The Straits Times, 21 April 1914

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.469 SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. APRIL 21. 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 142 1 PETER UNION TYRES Are Cheaper, Better Last Longer. Her* is PROOF. Some Prioer from April List. Squire Trcai Covers. Tube with Valves. 760 x 90 $25.45 7.20 OVER 26.40 7.56 36.96 10.56 o 30 x3 i 28.10 7.95 CHEAPER THAN THE 30.25 8.65 OTHER MAKES. MORE MILEAGE FRESH STOCKS LAST
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    • 19 1 PHOTOGRAPHIC STORE STUDIO. Amateurs' Work, Developing, Printing and Enlarging. KONG HINGCHEONG& COMPANY. Adelph. Hotel Buildings, Singapore. Bianeb at Penang.
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    • 208 1 LET ATANK NIGRAH PILLS LEAD YOU TO HEALTH. After but a few dft^s' regular me of Atank Nigrah Pill*, you will realise that yon are, in very truth, on the road to health. Try Atank Nigrah PiiU now And see how they will lead you, day by day, to better
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    • 106 1 ROBINSON CO. Stylish SPWI 3 SHIPMENT For Race OF Models Wear. TRIMMED MILLINERY Plumes Morning Flowers. NOW ON view. Hats ROBINSON CO. ASHCROFTS UNDERSIZED AND FULL SIZE BILLIARD TABLES Fitted with Patent "taro" extra low cushions Features: The cushions never get bard, are absolutely the truest, the lowest, and give
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    • 9 1 JEFFREYS PILSENER BEER. Solb Agents: ADAMBON, 6ILF.LUU CO., LTD.
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  • 960 2 SIR A. CONAN DOYLE'S PLEA FOR OSCAR SLATER. Inquiry Ordered. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has outlined to an Express representative the principal points on which, in his opinion, attention should be oonoentrated by those appointed to conduot the re- investigation of the case of Oscar Slater which
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  • 21 2 Grocer I Did that watermelon I sold yon do for the whole family? Customer: Very nearly. The doctor is still calling.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 235 2 asW M A daily dose of this \TIA jj invigorator will help Ym /I to keep you in the \A I "Pink of Health" I It stores up a large reserve of Fgl vitality which enables you to MS withstand physical and mental MB strain and to resist malaria, etc.
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    • 94 2 The Forty Ye*r Te«t. An article mast have exceptional merit to survive (or a period of forty years. Cbamborlain's Cougb Remedy was nrxt offered to the public in 1872. From a small beginning it has prown in favor and popularity until it has attained a world wide reputation. You will
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    • 645 2 HEADS QUITE BALD WITH RINGWDRW Spread Until Eldest Boy's Head Was Covered with Ugly Patches. Then Younger Boy Had It. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Today Have Splendid Heads of Hair. Queen St.; Gllllnghsm. Dorset. Enf. ••LjM summer my eldont boy caught ringworm at school and I treated It aa
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    • 280 2 RANEEGUNGE GLAZED BTON E W ARE. Drainpipes and Junctions. ALL SIZXS STOCKED. SHARPE, ROSS CO., LD. For THE RACES JLJL» ZEISS prism BE OB BINOCULARS. all new models, 4 X Tarol S 1O O 7 X Noetar £16 O O 0 X Tnrex 8 IB O 8 x Telact 8
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  • 1019 3 THE LONDON MUSEUM IN ITS NEW HOME. Old Jewellery Found by Workmen. When Stafford House is opened to the public next Monday, says the Express of March 19, in its new character as the London Museum, the public will find a wonderful collection of objects portraying the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 555 3 REMOVE ALL BLOOD IMPURITIES. BUILD UP YOUR HEALTH with ESSENCE OB FLUID EXTRACT OF RED JAMAICA Pronounoed by the WCHE8T MEOICAl «UTWtmi8 the most XSi TUDRPID LIVER, DEBILITY, ERUPTIONS, RHEUMATISM, OBSTINATE SKIN DISEASES, &c. RESTORES THE WEAK, REVIVES THE DEPRESSED WILKINSON'S SARSAPARILLA HAS A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION for over THREE-QUARTERS of
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    • 38 3 Edith. "Jack Roxleigh is good-looking enough, but I don't care for bis ways. Edna Never mind about his ways, my dear think of his means." For ooogbs and chills. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Core. Sold everywhere, 80 cents
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    • 383 3 POSITION UNRIVALLED IN LONDON, ENGLAND. THE LANGHAM HOTEL, Port Und F-.to and R.ftnt Si L. n<Un. W. FAMILY HOTEL OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. Jn PuMenitli wl H..lthy U>c.l,, r UT NEEDLEWORK AND FLOWER DEPOT 817. Orchard Road. DIPLOMA AND FIRST PRIZH QRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW BINGAPOKB, 181 C Arranged Flo ai Baskets,
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    • 1041 3 BALEB BY AUCTION. MORTGAGEES SALE Of VALUABLE FREEHOLD L4ND AND BRICK KILNS SITUATE OFF McPHERSON ROAD, SINGAPORE, To be held at Powell A Co.'n Sale room, On Tuead&y, April 38, art 2.30 p.m. The property consists of all tbat Ta'nable pica of freehold land M'oato off McPhersin Road Singapore .containing
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 616 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANO, CBYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, PLY MOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gait, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about— MAIL LINES Homeward (for Europe). (Connecting at
