The Straits Times, 24 April 1914

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.472 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. APRIL 24. 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      276 1 THE OLD ORIGINAL HARTLEY'S Pyre Mapliesberq Tobacco. Absolutely by far the Best Transvaal Tobacco in the Market. Packed in J4> Vi and 1-lb bags and in \i and \i-Vo tins. Price 25»2 per lb. Insist upon getting Hartley's Tobacco from your Tobacconist. Sole Importers: KATZ BROS., LTD. SINGAPORE. ■Maaj^MMBBaaBMB^B^B^B^MBBMMB^B^B^BMHMB^B^BVHB^B^B^B^B^B^i^B^B^B^i^BS^ WAN
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      117 1 HOUSE FURNISHING Best Teak Wood Cutlery Drawing-room Suites Glassware Bedroom Suites Filters Dining-room Suites Carpets Hall Furniture Linoleums Cane Furniture Grass Mats Brass Bedsteads Curtains Refrigerators Cushions Crockery Table Napery. EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE. ROBINSON CO. ASHCROFTS UNDERSIZED AND FULL SIZE BILLIARD TABLES Fitted with PstMrt vJUro" sxtrm lew eashieas
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      11 1 Eternit Asbestos Slates. i Sols Aosnts < lAOAMBON, GILFIILAN A CO., LTD
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    Royalty at Sunlight.
    926 2 KING'S VISIT TO THE LEVER WORKS. A Great Industry. The King and Queen's inspection of the Port Sunlight works and village on March 25, draws public attention to one of the most interesting developments in the industrial history of the country, says The Evening Standard. The statistics
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      177 2 If you are run down— if you have i\ been ill and are slow to recover, i I try 'Vana' Tonic. It will sharpen 1 your appetite, aid your digestion, J brace your nerves, revive your fcj spirits and help to restore you to J vigorous health. J- J B
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      93 2 The Forty Year Test. An article must have exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty years. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was first offered to the public in 1872. From a small beginning it has grown in favor and popularity until it has attained a world wide reputation. You will
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      655 2 ONCE NERVOUS, GLOOMY AND DYSPEPTIC. Regained Nerve, Happiness and A Healthy Digestion With The aid tn Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mr. M. A. Pieris, chief clerk in tbe Timber Department of Messrs. Aitken, Spence and Co., Colombo, attributes the spell of illhealth which he experienced a few years einoe to
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      629 2 JJMEBJY AUCTION. MORTGAGEES SALE 01 VALUABLE FREEHOLD LAND AND BRICK KILNS SITUATE OFF McPHERSON ROAD, SINGAPORE, To be held at Powell A Co.'s Sale room, O«» Tuesday, April 28, at 2.30 p.m. The property consists of all that valuable pieci of frepho'd land si'nate off McPhcrson Road Singapore, containing an
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    Anarchy in Bengal.
    1147 3 THE YOUTH OF THE PROVINCE IN DANGER. Lord Michael's Fervent Appeal At the close of the Budget debate in the Bengal Legislative Council, Lord Carmichael made an impressive speech on tbe heroic work of the police in combating political crime and the danger to which the yonth
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      628 3 SALES BY AUCTION. FOR SALE PRIVATE. V. One second hand E-oeated Humber Motor Car, 4 t y inders, 16 to 2j Hoik 1 Power. For further particulars, apply to. CHINU KBNG LBE k CO., Aictioneers. IS 4 n AUCTION SALE Of TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITUBE, ETC., At Edi nlihll," Nacsim Road,
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      758 3 Beauty Writers. BEST SELECTIONS FROM THE WORLD'S SMARTEST BEAUTY WRITERS.— SIMPLE, UNIQUE AND EFFECTIVE RECIPES. Permanently Removing Superfluous Hair. Toilet GoBsip." How to permanently, not merely temporarily, remove a downy growth of disfiguring I enperfl-ioDR hair, in what many womon wish to know. It ifi a pity that it is
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      59 3 LIGHT MOTOR TRUCKS. A knock abont Pttrol Trnck to carry a toL and to ran np to eighteen miles per hour having 8" to 85 B. H. P. Engines, has been io.tr odnctd by Tbe Borneo Company. Limited. Sicgapore, for general Estate asd deliver; 1 work. Piioe IS OCO (chassis).
