The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 August 1912

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21, 1912. NO. 7,605
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    161 1 A ■hocking domestic tragedy "is recorded at Eastbourne Page 7.^„ TWO weddings took place at ilie rathedral yesterday Page 7. England has ma.le a «;ood stair m the Baal test match Pago 7. There are ominous rumours oi eomiug troubles m lister Page 7. j Latest rubber
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    NIGERIAN MEMORIES
    1285 1 It was some twelve years ago now hut I can always < lose my eyes on a long chair and see that little Survey Camp. Five green Willesden canvas tents, a hig centre hut run up to last the si\ or seven daya we stayed m one place,
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      969 1 "f AT THE THE CURSE OF DRINK ATHAMRRA Is well known, but the attractive nature -T-_L IwA-LP _r_L of the Picture under that name, we are BEACH road. showing is not perbapa well known **wkmkmkWkmkmWmmwmWmmmkmkwmmkfM Ml 10 r™ TONIGHT r l be way bo know it, is to SEF IT
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      275 1 5 -J*—-— Un^ mamm^ mmU,m {m mmmt U ■IH——, THE NOMINATION OF PUBLIC APPROVAL WON!!! BY HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD TO-NIGHT'S SUPERB FEATURES. GAUMONT GRAPHIC, No. 30. A BEAST AT BAY (Biograph) (A Convict's wild da-h for Liberty A TEMPORARY TRUCE (Biograph) (A story of the Early WosM
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      143 1 VICTORIA THEATRE. WORLDS TOUR 1911 12-13. FIRST APPEARANCE IN SINGAPORE OF THE EMIM.XT ACTOR Allan Wilkin \M> POWERFUL LONDON COMPANY INCLUDING THE TALENTED ACTRESS MISS FREDISWYDE HUNTER-WATTS For SEVEN NIGHTS and a MA TINEE COMMENCING 24th August, 1912. SATURDAY, Sheridans Comedy of Manners AUG. 24th. School for Scandal MONDAY, L
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      214 1 So*ta?* Rtoerttoementi. Furnished house wanted Page s. O-triabetl beer, purest and best- flfil Bankruptcy notice re E. Fanvr Baynes Page 2. Notice re meeting ot Hoard of Licensing Justices Page I. Guthrie and Company art- ftgenta for Soligniiiii Page 6. Gentleman wants accommodation as paying guest Page 8. Notice re
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      146 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday 2 1st. High Water— l-39 a.m.. 3-57 p.m. Thursday 22nd. High Water— 6 34 a.m.. 5-3 p.m. P. O. Homeward Mail due. Football. Warders v R Q A. Malacca Electric Lighting Co. t>M p.m. Friday 23rd. High Water— B-21 a.m.. 6 32 p.m. P. A O. Outward
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    MILLIONAIRE WANTS A PLUMP WIFE.
    197 2 Tn<us\\i»s KtstoNn to thk Dkmand. New York, duly 17. From Jamaica, Long Island, comes the interesting announcement that a millionaire widower is seeking a plump wife." The announcement is made by Mr D. L. Hardenhrook, a prominent local solicitor, aud the name of the millionaire
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    SOME CURIOUS DEVICES.
    308 2 Some queer devices and practices, human aud animal, are shown m our museum, says the Sydney I). Telegraph. You come across, for instance, a small packet of cobweb. That was used for fastening round the little fingers of the women of a certain Australian aboriginal tribe. It
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      531 2 NEW RECORDS FOR OLD BRING YOUR OLD RECORDS TO US AND WE WILL ALLOW YOU ON THEM IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW ONES I ROBINSON PIANO CO.. LTD. Notices SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB. ANDREW CURRIE CUP (LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP) COMPETITION 1912. The Competition will be played over the links of Siugapore Golf Club
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      583 2 Notices NOTICE. MEETING OF THE BOARD OF LICENSING JUSTICES. The meeting of the Licensing Justices foi the quarter commencing Ist October, 1912, will be held m the First Magistrate's Court, at 2-3 C P.M. on Tuesday, the 24th September, 1912. Applicauts for transfers, renewals and new licences and pesons objecting
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      783 2 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF 200 Pairs brown leather boots (English-made) To be held at Powell Co's Saleroom On Friday, 23rd August, at 11 a.m. (To be sold m lots.) POWELL ft Co., Auctioneers. Aug 16 24 3 Re Ang Pow Chong Chop Swee Long IN BANKRUPTCY AUCTION SALE OF STOCK-IN-TRADE
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      1018 2 Auctions i PRELIMINARY NOTICE. (In the Estate of Low Kirn Pong, deceased) IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Freehold and Leasehold Land and Houses 11 Houses Nos. 70 to Rochore Caual Road. 12 Houses Nos 44 to 16. It |q v_>. tl i to i IS lto 13, Ban San Street.
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    THE ROSSO JAPANESE UNDERSTANDING.
    1191 3 Th* Agreement coucluded between Russia ami Japan, which has not yet been actually sigued, m addition to delimiting the spheres of influence of the two Towers m Mongolia and Manchuria, includes an obligation of joint defence m those spheres m rase either Power is attacked. The
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    BRITISH BORNEO PETROLEUM AGREEMENT.