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    • 568 4 STEAMER 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 tbe Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all
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    • 810 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pahang. Berserah, Kretay, Paka, Tringganu, Biiut, Semen Baohok, Kelantan, Tabai, Bangnara, Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Singora, Laoon, Kobsamni, Bandon, Langsuen, Taku, Chumpon, Kohlak and Bangkok. Due Departure s.« ASDANG April 33 c.c. VUGALA April 33 April 25 f 5... PRACHATIPOK April
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    • 532 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. AND DEUTBCH OAMPFSGHIFF FAHRTSGES. HftNSA BREMEN. Combined Service. Tbe steamers of tbt bo Companies maintain a rogular servioe bstwetm Haaiburg, Bremen Antwerp, Rotterdam and Emdei an! tho Straits, Cbiaa and Japan. Homp.wardc, they are despatshed fort nightly for Havre and Hamburg and one a
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    • 628 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. NForrr NORDOEUTSGHER LLOYD. BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. Thu f«st and well-known mail steamers this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg, Lisbon, via Rotterdam. Antwerp, Sou. 1 amp cv, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonneciing Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Adon, Colombo, Punang Singapore Hongkong. Shanghai,
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    • 659 5 "JENATZY" TYRES. Moo^uindt «£t Co., Singapore. STEAMER SAILINGS. STMMVMRT-MMTBCHAPPM (STEAMSHIP COMPANY) "NEDERLAND." FORTNIQHTLY MAIL SERVICE I.ETWEEN JAVA AND AMSTERDAM VIA SINGAPORE, SABANO, COLOMBO PORT SAID, UKNOA. ALGIERS TANGIER, LISBON AND SOUTHAMPTON. Steamers are due on or about tbe nnder mentioned dates OCTWARD. HOMIWARD. 1914 1914 Koaingin Emma Oranje May 3
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    • 421 5 FOR A HOLIDAY TO AUSTRALIA by the K. P. M.'a New and Fast steamers TASMAN and HOCTMAN, each 5,000 tons gross 8,000 tons water displacement. Obese modern rcailt-Uamtrp, specially tuilt acd iVFiprid 'or ihe Australian trade and comfortable travelling in the tropics, can accommodate 6 first-claes and 14 second class
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    • 405 5 Ob, to be in Eng'and, Now that April's there!"— Brownwo. The ANNUAL SPRING EXODUS. To Ladies going Home from Singapore and the Straits Settlements for the London Season, CALL IMMEDIATELY ON ARRIVAL AT Messrs. D. H. EVANS CO. Ltd., 290-322, Oxford Street, London, W. You will find at this Establishment
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    • 97 5 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED. APCAR LINE. FOR PENANO AND CALCUTTA. Tbe Cwr.r.any> Hteaner ARRATOON APCAR, 4,503 tons, W. Walker Commander, will be despatched lor the above port* on Saturday, '25th April, at abont 4 p.m. Bhe han excellent accommodation for Sakon passengers. For rates of freight and passage
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    • 517 5 ROYAL VINOLIA TALCUM POWDER For chafing, rash, prickly heat, and for all hotweather discomforts Royal Vinolia Talcum Powtler U by far ihe most convenient of toilet re i'.iisites. ;is wefl as being one of the hum eflicacious from the scien ti*ie point of view owinn t.> the fact that it
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 786 6 NOTICES. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Tenders are invited for the Cutting and Filling at Tanjong Katong for Mr. Eu Tong Sen's property between Swincmiog Club Bungalow and Mr. Manasbth's Bungalow. Plan and Sections can be scon at tbe office of Messrs. Tan Seng Choog Co., No. 14, Rafflts Quay, top floor.
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  • 131 7 FIXTURES Tuesday, April 21. High Water, 7.51 p.m., 8.58 p.m Wednesday. April 22. High Water, 8.44 a.m., 9.22 p.m. Thursday, April 23. High Water. 9.23 am., 9.45 p.m. 8.1. home wan 1 mail closes. St. George's Day. Ball at Victoria Hall. Friday, April 24. High Water, 10.6
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  • 227 7 TO-DAT. Trengganu, Kuala Dungun and Kelantan Calypso 3 pm Batu Pahat Aing Leong Bpm Port Dickson and Port Swettenham Kuala 8 pm Malacca and Muar Lady Weld Bpm Tebing Tinggi, Bengkalis and Bagan Meran 8 pm Penang, Colombo, Aden, Suez and Port Said Koerber 4 pm Singa
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  • 220 7 The Imp. German mail steamer Luetzow left Colombo at noon on Sunday, April 19, and may be expected to arrive here on Friday afternoon, April 24. The B. I. contract packet steamer Taroba with mails from London up to the evening of April 3, left Negapatam at
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  • 67 7 Lift Simoapok*. I Mar. IS M. M. Mar. 20 P. .v i Mar. 23 N I>. L. Mar. 26 K. I. Mar. 30 M. M. Apl. BP. O. Apl. 7N. I>. L. Apl. yb. I. Apl. U M, M. Apl. P. k O. Dei in Lc April
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  • 522 7 Latest Arrivals. Yarmouth, H. M. Cruiser 5250 ton*, 898 crew, 8 guns 22,000 h.p. Com. Cochrsne, April 21. From Colombo, April 14. S. N. Officer. For Hongkong, Inc. Rds. H. M. Sab. I. Lieut. Haggard, April 21. From Colombo. April 14. S. N. Officer. For Australia, April 25.