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      629 3 NERVBUB PROSTRATION IN HOT WEATHER. The words of the sage, The best of all gsins is health," come home with peculiar force during the hot sea* n. Then, even tlnse who are well find themselves more or less prostratril, partly from the excessive heat affecting the digestion, and partly from
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      640 3 STEAMER SAILINGS. AUSTRIAN LLOYD UNDER MAIL J 9> WITH THE AUSTRIAN CONTRACT tidfci GOVERNMENT New Monthly Fast Line, Trieste-Shanghai From and to Trieste and Venioe, eaiiing at Port Said Soea, Adeb, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai. OUTWARD. HOMBWARD. Dne to arrive on or about Due to sail on or
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      618 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANO, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA. INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental snd American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES Homeward (for Europe). m o- (Connecting
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      554 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly servioe 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 servioe have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all
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      797 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. THE SIM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pahang, Benersh, Kretay, Paka, Tringgana, Bisat, Semera Baohok, Kelantan, Tabai, Bsngnsrs, Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Singora, Laoon, Kobaamni, Bandon, Langsuen, Taka, Chumpon, Kohlak and Bangkok. Due Departure YUGALA April SO PRACHATIPOK April 87 April 29 S.S. BORIBAT April 39 Only "Asdang"
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      522 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. AND DEUTBCH OAMPFSGHIFF FAHRTSGES. HANSA BREMEN. Combined Service. The steamers of these Companies maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen Antwerp, Rotterdam and Emdea and the Straits, China snd Japan. Homf.wardp, they are despatched fort nightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month
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      636 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. "n. d. l. NOROOEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg, Lisbon, via Rotterdam. Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (connoo ing Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Saia, baes, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singaporf. Hongkong, Shanghai,
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      744 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. COMBINED SERVICE OF THE OCEAN S. S. CO.. LTD.. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN S. N. CO.. LTD. I M K Frcmantle Perth North West Australian Ports, Java and Singapore. kegular FortnigUtly railings between hin^aporo and Wuf<tcrn An»tri.lia, ciiling at Javt (as inducement offc s), D«iby, Kicg's Sound (Port for
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      689 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. iNDO-CH NA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. Direct Service to Japan via Hongkong Shanghai, and to Calcutta, via Tenang, from Singapore. Taking cargo on thorough Bi'ls of Lading for Canton. Macao, Swaton-, Amoy, Cbtfco, Tuntsi's. Mi wchwang, Yarjtttsze Ports. Kjr--111 sa, U c Philippines, etc., etc., e'.r.. Steamers. Tons.
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      725 5 CHUBB'S SAFES LARGE SELECTION ON SHOW AT Huttenbach Bros. Co., 13, COLLYER QUAY. Nyals Face Gpeam. (with Peroxide) a non-greasy skin food, unrivalle 1 lor complexion, leaving no shine or sticky after feeling, will uot canqc or promote tbe growth rf hair upon tbe face 50 cts. a Jar AOENTBi
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      186 5 for Washing WONT FLANNELS. SHDINK WOOLLENS. OfiKINII BLANKETS. 1 WOOLLENS sHAWLs GLOVES 1 I I UNDKRWEAR. I There is nothing better than LUX for I wasliing Woollen Goods. It makes jky mII I them beautifully clean without rubbing tj^^A) Jo 1 o* wringing and preserves that fleecy I j^Kf^ /ft/
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      218 6 Sailcloth Canvas OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. KntoNt; I 1 UXli f l'^V i I IE V J]) t tft*™™*^Wk i.-;, j KXTUA 4 !,i f) .v.>mS7^B HM COTTON lIUCK )*f AND MANY OTHER WELL KNOWN BRANDS Waggon Cover Canvas, Hatch Cover Canvas. Chemical Waterproof Canvas. Canvas Fire hose Green rot proof
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      419 6 COME AND INSPECT YAMATOS LARGE VARIETY OF 6REEN. BLUF, RED iIATTINPC »«_<«. i AND PLAIN WHITE MA I I INUO. 3 feet x ds WOVEN AND BTENCILLED Ilirn 6x6.9x9, OEBIGN 111 AI 9i 6 x9 9 x I*, Xi^" SCREENS AND CARVED TADLES. 41, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. r Whalleys. i
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      185 6 BUY "SHELL" YOO CAN RELY^ON THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY. THEY PONT CHANGE. OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. NOTICE. Mr. C. J. Williamson has thii day been appointed Manager of tbe Alhambra Cine matograph and Mr. W. P. Lowe will be in charge of th* night show only up to 81st May, 1914. All
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    150 7 FIXTURES. Friday. April 24. Hi«li Waf.r. 1 4 a.m., 10.7 p.m. B. I. outwrinl mail due. CbiMroB'* i iiin-i!. Victoria Hall. FootthUl \-->iatii.n iut« S.C.C., 5.80. p.m. Municipal C iwri— 2.:!0. Hosing ttt Tiu.liu I'.anacks. Saturday, April 25. Hiuh Water. 10 M a.m 10.29 p.m. ■Mm .1,
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    273 7 TO-DAT. Selat Pandjang. Bcngkalis, and Bagan Abbotsford Bpm Mi I. in V. Hogondorp 8 pm P. Sw, tU'iiham and Telok Anson Kinta 8 pm Malacca and Muar Lady Weld Bpm Batu Pahat Aing Leong 3pm Bangkok Profit 8 pm P. S«. ttenhaii). Penaug, 0 jloiubo and Itonihay
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    Mail Steamer Movements
    270 7 The Imp. German mail steamer Loetzow It ft Naaaj at 2 p.m. y-sterday, and may be i'xpoct:"l to nrrive here at 6 p.m. today She an I will most nrotialily bo <1> spatched for Ba«ghaagi Shauytiai. TsinKtau, Kobe and Yokohama, at U a.m. on Saturday, April 25.
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    Mails for Europe.
    70 7 Lift Simjapori. Di Mar '23 K. D. L. Mur. 20 B. I. Mar. 80 M. M. Apl. BP.A O. A,.1. 7 D. L. Apl. 9n. i. Apl. 18 M. M. Apl. fl I. I O. Apl. 21 N. D. L. Apl. 2.) B. I. >C» IN l<i>
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    486 7 Latest Arrivals. Arahcrst, Brit. str. 135 tons, Capt Scott, April M. From Ke'antan, April 2 G.c. and '21 d.p. Hong Joo Seng. For Kolantan, April 2.>. Kds. Arratoon A pear, Brit. str. 2931 tons, Capt Walker, Apiil 23. From H'koiig, April 17. (i.e. find 16H; d.p. A. (Mlbllnu
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    107 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day; TANJONG PAGAR. Bast Wharf Basin Krian. W. Sbctiom No. l...Grtgory Apcar, Saigon Mam. Phmbs Wharf Nil. Maim W. Sacr. No. 2.. .A. Apcar, Glenlocby. 8. ..H0ne Wan. 4...NU. 5 ...I'uroo 6.. .I'mary Marti. Furst. Bulow, Medusa.
