 1 AyerWeng C.60 10 10 Belat 2.70 3.00 10 10 Bruang 1.80 10 10 Kampai 10.25 10 10 Kanahoi 1.60 1.6S 10 10 Kinta Association 10.00 11.60 £1 £1 Kinta Tit. 1.17.6 2.2.S £1 £1 LahatMineo 5.75 6.16 10 0 Malay-"' Collieries 6.00 £1
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      RUBBER.
      644 7 ne Buyers. Sellers. 3/- 3/- AUagai 1/8 2/1 £1 £1 Anglo-Java 8/4} 4/4 2/- a/- Anglo Malay 9 8 10/2/- 3/- Batane Mal&ka -/10 1/1 £1 41 Bato Tiga 2.12.0 2.17.6 norn 2/- 2/- Bekoh -/8 /10 £1 £1 Bokit Kajang 1.11.9 1.15.8 £1 £1 Bukit r.in^ng 2.15.0 8.0.0
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      GENERAL.
      115 7 £~J Baye«. SelH*. 41 £1 B. Smelting Co. 12/- 18/6 £1 £1 Pref. 1.1.0 1.8.0 B/- 6/- Electric T'ways 4/8 4.9 10 10 Fraser Neave 59.00xd 60 60 Hammer Co. 97.E0 100.03 100 Howarth Erskine 45X0 100 a 7% Pref. 100.00 100 100 Kats Bro, Def. 125.00 ln.'i.OO 10
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      26 7 The oomplete list of dab fixtures will be (o md oa page IS. For all internal complaints. Take Woodi Grtat Peppermint Core' 90 oeuts a bottle.
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      396 7 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. April 14.— At The Matches Store, Keppel Road, a quantity of unclaimed goods, etc., at 11. April 14. At saleroom, freehold land, etc., at 2 80. April 14.— At saleroom, valuable land and houses situate at Albert Street, at 2.80. April 14. At saleroom, Mortgagee
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      48 7 MAGNUMS 55 cts. i!|% m^ nums ,^i 55 cts. Ihree Castles *vf per s Cigarettes *a per I W.D.&'h'o Wills |y Bristol London_ii»t{!»^ CARLSBERG BEER^ Sole Agents THE EAST ASIATIC GO., LTD., Singapore. BUY "SHELL" TOO CAN RELY ON THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY. THEY PONT CHANGE. OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE.
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      135 7 To- Night To-Night !l AT THE HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, NORTH BBIDOB BOsD. Itala's Finest Film CONVICT, No. 113 (4.000 ft. in 3 Beels). A profoundly moving picture, telling bow a convict, sentenced to penal servitude, by ptrange accidents, is enabled to return and do justice to those lie bad wronge!
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    DEATH.
    33 8 Make.— On April 10, at 809, Confederate Estate, Tanjoog Katong, Singapore, Mr. Arokiam Paul Marie. Funeral cortege leaves bouse at i p.m. to day. Inteiment at Bida dari Cemetery, at 2 p.m.
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    The Straits Times. SATURDAY, APRIL 11. POLITICAL AMENITIES.
    1047 8 The Straits Times. SATURDAY, APRIL 11. POLITICAL AMENITIES. Among the sadder items of news sent out during the past week we find a small para graph which states that tho Parliamentary Golf Handicap has been postponed owing f o the heated party feeling." It may seem at first sight a
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    18 8 After a stay of nearly three years in Ceylon the 4th Rajputs left for India on April 1.
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    21 8 Five miles of forest in the Teesta Valley, Dar jeeling, has been burning since March 29, and the fire is spreading.
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    15 8 Messrs. Pattrson, Simons and Company forward us a calendar issued by the Underwood Typewriter Company.
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    21 8 His Excellency the High Commissioner, F.M.S and Lady Evelyn Young will be At Homo at Government House, Koala Lumpur, on Wednesday.
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    25 8 A correspondent signing P. A. R. should get an elementary treatise on Astronomy. We cannot spare space to teach the rudi ments of physical science.
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    30 8 A London wire snys it is reported that the Eastern Telegraph Company will be reducing its Burma and Indian Ceylon cable rate to twenty pence per word on May 1.