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  • 97 7 Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and keppel Harbour. Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day; TANJONG PAGAR. Bast Wharf Basin Nil. W. Section No. 1...Par00. Shssrs Wharf Torilla. Main W. Sbot. No. 2...Tara, Koeber. 8...NU. 4...NU. 6. ..Ni1. 6...Brundan, Laomedon. Niw Dock 7... (Under construction) Wbst Wharf B...Kongasan Maru, Circe, Tubingen.
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  • 280 7 EXCHANGE BIKOAPOEB, APBIL 21, 1914. On Lomdob Bank 4 m/i m 3/4} Demand 2/4,S Private 6 m/a M > 8 m/a 2/444 On Oibmaiii. ...Bank d/d 388* Private 8 m/B 242 Ok Fukii Bank d/d 304 Private 8 m/B 298 On India Bank T. T. 174 Private
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 179 7 10 10 Ampang 8.50 1 1 AyerW-ng C.60 10 10 Belat 2.70 8.00 10 10 Bruang 1.80 10 10 Kampai 10.25 10 10 Kanaboi 1.50 1.66 10 10 Kinta Association 10.00 11. to 41 £1 Kinta Tin 1.17.6 2.2.6 £1 £1 Lahat Mine* 6.75 6.16 10 6 Malayan Collieries
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    • 634 7 Buys*. MM 3/- a/- Allagai 1,74 2/1 41 41 Anglo-Jaya 8/8 4/2/- 2/- Anglo-Malay 9/9 10/7 2/- 2/- Batons Malaka -/ll 1/8 £1 41 BatuTiga 2.11.8 2.17.9 2/- 2/- Bekoh -/8 -/10 £1 41 Bukit Kajang 1.1X9 1.17.8 41 £1 Bokit Lintang 2.15.0 8.0.0 norn 2/- 2.1- Bakit Mertajam
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    • 117 7 Value I Bb W» gf 41 B. Smelting Co. 12/- 18,0 41 41 Pret 1.1.0 1.8.0 5/- 6/- Electric T'wiji 4/8 4,9 10 10 France Ne»ve 59X0 xd 50 50 Hammer 4 Co. 100.00 1(5.00 100 HowarthKrekine... 45.00 100 a 7%PreL 100.00 100 100 KaU Bro, Dot. 125.00 185.00
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 15 7 Kir all in torn* I complaints. Take Woods Great Peppermint Cora SO oents a battle.
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    • 222 7 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. April 22.— At saleroom, a Duo Mare, at 12. April 24. At Messrs. Woarne Brothers Oarage, Orchard Road, Motor Car, at 5.15. April SsV—Al No. 105 E, Orchard Road, teak household furniture, etc., property of N. Reuben, Esq., at 1.30. April 25.— At Mapledurham, No.
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    • 109 7 MAGNUMS 55 cts. I\\ Nu s j(| 1 1 55 cts. Inree Castles *V' 1 per I Cigarettes |ji pep I W.D.&HO.WiIIs I FRASER CHALMERS, Ltd., Manufacture STAMP MILLS N IS SEN CA LI FOR MIAN TYPES). PROSPECTING [IVIILLS (Similar to Above) KEPT IH STOCK. Fall particulars may be obtained
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    • 100 7 NOW SHOWING AT THE HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, NORTH BRIDGE BOAD. An Admirable Valleta Cine-Drama IN THE GRIP OF A VILLAIN {6.000 It in 4 Reels) The Story of an innocent man's imprisonment on a false charge, and his daughter's various misfortunes before a happy carriage to her benefactor's sou. Prom
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  • 1085 8 The Straits Times. TUESDAY, APRIL 21. STRATEGICAL OCCUPATION. Curious little sidelights on the Ulster crisis may be disoovere 1 reading through the columns on columns of matter thercanent in the Home Press. Poor Col. Seely was oalled to Buckingham Palace while the reply to General Gough was under consideration by
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  • 14 8 Tbe East Asiatic Co., Ltd., have now changed their address to 8, d'Almeida Street.
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  • 28 8 Vice Admiral Tydeman has left Amsterdam for Genoa en route for the East Indies. His visit to the East is in reference to the problem of Colonial defence.
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  • 26 8 The directors of Malacca Pinda Rubber Estates, Ltd., have declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent, on account of '.he year ending August 31, 1914.
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  • 11 8 Latest advertisement of the day appear on page 6 and 11.
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  • 28 8 There has been a series of exceptionally heavy rainstorms lately in the Jelebu district. Damage was caused to the road near Titi, but this has now been repaired.