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    268 7 BXCHANQB Binoai>orb, April 24, 1914. On London Bank 4 m/« 2/41 Demand 1 Private 6 m/s 2/4 J 8 m/s m. ?,;j i On G»«m»*y Bank d/d '«>- 1 Private 8 m/s 242 On Francb Bank d/d 294 Private 8 m/a 298 Oh India Bank T. T.
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      MINING.
      185 7 [woe "2 STaluel 0 10 Ampin* 1 1 Aver Wong 10 10 B.lat 3.70 10 10 Bruang 10 10 Kjuupai 10 10 Kanaboi 1.50 10 10 K iota Association 10.00 El £1 KintaTin 1.17.6 El £1 Laliat Miner 6.76 0 0 Malayan Collieries Cl £1 Malayan Tine 2.9.6 L0
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      RUBBER.
      654 7 2/- 3/- Allagai 1/7} 2/1 £1 £1 An..;li>Java 8/- 4/3/- 3/- Anglo-Malay 9/6 10,3 2/- 2/- Batang Malaka -;ll 1,8 £1 £1 Bata Tigs 2.W.9 2.15.1 2/- 2/- Bekoh -/7 -/9 £1 £1 Bukit Knjang 1.13.0 1.1ft.8 £1 £1 Bukit Lintang 2.15.0 8.0.0 noni •il 3/- Bnkit Mertajam IHH
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      GENERAL.
      121 7 vSueg Bn y«- 41 £1 B. Smelting Co. 12/- 18,6 £1 £1 Prel. 1.1.0 1.8.0 6/- 6/- Electric T 1 ways 4/8 4,9 10 10 Fraaer Neave 69.00 60 60 Hammer Co. 97.50 1(5.0} 100 Howartb Krekine 45.(0 100 a 7%PreL 100.00 100 100 Katz Bro, Dot 125.00 185.00
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      171 7 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. April 2.—A t No. 105 E. Orchard Road, teak household fnrniture, etc., property of N. i: -nlu-n. Eh]., at 1.80. Ap.il 25.— At Maplednrham, No. 15, Mt. Eli/.abutb, teak household furniture, etc., at 2. April 27.— At "Loc-laber," No. 5- A, Scott Road, teak household
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      265 7 FRASER CHALMERS, Ltd., SOLE AGENTS FOR "DUDBRIDGE" Kerosene Crude Oil Engines. '^^arffrfrfa- rr B£^~^jJ_, Jat jßi but PORTABLE yiNjjESafaiKfc^iffliy^ 9 15 B.H.P. KEROSENE ENGINES IN STOCK IN SINGAPORE. EASTERN BRANCHES: SINGAPORE AND IPOH. PRATTS Motor Car Spirits the STANDARD of QUALITY and EFFICIENCY. SOLD ONLY IN TWO IMPERIAL GALLON TINS
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      186 7 POBITION!WANTED. O lit'.caan with rraay years' general busino«H expencot e in the Far Eas-t rt quii« s position. No oljcctic nto travelling. Apply Box No. 65, SirauH 1 imes. 21-4-b 25-4 I MOTOR CYCLE FOR SALE, Trinmph Motor Cjcb in Singapore. First- rßto condition, taih. Box No 648, S'.riit" 1
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      70 7 AT THE HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. TO-NIGHT! 2nd Show TO-NIGHT!! Cinema- Adaptation of Emlle Blchebourg s Novel "LA DAME EN NOIR THE LADY IN BLACK (In 4 Parts). BOUND TO GRIP THE AUDIENCE. la connection with THB STOPPED CLOCK (A. R. Detective Drama). GAUMONT GRAPHIC No. 12 (New
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    The Straits Times. FRIDAY, APRIL 24. RETIRED PUBLIC SERVANTS.
    1234 8 The Straits Times. FRIDAY, APRIL 24. RETIRED PUBLIC SERVANTS. In this Colony we know a little of the retired public servant who spends his declining years in the gathering of money whioh be has no possibility of living to spend. Sir William Hood Trencher, Sir Frank Swettenham, Sir Edwin Birch
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    9 8 Latest advertisement* of the day appear on page 11.
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    18 8 Sungei Buaya (Sumatra) rubber output for March was 17,947 lbs., a total of 148,446 for tbe nine months.
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    21 8 Repairs to tbe Tram line in Anson Road are proceeding, the rails having been raised and placed on a new foundation.
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    22 8 Mouut Wallicb is gradually disappearing, large quantities of soil and rock being removed daily and dumped into tbo sea for reclamation purposes.
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    28 8 On and After May 15, the Austrian Lloyd steamers will call at Djibnti (homeward bound) instead of Aden. The first steamer to do so will bo the Bohemia.
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    26 8 It is understood that tbo Building Com mittee of tbe V.M.C.A., at Kuala Lumpur have definitely decided to commence the new building projected some time ago.
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    25 8 Oae of the new roads leading to the godowns by the Lagoon dock is noaring completion, and is undoubtedly tho best constructed thoroughfare in Singapore.
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    34 8 Horses and traps are said to be a perfect drug in the market in Penang at present. One turn out, which cost nearly 11,000 a few months ago, cannot find a buyer at $300.
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    28 8 The plot of ground by the side of tbe Boustead Institute and immediately fronting Tanjong Pagar police station is nearly levelled and will prove a valuable building site.
