Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 December 1912

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 295 VOL. LXX. TUESDAY, 24th DECEMBER, I9!~. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements

  • 918 2 MORE ASTOUNDING EVIDENCE? MRS, FULLHAM’S CONFESSION. Agra, December 14.—The Clarke murder case was taken up at 3-30 this afternoon. The Court was engaged from 10-31 in the morning till 2-45 in recording in camera a statement by Mrs. Fullliam, one of the principal accused. The hearing being
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  • 2845 2 Agra, 16th December.—The case in which Lieut. Clarke and Mrs. Fullham were charged, firstly with two attempts on the life, and secondly with the actual murder, of the late Mr. Fullham, came on for hearing before Mr. Ormond, the Joint Magistrate, at noon to-day. Tne Court
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 971 2 SITUATION VACANT. Music Sellers, wanted Picture Frame Makers, etc. A N ENGINE DBIVER «P® rie CO-OPERATIVE AGENCY. /1 with ft Gau Engine and able to do Fitting Work. Apply Munirx SlrMt MALAKOFF ESTATE, P.W. l R.M.S. DUNOTTAR CASTLE. TO LET. The K. M. S. “DUNOTTAK it't* CASTLE 5,687 tons is
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    • 50 2 BOVRIL For Health Z andßcauty z NOTICE just arrived a new stock of JEWELLERY For X’mas and New Year Presents INCLUDING A VARIETY OF Chinese-Jade Jewellery A Choice and Special Selection. IKBPICTION INVITED. Orders received for Manufacturing Jewe y according to choice and taste. VALENTINE WILLIAM. 2466—10-2-13 E a 9
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  • 462 3 the famous short-arm jab. New York, November 13—Broadway was laughing and in torn applauding yesterday a story in which Mr Jame? Roach, a veteran writer of plays, verse and short stories, was the central figure. << vVe were riding in a crowded subway train—-bad cess
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  • 295 3 T<h London correspon lent of the MtmckiitAT Guardian has had a conversation with Mr. Yoshio Markino on commercial dishonesty in Jipan, a subject r.4is<d by the recent accounts of the increase of forgery in Tokyo. Mo Mirkino said that when a younger man he affected
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  • 89 3 In the House of Commons, on the 18th ult., Mr. W. Field (Dublin), asked a question with reference to the desirability of introducing legislation to prevent gambling in future transactions in silver, by which alone rings and corners were made possible. Mr. Harold replied that the Government
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  • 290 3 ALLEGED ASSAULT ON F. M. S, EX-CIVIL SERVANT. In the King’s Bench Division a settlement wai arrived at in an action on Nov--28 by Mr. Leopoli J C-»zalas, a retired Civil servant, against Mr. Geo’ge Halifax Seward, a dentist, of Bat ersearise, claiming damages for The defendant
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  • 319 3 THE GENERAL POSITION A large business was done by dea’ers with America late last week and over the week-end, but the market seemed none the better for this on, says the Ironmonger of Nov. 30, when some influential selling was the feature, attributed generally to Continental sources and bised,
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  • 213 3 Lady Blake, wife of Sir Henry Blake, a quondam Governor of Hongkong, writing in the Nineteenth Cen ury observes:— There is only one legal wife in China she is she Kit-fat, and she alone is carried t the bridegroom’s house in the red sedan ch dr. The
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  • 282 3 THE MODERN CITY OF SAIGON. Tne beauties of Ssigon—the“Pe<rl of he Orient,” as it is called—ate pictu resquelv described in the current number of La Nouvelle Revue, by M. Paul Louis Hervier, who travelled in the Far East la-t year iu company with the Due de
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  • 183 3 Tuesday, December 24. Christmas Eve. Tennis and Billiard Matches P.C.C. v. Medan. Penang Club: P.C.C. Dinner and Smoker. Calcutta Rices: The Viceroy’s Cup. Fancy Dress Dance, Town Hall. E. O. X’mas Eve Dinner and Dancing. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m.| j Stn»ite Cinematograph, Penang Road f George
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  • 71 3 Dec. 31. E. &O. New Year Eve Dinner and Dancing. Jan. I.—New Year’s Day. Public Holiday. M. F. A. Cup Final and Sports. Jan. 2. Penang Assizes. The Convent: Christmas Tree. Jan. 7.—Penang Turf Club, January Meeting,. E. O. Race Dinner. Jan. 9.—Penang Turf Club, January Meeting. E.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 331 3 THE BIRD IN THE HAND. The bird in the hand to the merchant is the customer within the store. It requires some sort of attraction in the first place to get the customer there—about the best attraction is a real, live advertisement; something good that will catch the eye that