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  • 50 8 This morning, in the third court, a Chinese named Lim Ah Kirn was found guilty of thu theft of a watch, the property of Mr. Brandt, one of the officers of the steamer Darvel, but sentence was deferred in order that enquiries might be made as to the prisoner's record.
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  • 48 8 Messrs. Barlow and Co. advise us that their London office, wiring them under date of the 2Ptb inst., informs them that on the London rubber market the demand for tbe commodity is good and that prices quoted are as follows Smoked sheet 2 9|, standard crepe 2 11.
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  • 44 8 Colour Sergeant W. Wood, Royal West Kent Regiment, has arrived in Kuala Lumpur, where he will be stationed as SergeantMajor of the M.S.V.H. He reached Penang some time ago but had to undergo an operation there before he could go on to Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 52 8 Messrs. Gutbrie and Co. inform us that at the Bale of rubber held to-day there was good demand for all standard qualities. Fine palo crepe fetched $146 per picul, an advance of 18 on last week's sale, and smoked sheet 9141 per picul, a rise of }4 on tbe previous
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  • 48 8 Mr. Joseph Boy, of French Tekka fame, delivered a most interesting lecture on Saturday night at the Ipoh Club on tin hydraulicing. The hall was crowded, and tbe lecturer received a great ovation at the finisu. Mr. F. E. Mair, chairman of the Perak Chamber of Mines, presided.
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  • 61 8 Six hundred Indian emigrants bound for Canada uave arrived in Shanghai on the Japanese steamer Komagata Maru, which was recently chartered by a wealthy Indian. The charterer is visiting all the China ports, gathering up such Indians as are deairous of going to America. Each man must be in possession
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  • 65 8 The A tank Nigrah Pharmacy, of Jamnagar, who lately opened a branch office at 79, Bras Hawaii Road, have issued an album which portrays in photographic form the chief members of tbe firm and the con litions under which the business is conducted at the bead and other of the
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  • 69 8 An Otaru telegram to tbe Mainichi states that an arrangement has been concluded between the Russian Government and the Yamashina Marine Work Office for the floating of a Russian warship of 1,200 tons which sank in tbe Soya Strait sixty years ago. She lies in thirteen fathoms of water, and
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  • 66 8 In the Magistrate's Court, at Ipoh, on tbe 17th inst., six Chinamen, including two wellknown towkays, were charged under the Excise Enactment with distilling samsu and with being in the possession of illegally prepared spirits. They were all con-icted and fined the following amounts: —The first accused 92.500, the second,
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  • 83 8 Mr. J. E. B. Thornly, aged 17. a pupil at the Eastbourne Aerodrome, looped the loop in a thirty mile wind. He is the youngest aviator in the world to accomplish the feat, and the first Englishman to do so on a biplane. The aeroplane was a Hemy Karman Thornly
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  • 75 8 From the report of the Green Island C( ment Company, for the year ending December 81, 1913, it appears that, after allowing for directors' and auditors' fees, and providing $90,41 H.B'J for depreciation on the company's buildings, machinery, launches, lighters, etc as per Articles of Association, the net profit including
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  • 85 8 At Hongkong, Mr. Wood fined a man named Wong Soi Sau 112,000 for being in unlawful possession of 155 taels of prepared opium which was seized in Stauoton Street on tho 6tb inst. The case had been remanded to ascertain the value of the opium, and revenue officer Wilden told
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  • 96 8 The annual meeting of the Kuala Lumpur D.P.A. was held in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Mr. E. B. Skinner, presiding. The election of officers resulted as under —Chairman, Mr. E. B. Skinner, hoo. sec., Mr. F. C. Jeavone committee, Messrs. C. L. Arnold, H. Armstrong. V. Utterson Kelso and A.
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  • 143 8 Tbe naval forces of Mexico are neither extensive nor modern. The guuboats General Guerrero (1,850 tons), built at Barrow in 1908, and tbe Progrese (1,568 t i.si, l.uilt in Italy in the same year, each armed with 4-inch gunH, are the newest shipo, and there are fuur other vessels of
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  • 492 8 Mr. Charles Grenier has left Kuala Lumpur for Europe. He will stay on tho Continent for a short time, and then proceed to London for the Rubber Exhibition, after which he will probably return to Switzerland. Mr. James Richard Bell, M.1.C.E., of Ila/uldene, Ightham, Kent (lately consulting
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  • 139 8 A Macao named Hoh Ah Tim was stabbed to death in Sago Street yestorday evening by another Macao named Chow Ah Sam who has, up to now, eluded captured. From thestoiy which has been hastily piuctd together it would appeared that there had been a bitter
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  • 166 8 Mr. David Gilmour, the retiring manager of the Chartered Bank, Kuala Lutupur, who iH on board tho Arcadia, en routo for home achieved, with Mr. J. Keddie, of thu llangkok branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank (formerly of Kuala Lumpur), the distinction of