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    28 8 The transport Dufferin will pass through Singapore from Hongkong early in May with tbe 40th Pathans, the 126 th Baluchistan Infantry and No. 4 Company H.K.5.8., R.G.A. aboard.
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    26 8 The solicitors, Messrs. Presajrave and Matthews, have informed the Penang Municipal Commissioners that they are not empowered to hand over Weld Quay to the Harbour Board.
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    38 8 A wall in the warehouse of Ban Hin Bee, rioe merchants, Penang, collapsed suddenly on Wednesday morning. Four men were injured. The fall is said to have been due to the pressure caused by .he bags of rice.
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    33 8 A spectacular fire, which was visible over tho entire central portion of Brooklyn, at 8-30 p.m. on March 9, destroyed the historic St. Luke's Protestant Episcopa' Church, in Clinton-avenue, between Fulton-street and Atlantic-avenue.
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    39 8 The Commander in-Chief against White Wolf, La Chien Chang, left Peking on April 14 with 10,000 men, partly of the guards, for Tung-kuan, where he will take up his beadquarters. The troops were conveyed thither in three railway trams.
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    40 8 Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires that a fire broke out last night and destroyed a new bnngalow occupied by Mr. E. F. Zi-lh r mayer, district manager of the Great Eastern Life Assurance Company. The ocenpantx were not seriously injure.
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    50 8 At the Hongkong Magistracy on the 16th inst., the master of a P. and O. lighter and six other boatmen were charged before Mr. J. R. Wood with the larceny of a number of bags of copra, valued at 1700, from a P. and O. lighter. The case was remanded.
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    47 8 The Hongkong plague return for the week ended April 11 shows a total of 139—70 cases oocarring in tho City of Victoria and 69 in districts other than the City of Victoria." All but one (a Filipino) were Chinese ca»o». The deaths daring the week totalled 96.
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    44 8 Altogether 112 persons, either pirates or persons actually associated with tbe Childar piracy, near Hongkong, left tbe vinaol in junks and by far tbe major portion has been accounted for. It is said that there is no shadow of doubt as to their identity.
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    44 8 The Mahomedan who threw a stone in open court at Mr. Norton, the joint magistrate at Allahabad, has been sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment with throe months' solitary confinement. Tho magistrate commented severely on the neglect of the policeman who escorted the accused.
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    123 8 The Duke of Connaught, an Grand Master of the Order, has conferred the dignity of Pus! Senior Grand Wardt.-n of England upon his tton, Prinoe Arthur of Connanght, who was initiated in the spring of 1911 in the Uojal Alpha Lodge, No. 16. This will give Prinoe Arthur a seat
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    134 8 In the second court, this morning, a Chinese named Liiu Ah H/u^ was charged with the thuft of a purse containing 200 yen and a draft for over |2001. The money belongs to a Japant.se named Otauii who departed for Japan a short while ago. When he arrived in Hongkong
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    392 8 Inspector C. H. Nicol, of tbo Straits Settlements police force, has been appointed Court Inspector at Penaug. He will tako over his new duties on May 1. General Lefevre, ('omruander-in Chief in Indo-China, has just been promotn! to the command in Paris of all Colonial troops. General
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    F.M.S. Government Appointments.
    135 8 Tho F.M.S. Government Gazette of April 22 announces the following appointments Mr. H. C. Bathurst to act as Emigration Agent, Madras Mr. H. T. Martin to act as District Officer, Jelebu Mr. J. W. Goldthorp to act as second Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur; Mi. W. J. K. Stark
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    Week-End Telegrams.
    175 8 The following notice is about to be issued by the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company From tho Ist proximo, Week- End Telegrams for the United Kingdom and Germany will be accepted at the office* of the Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Co., Ltd., at Penang, Malacca, Singapore and
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    The Siogapore Loan
    259 8 . The Financial Times of April 3 bad this reference to the issuance of tlm £300,000 Singapore Municipal loan: Another municipal loan makee its appearance this morning, subscriptions being invited for an is-.ii by the City of Singapore of £3<X>,ooo in four per cent, sterling debenture stock, .i'l
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      174 8 MAGNUMS 55 cts. i'l% magnums 55 cts. I hree Castles w ijj pep z Cigarette j| per I WD&H.OWitls ft] Bristol London^-gigg^ I Millinery Novelties L ja Just Arriving ta 4^^ RACES i I 'fjU^ftlM Nowßeing B IPf DISPLAYED s B At IiITTLBS. m BULMERS SPARKLING CIDER. (Guaranteed to be
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      138 8 to-night: to-night i i ALHAMBRA CINEMTOeiUPH THf *TRE, BEtCH RO»P. Second Snow, 9.15 to 11.15 p.m. ANOTHER MYSTERY FILM! The Black Diamond IN THREE THRILLING PARTB. A TWO-PART COMEDY WIFFLES IN THE MARRIAGE TANGLE THE LATEST PATHE 8 ANIMATED GAZETTE First Show, 7.80 to 9 p.m. "THE HERITAGE CF EYE."
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    THE IRISH CRISK »
    151 9 THE IRISH CRIS. MOVEMENTS OF THE WARSHIPS EXPLAINED. Another Big Debate to Take Place. Rkutbr's Tblbqram. London, April 23. Tbo Admiralty on March 21 counter, manded tboir orders of the 19th, cancelled the arrangements tor the third battlo squadron to embark field guns, and ordered eight destroyers proceeding to Lsinlash
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    America and Mexico.