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous

  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 1121 4 ENTRIKS. Tne f o’lowing are the entries for the January race meeting FIRST DAY JAN. 7. Race 1 —The Mixed Handicap. Value $5OO. A Handicap for horses which have never won a race of the advertised value of more than $6OO. Entrance, $25. Distance, one mile. Melo iist
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    • 283 4 The work of training at the Race Course was continued this morning with more care than usual as the handicapper was present. Lossie and Satis were the only two horses doing any galloping which would guide you as to form. Tney worked in company, running round the racecourse
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    • 159 4 —ST. The ex-griffin Snagate, who has done nothing remarkable yet ou the turf, turned his attention to road records one morning last week in Singapore. He was ridden down to the race-course by his owner, Mr. Donald,” and tied in one of the Sporting Club’s stalls while
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    • 191 4 CHAMPIONSHIP. The championship was concluded on Sunday las\ when C. T Durward debated R. T Reid in the final of 36 holes by 5 up and 4to play. The surprise of the tournament was the defeat of D. A. M. Brown in the semi-final. Below wi 1
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  • 56 4 A one club competition will be played on Christmas day and Boxing day under the following conditions. Post Entries, Medal play, 18 holes, under ordinary handicap, competitors declare thejr one club when signing the competition book The competition is open to visit iig members who must play oo
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  • 79 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $ll3 p 5 per picul, business done. Tin in London is quoted at £228 5s spot and £228 10s. three months. The following is the local report to-day Singapore Straits Trading CO4, Ltd., 337 ton®, $114.25 Penang Straits Trading
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 391 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.] SlB, O behalf of the public of Pentng, and m jre especially of th«t portion comprising the poorer classes, I have to thank you most earnestly for your leader appearing in the issue of your esteemed paper, da*ed 16th instant,
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    • 472 4 To the Editor of the Pitiang Gazette.) Sir, I am very glad to see that some one has at last taken the trouble to open up the subject of Rice in this country, and L hope that you do not intend to let the master stop where
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    • 162 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."] Sir, I was surprised at the letter in your columns last evening above the signature Status Quo who is Status Quo to presume to make suggestion) as to the way a business should be managed What aie shop assista-its that they
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 22 4 —ST. E. O. X’mas Eve Dinner AND Dancing. To-morrow, 24th December, BAND IN ATTENDANCE. Extension of License. SEATS TO BE ENGAGED PREVIOUSLY.
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    • 421 4 Central Sales TO BC SOLD By Public Aucti o On Saturday, the 2Sch Dee AT 11-30 A.M. AT Messrs. HUTTENBACH BROS I o Godown,, Sungi, P enan} 13,800 Empty Kerosine Oil Cases. Tbrms Cash Before Delivery. CUNNINGHAM, CLARK 4 Co, CiMneed Auctiontm. The Straits Cinema Co. LOCATION:— PENANG ROAD. "TEMPORA
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  • WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
    • 292 5 Malay Daily Chronicle, When the Chief Secretary lately replied to the arguments of Mr. Lampard, regarding the increased rent of land in the Malay States, it was open to him to institute a comparison between taxation in the countries under his administration and in Great Britain, not to
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    • 319 5 Times of Malaya. Ignorant of the conditions, the prospective planter, when he enters into negotiations at Home, does not appreciate what his position will devolve itself into out here, and the fact that he has to endeavour to bring his mind to cope with dollar computations, does not
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    • 7 5 ABOUT TAXATION. ABOUT TAXATION.