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  • 201 8 In the Supreme Court, this morning, before the acting Chi> f Justice tho Hon. Sir. J. A. 8. Bucknill, K.C., the hearing was commenced of an action in which Luh Ah Swrc, trader of l.'pptr Nankin Street, claimed an. injunction to restrain Teo Hoo Lye and
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 150 8 s^ OLD TOM Jas. london COUTTS OIN 6? Co. Sole Importers /CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co\\ Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants. JL ADVANCE DISPLAY dm Race Millinery jfr!ZA\ JUST UNPACKED ik|/ I IXXI P'Q vVi LI I I LE. 9i ELECTRIC If you have a moment to spare whilst passIng
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    • 224 8 Last Night Last Night WHICH 18 YOUR FAVOURITE TWO MULTIPLE-REELFf ATURES P AT THE NEW TEMPORARY ALHAMBRA CIIIMA H»U lEICH MMO. Second Show, 9.16 to 11.16 p.m. 0. H. M. S. 3,000 f«et, TWO REELS, BARKER FILM. The Powerful and Sensational All-British Military Drama dealing with a Spy in bis
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  • 607 9 President Wilson Asks For Powers. VOTES OF CREDIT PUT BEFORE CONGRESS. No War on the Mexican People. Rcutrk's Tilioram. London, April 20. Washington cables that twenty two destroyers are ordered from Pensacola to the Gulf of Mexico. Huerta has flatly refused the American demands and officials at
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  • 53 9 Kkitkr s Telegram London, April 30. Two acrop'anes racing at the Buc Aero droni" collided and foil. One burst into flamuo and the pilot, Deroyo, an J hit passenger named Dalbio were burned to death. Bidot, pilot of the other machine, had a broken leg and his passenger
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  • 28 9 RiITIK'b TkLKURAH. London, April '21. Derby betting in 11 to 4 against The Tetrarch taken, 6 t > 1 Krnnyuiore offered. 8 to 1 bar two offered.
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  • 214 9 RENEWED DEBATE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS. Another Censure Motion Probable Reiteb's Telegram. London, April 21. There is still considerable feeling in the House of Commons on the Ulster question. Mr. Asquith said that General Paget, when issuing instructions to the genorals, gave orders to take no notes.
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  • 29 9 Reuters Telegram. London, April 21, Telegrams from Romo Bay that a conference of the railwaymen's executive at Ancona has abandoned the idea of a general railway strike.
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  • 21 9 Renter's Tkleurax. London, April 21. The death of General Sir Henry Brackenbury, who had a distinguished Indian career, is announced.
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  • 112 9 Keuteb's leleoram. London, April 20. A Vienna telegram Biys the Emperor Fran cis Joseph has been suffering for a fortnight from hoarseness and symptoms of cold. The doctors last niyht issued a bulletin stating that there an accumulation of mucus in the bronchial passages with some shivering
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  • 36 9 Der Ostasiatiscue Lloyd Tklk .ram. Berlin, April 20. The Emperor Francis Joseph is ailing from bronchitis and has no appetite. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, at the Emperor'n desire, goes every day to Sohoenbrunn. Bulletins are being issued.
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  • 110 9 Deb Ostasiatische Lloyd Telegram. Berlin, April 19. Count Wedel, Stadtbalter of Alsace Lor raine, is raised to the rank of Prince. Tun Minister of the Interior, Herr Dallwitz, has been made Governor of Alsace Lorraine, his successor in the office of Secretary of State for the Interior being
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  • 97 9 Der Ostasiatisi'he Lloyd Telegram. Berlin, April 20. The workmen in the Italian state tobacco factories are on strike. Cordial telegrams have been exchanged between Hen Bethmann Hollwe*, Marquis S m Guiliano and Count Berchtold. P.ess reports at St. Petersburg that the German Ambassador, on retiring, would be replaced
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  • 611 9 RECORD VOYAGE OF AUSTRALIAN CRAFT. Powerful Fighting Machines. The first thing this morning there arrived in port H.M.S. Yarmouth with the two submarines A.E. 1 and A.E. 2, on their way to Sydney, which she has convoyed from Colombo. H.M.A.S. Sydney has been in Singapore several days
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  • 303 9 The report of the Kramat Pulai, Limited, to be submitted to the meeting on April 2, states that the net profits for the year to December 81 amounted to £11,742, to which has to be added the balance carried forward from the previous year, £3,754, together making £15,497.
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  • 168 9 A telegram from Miami (Florida) states that a detective named Shade, who owns a seaplane with which he is wont to amuse the guests at the fashionable hotels, on March 23, gave a demonstration of a new nse to whicl 1 the machine could be put by
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  • 86 9 Brilliant Decorations in Paris. Rbuter's Teleoram. Berlin, April 21 Mr. Asquith had audience with the King prior to their Majesties' visit to France tomorrow. Brilliant sunshine ushered in "King George's week." Paris is vory gay and excited. Everywhere the Union Jacks and Tricolours intermingle. Wonderful schemes
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  • 36 9 Reuter's Telegram. London, April 21. Stockholm messages state that the elections are practically concluded. The Liberals have lost their absolute majority. The electeds are National De'ence party 84, Liberals 70, Socialists 70.