    389 9 CARRANZA MESSAGE PRODUCES SENSATION. Entirely Alters Situation. RIUTER's TILtuRAM. London, April 23. Mr. Bryan has delivered to President Wilson General Carranza's statement. It is a long document and dwells on the Mexican people not recognising the usurper Huerta, and that a United States invasion would involve an
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    ROYALTY IN FRANCE.
    79 9 Kbctbb's Tblsubim. Loudon, April 23. TLe crowds in I'aria yesterday evening were even greater than on Tuesday. They cheered their Majesties while driving to and returning from the oper* most enthusiasti eally. Their Majesties attended in the afternoon a special race mooting at Auteuil. There was brilliant
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    TRIPLE ENTENTE.
    257 9 Rki-tkk's Telegram. London, April 28. St. Petersburg semiofficial statement repudiates the Russian newspaper article as sorting g JR t Russia proposed the conversion of tbe tripu entente into an alliance. I'm; Ostasltische Lloyd Telegram. Berlin. April 28. The Novoye Vrrmj* pretends that the Russian proposal to con verUhc
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    BRITISH POLO PLAYERS.
    43 9 Rkutbb's Iblbqram. London, April 23. Tbe Daily Telegraph is informed tbat the English team polo tests at Meadowbrook have resulted in tbe selection of Captain Barrett, Major Matbew Lannowe, Captain Lockett, and Major Hunter with, Captain Tomkinson as a reserve.
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    EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA
    42 9 . Riutbr's Telboram. London April 23. A Vienna message says tbo Emperor had a disturbed night and the catarrbal symptom* are unabated. Tbe bourse is depressed. Dkr Ostasiatische Lloyd Telegram. Berlin, April 23. The Emperor Francis-Joseph is oat of danger.
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    KING OF SWEDEN.
    156 9 Dkr Ostasiatisi'ue Lloyd Tki.bmkam. Berlin, April 28. The King of Sweden bu left hospital. LONDON RUBBER MARKET. Quotations Current Yesterday. The following message has been received in Singapore, dated London, April 23: Plantation Para first latex crepe on spot 2TJ Para to arrive 2.11* Market steady. The
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    LONDON RUBBER SPECIALS.
    50 9 (From Our Own Corbbspondbnt.) London, April 28. There was a further weakness at the resumed auctions and shares are receding. Kapar Para pays a dividend of 20 per cent., places to reserve £16,000 and carries forward £10,000. Jong Landor pays an interim dividend of 4 per cent.
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    Warning to Motorists.
    83 9 The Chief Police Officer would like all motorists clearly to understand tbat the subsection of tbe new Motor Car Ordinance relating to over crowding has now come into foroe. No car that is over crowded or from which any article projects so as to obstruct, endanger or
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    St. George's Day.
    1253 9 FIRST ENGLISH BALL A GREAT SUCCESS. Brilliant Assembly at Victoria Hall. In this present year of grace it matters little whether St. George was a successful, bat particularly rascally, army contractor who accumulated a fortune by methods not unknown in later days, or whether, offshoot of noble
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    KUAL4 LUMPUR CELEBRATIONS.
    109 9 KUALA LUMPUR CELEBRATIONS. (Fro* Ol it Own Cobbbspondbnt.) Kuala Lumpur, April 24. Tbe St. George's ball last night was a most successful function, about 400 persons being present. Tbe Town Hall was beautifully decorated with red and whit i paper roses and was festooned with moss and red and white
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    THE SHARE MARKET. ♦
    305 9 THE SHARE MARKET. Messrs. Fraser and Co.'s Weekly Circular, Messrs. Fraser and Co.'s share circular, dated April 22, states There has been no improvement in the condition of business and dealings are again entirely lacking in animation, while movements in prices aro generally small and of little importance. Although the
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    A Violin Recital.
    108 9 Mr. Edward van Sucbtelen, a young violinist, who has given several recitals in Java and whose capabilities as an exponent of classical works has received very favourable notice, will play at the Dutch Club to morrow night, with Mr. van Osterzee as accompanist, the following programme Concert
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    Sequel to Childar Piracy.
    106 9 At the Marine Court, Hongkong, od April 10, before Commander Basil Taylor, the muter of the steamer Childar, Capt. Nuilssen, which vessel, it will be recalled, was pirated when six hoars oat of Hongkong en route for Swatow, was charged with having on board more passengers
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    74 9 Miss Towle, one of the nnrses attached to the Taiping Hospital, bad a somewhat alarming adventure a few ovem-i«s ago, says the Times of Malaya. She was returning to the hospital, after visiting some friends at about seven o'clock and was walking along Barrack Road, Taiping, when she was accosted
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    SPORTING LETTER.
    2036 9 THE INTER-VARSITY BOAT RACE DESCRIBED. Cop-tie Surprise. London, April 8. Sunioch's victory in the Grand National will give a stimulus to steeplechasing ambition. This horse is the property of a Birmingham butcher, and bad never been raced until ten months ago, although he had been banted regularly and
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    BARON MUISCHAI'SEN
    461 10 BARON MUNCHAUSEN. A True Story of the Effect of His Partridge Tale. The adventures of Baron Munchausen, the prince of liars, have long hi eu familiar to ■la, hut Ml hiiloiiral jiiginal of this MtMMM MMri has been utterly forg.itt' n. He n ally existed in the flesh, and was
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    HERO OF SCIENCE.
