The Straits Times, 21 October 1913

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.31 S SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1913. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 188 1 [the celebrated I White Horse SCOTCH tk U WHISKY Established 1742. WINCHESTER "TAKE DOWN" REPEATING SHOTGUN, MODEL 1897. IS Gauge. Plain Finished 12 Gauge --Take Down Model 1897 SSO •ach. Tliirty Inch Rolled Steel Barre!, Pistol Grip Stock and Forearm of Plain Wood, not Chocked, Weight about 7, 1 pounds.
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    • 40 1 SLEDGE MILK IS GENUINE Swiss Milk from cattle grazed on th« FAMOUS PASTURES OF THB BERNESE ALPS. c \%%m D tf^:^# L A.U for: SLEDGE BRAND Unsweetened Condensed or Natural Sterilized. Sole Importers: J. TRAVERS ft SONS, LII« I TED.
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    • 178 1 ROBINSON CO. FOR Wedding Presents. BEST E. P. AFTERNOON TEA SET Dl»l/»O (HT7 CA ON TRAY AS ILLUSTRATION I I lLt5 <J)Of.?)U. We have a very large and varied selection of ELECTRO PLATE and STERLING-SILVER GOODS that make suitable Gifts for all Occasions. ROBINSON CO. THB PUBLIC REALISE A GOOD
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    • 9 1 JEFFREY'S PILSENFR BEER. SOLB AoKNTM AOAVSON. GILF.LLAN CO., LTD.
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  • 660 2 MR. H. G. PELISSIER DIES AT EARL'S COURT. A Great Comedian. Aa already announced, Mr. H. O. Pelissier, the chief of The Follies, died from heart disease on September 25, at 1, Nevern Square, Earl's Court, tbe residence of Mr. Edward Compton, bis father-in-law. He was born
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  • 190 2 The Siamese Minister of Finance has received His Majesty's commands to notify for general information that as the tioals of the size, design and inscriptions, authorised by Notification dated November 11 K. S. 127 (1908), have not been put into circulation owing to the change in
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  • 142 2 We reproduce the following as received by The Globe, and accept no responsibility for the facts Owing to tbe enormous proportions of the airship used in Scaled Orders at Drury Lane Theatre, difficulties have been experienced in housing it at the back of the stage.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 431 2 (uf||^^^ ihe Ideal Invigorator iW/f A XT A 9 TP C\ XT If* \UP\V \f\\il f\ IX fk BRAND f lll^ I i^ \\\W fcVmV. 'Vana' Tonic strengthens the system II I ''n JWlN^^^ against malaria. It also recou|r, the y^/S^L (&Cfcj£_jvJ^^ constitution after an attack. After illness, when recovery
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    • 64 2 Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is safe to say that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has saved the lives of more people and relieved more Huffering than any other remedy in existence. It is known all over the eivihxed world for its speedy coxes of cramps in
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    • 555 2 HI CAME OUT IN HANDFULS Began as Ringworm. Left Bald Patch, then Scaly with Hard Crust-like Substance. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Cured Her. 11: Ford Kd., 1 Cosport. Bants. Eng. "My little girl's bead was bad for nearly two years. It first began as ringworm. s/fl^\ The bair came out
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    • 244 2 RANEEOUNGB GLAZED STONEWARE. Drainpipes and Junctions. ALL SIZES STOCKED. SHARPE, ROSS CO.. LO. yam:a t o s Cash Sale NOW PROCEEDING. VERY BEAUTIFUL XIYIAS CARDS, CALENDARS for 1914 NOW ON SHOW. 41, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. UPHELD by QUALITY. EXPERT PATENT EYE HELPII MEDICINES I Twitch or Squint or Smart or
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  • 701 3 FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES NOT OVERCOME. Municipal Projects. The following information is from the report by H. M. Commercial Attache at Pekin (Mr. W. P. Ker) on the foreign trade of China in 1912, which will shortly be issued As in the case of railways, the year has been
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  • 204 3 The Lovat Scouts who served with Lord Lovat in the South African War resolved some time ago to present him with a marriage gift in remembrance of the time they bad spent in active service together and aa a token of the respect which they
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  • 58 3 Mr. F. H. Benson's abilities are alliterative—he is an actor and an athlete. As a contemporary puts it The wits even say that athletics come first, for does not the story go that Mr. Benson, anxious to complete the east of Hamlet, once wired to another manager for a good
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 321 3 REMOVE ALL BLOOD iMPUtiiIiCS. BOILDUP YOUR HEALTH with V I ESSENCE OK fluid extract of RED JAMAICA EEt usf. ii tiffira! 3 Til Pronounced b, the HICHEBT MtPIFAI AUTr'PniTiFS the most "US&TLTNND LIVER, DEBILITY, ERUPTIONS, RHEUMATISM, OBSTINATE SKIN DISEASES, &c. RESTORES THE WEAK, REVIVES THE DEPRESSED WILKINSON'S SARSAPARILLA HAS A
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    • 15 3 For eongbs and cliillg. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Sold everywhere, 80 cents a bottle.