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    29 8 Wild elephants destroyed 300 acres of privately owned rubber on Old Meldrum Estate, Sungei Siput. A large area on Dovenby Estate has been abandoned owing to the same cause.
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    36 8 A Ceylon loan of a million sterling at four per cent, is to be issued at 99. Arrangements for the under- writing were completed on the Ist inst. Tbe loan ia redeemable between 1939 and 1959.
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    32 8 The Diamond Jubilee Scholarship of the St. Joseph's Institution for tho current year has been awarded to Master W. H. Mosbergun, and the Ong Tek Lini Scholarship to Master Thong Foong Khoon.
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    33 8 The Manchester Synthetic Company's process is reported to be not unlike the Perkins system, calling for the usage of a certain proportion of reclaimed rubber. Mincing Lane experts are not viewing it seriously.
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    42 8 The P. and intermediate steamer Sunda arrived at Penang on Wednesday evening on her last voyage to the East. The ship has been sold to a new Japanese company at a price of about £16,000. She will run in future to Brazil.
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    56 8 Two rice mills were totally destroyed, and a third partly damage 1 at Bangkok by fire. The conflagration, which waß a fierce one, caused damage amounting to 870,000 ticals, part of which is covered by insurance The occurrence is of importance to the Straits, as the mills supply this Colony
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    58 8 The Rangoon Port Trust Budget shows a revenue for the year ending March 31, 1914, of 52 lakhs of rupees against 44 lakhs last year, which was then the record. The expenditure was 41 lakhs. The work on the training wall has been finished and the maintenance of Hastings Shoal
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    53 8 A reminder may be given of the K.0.Y.L.1. variety entertainment which takes place on Thursday and Saturday next, under the management of the Singapore Amateur Dramatic Committee. This is likely to be ono of the local good things," and scats should be booked without delay. The plans are with the
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    59 8 Mr. Kingdon Ward, the traveller, states that there has been continual fighting along the China-Tibet road since the revolution. The fighting reached its acute stage in December, 1913. He claims to have discovered a tribe of pygmies four feet eleven inches in height who had been taken captives by Tibetans
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    60 8 Mr. T. McKinnon Wood (Secretary for Scotland) has ordered an investigation into the case of Oscar Slater, who was in 1908 convicted on a charge of having murdered Marion Gilchrist at Glasgow and was sentenced to imprisonment for life. Fresh iloubts have been cast upon the evidence of the witnesses
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    66 8 The work of joining the shore end of the new Aden Hongkong cable to the land station at Keppel Harbour has been proceeding since tho arrival of the cableohi^ Colonia from Colombo and Penang and it is expected vbat the connection with the Tanjong Katong shore end will be completed
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    78 8 There is every probability of a wireless station being erected at Dondra Head, Ceylon, as it is understood that quite recently Mr. J. R. Stapleton, the officer in ohargo of the wireless station at Welikade, paid a visit to the Point and inspected the site to determine whero the masts
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    76 8 The annual general meeting of the Straits Settlements Association was called for March 25. The report presented on that occasion expressed the regret of the committee at the death of Mr. L. Huttenbacb, who was elected a member of committee at tho last general meeting also of Dr. W. Carnogie
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    76 8 It is believed that the bandits known as the White Wolves, who had been devasta ting the south-eastern portion of China, have retreated to the northwards into the mountains in Hupeh and Honan. During the sacking of Lo ho kou the bandits killed 1,500 persons, wounded 4,000 more, in dieting
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    91 8 Mr. Edgar Warwick writes from Beckenham, Kent, that the Court Cards were to leave Bombay on April 4 for England, where they will take a well-earned rest preparatory to embarking on a lengthy tour through Australia and New Zealand. Information has reached Mr. Warwick that a company Rtyliug itself the
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    112 8 We noted recently that the council of the Royal Colonial Institute proposed to change the name of that institution to the Royal Britannic Institute. At the annual meeting on March 17 a laiyo majority of the Fellows present strongly objected to this suggestion, and cat ried an amendment to the
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    443 8 Sir W. H. Hyndman-Jones, Chief Justice, has leave of absence fc. seven months, Mr. C. G. May, Deputy Colonial Engineer and Surveyor- General, Penang, is granted leave for eleven months, and Mr. H. Marriott, lor ten mouths. The marriage took place in London on April 4, of
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    Children's Band Concert.