    523 10 Man Who made !he i'a:ia :ia Canal Possible. Ou Match m, tho Royal Society of Medicine Mi to honour with a banquet tho man wli'i ma it possible to construct the Panama Canal Surgeon-Gonera! Gorgas, who a> rived iv i. 'ipi.-n on Much IT from South Africa,
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    SHIPS' CLEANING AFLOAT.
    310 10 Device to bviate Need for Dry Docking. A demonstration was given at the West India Export Dock, the other day, in the pro sence of a number of ie;.if- nti*:vi s of foreign Governments and others in'ereuted in shipping, of a method by which ships can have
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    PAYMASTER SENT TO PRISON.
    321 10 Naval Officer Who Absconded At Colombo. A court-martial, Ritting at Portsmouth on March 25, sentenced Fleet Paymaster George Harold Coles to bo imprisoned for 18 mouths' with hard lab mr, and dismissed the r\ ii.-r in disgrace. Accused had recently served in the cruiser Hampshire on
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    MASSACRE OF LEPERS
    314 10 . Terrible Ta!e from the South 'fit China. The Catholic Mission at Ku iyaug has information that the officials in th Hiugi dis'ricL have massacred some forty hp rs. The N.I 0. News at the place referred to wrote on March 16: I am at present at Kaicl.ow
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    144 10 Mr. William B. Poland, Vice- President and Chief Eugioeer of the Philippine Railway Company, who has been in chargo of the construction and operation of the company's lines for a number uf years, will leave the Philippines by June 1, and will return to the United States probr.bly by way
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    F.M.S. Clerical Service.
    1413 10 (From A Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, April 22. The clerical service of all Governments the world over is the backbone of the Government machinery and without it business would be absolutely at a standstill. Afte: all, the greater pait of the work in an ordinary olli.-e is composed
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    OIL'S TRIUMPH
    220 10 . Remarkable Growth of the Great Industry. Tbe first all-oil exhibition, which is now being held at Earl's Court, is an interesting and instructive show, and combined with the excellent lectures which have been, aud are to be, delivered there, covers the various aspects of the industry in a
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    DRAMATIC MEETING.
    331 10 Court Sequel to Sensational Coincidence. An extraordinary coincidence was reported to Mr. Cecil Chapman, the Tower Bridge m-i^Uti-ate, on March 25. John Frederick Wilson, 89, traveller, of Angell-road, Brixton, was charged with feloniously marrying Blanche Morris, at the Lambeth Uogistry Office, on June 17, 1909, bis wife, Florence,
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    150 10 Arrivals. Per str. Brouwer, April 24. From P. Baroe: Mr. Steinmete. Per str. Yugala, April 23.— From Bangkok Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberg, Messrs. T. Francis and Loke Kum. Per str. A. Apcar, April 23.— From Hong kong Mr. aod Mrs. Oalton Feuzi, Mrs. Bray, Messrs. Powell, London,
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    Singapore Mortality Returns.
    85 10 The mortality retains (or Singapore issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths show that during the week ending April 18, there were 219 deaths (191 males, 58 feinalesi, giving a ratio per inillo of population of 39.82. Malarial fever accounted for 29 deaths, phtln sis 24,
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    A NATIONAL EXHIBIT.
    332 10 President Wilson's Confessions TV Pressmen. A human document of intense interest is the self revelation made by Present Wilson in a speech before the National Press Club in Washington. It shows that the fierce light that beats upon tbe Presidential chair may be even more nt r<e
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    A SPORTING CHALLENGE
    232 10 Result of M.P.'s Free "Tips" Experiment. Mr. Hogge, the Liberal member for East Edinburgh and a strong advocate of antigambling legislation, has just had a strange encounter with a tipster, says The Times' Parliamentary correspondent. Speaking at Dr. Clifford's PSA. at Pad diugton on February 15, Mr.
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    NEW HEBRIDES HORROR.
    227 10 Cannibals Kill and Eat Seven Missionaries. The killing and eating of seven native missionaries by cannibals is iho latest horror added to the grim record of the New Hebrides, which were recently visited by a serious volcanic etuption. The island hteainer Makarobo brought news of unrest among
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    Protestant Benefit Society
    249 10 The committee of the Singapore Protestant Benefit Society in their annual report for the year ended March 31 say that the Society has completed the second year of its existence and the balance at credit as shewn by the balance-sheet is (H21.84. The enrolment on April 1,
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      304 10 . Entrit s for the forthcoming spring race meeting close at noon to-morrow. At the annual meeting of tl .<■ Hongkong Lawn Tcni'is Liasiue, Dr. Forsyth was elected President, Mr. A. O. lii.Wn, VicePresident, and Mr. \V. H. Yiveash, Secretary and Treasurer. A Lawn bowling tournament will bo
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      Golf.
      17 10 Keppel Golf Club. The result of B class April medal was C D. McLachlan 47+49—16=91, winner.
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      Football.
      84 10 England v. The World. It was about the time that the gallant twenty-two had seen to the despatch of the last letters for tbe homeward mail and were looking forward to donning shorts aud shirts that rain tumbled down in torrents yesterday afternooD, and put to an end any
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      Cricket.
      60 10 North v. South. Following are the teams for to morrow's match, North v. South, to be played on the Esplanade North.— Messrs. Hill, Vowler, O. P. Griffith Jones, Elder, Talma, C. E. H. Davies, Hugbrs, C. G. Brown, I). Black, Woodhouse Cobbett, Key wmth, Bath (Captain). South. Dove, Jupe,
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    CURES OF THE FUTURE.