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  • 68 9 Quotations Current Yesterday. The following message has been received in Singapore, dated London, April 20 Plantation Para first latex crepe on spot 104 Para to arrive 8/0} Market steady. The East Asiatic Company favour us with the following report The market in London yesterday was easier. The
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  • 61 9 (From Odb Owk Corbespondent). London, April 20. The following dividends are announced Alor Pongsu 10 per cent., Sungei Salak 10 per cent., Sungei Kapar 25 per cent., to reserve £9,500 Batu Tiga 12J per cent., to reserve £5,000 and forward £5,000. The Rubber Growers' Association proposes establishing
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  • 79 9 (Fbom Oor Own Cobbesponoint.) Penang, April 20. Litigation in connection with the big fire at Chop Chip Eng's, last July, was finally disposed of this morning, Mr. Justice Ebden entering judgment for the defendants in the case against the four insurance companies. Mr. Thorne said the defendants contested
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  • 120 9 (From Ons Own Correspondent Penant;, April 21 At the Turf Club meeting, the Hon. A. R. Adams introduced a proposal to hold three two day meetings yearly. He said it was purely an experiment and be did not think it would prove costly. The proposal was carried.
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  • 274 9 The annual general meeting of the New Serendah Rubber Co. was held on Saturday, at No. 1, Embankment, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. B. Macfalyen presided, and, in proposing the adoption of the report and balance sheet, said the most important change was the increase of the paid up
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  • 1691 9 COLONEL SEELY'S DESPERATE BLUNDER. From Our Special Correspondent. London, March 27. A week which bag seen the dramatic arrival of Sir Edward Canon in Ulster, the response to his call by the Volunteer Force, the harried drafting of troops into the Province, the threatened resignation of many
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  • 170 9 The sudden return to life of a bd)> >>«■<! corpse created a panic on March 24, it the St. Dionysius lunatic asylum, near Copenhagen. A surgeon was about to remo.ethe internal organs from the dead body of a patient, which was placed on a
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  • 51 9 A magnificent gold champagne urn was present" -d to Dr. J. A. Thomson, at Hankow, on the 4th iust by Iho Trading Company and members of the company's stiff. Dr. Thomson is very popular with Russian residents at Hankow who have taken tins opportunity of showing their regard before his
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  • 6151 10 QUESTION AS TO HANDLING TAMILS. An Interesting Trial at Ipota. An action for libel by Mr. R. W. G Mercer, a planter, against Messrs. Ayleebury and Garland, and The Times of Malaya opened before Mr. Justice Woodward at the Supreme (rant, Ipob, on April 15. Plaintiff claimed
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  • 388 10 DERELICT RUBBER-CORES Tall Driving by First of Golfing Invaders. Two of the American golfers who are invading England this year in the hone of carrying off the championships have made an early arrival, in order to accustom themselves to British conditions. They are Mr. Jerome D. T ravers, the American
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 89 10 After nearly eighteen months of work, it is now rejiorted tbat salvage operations on the German destroyer G 171 are to be abandoned. This boat was sank in collision with a battleship near Heligoland on September 14, 1912. Part of the equipment, including searchlights and raoHt of the torpedo tubes,
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  • 710 11 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, April 21, 1914. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotations this morning "Norn Valci Bcykrs. Seliirs. 2/- Allagar 1/7* 2/a 1 Anglo Java 8/8 4/8 1 Anglo Johore 1/8 8.6 2/ Anglo
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 75 11 Io the final round of tlio Scottish cap the Celtic and Hibernians drew at Glasgow, neither si<l« scoring. Mfcei to say tlit tlicro will be« gc-nvral meeting of tlic Singapore Football Aswiciation in the northern room of the Singapore Cricket Club, on Friday n< xt, at Ml
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    • 288 11 England v. The World. In connection with the celebrations of i tie's Day. on Thursday, not the least interesting attraction will be the fuolball match on the S.C.I', ground between England and The World and a good game is anticipated. The selected players are as follows England.— F. E.
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    • 233 11 On Saturday, the Alor Gajah Recreation Club met the Serkam team in n game of Association football on the former's gronnd before a large crowd. The game was well contested. Serkam scored the first goal and before the whistle blew for half time Alor Gajah equalised. The
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  • 76 11 Arrivals. Per str. Ban Hong Lion^, April 21.— From HangUok Miss Begeley. IVr rtr. Sri Muar, April 'JI. From Malacca Mrs. Watson. I'd str. Srlan<;or, April 21. From Port Sue ttenham Messrs. Lim Choo Seng and Chi Sim Cliiny. Per str. Circe, April 20.— From Deli: Messrs.
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  • 123 11 OiDi i i\ tipriaDO Castro, is IV silent of Yumzi'ila, SJMM wlnteaboutj havo beon uuknown fur several months, has been iliamuiiii at Tort tf Spain, TiiuiiloJ. A party of detectives raided an hotel occupied mainly by Venezuelans and found 40.0C0 rounds of ammunition and a fi w revolvers. After obtaining
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 44 11 Losing Weight by the Pound Weight," a condition of illhwilth. shows your assimilative powers are decreasing. WS ERBURY S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND Supplies the blood with the wanted nourishing and healthy flesh building materials. Very palatable. OF All CHEMISTS fI.KS and $2.