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    • 577 3 The Prevention of Infectious Diseases. Sore throat is so common that everyone mast necessarily be interested in learning bow to care it with rapidity and prevent it with certainty. This is the more nrcessary seeing that aeri Dan diseases like tonsillitis and diphtheria, measles and scarlet fever often even consumption
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    • 533 3 The National Mutual Life Association OF EflMß^ttßrsaß& Established 1 888 Tba first Lite Offloe in the world to introduce the non-forfeiture principle to Policios. A Mutual Offlqa. No Shareholder,. Low Pr«-nium«-Annual Inooma «1 ,884,884. Funds «7,201,280 Claims paid £6,078,900. ALL profits are distributed amongst Policy holders. Claims paid in any
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 715 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION GO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PKN*NG, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INUIA, ADBN, BGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES 1813 Homeward (for Europe). i Connecting
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    • 655 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP GO,, LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly sorvioe is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under maiJ contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. Tbe New Twin-sorew Steamers maintaining this servioe have been specially designed and constructed, and arc fitted
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    • 724 4 STEAMER BAIUMBB THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pahang, Berserah, Kretay, Paka, Tringgana, Bisut, Semera Baohok, Kelantan, Tabai, Bangnara, Telapin, Panarai, Patani, Siagora Lacon, Kohsamui, Bandon, Langsuen, Tsku. Chumpon, Kohlak and Bangkok. Due Departure s.s. HEIM Oot. 22 s.s. ASDANO Oot. 22 Oot. 26 S.S. MAHIDOL Oot. 26
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    • 500 4 STEAMER SAILIMft. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG, V AMD ■UTKI UMPrIOUt MHTMEf. UNM IK Mr. Combined lenflc^ The steamres of leee OomnaaK-s nisiatain a regular servioe between Harabur., Bremen Antwerp, Rotterdam and Emden and tae Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a
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    • 647 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. IM. D. L. NORDCEUTSCHER LLYOD. BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamors of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 301 5 HOOGLANDT CO., SINGAPORE:. JHNATZY jS JENATZY JENATZY -55 JENATZY JENATZY Js JENATZY S f JENATZY JENATZY %t& JENATZY JENATZY g HOOGLANDT CO., SINGAPORE!. MOTOR CAR FOR SALE. One 16 20 H.P. Alldays and Onions Car in thorough order, newly painted and overhauled. Seat five, complete with all accessories. 6 lamp?,
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    • 349 5 GUAN KIAT CO.. SHIP CHANDLERS, <*7. Phillip Street. New Shipment Just Imported I Hubbuck'tt coloured paint oil and snndriea, Screw Augers, American Axes, Cutting Pliers, Pliers, Barbed Wire, Brass, Lead Wire, Copper Wire, Firo Bricks, Fire Clay, Hand Saws, Oalvd Ki vetted Buckets, Oaage Glasses, Adzes, Hand Hatchets, I n
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    • 468 5 AUCTION SALE Of THE VALUABLE FREEHOLD RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS VINDOBON4, SITUATE OFF ORANGE GROVE ROAD, TANGLIN, To be held at Powell Co.'s sale-room, On Wednesday, October 29, at 2.30 p.m. AU tba; piece of freehold land containing an area of 100,615 square feet being part i Grants Nos. 0
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    • 656 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. BUNGALOW. FLAT OR ROOMS WANTED. Furnished or unfurnished accommodation wanted by permanent tenant. Replies to B. 8., c/o Straits Times. 21-10 88-10 BUNGALOW TO LET. From January 1, to married couple, completely furniehed bnngalow, 2| miles from town. Tench. Stabling. Ajply Box No. 882, Straits Times. 21 IC-v
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    • 306 5 lux] FOR TAKING CARE OF WOOLLENS, For Washing Blankets, I him.!.. Woollen*, Dainty Fabrics, and (or |H i aw >iim clothes of a'l descriptions, LUX is an iile.il in upm ■Ijub. Made in the lonn ot Makes or wafers l.l'X is delightful in use. i>i\ini; free and creamy lalh -r
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 651 6 A 0k Good jjjpL Thing. JKnjl Apply pFRASER aI-% and rCv 1 NEAVE l^i Limited, W/mJ/m AERATED WATER ''Illllr ff> MANUFACTURERS. I Ullll' I^M\^ "LA ROSA" CIGARS in boxen of 25, 60 and 100, ALSO CIGARETTES in packets of 80 each. Sola Agents 1 WING ON CO., 60, High St.
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  • 233 7 TO-DAT. P. Dickson and P. Swettenham Calypso 8 pm Malacca and Muar Lady Weld Bpm Hongkong, Shanghai and .la pan Lothian 8 pm Batu Pahat Aing Hin 8 pm Kemaman, Kuala Dungun and Trengganu Will o'the Wisp 8 pm Selat Pandjang, Bengkalis, and Bagan Hong Ho 8
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  • 209 7 The Imp. German mail steamer P. E. Friedrich left Colombo at 9 p m. on Saturday. October IH, and may be expected to arrive uere on Friday afternoon, October 24. The B. I. contract packet steamer Teesta with mails from London up to the evening of October
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  • 275 7 Latest Arrivals. Amiral >lrv. Frh. str. HUM ton*. Captain Ix-cli-rc. Oct "20. From Dunkirk, S. pt B, Ci.c. and p. Moine CVuuto. For Saigon. Osttt. w. Carlyle. Brit. str. 205 tons, Capt Gamblon, Ott 19. From Kelantan, Oct IT. G.c. and d.p. Struts Steamship Coy. For KclauUn. Oct