    285 10 Anti-Vivisection and Conquest Of Disease. A large mooting was held at tho Brixton Palladium recently under the auspices of the Rev. A. J. Waldron's Brotherhood, at nhich Miss Lind-tf Hageby lecture I on Ami Vivisection and the Conquest of Disease. There are two ways," she said,
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    135 10 All amateurs should enquire for a new booklet Simplicity and Success in Photography,'' issued by Messrs. Burroughs Wei 'come and Co., which shows how science and invention are aiding the present-day photographer to achieve success l>y simplifying processes and methods. Well-known photographers attest, and interesting studies in tint and colour
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    NEW LIVERPOOL HOTEL.
    499 11 Completion of an Expensive Enterprise. The Chairman (Mr. Murray Smith) and directors of the Mi.i Und Railway Company entprtiimil r rmmeronn company at dinner ou Maitu 11, iv lL.t Aucl^l.i HoU.I, Liverpool. The company has »u«'« Mi in transforming au old faMiiuncd hotel into one of the
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    ECHO OF FAMOUS SIEGE.
    339 11 The Reunion f 200 Ladysmith Defenders. About 200 of the defenders of Ladysmith dinoti at the headquarters of tho Queen Victoria KiUes, DavioD-strect, Berkeley square, on March 14. Tho menu contained such uppropriati- items as Fillet of cod de la riviere Tugela," Hoast sirloin of Ladysmith
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    879 11 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, April 24, 1914. Messrs. Lyall aod Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue tte following list of quotations this morning:— LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS NOM VALUB BOYRRS. SBLLIRS. 2/- Allagar 1/7* 2/8 1 Angio Jata 8/- 4/--1 Anj-lu-Johoii: 1/8 3/0 2/ Anglo-Malay
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      488 11 LATEST ADVEKTISUMENTS. Store FOR Gramophones Records IWluaic and Musical Instruments IS UNDOUBTEDLY MOUTRIES Call on us at once and don't waste time wandering round 'ther Houses. RAFFLES PLACE. Drin k Buchanan's "Royal Household" Whisky M supplied regularly to Royalty. Buchanan's hold the largrs, stocks of any firm in Scotland. It
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    Artificial Milk.
    1000 12 BUTTERAND CHEESE FROM SOYA BEANS. Romance of a New Industry. A discovery which should prove of great interest to housewives and mothers, says The Times, has recently been brought to perfection in a London chemical laboratory. This is a process of manufacturing synthetically a pure and wholesome milk
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    21 12 Is that right, Charlie, as your missus hit you with a flat iron Er, yus—but only the blunt end of ii."
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    20 12 I'm afraid I made rather a fool of myself last night." No, darling, 1 assure you I observed nothing unusual."
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    SUN LIFE ASSURANCE.
    423 12 Another Year of Prosperity And Progress. The forty-third annual report of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, presented at the annual meeting of the shareholders, at Montreal, on March 3, by the President, Mr. Robertson Macaulay, showed that notwithstanding twelve months of financial stringency and general
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    ROMANCE OF LADIES' MILE
    629 12 . Quite a Flutter of Hearts in Hyde Park. Years slipped back and the old savour of romance has returned to the Ladies' Mile in Hydo Park yesterday, says a Daily News article. There was quite a flutter along Lovers' Walk— a disturbance of hearts and horseflesh
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    CLUB OF ADVENTURE.
    636 12 London's Home for the Sailor Ashore. At one time tbe sailor who had just landed with money in bis pocket was the prey of bad characters of both sexes, and the streets around the docks were dens of robbery and vice. But most of that has changed.
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    D.jCToK ftIURLLRED IN KOREA.
    353 12 DOCTOR MURDERED IN KOREA. Mining Physician Shot in A Hospital. Dr. K. de M. Stryker, the physician of the Seoul Mining Company at the Suan mines, Pycnyang, has been murdered by a Japanese nliot maker named Watanabe. A correspondent at Pyenyang sent the following telegram to the Japan Chronicle Dr.
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    30 12 A notable sentence by Mr. J. F. Runciman Art is a fine essence, sometimes bitter, sometimes honeysweet, sometimes bittersweet, never sour, drawn by heavensent bees, creative artists, out of life."
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    33 12 La Liberte quotes from a Paris gendarme's procea verbal A complaint having been made to us by the butchers that the market was insufficiently provided with beasts, we determined to betake ourselves thither."
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    HANDY MEN.
    376 12 The Male General Invading The Kitchen. Men are attempting a practical solution of tbe domestic problem by taking upon themselves duties usually considered to lie wholly within the woman's sphere, says Tbe Standard. The male "general" is no longer a rarity he is, in fact, said to be
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    PASSENGERS OVERSEAS.
    735 12 Forthcoming Arrivals and Departures. 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 pasßongers may alter their arrangements, subsequent to the issuance of this list in London
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      234 12 SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER 1914 Model. The ONE Perfect Machine Interchangeable Carriage. 10 to 27 Inches. Price: $190. Quarto cr Foo'ri..p Size. STRAITS CYCLE MOTOR CO., Singapore, SOLE AGENTS. 21-2 a 19 8 SOMETHING FRESH EVERY PAY. WE HAVE JUST OPENED UP BBASS NICKEL BEDS SAME AS SUPPLIED TO H. H.