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  • 569 5 TONICS: THEIR U'E, ABUSE AND DA\GER Under existing conditions, everyone in the tropics needs a tonic at some time. Most of the drugs used for this purpose are, however, merely temporary stimulants which lose their effect soon after being stopped, or powerful poisons, like arsenic and strychnine, which
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 351 5 X’MAS DELICACIES! R,e now booking orders for our annual fc- festive cakes at the usual Price of $3 per 2 lb. superb display of French and English Sweets, V y Nuts, Dry Fruits. Fancy Boxes of Chocolate, <xw/ Biscuits, Bon-Bons, Santa Claus Stockings, OttiyAr acTt« X’mas »ni New Year Cards,
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    • 59 5 MARTIN’S A French Remedy for all Irregularities. Thousands of Ladies keep a box of Martin’s Pills in the house, so that on the first sign of any Irregularity of the System, a timely dose may be administered. Those who use them recommend them, hence their enormous sale. At all Chemists
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    • 185 5 HINDRANCES TO HEALTH j 4 l such at dyspepsia, biliousness, loss < of appetite, torpid liver, constipation, sidc-headache, and other < evidences of a derangement of the 1 I organs of digestion and secretion, may be easily and successfully A REMOVED I by means of the far famed family T
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    • 182 5 The Ceylon Manure Works, A. BAUR, PENANG BRANCH. FERTILISERS FOR RUBBER, COCONUTS, TAPIOCA, COFFEE, SUGAR Etc., Etc. RECORD CROPS Soil ANALYSES Free of Charge. THE LARGEST MANURE WORKS IN THE EAST Dealing Exclusively in Manures. THE Johnson-Pickett ROPE Co. Inc., MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Manufacturers off pure Manila Rope. Made on
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  • 954 6 Throughout Christendom the minds of men and women are being turned at this special season to the time when it may be said that the battle flags are furled In the Parliament of man. the Federation of the world. The reign of peace on earth,
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  • 153 6 YESTERDAY’S MEETING. A meeting of the Commissioneis for the Municipality of George Town was held last evening when Mr. W. Peel presided. Others present were Messrs. F. Duxbury, Yeoh Guan Seok, L. A. C. Biggs, Secretary, and L. M. Bell, Municipal Engineer. The business for the special meeting
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  • 718 6 ARRIVAL OF MEDAN SPORTSMEN. The Medan Sportsman who are taking part in the Xmas tourney arrived at Pensng by the s.s. Malaya shortly after 7 o’clock this morning-. The visitors were greeted by the Hon. A. R Adams (President of the Penang Cricket Club), Mr. Hamilton (Secretary)
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  • 546 6 (Specially Contributed.) A H.ppy Cbrutm», yMra have been wishing if writing it spe>k >t And wh*o we think o f it] ws wonder how much there is in it t does it all mean A Happy Christ™,, Yes, rarely tor what is the Christmas message W (b
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  • 246 6 EASTERN SHIPPING CO’S NEW STEAMER. S. S. Ptmgah, the most recent addition to the Eastern Shipping Company’s fleet, was formally launched to-day, the ceremony being performed in the pies* nee of a large company by Mrs. Master tan, wife of the Government Marine Surveyor, At
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  • 44 6 The Services to-inurrow will be 4 e..n. Matins snd Holy C° m “““ml (T.m 1) 7 s.m. Holy Communum PI--930 am. Matins a-.d Holy Com (Choral); 5 n m Children’s Servme. Friday 27th.—Feast of 8 y Evangelist 8 a.m. Holy Coinmumou.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 130 6 I I ©eizedeO I HXX H 166. NEV BOND STREET w ffiQ ■®B t CIGARETTE SPECIALISTS KS ■BgQ H IffiS T?~ »C Importers: —Messrs. M. GOLDENBERG fif Co., Obtainable at all Leading General Stores. ♦MMMAKMHKMMMMMMMMMHMMWMHHKMMM* j GRAMOPHONES. Drop us a Post Card and Receive JJ J our New List per
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    • 105 6 TO-DAY S CONTENTS. Page The Agra Murder. Page 3— Bob Fitzsimmon-»’ Punch in Action At the Dentist’s Pearl of the Orient; Commercial Mortality of Japanese Merchants 'tin Divorce in China and The Week’s Events, «tc. Fage J/.. Penang Races Sporting News and Correspot dence. Page s.— What the Papers Say.
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  • 219 7 TO-DAY’S CHANCES. The following are the changes (buyers and sellers oniy) in our share list, on page 9 to-day Yesterday. To-day. SHAKH*. J, .2 _o X •$> X Afinie.g. Malayan Tin 57/- 60/- 59/. 62/M'lembu 12$ 13 12» 13 Pahang C. 9/7$ 10/7$ 9/7$ 10/6 Pengkalen 3.00
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  • 58 7 {From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, December 24. The half yearly report of the Straits Trading Co. shows a profit of $470,104. It is proposed to pay a dividend of $l, with a bonus of 50 cents, and to carry forward $94,544. Business has been satisfactory. Additions to
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  • 47 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) S ngapore, December 24. A Chinese gitl was seriously injured by being knocked down by a motor-car. The driver was the same man who drove the car on the occasion of the recent dating jewellery robbery in High Street.