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  • 95 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day. TANJONQ PAOAR. Bast Wharf Basin A. Beatrice. W. Ssction No. 1...A. Olry, Taroba. Shiirs Wharf Solangor. Main W. Sbct. No. 2...Koerbcr, Mm. B. ..Lothian. 4.. .H0ng Wan I. 6 ...Sandakan. 6...Autenor, Demodocuß. Nbw Dock 7. ..(Under
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  • 71 7 Arrivals. Per str. Lama, Oct 20.— From Penang via ports: Mr. and Mrs. Hcnty, Mr. E. W. Adams. Per str. .Tapara, Oct 20. From Palembang Messrs. E. Levy, F. Gnilett, J. Stafford and S. Brnm. Per atr. Ipoh, Oct 20.— From T. Anson via ports: Mrs. Wells
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  • 356 7 The report of the Selangor United Rubber Estates, Ltd., (or the year ended March 81 last, to be submitted at the meeting on the 29th inst., states that during the year a further 117 acres were planted on St. Andrew estate. The following schedule gives details of the
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  • 259 7 EXCHANGE SIMftAPOBS, OfTOBBB 21, 1913. Ok London Bank 4 m/t ji Demand 2/4 J Private m/s 2 I 8 m/s S/4J! Oh Oikiin Bank d/d 230.) Private 8 m/s 244J On Fbamoi Bank d/d m. 294* Private 8 m/s 801 On India Bank T. T. w 174
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 190 7 I, 88 06 la Buyers. Sellem Value 10 10 Ampang 8.50 fi.25 1 1 AyerWeng I.CO 10 10 Belat 3.45 2.60 10 10 Broang 0.60 0.85 10 10 Kampar 9.00 10 10 Kanaboi 2-00 10 10 Kinta Association 18.00 14.00 £1 £1 Kinta Tin 1.18.8 2.1.6 £1 £1 Lahat
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    • 636 7 J? 8 6 Buyers. Sellers. Value eJ 3/- 3/- Allagai 1/6 2/41 £1 Anglo Java 8/3 4/6 3/- a/- Anglo-Malay 7/3 8/2/- 3/- BatangMalaka -/7 1/£1 £1 Bato Tiga 2.0.0 3.10.0 norn 2/- 2/- Bekoh 1/£1 £1 Bukit Kajang 1.0.0 1.5.9 XI £1 Bukit Lintang 8.0.0 8.10.0 norn 2/-
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    • 109 7 vTel Bl V» BeU Ml £1 B. Smelting Co. 15/0 17/£1 £1 Fret. 1.2.0 1.8.6 5/- 6/- Eloctric T'wayn 4/- 4,8 10 10 Fraaer k Ne»ve 61.60 x< 100 Howarth Eraluoe 45.00 100 7%Pr«f. 100.00 100 100 Kati Bro, Def. 180.00 140.00 10 10 Maynud Co. 30.00 100 100
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 13 7 For all internal complaints. Take Woods' Great Peppermint Care. 80 cents a bottle.
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    • 171 7 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. October 25.— At Mapleton, No. 12, Mount Elizabeth Rd., Excellent household furniture, tennis gear, etc., at 2. October 25. At No. 8, Chancery Lane, superior wax politihed teak household furniture, etc., at 2.39. October 28.— At saleroom, freehold residential properties, situate at Orange Grove Road,
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    • 498 7 LAMBERT BUTLER S FRONTIER Ml XT URE RECOMMENDS ITSELF. SOLE AGENTS FOR: TOSI- DIESEL x v\ Oil Engines \A^ 4-CYCLETYPEi WIOX^ 1 From 30 to SCO B.H P. YtVW^ 2-CYCLETYPE, fCSS^U^ <^° Tel Address: *o<sv OVER 58.000 B.H.P. ALREADY SOLD. Y^^^^ 16 ENGINES EACH Of 800 B.H.P. SUPPLIED TO ONE
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    • 70 7 BY REQUEST: THE GREATEST DETECTIVE DRAMA EVER PRODUCED An Amazing Succession of Breathless Thrills, Staged and Acted with a Brilliance and Vim almost beyond Belief. (IN 4 PARTI). IN CONNECTION WITH THOSE LI TTLE FLOWERS Farce Comedy). I WAS MEANT FOR YOU m. (Western drama). CUP-ID AND THE COOK (Farce
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 116 7 DAILY TIME TABLE. FIXTURES. Tuesday, October 21. High Water. 1.57 a.m., 1.3 p.m Trafalgar I>;iv. Wednesday, October 22. High Water. 2.59 a.m., 1.42 p.m. Thursday, October 23. High Water. 4.19 a.m.. 2.45 p.m B. I. homeward mail closes. Friday, October 24. High Water, 6.21 a.m.. 4.18 p.m B. I. outward
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  • 47 8 Lloyd.— At her residence, Cairn Hill Cottage, Cairn Hill Road, Singapore, in her 57th year, Ann Rath, the dearly beloved wife of J. T. Lloyd. Service at the Cathedral of the Good Shop herd, at 4.30 p.m., today. Interment at the Bidadari Cemetery at 5-80 p.m.
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  • 1217 8 The Straits Times. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21. NAVAL REFLECTIONS. One hundred and eight years ago to day, Nelson achieved the glorious naval victory off Cape Trafalgar which broke down Napoleon's great schome for the invasion of the British Isles. Then Nelson's flagship the Victory was the pride of the navy. It
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  • 12 8 Thirty-nine Chinese were banished for life from the Straits Settlements during September.
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  • 20 8 Operations for lifting up the steamer Ban Hoe, which sank in Penang harbour a few months back, have been started.
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  • 25 8 The steamer Kostroma of the Russian Volunteer Fleet has been wrecked off the coast of Kamchatka and is a total loss. The passengers were saved.
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  • 35 8 Lehman bin Bendok, a Malay constable in the police force was, this morning, sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment for deserting from the force. A charge of having failed to return his uniform was withdrawn.
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  • 38 8 Mr. Y. H. Patel, who has opened a business in Rangoon cigars, forwards a sample packet of cheroots which are of good quality and extremely satisfying to those who are not content with the lighter forms of tobacco.
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  • 46 8 Attention is drawn to the fact that Messrs. Powell and Co.'s sale of properties at Neil Road, Everton Road, Tanjong Katong, Hartfell, Nassim Road and Vindobona off Orange Grove Road announced to be held today, -'Ist inst., is postponed to Wednesday, 29th inst., at 2.30 p.m.