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    • 58 11 Grandpa sits in his easy chair, And talks of wLen be was young," He sings the praise of those bygone days, And the theme never tires his tongue. Bnt ii we talk of oar modern timer, And things that are near and newer, There's only one thing whose praise be
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    • 463 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. The Store FOR Gramophones Records Music and Musical Instruments IS UNDOUBTEDLY MOUTRIES Call on us at orce and don't waste time wandering round other Houses. RAFFLES PLACE. A TWO-REELER NOT TO BE DESPISED because it h only a two retlcr and n t spun out into gr Bier
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    • 437 11 on.,* Buchanan's "Royal Household" Whisky M supplied rr-gnlarly to Royalty. BuobftEan'n bold tbe largest stocks of any fi:m in Scotland. It ia Important to nctfc that this Wbieky is gnaraotu J to 1 a\e bren matariDg, over 13 ji nra io woo 4, before bottling, and is exactly tbo same
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    • 337 11 i SMOKED llttlNin by JVb. 1. Equestrians. (bear.v) Everybody. PLAYER'S I "NAVY" E MIXTURE I "THE MIXTURE OF MATCHLESS MERIT." RAFFLES HOTEL. Buy your Bread and Cakes from the Raffles Bakery, which is entirely under the Supervision of a skilled European Confectioner. Retail Depot: Raffles Hotel Buildings, 88, Bras Basah
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    • 143 11 MALAKA PINDA RUBBER ESTATEB. LTD. NOTICE is hereby gi ren that the Directors have declaicd an iatcim dividend of 6% on account of thi jeir ondirg 81st Augcst, 1914. NOTICB ia alsi hereby givon that the transfer bookn of the Company will be closed from Friday, l*t May, 1914, to
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  • 1403 12 ESTATE OUTPUTS AND MONTHLY AVERAGES. Exports of Para Rubber. Having published the various estate returns as received, we now tabulate them so as to show the monthly production since January 1, together with the average monthly output, fractions exceptod, during 1918. At the foot of the table we
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  • 506 12 Faulty Machinery of the Bribery Act. It is a question of some interest and importance whether the Bribery Act, during its seven years of activity, has really accomplished much towards checking the system of secret commissions. Mr. R. M. Leonard, the secretary of the Secret Commissions and Bribery
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  • 279 12 Health, Training, Character And Imagination. A graphic sketch of the business man of the future was given by Mr. H. E. Morgan, the controller of the printing and advertising business of Messrs. W. H. Smith and Sons, in the course of an address at the Kingsway Hall.
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  • 256 12 Peculiar Modern Development In Russia. The prison editor is a reality in Russia. I Ue is a development due to the insecure life j which every newspaper, not under official control has to lead. The latest incident which revealed his existence was the case of the Severnaia Pravda
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 163 12 COLDMB MOTOR TYRES Are manufactured by the Prowodnik Co., Riga, Russia, a concern with a capital of £4,000,000 employing about 15,000 people. The Columb Tyre Co. (Far East) Singapore, has been formed to sell Tyres, Motor Cycle, and Cycle Tyres and all other Rubber goods manufactured by the Prowodnik Co.,
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 164 13 «U Brut 1906 White Seal Sole Importers* Behn, Meyer* C° li^ PROJECTOR LAMPS LARGE NEW STOCKS. till "-illi'i Owing to the enormous demand for these !f[£ iMLd wonderful lamps our s'ooks h»ve boen comJr p'etely exhausted for the past few week*. J* We ate pleaded to state that a large
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    • 588 13 STEAMER SAILINGS. COMBINED SERVICE OF THE OCEAN 8. 8. CO.. LTD.. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN S. N. CG.. LTD. BKTWEKN Fromantle Perth North West Australian Ports, Java and Singapore. Regular Fortnightly sailings between Singapore and Western Australia, oalling at Java (as inducement offers), Dei by, Ring's Sound (Port for the Kimber
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    • 154 13 IN A CLASS BY ITSELF. J JXJIiIAN A. i JULIAN PRANKEL OF S ORCHARD ROAD. SELLS THEM. 5 LATEST DESIGNS— JUST LANDED. 5| jE SEE THEM W ATCH OUR WINDOWS. I JULIAN FRANKEL FURNITURE COMPANY, i j*f (No connection with any other house) ORCHARD ROAD— Only Address. IF YOU Telephone
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 448 14 BihSAPOr,EB ONLY COMPANY. LARGEST PAID-UP CAPITAL Of ANY EASTERN GQMPANI PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE i W.nohnt.r Houaa, SingapOM. LONDON OFFICE i S3, OM Jewry, E.C The Company has £20.000 deposited with tbe Supreme Ooart of Bnglaad. aad oompUes with tb* britiab Lite
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    • 341 14 INBUMNCE. FEDERAL LIFE ASSURINCE COMPANY OF CANADA Established 1882. Direct Government Super, „i O n, Governm -.nt /> v iltPolioies ar o ..^oRLD WIDE," and Non-Forfiitable. Large Nat Surplus above liabilities for Reserve and all outstanding claim*. New Buaineaa, 1918, 0v0r... 59,876,000.00 Cash Loans, Settlements, etc., made locally. Numerons modern