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  • 28 7 [From Our Own Correspondent Sing«pore, December 24. Tite members of the ('athedral Choir made an extensive round of the residential districts last night, singing Christmas carols.
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  • 22 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Dec-mber 24. The Singapore Free Press Telephone Girls’ Fund has been closed at $603.
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  • 213 7 Berlin, December 23. In the Bavarian Diet in January a bill will be introduced to abolish the regentship law. The Hamburg Senate has resolved on the establishment of a university for law, philosophy and colonial knowledge. The Russian Empire Council his declared that, in face of possible
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  • THE WAR.
    • 407 7 D.O.L. THE PEACE PROSPECTS Constantinople, December 23. he Times Constantinople correspondent says that Djavid Pasha, commanding the remnants of the Monastir forces, has been killed, with his chief-of-staff, in an action in the vicinity of Janina, in which the 1 urks were finally victorious. A Naval Sortie.
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    • 142 7 The Balkan war has given this generation of Europeans some idea of what war means in detail. It is significant of the growing horror that a Bavarian newspaper, an organ of the Catholic Centre party, should present its readers with a striking record of the wars of
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  • 27 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, December 24. His Excsllency Sir Arthur Young hss contributed $lO9 and Lady Evelyn Young $5O to the Turco-Balkan Relief Fund.
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  • 30 7 —Reuter. London, December 23. The Suffragettes, taking advantage of the heavy Christmas mails, raided London pillar boxes yesterday evening. Hundreds of letters and Christmas cards were damaged.
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  • 23 7 —Reuter. London, December 23. H.M.S. Bearer has returned to Portsmouth under her own steam She only slightly damaged her bow
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  • 598 7 ATIEMPTED ASSASSINATION. BOMB MIRAGE AT DELHI Delhi, December 23. During the State entry into the new capital a bomb was thrown and struck the howdah of the Viceroy’s elephant killing an attendant and wounding Lord Hardinge. Lord Hardinge was wounded in the shoulder. He was removed to
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  • 892 7 PLAINTIFF’S CROSS-EX AM INTTION. (Continued from page 10.) Oa the court reuse nbliug plaintiff reentered the box and was further crossexamined by the Hon. A. R Adams. He admitted that from January to Apiil he received $187,000. He received it in driblets,” however, whereas he wanted a
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 233 7 AI>VERTISING FAILURES. There are still men who say they have found advertising a failure. They claim that they gave it a fair trial and could see no results. Whenever a merchant says that he has tried advertising without success, there is usually a very good reason why it did not
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    • 765 7 The Royal Mail Steam Packte greetixgb. COMPANY. AAR- and Mrs. Weight-Motion send OWNERS OF THE SHIRE UNE OF STEAMERS. Tnd h fok Christmas and a bright and prosperous LONDON ANTWERP. New Year. The Company’s twin-screw steamer “Pembrokeshire”, Barrett, Vt a j fl Commander, is expected at Singapore about 6th February,
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  • 701 8 HON. A. HOTTENBACH’S SPEECH. We take from the official record* the following report of the speech made by the Hon. A Huttenbach at the meeting of the L°giBlative Council on November Ist in regard to the demolition of the Fort:— Mr. Hottenbach :—Demolition of the Fort at Penang
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  • 143 8 —M M. A whole block consisting of thirteen in Pudu-street, Kuala Lumpur, was completely gutted as the result of the fi'e which broke out shortly before midnight on Friday. The fire was first noticed at about twenty minutes to twelve, but there was some little
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 542 8 FC. F. F. Wearne S Co, AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERS UH AND IMPORTERS, 0 SINGAPORE S’ IPOH. SOLE AGENTS HM Straits Settlements MgH and F. M. S. R 3 SEATER, $1,500. D 5 SEATER, HH $1,675. SB FREE ON RAIL Mg SINGAPORE. The China Mutual Life Insurance Company, Limited. ESTABLISHED 1898. HEAD