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  • 64 8 Mention was made this morning in the third court of a case, to be heard at a later date, in which two Chinese, Yeo Peng and Teo Po, are charged with cheating in respect of some rice transactions. The hearing will come on in the District Court and, in the
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  • 59 8 What flhould be a very interesting lecture is to be given in the Hall at the Y.M.C.S. next Monday evening, at 8.45. The lecturer is to be Mr. W. Makepeace, and bis subject Newspaper Work in the East." The lecture is open to all interested ladies and gentlemen and it
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  • 52 8 The gymnasium in connection with the Anderson School Ipoh was opened on October 17 by Mr. R. G. Watson, iui.m., Resident of Perak. In bis speech Mr. Watson advocated healthy sports among schoolboys, looking upon them as an important pait of education. They taught things which could not taught by
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  • 67 8 The light cruiser Yarmouth, (apt. Henry L. Cochrane, arrived at Hongkong on the 14th inst. On entering she saluted the Commodore's flag with eleven guns. The Daily Press learns that before entering the harbour the Yarmouth was attacked by the submarine flotilla very successfully as C.36 got as close as
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  • 68 8 Mr. F. Martin Duncan, lecturing at the Royal Photographic Society's exhibition in Suffolk Street, Hay market, London, said that some of our British hills were older by inconceivable periods than the Alps of Switzerland. He instanced the Malvcrn Hills particularly as having been formed at a very early stage in
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  • 82 8 In their efforts to trace the source of Matlock Hath's thermal springs, Messrs. J. W. Puttrell, Stanley C. Phillips, J. W. Percival, and D. Palmer Pearson have had to explore lead mines which have not been traversed for a century, wade through water knee deep, and creep through openings only
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  • 82 8 A telegram received from Moyale, on the Northern frontier, states that Lieutenant W. L. Jones (King's African Rifles) has been wounded at Kutol (Lake Rudolf), presumably by Abyssinian ivory hunters. Further particulars are awaited, and a detachment of trrops was already on the march before the news was received. It
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  • 84 8 The library of the Royal Colonial Institute, which already contains 100,000 works, giving information concerning all parts of the Empire overseas, has received a notable addition in the collection of books relating to Cyprus, presented by Mr. C. Delavai Cobham, C.M.G., who was for many years Commissioner at Larnaca. Practically
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  • 87 8 Mynheer W. van der Swan, Commissioner of Police, has left Java 'or UoiiKkong where be will receive Mynher and Mevrouw Son neveld in custody from the Hongkong police. By September M, 118,500 of the missing 180,000 guilder* belonging to the Netherlands Indies' Escoujpto Maatschappij had been recovered bj the Hongkong
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  • 142 8 Hundrels of people witnessed an unusual funeral off Portland, Maine, on September 24, when a yacht belonging to the late Mr. James Bush, a millionaire manufacturer, was sunk in the Atlantic, having on board the re mains of its former owner. Mr. Bush was passionately fond of yachting, and when
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  • 25 8 Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith is returning by the P. and O. Malta, connecting with the Delta at Colombo, due on November 28.
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  • 23 8 Mr. J. H. B. Smith, having concluded bis agreement with the Malay Mail, has left Singapoio on the Austrian-Lloyd steamer Koerber, homeward bound.
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  • 43 8 Baron Seckendorff, acting German Minister at Peking, has been given the title of Privy Councillor. The Emperor has at the same time ordered that the German Minister at Peking shall always be entitled to tho title of Excellency during his term of office.
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  • 54 8 Mr. T. D. Philip, an undo of Miss Blackmore, of Singapore, died last month at his house, Weldon, in the Cheshire village of Bidston. He was eighty-three and one of Liverpool's most respected citi/.ens. For many years he was the senior of the publishing firm of Philip, Son and Nephew,
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  • 78 8 The Malay Mail understands that at tho end of the present month. Mr. Lawrie C. Hrown, who has held the important post of Federal Inspector of Coconuts since October, 1902, will go on short leave, at the expiry of which be will retire from the service. Mr. Brown was the
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  • 92 8 Mr. Charles De Young, general manager of the San Francisco Chronicle and a member of the board of directors of the PanamaPacific Exposition, has died at his home in New York from typhoid fey« r after an illness of several weeks. Although only thirty two he was one of the
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  • 164 8 The following is taken from Strathspey Herald of September 25:— Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, Penang, who have been occupying the farm house at Easter Gallovic for the past few weeks, have lost their little daughter, a child nearly three years old, in very sad circumstances. On Sunday forenoon the child,
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  • 45 8 We have received a cable from Socrabaya stating that the Japanese Government has decided to take part in the Culouial Exhibition at Semarang next year. An announcement to this effect has a ready appeared in these columns, taken from Japanese newspaper sources.
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  • 59 8 It is officially stated that tlic iiovornicnt of the Federated Malay States has decided to set apart a further sum ol money for loans to planters. It has been decided that no Bicgle loan shall exceed (25,(100. It has further been decided that loam will be given
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  • 174 8 We regret to have to record the death, which took place yesterday evening at Cairn Hill Cottage, of Mrs. J. T. Lloyd. The end was not unexpected. For some considerable time past the deceased lady had been subject to heart attacks and these recurred last week.
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  • 241 8 The following is the directors' report to the shareholders in the Singapoiu Cold Storage Company to be presented at the annual meeting on November 4: Your directors have pleasure in submitting the accounts of the company for the twelve month, ended June 30, 1913, which show
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 334 8 IN DEMAND SINCE 1760. 1 Contrexeville "THE PAVILLON SPRING" LjSJA in the Valley of the Vosges I This tasteless Water is recognised the world *>«|bP»i O ver as a cure for all Uric Acid troubles, WEiiIPM/lU! so common in the Tropics. tit, i««b>UC MTV* 1 J f -3NTREXEVIW A new
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    • 111 8 A THRILLINO DETECTIVE STORY IN PICTURES: NICK WINTER AND THE PHANTOM IN 2 REELS to be supported by Vallej of Rl»er Bourne, France. The Olears, Acrobat*. The Bolden Illence. THE 6REAT FRENCH MANCUVRES OF 1913. Love Me. Lev* Ml Oat. (Max Linden. AMD NEW PATHE 8 ANIMATED GAZETTE (165 th
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    • 11 8 Latest advertisements of the day appear on pages 9 and 11.