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    • 457 14 MtHCm, THE BZE HAI TON 6 BANKING AND INBURANGE CO.. LTD.. NO. 67 AND 68, KLING STBET, Established 1907. Capitol paid np......... ......11,000,000,00 Reratvt liability of propritors... 11,000,000,00 Reserve Fund f 800,000,00 COURT OF DIHBCTORS. LeowCbia Hbno, Esq. Chkono Qdbb Tiam, Esq. Tan Swi Ehi, Esq. Lbb Wbb Nam, EtQ
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    • 485 14 BMKIHQ. DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE BANK. FULLY PAID UP CAPITAL Sh. TMU 7,600,000 Head Offloe Shanghai. Board of Directors Berlin. BRANCHES Berlin, Calcutta, Hamburg, Canton, Hackow, Hongkong, Knbb, Peking, Tientsin, Tsinanfu, Tsingtan, Yokohama. THE FOLLOWING BANKS AND BANKERB ARE REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Bank fuer Handel nnd Industrie.') B rlinor
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    • 943 14 INSURANCE. POSSESSION of hfo «s nrance oonvicts the po*. sesror o? starting out right, and at no time is thii. fart more int»n ified than when fau,ily obligation* are aennmcd Fossesmon of a hfo policy gives a guarantee, «ha« l'ving or dead, the fath«.-r has protected bis wife and ohild
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  • 627 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Roads in the F.M.S. The biggest problem facing road engineers ■at the present time is that of providing a road surface capable of withstanding tbe strain produced by modern traffic It is a world wide one at home unsolved and in
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  • 431 15 Discovery in the Wilds of East Africa. Dr. Hans Reck, of the Geological Institute of Berlin University, has discovered at Oklo way, in the north of German East Africa, a human skeleton which, for the anthropologist, seems to be of the first importance. He lectured upon the subject
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 184 15 WESTINGHOUSE HH| THE STURDY aA AND STRONQ fm "AURIGA f PATENTED DRAWN WIRE !W LAMP PLEASES EVERYONE and INFRINQES NO PATENT. WESTINGHOUSE t| jflj^ ELECTRIC FANS gSKI British made throughout. fttf FROM 60 to 250 VOLTS. SOLE AOENTS CENTRAL SSS LIMITED, SINGAPORE and KUALA LUMPUR- IMMEDIATE DELIVERY FROM STOCK. Siddeley
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    • 50 15 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the summer months children are subject to disorders of the bowels and should receive the most careful attention. As poon as any unnatural looseness of the bowels is noticed Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should be given. For sale by all Dispensaries) and Dealers.
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    • 92 15 I The new 45 H.P. Daimler Car built for m I HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN I I IS FITTED WITH B CONTINENTAL I I Tyres. I H Exactly the same quality obtainable from B ALL. LOCAL OARAGES. R I Continental Tyre and Rubber Company, H H 17, CollyerQuay. SINGAPORE:. Telephone:
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 799 16 LARGE French STOCK8 fTILES RIDGES ALWAYS PATENT on Roofing Tiles Ventilators AND Finials Tile Crestings RIDGES. WANTS. RILING TAUGHT. Daily, at Morton's Horse Repository, by Buropetn. 6-4 5-5 6000WN WANTED. Wanted, a spacious Godown for immediate entry. Wri'e BjiX Y.Z, c/o Straits Times. 18 4 v PRODUCE GODOWN WANTED. Wanted
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    • 597 16 TO BE LET M SOLD. OFFICE TO LET. No. 1-a, Riffles Quay, Ist and 2nd floors. Apply Guthrie Co., Ltd. 16-4 38-4 TO BE LET LANGLANDS, No. 112, River Valley Road. Apply No. 8, Malacca Street. 80 1 a FLOOR TO LET. To let, 2nd Floor, No. 8, Malacca Street,
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    • 606 16 ARTICLES FOR SALE. FMMU. A bay cob i 49. Splendid trapper and high stepper. Price 1860. Apply R. M c/o Straits Times. 164 b 38-4 TURNOUT FOR SALE. For sale, a 4-seated Victoria and Horse, complete. Reasonab'e. Owner leaving. Apply to C. G. E. A., c/o Straits Times. 4-4 a
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    • 597 16 nonces. GUAN KIAT CO., 37. Phillip Street. ShipChandlkrs, Govkknmkn r and Municipal Contractors, Obnrral Importbks and Exporters and Commission Aornts. Telephone No. 1174 k 1288 (Private 1450) 8-8 n KIAM KIAT COT SHIP OHANDLRKS, BOMrsnunt and Mualelpal Contractor! 106, 108 k 109, Market Stree, Telephone Nos. 421. NOTICE. Our Cffice
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    • 449 16 SINGAPORE CLUB FIXTURES. Straits Times List. The following fixtures f jr the current week and important forthcoming fixtures are kindly supplied by the secretaries of the various clubs. Convenient forms on which to make tho returns will be Bnpplied on application to tbe Manager, Straits Times. Singapore Cricket Club. April
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 223 16 Straits \9imes. ADVERTISEMENT RATES.— Miscellaneous wants of every description are inserted at the prepaid rate of 11 per foui lines for one or two insertions. Notices of Births, Marriages, or Deaths, if not exceeding four lines, Jl each insertion. F«r p.p.c. cards, on page 8, 12. Inch ScalbRate9 are as
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