    79 8 The first opportunity of bearing in publio th oand of the sth Light Infantry, which has succeeded the 3rd Brahmans, occurs on Monday afternoon next when they will play for the children at the Botanical Gardens between 5 and 6.15. It is satisfactory to know that tho
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    Penang Will Case.
    104 8 Mr. Justice Scrcombe Smith has delivered judgment of the full Court of Appeal at Venang in the will case of the estate of the late l apt. Ah Quee. The judgment was of great length and the general effect is that the will is upheld in all
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    Easter Sporting Fixtures.
    136 8 The heavy rains have brought about a gentral disoiganisation of the sporting fixtures arranged for the holiday week-end. The padang is quite unplayable and, in consequence, all idea of a start in the cricket match between Singapore and Malacca had to bo abandoned. The two teamn, however,
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    New Public Hall.
    162 8 A ni. (tiny of the General Committee of the New Public Hall was held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Dr. Galloway. It was reported that, although no general appeal for subscriptions has been made yet, the Committee has in the bank and in promises (including value
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      147 8 OLD TOM Jas. london COUTTS GIN Co. Sole Importers GALDBECK, MACGREGOR CtlX Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants. >v I THE TALK OF THE TOWN. ONCE A YEAR ONLY. LIGHTING If you have a moment to spare whilst passing along Battery Road, kindly step In to No, 6-A, and
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    JAPAN AND CHINA.
    110 9 SOME QUESTIONS OF BRITISH INTERESTS. No Intention of Granting Loans. Reuter's Teleuram. London, April 9. In parliament, Mr. Rees asked whether Japan had acquired a controlling interest in the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company, also whether Government proposed to take action to protect British interests on the
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    Irish Home Rule.
    177 9 PRESSURE FROM THE BACK BENCHES. Col. Seely Explains His Action. Uki'tfk'* Tklki;r.\m. London, April 9. Opinion is strengthening among the back benchers of both parties in the House of Commons that an Ulster settlement must as a last resort be forced up >n the party leaders Col.
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    Orientals in Canada.
    110 9 LADY Ml-v'DKWi I) BY CHINESE SERVANT. Japanese Consul's Grave Warning Kk.l'TKß's TkLLOR IM. London, April 10. The murder of Mrs. Millard, wife of a Canadian Pacific official at Vancouver, by a youn<; CMmb> i.i.use -servant, because she re provL-d his carelessness, has created a painful stir throughout
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    Russia and Germany.
    122 9 INCREASING PROSPECTS OF A FISCAL DUfcL. Hea\y Taxes on German Produce. Recter's Telegram. London, April 10. A St. Petersburg message says the Duma by an overwhelming majority has adopted the Government bill for a duty of thirty kopecks per pood oo grain, peas and beans The speeches
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    WOMAN WITH HATCHET.
    32 9 Rkctir's Tblbokam. London, April 10. A suffragette with a hatchet smashed the glass in a number of cases in the Asiatic nation of the ltntixh Museum. She was arrested.
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    NEWFOUNDLAND DISASTER.
    81 9 Traces Found of the Southern Cross. Rkutbr's Telrora*. London, April 9. The King has given a hundred pounils and the Queen fifty pounds to the Newfoundland Sealers Relief Fund, which already amounts to £2423 in London. The Canadian Parliament will vote two thousand pounds. London, April 10. A
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    AVIATORS MURDERED.
    74 9 Suspicious Occurrence in Morocco. Rbuter's Teleoram. London, April 9. The bodies of a captain and a corporal of tbe French aviation corps, who were flying from Casablanca to Fez on April 5, have been found in a valley at Wedbnregreb. It is believed that they landed owing to
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    ROYAL VISIT TO PARIS.
    81 9 Gorgeous Preparations Being Made. Rbutbk's lelboram. London, April 10. A Paris message says interest is growing in the visit of their Mijesties. The leading firms in Paris will present their Majesties with a golden book containing the signature s of all the prominent commercial people in
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    KING OF SWEDEN.