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  • 208 9 PRESS COMMENT ON HOLIDAY OFFER. Unionist Opinion Divided. Rbutbb's Tblbobam. London, October 20. The Unionist papers generally considei that in his speech at Manchester, Mr. Churchill was less concerned to secure a naval holiday than to reply to Radical dissatisfaction at the increasing naval expenditure. They declare that
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  • 157 9 The Crown Prince and the Imperial Chancellor. Rbctir's Tblbobam. London, October 20. Berlin, October 19.— The Crown Prince, replying to the Chancellor, greatly regrets that his private letter to the Chancellor of the 16th was publicly mentioned. He adds that the idea of a portion of the press
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  • 132 9 Strong Representations Have Effect. iIICTIKS TIUGUH. London, October 20. Austria has given Servia a limit of eight days within which to withdraw from Albania. Austria's action is without a European mandate, and has caused strong irritation in France. Later. Renter learns that in response to strong representations
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  • 41 9 (UOTIB'I TILIuUK London, October 20. A Washington message states that President Wilton personally decides the Pankhuret case. He will confer with tbe Secretary for Labour and tbe Immigration Commissioner. Later. Mrs. Pankhnrst is to be admitted to
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  • 31 9 IIBCTIBS T»L«GBA* London, October 20. At Meridian, Mississippi, a train conveying a company of artillery plunged over a trestle bridge, twenty soldier* being killed and a hundred injure!.
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  • 482 9 How to Forget the Tribulations of The Times. Anything that makes one forget the weather and the rubber slump and the stringency of money, and other unpleasant features of the present period, is to be welcomed, and we can imagine no more effective antidote to the pad
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  • 378 9 Unveiling of a Statue of Tbe Founder. A beautiful bronze statue of St. John Baptist Oe La Salic, founder of the Chris- I tian Brothers, was yesterday unveiled at St. Joseph's Institution. His Lordship, Bishop I Bourdon presided, and afterwards blessed the new work. A lar^e number
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  • 218 9 Arropoa (he death of Mr. Abel!, the veteran circus propiietor, a correspjndeot writes in the Pinang Gazette -It is to the credit of Penang, Bometimes desciibed as the show man's graveyard, that, when a company of professional entertainers is stranded here, the people rise to the occasion and
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  • 1005 9 SCENES AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY. I Yuan Shih-Kais Address. c are indebted to the North China Daily News for the following account of tho inau- 1 duration of Yuan Shi-Kai as President of I ;he Republic of China. Writing from Peking I Jn October 10, the special correspondent
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  • 44 9 The Manila authorities believe that in arresting Ignacio Syjap, a prominent Chinese merchant on the Kscolta, and Antonio Boncan, also a well known merchant, they have captured the leaders of one of the biggest if not the biggest opium smuggling syndicates in the Orient.
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  • 1714 9 PROPOSAL FOR AN ASSOCIATION PASSED. Meeting in London. A meeting of shareholders in rubber com Janies was held on September 25, at the London Chamber of Commerce, Oxford Court, Jannon Street, E.C., for the purpose of con lidering the desirability of forming a rubber ihareholders' association. Mr. T.
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  • 476 9 Dangers of Infection in the Malay Peninsula. The number of cattle necessary for the efficient working of an estate varies with location and method of cultivation. Easy access to the railway reduces the number required for transport work. The employment of harrows naturally necessitates a large stud of
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  • 36 9 Dr. Koga. the ex Japanese police official who was charged with being concerned in the manufacture of Chinese counterfeit bank notes, has been sentenced at Tokio to three years' imprisonment. Notice of appeal has been filed
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  • 178 9 APPOINTMENT DENOUNCED AS OUTRAGE. Others Hail With Approval. Rioter s Tiliokax. London, October 20. The by-election at Reading rendered necessary by the appointment of Sir Rufus Isaacs to the Lord Chief Justiceship, will be most interesting. Sir Rnfus Isaacs's majority was only 99, while the Socialists are
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  • 61 9 Exciting Incident in Streets of Leipzig. RIOTIR'S TILIQBAM. London, October 20. At Leipzig, a tramcar collided with one of Barnum's circus cars and five lions escaped. Indescribable! panic followed. One lion entered i hotel and ascended the staircase, terrorising the occupants. Eventually the police shot the lions.
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  • 33 9 Rbotib's Tmliora*. London, October 20. The deaths are announced of Mr. C. H. E. Brookfield, examiner of plays, and of Mr Arthur Chamberlain (brother of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain and Chairman of Kynoch's.)
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  • 32 9 Der Ostasiatischk Lloyd Tkliuram. Berlin, October 20. At Leipzig, the foundation atone of a German central book publishing house has been laid, in the presence of the King of Saxony.
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  • 93 9 (Fbom Our Own Correspondent). Koala Lumpur, October 21. Dr. O. D. Freer, the senior Medical Officer, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Penang, baa tendered bis resignation from the F.M.S. Qovernme.it service. Dr. Freer, who is now at borne on leave, came ont to the Straits Settlements
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  • 317 9 As the result of a collision with a motor cycle and side-car a charge of recklessly driving his motor car was brought against Dr. Julius Coronel yesterday, before Mr. Firmstone, Mr. Seth, the D.1.1., appearing to prosecute. The accident occurred at the junction of North
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  • 1645 10 A JAPANESE ON MEMORY AND IMAGINATION. Problem Solved in Sleep. A quaint and characteristic paper on Memory and Imagination, by Mr. Y'oshio Markino, appears in the Nineteenth Century. This well known Japanese artist and writer coutraste the methods of education employed in the Hast with those in
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  • 500 10 Native Chiefs' Preference For Cash. Under the winding- up order made on July 8, 1913, on a contributory^ petition, against the Rubber and Produce Investment Trust (Limited) the statutory meetings of creditors and contributories were held on September 24 at 33, Carey Street, London, W.C., Mr. H.