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 2249 9 I 3 ramtxl. Subaeritad Number of Inane A 5 C P Share». Value. 2 Dividend». Name. J, .2 o so <n CT 1908 1901 1910 1911 1919 MINING. 2 m ax a ij w ao n r D 4p Co wo, «ie 1906 300.000 225 000 22 500 10
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  • 682 9 ARRIVALS. Circe, Brit., 314, Bannatyne, Dec. 24, Deli, gen., William Mansfield Co. Hok Canton, Brit., 294, Gully, Dec. 24, T. Anson, gen., E. 8. Co. Kedah, Brit. 94, Morris, Dec. 23, Kedah, gen., E. S. A Co. Malaya, Ger., 348, B. Peters, Dec. 24, Deli, gen., Behn Meyer A
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 155 9 SUN LIFE OF CANADA. Incorporated 1865. BUSINESS IN FORCE. £33,800,000.0.0 FUNDS £8,500,000.0.0 INCOME 1911 £2,100,000.0.0 Chief Office 1 Norfolk Street, Strand flreat Britain. J London Chief Office Canada Buildings, Indian Empire. Bombay. Chief Office 1 Ba'teryJ Hoad, S. E. Asia. J Singapore W; A. White, Manager. A. R Bishop, Special
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    • 623 9 N. Y. K. Mail Steamship Co. Id. YVYOPEAN t.hrt s Fortnightly service is maintained be» >en Yokohama, via ports to Marseilles, .3 rlon and Antwerp, under mail contract /hh the Imperial Japanese Government, tfew Twin-screw Steamers maintaining ais service have been Specially designed ana onstrncted, and are fitted with all
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  • 769 10 PLAITIFF’S CROSS-EXAMINATION. AXI ft UVOVIUV KJ. UUSIIO AHVIUIUU the Supreme Court,this afternoon, continue d the hearing of the case in which Mr. J. C. Pssqual in suing the Paris Coprah Company, Ltd., for (I) $5,000 damages for misrepresentation and bieach of ccntract (II) for salary for 10
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 948 10 BANKS. HIMKIIRMIIHMMMMMIMMMMRKIMM CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. china. Wishing all our Customers Incorporated by Royal Charter. 9 9 Reserve S UI :::“Z i a Merry Christmas and a i Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £1,200,000 9 9 Head Office i jfff a z at XT It 38, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, E.C. w hrifthf
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    • 114 10 Don’t Be Tortured by Neuralgia. I There isn’t any reason why you should I be. Perhaps you have tried scores of reI medies—but don’t become discouraged—for here is a remedy that will put to flight the terrible pain. No case of neuralgia ever existed or ever will exist that Little's
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    • 142 10 RAHEEQUNGE GLAZEP STONEWARE DRAIN PIPES ALL SHAPES AND SIZES OBTAINABLE. The half pipes are the best for drains round coolie lines, houses, and bungalows. The large pipes, being so strong, make the most substantial culverts. Sl/B-AGENTS; HILTON Co., PENANG. Beck’s (i Key Brand Beer. /r-Tr.! =y '=-> I [9 S
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  • 874 11 S.T. The steamer Menepthah, which arrived at Malta on 24th ulto., had on board 18 Malay firemen who bad been handed over to the master as prisoners by the British Consul at Algiers to be brought there for trial on a charge of having mutinied and attempted to
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  • 24 11 Pbnang :—The E. O. Hotel, The Crag Ho*el Norman, Runnymede Hotel and Carlton Hotel. Jpoh :—The Grand Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 482 11 I High W a &h A DR|NK > A TONIC and f A DIGESTIVE COMBINED I WITHOUT ALCOHOL OR GAS. B ®®'ll »eB n II I /»1111 "‘'mmK After IBwWMF yfelfcaggshk ft. iji-f I After exercise, O.T. is '”f M Rcfrcshin 8 Drink With plain cold water SSli#::: la iy|
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    • 328 11 “'HAZELINE' SNOW" (trade mark) HELPS TO A beneficial tonic and beautifier R E MO\ E AND which stimulates the skin to healthy PREVENT action, cleanses the pores, restores R I N K L E S the natural clearness and freshness and produces the charming tone V V and silky softness
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 2517 12 p. lntendcd sailing». Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. Steam Navigation Co. British India Steam Navigation Co., 4 IXPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. -A LIMITED. R. es MAIL SERVICE OUTWARO. Occfln Ship co., Hi 1912 rn Intended to Sait.. Steamer. AND Dec. 26 India connecting with Moloja. HUIMI miitiiei a*»... Jan. 9 Assaye connecting
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