    86 9 Favourable Result of Operation Hi i ik- Telegram. London, April 10. A Stockholm message says tho operation on the King took seventy-five minutes and was most successful. It was found that His Majesty had a superficial non-malignant ulcer in the lower stomach. London, April 11. The King
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    JAPANESE ROYALTY.
    42 9 Reported Death of Empress Dowager. Reuters Telegram. London, April 9. It is contrary to etiqnette in Japan to almit the death of a royal personage, bat it appears certain from various official circumlocutions that the Dowager Empress died last night.
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    ALBANIA.
    58 9 Rki'teh's Telegram. London, Apii! 10. A Dura/zo message says it appear* that tbe Albanian Government has mastered the situation at Korytza. The insurgents have surrendered and the movement is regarded as suppressed. DER OsTAMATISt-HI LLOYD TkLBURAM. Berlin, April 9. Epirote excesses have been committed on Roumanian Kuzo Wallachs. There
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    BALLOON ACCIDENT.
    45 9 Reuter's Telegram. London, April 10. A sudden gust of wind burst the envelope o'an Italian military balloon which was moorel to a tree near Milan. It was surrounded by a crowd of spectators and two persons are dying and fifty are slightly injured.
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    MR. ALFRED NOYES.
    21 9 Rkltkh's Telegram. London, April 10. Mr. Alfred Noyes has been elected visiting Professor of Poetry at Princeton University.
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    TURKISH FINANCES.
    30 9 Rkuter's Tsleoram. London, April 11. Agreements for a big Turkish loan and otber financial f.tcilities, and also for Turkish concessions to French groups, have been initialled at Paris.
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    GERMAN CHANCELLOR.
    32 9 Dee O>tasia risi-HE Lloyd Telegram. Berlin, April 8. On account of the serious illness of Mrs. von Bethraann Hollweg, the Chancellor has postponed lii» visit to Corfu till after Easter.
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    The Rubber Industry.
    1098 9 FEATURES OF RECENT COMPANY REPORTS. Directors' Cautious Policy, The following information relating to the rubber industry is from the London and China Express of March 20 The rubber share market has been quiet, and has presented rather neglected appearance. In common with other stock markets, politics have
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    RUBBER PROBLEMS.
    65 9 Sir Frank Swettenham on Selling Combine. Reiter's Telegram. London, April 10, Sir Frank Swettenham, speaking at a rub ber company meeting at Glasgow, said tbe companies were all prepared to adhere to any combination to raise the price to over two shillings per pound, but tbe difficulty was
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    LONDON RUBBER SPECIAL.
    87 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, April 10. Highlands and Lowlands pays 7 per cent., puts to reserve £10,000 and carries forward £9,320. Tho proposed amalgamation with Ayer Kuning is on terms of one Highlands share to fonr of Ayer Kuning. Changkat Salak pays 10 per cent. AngloMalay
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    SELANGOR MINERS MEETING.
    105 9 (From Ouk Own Corresponding) Kuala Lumpur, April 9. The annual meeting of the Selangor Mining Association was held on April 8, Mr. J. A. Ruxsrll presiding. In reviewing the year's work he mentioned tbe affiliation with the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines and said there was a strong
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    LONDON RUBBER EXHIBITION.
    421 9 Kelantan Planters to Make Display. Mr. 11. C. Paxon, Chairman of the Kelantan Planters' Association, forwards a copy of the minutes of a special general meeting held at Kuala Lebir, on March 26, the substance of which wo reproduce herewith r Present:— Messrs. Paxon (Chairman), Templer, Graeme
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    F.M.S. Government Appointments.
    122 9 Among the notifications in tbe F.M.S. Government Gazette are the following: Mr. R. A. Stubington and Mr. C. E. Nugent to be Surveyors, Survey Department; Mr. A. J. Dishman to be assistant Warden of Mines, Perak Mr. W. D. Scott to officiate as Superintendent, Convict Establishment, and
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    42 9 Hoi man Hunt's famous painting, Light of tbe World, and Watts'a Hope, and another picture, Peace and Goodwill, have been removed from the walls of St. Paul's Cathedral and placed in the crypt as a precaution against their being mutilated by suffragettes.
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    SPORTING LETTER.