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  • 111 10 Last night on the steps of the fountain in Piccadilly-circus sat a flower seller humming to herself. Presently a clubman, in evening clothes, passed by, and, after speaking a few word* to her, sat down on the steps by her side. When be had gone I went to
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  • 31 10 Locusts are beginning to extend the limits of their tastes, for on a small robber estate nrar Kuala Lumpur last week they were observed eating the leaves of the younger trees.
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  • 709 10 (From a Cobhbspokdint.) Koto Bbaru, October 15. Lately there has been mnch talk about the formation of a Malay Militia, and the objection most often raised to such a scheme would appear to be that the Malay will not conform to nor thrive under military discipline. This, in
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  • 285 10 The Employment of Graduates From Malaya As already reported in these columns, the new shipping law enacted by the Singapore Government will be carried into effeot on and after January 1, next year. According to the revised regulations, says the Japan Mail, a foreign liner which touches
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  • 108 10 When the famous cover design of Punch is altered at the beginning of next month it will be the first change in nearly 70 years, although during the first three years of the paper's existence it was the custom to change the design every six months. That
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  • 1438 10 HISTORY IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Value of Research Work. On September 25, at the Northern Polytechnic Institute, Holloway, Mr. Cyril Baxendale delivered a lecture on The History of Kubber Planting in the British Empire." Mr. Noel Trotter, chairman of the Rubber Growers' Association, presided. Mr. Baxendale, in the
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  • 280 10 COMEDY IN A Z00." The Lady and the Macaw's Red Feather. An amusing incident occurred in the Central Park, part of which is divided off and forms the New York Zoological Gardens, recently. The principal keeper of the bird house noticed that day after day a welldressed woman seemed to
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  • 213 10 According to an article on the coming campaign which the Morning Post publishes, Sir Edward Grey is to address his constituents at Berwick on October 27 Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Churchill are to make a joint attack on Birmingham in November, and in the following month
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  • 212 10 New imposts on the travelling public will be made by the railway companies at home next year. The charges for excursion and week-end tickets and for the conveyance of merchandise have already been increased, and now the luggage in advance system which has become one
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 25 10 The Lord Mayor of London will be the guest of the Football Association at its jubilee banquet on Monday, November 3, 1913.
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    • 24 10 Horton, of Surrey, won the London to Brighton walk, his time being Bhr. iiOniin. Bsec. Robs, the holder of the record, did not finish.
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    • 37 10 Mr. M. E. Pomeroy, won the world's draughts championship at Binghauipton (New York), defeating Mr. Alfred Jordan, of London, in the best two out of three games. Altogether they played 51 games, of which 48 were drawn.
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    • 50 10 A game at soccer was played on the Raffles School ground on Monday afternoon between teams representing the P.W.D. and the Singapore Lads Club. The game was well contested but the P.W.D. men were more active in their foot work and eventually ran oat winners by four goals to one.
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    • 46 10 The amateur diving championship of England was held at the Holborn Baths, London, and resulted in a win for G. W. Gaid/ik, of Chicago, U.S.A. H.J.Johansson, Amateur S.C., was second, and A. E. Pott, Otter S.C., third. Pott was the holder for the past four years.
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    • 49 10 A remarkable feature of the American Golf Championship is the fact that all the three men who tied for first place are of French descent. Mr. Ouimet is a French Canadian, and both Vardon and Ray come from the Channel Islands, says the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian.
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    • 65 10 Mr. Frederick Withrope Thayer, who captained the noted Harvard baseball teams in 1876, 1877, 1878, and who, in 1876, invented the catcher's mask, which changed the entire history of the national game has died at his summer home of heart disease, aged sixty-eight. Mr. Thayer achieved almost unparalled athletic distinction,
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    • 147 10 Enthusiasm at Ouimet's Victory. American enthusiasm at Mr. Ouimet's victory in the United States golf championship shows no sign of abating. A proposal for a national subscription for a testimonial to Mr. Ouimet has been made by the Tuxedo Country Club. Mr. Ouimet is being elected an officer and
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    • 111 10 Singapore Football Association. Another friendly match, under the auspices of the association, K.0.Y.L.1.'g v. The Rest, has been fixed for Friday next and will take place on the Ksplanade. It is most likely that tho game will be a very interesting one, and the K.0.Y.L.1.'s are fielding their strongest
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  • 368 10 The report of the Sungkai-Chumor Estates, Ltd., for the year ended June 30 last, to be presented to the meeting on the 6th proximo, states that the total rubber collected for the year amounted to '279,354 lbs., against a revised estimate of '240,000 lbs., and a yield the
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  • 7 10 Koala Sawah.— 2,«Bd lbs.
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  • 1188 11 HER COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE FURNITURE Hidden Treasures. Never has the hobby of collecting been so widespread as at present. Everybody lias a hobby, and Olde Curiositie Shoppes are reaping a golden harvest in country and out of thc-way districts. The present fashion for brie m brae has
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  • 360 11 Ancient Method of Heating Water Described In the Anthropological Section of the British Association, Mr. T. C. Cantrill explained the ancient method of boiling water by dropping red hot stones into it. This process, he said, was in use among most of the Northern tribfs of North
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  • 557 11 The report of the Soembor Ajoe Hubber K-t:it< s, Ltd for tlic year MM -Tune 30, 191:1, to be submitted at the third annual •■•'■ctin» od September 1(0, states that the niihrr crop was 15.57H lbs. (against an estimatt- of 9,000 lbs.), riffee crop was 2,364 cwts.