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      164 13 I 1 We like ffKEYW a good drink! PROJECTOR LAMPS LARGE NEW STOCKS. [Sfli Xlim Owing to the enormous demand for these B|||lil Hllll^H wonderful lamps our stocks have baen corny pletely exhausted for the past few weeks. We are pleased to state that a large oonsignment has just been
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      197 13 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY'S ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE HONGKONG T) BUROPB Vu Chixi, Jams, Oamaoa ua> thi Umitii TATM. ■mpresa of Russia I Quadruple screw. Bmprees o! Asi» M 18,850 tons grcas. Bmpress of India I Twin Bcrew Bmprew of Japan I [u > 6,000 tom grow. (loteraaediate MoDteaxle (C)
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      31 13 see: our window FOB GRAMOPHONE BARGAINS. We have a small number of both models (Horn and Hornless) to be cleared at ridiculously low prices which cannot be repeated. Robinson PIANO Co.
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      1753 14 BINBAPORE 8 ONLY COMPANY. LARGEST PAID-UP CAPITAL OF \NY EABT£RN COMPANI PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE I W.nchutep Houm, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE i S3, Old Jewry, EC The Company tuts £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Conrt of England, anl complies with the bnu»h
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      956 14 SALES JY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE Of SUPERIOR TBAK HOUSBHOLI/ FURNITURE TENNIS GEAR, PLANTS, ETC.. At LO». lI A it EH, No. 6*, Sootts Road, IS" On Monday, April 27, nt 3.30 p.m. Very handsomely designed Europe-made display cabinet with mirror panel excellently carved teak and ra.tau stacdard and rocking rhai's
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    801 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Contests for Light Cars. Charles L. Freeston writes in the Daily Chronicle as follows: Light cars, it is now made clear, will have abundant opportunity of establishing their merits during the coming year, so far as concerns the essential medium of
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    123 15 The Ambrym Volcano. An incoming steamer reports that the volcano Ambrym, in tbe New Hebrides, is still active, but now only throwing up ashes and stones. A great black pall hung over tbe islands for a distance of '200 miles up the coastline when the steamer Makambo recently visited the
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    54 15 According to a Shanghai despatch to the Asahi, seeing that there had been a number of failures of Chinese merchants in Shanghai of late, the Financial Department in Peking has warned the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce (Chinese) of the dreadful evils of speculation and particularly requested them to convey this
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      151 15 RAT WER SAFES NO RATHER Thief-resisting Safe has ever been opened by Burglars. NO RATNER Improved Fire-resisting Safe has ever had its contents destroyed by Fire. SOLE AGENTS CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, IMMEDIATE DELIVERY FROM STOCK. Siddeley— Deasy Cars, Studebaker Cars, Sunbeam Cars, Ford Cars, B. S. A. Cars, AND Dennis
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      50 15 Bowel Complaint in Children. During tbe Bummer months children are subject to disorders of tbe bowels and should receive the most careful attention. As soon as any nnnatural looseness of tbe bowels in noticed Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should be given. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      270 15 I APPRECIATION OP DUNLOP TYRES For HARD WEAR in HOT COUNTRIES. Of the twenty five cars that finished in the Melbourne to Sydney reliability contest, seventeen were fitted with DUNLOP TYRES. The distance* between these two Australian cities is 628 miles and the weather throughout the run was hot. DUNLOP
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      431 16 FRENCH SWAN BRAND ROOFING VENTILATORS, RIDOINOS. CRESTINOS, X A A-i XL O FINIALS. SHARPE, ROSS CO., LTD., SINGAPORE, WANTS. MOMM WANTED. Wanted, a spacious Godown for immediate entry. Write B jx K. Y. Z c/o Straits Times. 18 4 CLERK WANTED. Wanted, Clerk with good knowledge of the Hngliah and
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      356 16 WANTS. RIDINQ TAUfiHT. Daily, at Morton's Hone Repository, by LEBBONB. Violin. Mandoline, Guitar and Banjo. Apply to Mr. Rererger, Raffle* Hotel. 17-4 18.5 LEBBONB IN DUTCH. Private lessons in Dutoh Conversation given by adverUser. Apply to Box No. 04fl, Straits Time*. »-4 234 BOOK-KEEPER AND SALESMAN WANTED. Wanted, Book-keeper and
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      549 16 TO BE LET DB SOLD. TO BE LET LANOL4NDS, No. 112, River Valley Road. Apply No. 8, Malacca Street FLOOR TO LET To let, Sod Floor, No. 8, Malacca Street, Rntry March 1, 1014. Apply Meyer Brothers. Furnished or unfurnished. Roue-cottage Mount Elizabeth. Apply No. 4, p c Soaaa HOUSE
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      639 16 WTICEB. I GUAN KIAT A CO., 37. Phillip Street. ShipChakdlbrs, Oovkbnxbnt and Municipal Contractors, Oinbral Importirs and EXPORTIRS AND CoMMISSIOM AoiNTS. .Telephone No. 1174 1288 (Private 1450). KIAM KIAT ft CO. I BHIP CHANDLERS, ■■HI Me ImWml Contractor!. 100, 108 109, Market Street. Telephone Nos, 431. GUAN XIAT CO.. 37.
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      462 16 NOTICES. 1 OR. R. H. lAMB. American Dentist, Graduate Pbii Dental College, Coleman Street, opposite Hotel de a <* 306 NOTICE. ALL PERSONS who have pledged articles for mm exceeding dollars ten (tIC) with the pawnbrokers of Singapore, tinee tho Ist d»y of January, 1814, are hereby nqaind to' redeem
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      450 16 SINGAPORE CLUB FIXTURES. Straits Times List. The following fixtures f jr the current week and important forthcoming fix tares are kindly supplied by the secretaries of the various olubs. Convenient forma on which to make I tho returns will be supplied ou application to tbe Manager, Straits Times. Singapore Cricket
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