    1814 9 MUDDY FOOTBALL UNDER BOTH CODES. Inman Versos Recce. (By Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 20. It is not known that a King of England was ever present at a boxing match until this week, when bis Majesty, after dining with the officers of the 2nd Life Guards, attended
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    162 9 Messrs. Fraser and Co.'s Weekly Circular, Messrs. Fraser and Co.'s Share Circular, dated the Bth inst., states:— Our market this week has been very dismal, the substantial advance in the price of rubber has scarcely been felt in the shares. Tin closes at a somewhat lower level
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      22 10 Mr. W. Fenton, the jockey, has secured a licence as a trainer as well as that of a jockey.
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      Golf.
      31 10 Sepoy Lines Qolf Club. The cup presented by Mr. J. Holloway bas been won by Dr. Gilmore Ellis wbo beat G. R. Allen by 8 and 6, after a tie.
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      Cricket.
      341 10 Colony Versus F.M.S. Should the climatic conditions at Penaug be better than they are at Singapore, the cricket fixture, the Colony versus F.M S., will be in progress at the Northern Settlement to day. The Pinang Gazette says The Colony team should give satisfaction. It ha- the appearance of
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      Rifle Shooting.
      199 10 Selanjfor L. R. C. The follor'ng scores were made by the Selangor Ladies' Rifle Club in the Mills Cup competition on Monday at Kuala Lumpur: Mrs. McGregor 80 Mrs. J. Brown 80 Mrs. Barnard 28 Mrs. Coriuac 27 Mrs. Tagg 26 Mrs. Wagner 25 Total 166 Singapore Rifle
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      Football.
      228 10 Penanjc v. Johore. The football match arranged between the Penang Mahaiuedan Football Association and Juhoif State and Territories was brought off y< -.tu.Uy at Juhore Bahru before a large crowd. More than a thousand Malays travelled over from Singapore by special train in order to witness what proved to
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    86 10 In the Manchester County Court, ou Match I.', Judge Mellor refused to hear the cvi deuce of a doctor who attended a workman an a private patient, bat who had been ca11.. 1 as a witness on behalf of the employer*, from whom the man was claim ing compensation. The
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    424 10 Progress of Training for the Spring Meeting. The interest in the training at the racecourse of mornings still continues, but there has been little or no difference in the work allotted to the several horses during this week from that given them to do last week. Laughing Water
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    LAWYER'S BLUFF.
    165 10 Why He Failed to Impress A Client. An amusing story has been told at tho French Chamber of a young and ambitious deputy, a lawyer. His clerk, The Mail relates, hurried into the young lawyer's room with the news that a caller who seemed to be a likely
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    Flying Foxes in India.
    265 10 People who live in India are familiar with the long strings of flying foxes which can often be seen wending their way in single file from their sleeping places in remote trees to the fruit gardens upon which they prey. These curious creatures, says a writer
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    F.M.S. Government Gazette.
    79 10 For the period from April 17 to 30, 1914, inclusive, the duty on cultivated robber on which export duty is leviable in the F.M.S. on an ad valorem basis in accordance with the rules under the Customs Duties Enactment will bo assessed on the following prices Smoked
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    96 10 Mi-.- Cornelia Vanderbilt, the 13 years old heiress, who inherited her father's fortune of £10,000,000, created an extraordinary scene in a bank in Vienna on March 13. She was at the counter depositing some money, when she suddenly embraced the cashier and kissed the flattered and surprised young man full
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    DEATH OF GREAT ORIENTALIST.
    366 10 Dr. Giosburg's Research Into The Scriptures. The death of Dr. Ginsburg, occurred on March 7 at Palmers-green, London, N. Dr. Ginsborg was born at Warsaw in 1881. By birth and education a Jew, he became a Christian at the age of 15 years, and as a
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    CREW SUMMONED.
    288 10 Chinese of the Salamis in Marine Court. Numbering 51 members in all, the Chinese crew of the steamer Salamis which arrived in Hongkong on the 27th ultimo, were on March 81 summoned before Commander Basil Taylor, R.N., in the Marine Court, to answer the charges of disobedience to
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    WEALTHY HERMIT'S FATE.