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  • 726 11 Prices Quoted Id tbe Market This Morning. Singapore, October 21, 1918. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange ud Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotations this morning Nom. Valdi. BniiM. Silliei a/- Alla^ar l,t< 2/8 4 1 Anglo-Java 8/6 4/6 1 Anfjlo-Johore 4/0 6/2/- An«loMalay 7/8 8/1
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 37 11 The Man Who Qet« There b a* Bu wbc hu Moss 1 wal risk Mi MMdftaasisßt/rf it-la Mi kedj. MTHMIfrS UtTABOUZH OM UVEf ML CGMPOUM Woad— MsstH— Ufa giritm bf Mariahiag, atnaftß r?p'en>.hi<i# H Of ALL CHIMIITS.
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    • 46 11 A cold is quite a paradox. Because it makes you hot, It makes your nose red as a rose, And head boil like a pot. But ere it reaches boiling point. If yon use it's subduer. It »oon will tly, assisted by Woods' Oreat Peppermint Core.
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    • 232 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. A Call at MOUTRIE'S will convince you that the GRAMOPHONE RECORD is the MASTER RECORD. 10,000 to select from. INSPECTION INVITED. S. MOUTRIE CO., LIMITED, Raffles Place. CROWN DRAPERY, 29, Salegie Road. To make n orn for Rhipmcnts of goods ordered for tbe Cbristmaa Season A CASH CLEARANCE
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    • 134 11 Sweet C/iestnz/t 7b6acco Because of its delicate aroma and sweetnessof flavour Sweet Chestnut Tobacco assures that pleasing contentment. THE CRITERION OF QUALITY. Obtainable from Messrs. John Little A Co., Robinson A Co., Mats Bros, and all the' leading dealers throughout the F.M.S. HAFFLE3 HOTEL Special ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25. STAMFORD
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  • 1480 12 Looking down on the hop gardens from one of the observation platforms that in some districts give a comprehensive view of the crop, (says a correspondent in the Morning Post) one seems to be gazing on a swelling sea of soft green, harmoniously diversified by tho tender tint
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  • 489 12 London's Medieval Water Supply Everyone who has had occasion to walk down Oxford Street during the past few days, says a recent writer in The Globe, must have noticed the collection of ancient waterpipes which have been brought to light during the excavation of the road. A few
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  • 106 12 A company of Scottish music-ball artists, including forty ladies, gentlemen, and children travelling through the Danish provincial towns, have met with a great misfortune, and were forced recently to ask for shelter in a poorhouse in Svendborg, as their manager, a Norwegian, had stolen all their money
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  • 91 12 Should Lawyers Lie Should lawyers lie was the subject of a debate at the annual congress of the German Barristers' Association at Breslau, when a resolution was adopted that It is inadmissible to set up deliberately untruthful contentions or to deny truthful contentions." Hen Koffka, of Berlin, declared, the Mail
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  • 67 12 The UU) J. L. Too'o was once at a supper pa ty that was Buffering from the talk of a bore, who monopolised the conversation will), "I, me, ana mine." "My brother took his Blue at Oxford, and owns the largest ranch in Texas," said the bore. My brother," said
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  • 1352 12 National dances rarely survive industrial civilizations like our own unless they have the accessory character of picturesque costume. Thus the gipsy dross has preserved the tziganes, the Hungarian costume the csardas, and the sailor's uniform the hornpipe. It was probably owing to the vogue of tartans in his
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  • 1067 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 passengers may alter their arrangements, subsequent to the issuance of this list in London
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 115 12 LIBBYS ASSORTED SOUPS Are packed in cases containing 48 tins, say, one month's supply. The Assortment Is made up from the following Soups TOMATO. MOCK-TURTLE. OX-TAIL. CHICKEN. MULLIGATAWNY AND VEGETABLE. SOLE AGENTS J. TRAVERS SONS, LTD., Singapore. 1-10-K 80 9 18 GREAT BILLIARD MATCH. AS USUAL A PADMORE TABLE SELECTED
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 312 13 Beck's Kevßeer \the favourite drink all over the East and popular with Everybody owing to its f excellent quality. Largest Sale. S ft* 'V la 'hS !*i 3 SL: Behn, Meyer tiSi FOR BATAVIA. GHERIBON. SAMARANG AND SOURABAYA. The s.s. BANRI MABU is due on the 4th November, IblB, and
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    • 771 13 STEAMER SAILINGS. OOMBINIQ MRVIOM OP THE OCEAN 8. 8. CO.. LTD.. THE WEBT AUSTRALIAN 8 N. CO.. LTD. ■STWBSR Fp«m«ntl» (Perth!, North «V«a« Auati-Kllan Porta, W«w». ■nd Slntfapora. Regular Fortnightly sailings l- „,.ea Singapore and Western Australia, calling at Java (aa inducement offers), Derby, King's Sound (Port (or tho Kimberley
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    • 1069 13 TOYO KISEN KAISHA (Oriental S.S. Go.) and WESTERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. Tbe New Route Via China, Japaa, Honolulu, and Saa Francisco to all points ia the United States, Canada Mexioo and Bnrope tatratiai ihs asm !1, 000 too fripfci Sort* Tiirklat LlMn "Sklsr* »sr« "TaaitaUr raa "•kirt Mara," Iks Qussaisr
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    • 546 14 SINGAPORE 8 ONLY COMPANY. LAR6MT PAID-UP CAPITAL OF ANY EABTERN COMPANY. PROSPEROUS eund PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE I Winchester HOUM, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE I S3, Old Jewry, E.C The Company baa «20.000 deposited with the Sanreme Ooorl ol BnglM* aad complies wilb the British
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    • 345 14 INSURANCE. FEDERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMMNf OF MNMM. BsTAßuiaao 1881. DlMOt Oovernmant ■uparvlelon Government Audit* Policies are WORLD WIDB aad Non-Forfoi table, large Net Surplua above liabilities tor Reserve and all outstanding olaimi. Naw Bualnaaa, 1912 iver...»B 930,000.00 Cash Loans, Settlements, etc., made locally. Numerous modern schemes. 4. H. IVANS, Manager,
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    • 443 14 BANKINB. I THE IZE HAI TONB BANKINB AND INSURANCE CO.. LTD.. NO. (7 AND 68. KLINQ STRBBT. BITiBIUHID 1907. Capital paid np 11,000,000.00 Beaervo liability of proprietors... ll,ooo,ooo.oo Reserve Fund 1800,000.00 COURT OF DIRBCTORS. 1, Taw Tbci Joob 8. Low Kboo* Taa 1. Tab Swi Khi T. Sim Kia Jab
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    • 539 14 BANKINB. BEUTBCH-ABJATIBCHE BANK. MUf PSIO UF BiPi Til (Mb laaii 7,|0t,00f1). Head Offloo Shanghai, Board of Directore.....Berliu. BRANOHBSi Berlin, Oalootta, Hamburg, Canton Hankow, Hongkong, Kobr, Peking, Tientsin, Tsinanfa, Tsingtau, Yokohama, THE FOLLOWING BANKS AND BANKERS ARE REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Bank fner Handel and Industrie, Berliner Handels-GtMeUtcbaft. S.