    378 10 Learned Landowner's Rat-infested Home. In the midst of squalor and in a deplorable personal condition, a wealthy Welsh landowner, named Ford Hughes, was found dying in a small dwelling house of the size and character occupied by the average artisan at Carmarthen. He was removed in the
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    DR. JACQUES HUBER.
    594 10 Death of South American Rubber Pioneer. A good many people in this part of. the world will bear with sincere regret of the death of Dr. Jacques Hubor, who was so intimately connected with the rubber industry of Sooth America and who not long since paid a
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    SUPPRESSING THE TIPSTER.
    521 10 Lord Newton Modifies his Betting Bill. An altered and toned-down Retting Inducements Bill has passed second reading in the House of Lords. Lord Newton's Bill of that name last year was opposed by the leading representatives of sport as being too severe an interference with betting business,
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    DAVIS LAWN TENNIS CUP.
    438 10 The Draw for The Preliminary Rounds. The Daily Telegraph's special correspondent, writing of March 13, stated Six countries havo challenged this year for the right to deprive America of the Davis Cup. The draw of the eliminating competi tion has just taken place in Now York.
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    SHOT IN THE BACK.
    342 10 Benton's Death by the Hand Of General Villa. Senor Luigi Barzini, the special correspondent of the Telegraph in Mexico City, who has made a journey towards the northern frontier, so far as the revolutioa would permit him to penetrate, sends a remarkable dispatch regarding the death
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    COMMISSION TO THE ORIENT.
    253 10 To Confer, Arrange, Adjust And Improve. A San Francisco paper, the Daily Journal of Commerce, has recently organised a popular ballot for the election of Trade Commissioners to the Orient, who in tarn will send news through to San Francisco dealing with their tour of Asia.
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      65 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— May I congratulate you on your leader of the 6th inst., and trust that all your suggestions will bear fruit. I tried to get provisions for dealers' licenses inserted in the amending ordinance at tho committee stage a month
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    RETURN OF FUSILIERS.
    441 10 Veteran Welcomes Home Gallant Regiment. After H years' service abroad, the 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers is in England once more. Amid stirring scenes the battalion arrived at Southampton from India aboard tho transport Dongola. Tho strength of the battalion was 16 officers and 614 men, about 300
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    373 10 Sunday, April 12, 1914. St. Andruw's Catuki>kal.— Easter Day. C a.m. Holy Communion (Plain). 7.80 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral), Processional Hymn, 131 Service, Stainer Hymn at Offertory, 555 Hymn at Communion, 1 7 H Hymn at Ablutions, 292 Nunc Dimittis, Barnby. 11 a.m. Choral Matins. Processional Hymn, 125
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    MARCH RUBBER RETURNS.
    18 10 Anglo Johore.— l6,lo2 lbs. total to date H4,;i'JJ lbs. corresponding period last year 67,8«5 lbs.
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    ANTI-CHRISTIAN REACTION.
    429 11 Threats against Converts In Hainan. The correspondent of ihe N. C I>aily News at Hainan writes under date of March 5 as follows There is a decidedly reactionary tendency felt in the country places in the Island. It is especially noticeable in the attitude toward the Christian religion
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    POPULAR HEADMASTER RETIRES.
    243 11 Twenty-Seven Years' Residence In Hongkong. The China Mail says Hongkong lost two well known and highly respected residents on March 31, when Mr. \V. L). Braidwood, headmaster of the Ellis Kadoorie College, left for home with Mrs. Braidwood to livr> in retirement. Mr. Braidwood who came to
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    VEDRINES' DILEMMA.
    203 11 Passage on German Liner But Liable to Arrest. The aviator, Jules Vedrines, arrived in Marseilles on March 11, intending to take tut first steamer fur Egypt in order to defend himself in a libel action brought against him iv Cairo by M. Roux. As it happened, there was
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    715 11 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, April 11, 1914. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue tUe following list of quotations this morning Noa Valub Buvkrs. Sellers. ML Allagar 1/8 2/2 1 Anglo- Ju a 4J 4 4< 1 Anglo-Johore 1/8 8/6 2/
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      38 11 Two little feet, Roaming the street, Shoeless this wintry weather. Now they scatter, In tbe gutter, Many bare feet together. Poor boye, what coughs and oolds you must endure." "No fear," they laughed. "With Woods' Great Peppermint Cure."
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      375 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. MOUTRIES 1914 MODEL I PIANOS AF.E THK Last Word IS Tropically Built Instruments. We will glad y show yen our lat st a'livals. CALL AX ONCE FAFFLES PLACE. ARREST YOUR ATTENTION HERE A MOMENT and rx ake a note of the SPECIAL EASTER PROGRAMME Wl PUTBIFOKK YOU TO-NIGHT
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      279 11 DHnk Buchanan's "Royal Household" Whisky as supplied regularly to Royalty. Bucbanau'a hold the largest stocks of any firm in Sootland. It ia Important 111 1 note that t' in Whisky ia guaranteed to have been maturing, over 12 yrara in wood, before bottling, and is exac ly tbe same for
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    Bedside Books.
    1323 12 A FEW THAT WILL SOOTHE THE SLEEPLESS HOUR. The Charm of Pepys. If yon arc going on a journey or contemplate a holiday in the country (writes An Englishman in the Daily Mail), and are permitted to take with you only three books, which ones would you choose
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    ART SENSATION.
    570 12 A Stormy Meeting of British Sculptors. A sensation in the world of art has been caused by the resignation of Sir George Frampton, President, and the entire Council of the Royal Society of British Sculptors as a protest against criticism levelled at Mr. Havard Thomas, the well-known Welsh
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    EATING MONEY.
    306 12 Exorbitant Food Charges on The Riviera. There can be no doubt that the Riviera is feeling the competition of the Swiss winter sports in the earlier part of the year, and just now the tours to Egypt, Ceylon, and even India that many English families are making. In
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    26 12 It's the woman who boasts of having a mind of her own who is always very ready to give a piece of it to her husband.
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    Passengers Overseas.
    943 12 FORTHCOMING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. Latest Lists The following passenger bookings to the Straits are taken from the 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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    Bible Translators' Troubles.
    195 12 Difficulties which confront those who attempt the translation of the Bible into obscure tongues were described by the Rev. T. H. Darlow, literary superintendent of the Bible Society, in a lecture before the members of the Victoria Institute, Adelpbi Terrace House. In the language of New Britain,
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    DEAD-HEADS.
    548 12 Curious Story of Bombay Theatrical Dispute. An application for the winding up of the affairs of a Theatrical Company known as the VVankaneer Theatrical Company was the subject of a very lively discussion before the Hon. Mr. Justice Maclood, at the Bombay High Court. Mr. Inverarity, instructed by Messrs.
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    PARABLE OF A SCEPTICAL FISH.
    443 12 Sir Oliver Lodge and the Ether 0 Space. Tlio City Temple was taken by storm on March 12, when Sir Oliver Lodge lectured on The Ether of Space, under the auspices of the Rev. R. J. Campbell's debating sneiuty. The meaning of matter, Sir Oliver
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    63 12 The whole of the fifty-two members of Southampton County Borough Council will be present at a meeting which receives the Watch Committee's recommendation to remove the old Bargate because the traffic through it has grown too heavy. From all the country over from America, even from learned and archaeological societies
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      164 13 Co- ttd-- Sole Agents THORNYCROFT The World's Best Kerosene Motors FOR MARINE STATIONARY PURPOSES. Made in Hi 13. 30, 47, 70, 100 150, B.H.P. Sets, Built to Lloyds Survey Board of Trade Rules. Specially Designed for As Supplied to t n tl Mit l rfi As©nts, Foreign Handle. Economical to
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      145 13 LA YEBANA' MANILA CIGARETTES. PURE GENUINE TOBACCO 000 D SMOKE 1 1 IN THRBE QUALITIES 1. Brown Pa-cr MilJ. 2. Brown Paper Strong. t. Wbite Paper Mild. RETAIL: Per packet of 10 Cigarette' O4 ct». Per bundle of SO packets SCO Cigarettes $1.7G Wholesale Prices on application. TRIAL. SOLICITED. Samples
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      225 13 |T was not until the Gillette did away with stropping and honing that men got into the habit of the every-morning shave. Three minutes with the GILLETTE s!ips your beard off clean tones up your face starts you off brisk and cheery for the day. The Gillette is the only
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      1176 14 B ONLY COMPANY. LARGEST PAID UP CAPITAL OF ANY EASTERN COMPANY. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE:. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE i Winoheater House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE i 32, Old Jawry, E.G. The Company has £20.000 deposited with tho Supreme Court ol England, eni oomplioa with the Biitiih
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      492 14 BANKIW. erimcH-iMintcHE tm. MUT MM UP I'iWTal. I*. Itaii 7,11),8MV Rc»l nffiec Sbargbai, Board of Direetom.. „P er'in. BRANCH -I- i Vatlfai, OaleiHa, Hambnre, Canton, Hankow, Hocgkong, Kobe, Pnkict', T ontnin, Tsinanfu Trjn«ta.i, Yokobama, TH FnLLOWING BANKS AND BANKERS ARE REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Bank f-jcr Handel ad
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      1143 14 INSURANCE. HESITATION is very infections an rfgaids the acqui'itfon cf Life Assurance. Hundreds of wives ate left unprovided for on a coudl of tbrir hotitalion to either sanction or ercoursge their husbands' application fjr Assurance. Only when death remove-, tho atttr and they are face !o face with giiid necessity
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    THE MOTORING WORLD.