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    • 762 14 INSURANCE. INVEST IN A POLICY cf Insnracce! I can do bettor with my mocey! Exprtmions like these, thoughtlLßS, of course, are often heard from tbe lips of the unsophisticated, who are oblivious to the absolute security of a lAV B POLICY," which does not suffer from market obanges, bat on
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  • 1107 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Motor Exhibitions. The annual exhibition of pleasure cars and chassis at Olympia is drawing near, and its proximity prompts me, (H. C. Lafone in The Globe) to wonder how many of the firms which will be represented really consider that the
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 374 15 "LISTER" ENGINES. THE BEST VALUE IN THE WORLD IWT PETROL, and OIL ENGINES. START INSTANTLY. AUTOMATIC LUBRICATION. ALL WORKING PARTS ENCLOSED. ABSOLUTELY RELIABLE. HIGH GRADE THROUGHOUT. Evory u«er speaks well of tbe "LISTER" BNGINES, benoe tbtir great sale and popularity. RELIABILITY. ECONOMY. SIMPLICITY. Tbe Lister starts Not only the "Listir"
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    • 126 15 EXTENSIVE REDUCTION IN CONTINENTAL Motor Tyres. PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. APPLY XO Continental Tyre Rubber Co., Ltd., IT, COLLYER QUAY. Telephone: 290. Telegrams: "Continenta." Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ld., SINGAPORE, PENANG AND MALACCA. BOLE AGENT'S FOR: Massey-Harris Agricultural Machinery and Implements, Merryweather Sons, Ltd., Spraying Apparatus, Vandome Titford Co., Ltd., Weighing
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 419 16 LARGE French STOCKS fTILES and RIDGES ALWAYS PATENT on Roofing "IP Tiles Ventilators AND Finials Tile Crestings RIDGES. WANTS. SHORTHAND TYPIBT WANTED. Smart Boy as Shorthand Typist for Klang Office. Apply giving particulars ot age, etc., to REVILO, c/o Straits Times. 9-10 n SHORTHAND TYPIST WANTED. Wanted, a competent Shorthand-writer
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    • 483 16 ARTICLES FOR SALE. RUBBER BTUMPB FOR SALE. 8., Minyala Estate, Port Dickson. 9-8 8-11 MOTOR BOAT FOR SALE One shallow draught motor boat in excellent condition. For particulars, please apply to Mr. Neubronoer, c/o Robinson k Co., Raffles Place. 16 10 28 10 FOR BALE PRIVATELY. THREE FIREPROOF SAFES BY
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    • 578 16 TO BE LET OR SOLD. HOUBEB TO LET To let, No. 21 and 22, Sambau Road. Apply Nathan Son, Change Alley. 11l D FURNISHED REBIOENCEB TO LET. Belmont, Ben Ledi, off Tanjong Katong and 400, Sorangoon Road. Apply H. Somapah, 19, Raffles Place, or 817, Serangoon Road. nil a OFFICE
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    • 620 16 NOTICES. KIAM KIAT CO. SHIP-CHANDLERS, oo*ernm«nt and Municipal Contractor* 106, 108 109, Market Street. Telephone Nos. 421 and 1174. GUAN KIAT CO., SHIP CHANDLERS k GOVKHNMKST CONTRACTORS. QBNKRAL IMPORT" RB AND EXPORT IKS AND COMMISSION AGINIt., 47, PHILLIP STBEKT. 'Phone 1288, (Private 14f 0). Telegrams: QUaNKIAT. 10-6 v GUAN KIAT
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    • 406 16 NOTICES. MUHIciPALiNOfrCEr PROPOSED BACK LANE. Whereas the Municipal Commissioners of the Town of Singapore have applied to the Govornor in Council for an order under the provisions of Section 137 of the Municipal Ordinance No. VIII of 1918 to lay out a back lane serving bouses in North Bridge Road,
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    • 690 16 SINGAPORE CLUB FIXTURES. Straits Times List The following fixtures for the current week and important forthcoming fixtures arc kindly supplied by the secretaries of the various dubs. Convenient forms on wh eh to mike the returns will be supplied on application to the Manager, Straits Times. Singapore Cricket Club. October
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