    972 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Rules for Drivers. The Singapore Authouiobile Club has framed a set of rules for drivers of motor cars, a copy of which, as nc have already notified, may be obtained free, gratis aad for ncthiag at any local garage. The rules
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    15 15 When a man is always telling how honest he is we begin to get suspicious.
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      162 15 WESTINGHOUSE THE STURDY H AND STRONG r "AURIGA PATENTED DRAWN WIRE LAMP PLEASES EVERYONE and INFRINGES NO PATENT. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC FANS ('sg£)\ British made throughout. FROM 60 to 250 VOLTS. sole mm CENTRAL SS LIMITED, SINGAPORE and KUALA LUMPUR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY FFtOM STOCK. Siddeley Deasy Cars, Studebaker Cars, Sunbeam Cars,
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      51 15 Bowel Complaint in Children. liutiog the summer luontbs children are subject to disorders of the bowels anil should receive the most careful attention. As soon as any unnatural looseness of the bowels is noticed Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and I >:arrh'x>a Remedy should be given. For sale by all Dispensaries and
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      354 15 I FIRST at OLYMPIA I I FIRST at MANCHESTER I 18 i > I I At the Commercial Motor Exhibition held in H 1913 at Olympia, 34% of all Solid Tyres H fitted to vehicles were CONTINENTALS. I AT MANCHESTER EXHIBITION I B 55% of all Solid Tyres fitted were
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      976 16 "FIBROCEMENT" Is made of the best PORTLAND CEMENT reinforced wiih Asbestos. It has therefore the strength and durability of CONCRETE, and the FIRE and HEAT resisting qualities of ASBESTOS. S R SUPPLIES IM H 0 A Slates for Roofs J I Sheets for Ceilings. r An C U"» They harden
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      540 16 WAITS. lICIM TMMHT. Daily, at Morton's Horse Repository, by European. 6 4 5-8 MANAGER WANTED. Wanted Manager for Middleton Tin Mines, Johore. Apply to SIME DARBY Co., Ltd., Malacca. 74 144 TO BE LET OTSOLD. HOUSE TO LET. EILBURN HILL, Bukit Timah Kad. For rent and particulars, apply to 191,
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      538 16 TO BE LET OR SOLD. FLOOR TO LET. Sod floor of No. 81, Kling Street. Apply to B. Emantu-1, 81, Kling Street. 84 114 TO BE LET. LANOL4NDS, No. 113, River Valley Road. Apply No. 8, Malacca Street. 80-1 v FLOOR TO LET. To let, 2nd Floor, No. 8, Malacca
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      508 16 ARTICLES FOR SALE. TURKOUT FOR SALE. For sale, a 4-seated Victoria and Horse, complete. Reasonable. Owner leaving. Apply to C. G. E. A., c/o Straits Times. 4-4 n TO PERSONS ARRIVING IN SINGAPORE. For sale, contents of beautiful t.ccsr, every requisite including carriage, horse, harness etc., also garden rtqnistae. Turns
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