    327 3 The directors of the British -Borneo Petroleum Syndicate announce that an agreement has been entered into with the Nederlandsehe Koloniale Petroleum Maatsehappij 'Netherlands Colonial Petroleum Company) under which that Company has undertaken the extensive prospecting for petroleum of the 80,000 square miles m British North Borneo
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    LIQUOR OUSTS OPIUM.
    250 3 Not long ago there was a loud clamour for the suppression of opium and opium divan-. Many men who knew the Cist, and the spirit of the Orient, feared that the abandonment of the debusing traffic m the opium drug would be succeeded a practice more disastrous
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      121 3 *J. Growtber Shaw, Merchant Tailor For Correct Attire. X v 30a, Raffles Place. GLASS RUBBER TAPPING CUP. HALF LEMON SHAPE, SIZE 10 OZS. USED ON THE LEADING RUEBER ESTATES LOCALLY AND THE F.M.S APPLY TO SAMPLE FMM ON APPLICATION. G. OTOMUNE Co. D U X B AK WATEBPROOF LEATHER BELTING
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      270 3 GARLSBERG BEER FROM THE FAMOUS CARLSBERG BREWERIES OF COPENHAGEN. PUREST BEST ALWAYS THE SAME. Ask for it at all Hotels, Clubs and Dealers. THE EAST ASIATIC Co, Ltd., SOLE IMPORTERS. C. G. HIBBERT Co., Ltd. I (Incorporated m England) KLANG and IPOH. GENERAL MERCHANTS AGENTS. Agents /< ll C G
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    POROUS METAL.
    285 4 Great Discovery by a Danish Scientist. A company has just been formed lo Copenhagen to work a new Danish dis- covery of appareut great commercial value. The company intends to work tbe Scandinavian and Russian patents itself, and possibly to cede tbe rights m Great Britain, tbe patent
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    "AUDBELLA " RADIO MEDICINAL WATER.
    186 4 "AU DBELLA RADIO MEDICINAL WATER. The Best f H.wk K\r,it Tim.i>." Radio medicinal water is tbe most reliable natural specific for liver, gout, constipation, indigestion and kidney disorders. It will relieve aud cure tbe most obstinute cases of chronic constipation by natural action, without purging, inconvenience, or disorder. It ensures
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    WHAT NERVOUS PEOPLE SHOULD EAT.
    489 4 a simim.e arkanoement ot the uxkt Scheme. One of the most difficult problems confronting the nervous sufferer or his physician is what to eat. The reason is that people with nerves constantly sutler from nervous dyspepsia, a condition which is generally very difficult to cure.
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    PASSENGERS EXPECTED.
    114 4 Per P4O str Namnr due Aug 30. Dr McCloskey, Mr«\ Mrs A. E. A. Bidgway and child, J. E. Wilde, G.C. Mac Gill. J. Legg, W. Mills, W. Reed. Per P. A O. str Macedonia, connecting with the str, Devauha at Colombo due Sept. 6.— Mrs. G. Bingham.
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    Homeward Bound.
    113 4 Per F <) Arcadia connecting with Moagolia sailing Aug 88.— Dr <_ Mrs Day and infant, Mr Mrs Hope and child, Mrs Scott and infant, Miss Harvey, R.C.M. Kiudersley, N.E. Bath. Per P O Asaaye connecting with Medina at Colombo, sailing Sept 6.- R. H. shanie. M. B.
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    RUBBER ESTATE RETURNS
    1322 4 Tbe nrst total where given represents ttgu re*, for 1911, except where a figure m brackets is given representing so mativ months. Kstate managers and agents will oblige by correcting returns if wrong. In order to avoid tbe com plication involved to Companies finishing their year's m
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    TIN RETURNS.
    127 4 1911. 1 Ij ■•hi 4.963 H? 1 ftlllH 889 Bruseh 6.0M4 Chendcriang 4 40 Gopeng 7,060 400 HmmpooJ 9)4, sy.) $94 Kamumug<dollavtoo)43,ll9 B,TII Kan.-iboi 3.008 Kinta 11)4,065 Kinta Association itodMlg 2.063 N Krtuaat Pulai M 44 Utaft 7,62 M Mcnuh'iubu Lode «957 Midillotou 9)4 New Oopwg 1,62'J New
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    British North Borneo.
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      65 4 BY T0 APPOINTMENT X^^^P^#SS^' H.M. THE KING. <M_tf 3^iw__g?2sr^^se«r ->__*** CONTRACTORS TO The British Admiralty. The War Office. The India Office. MILKMAID MILK LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. I j. M"**^^ BRANO ■^"^JPII I I FORM ILK I I STAND WITH SAFETY I I MILKMAID BRAND I Bi i H
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      125 4 Singapore Gold Storage Co., Ltd, Near Entrance to Borneo Wharf. Telephone 1026. Sea stocks of all kinds of Frozen Meats etc., can be delivered to shipping at the Wharves, or m the Singapore Roads on short notice. OFFICE HOURS. Weekdays 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays j» (2 p.m. to
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    RUBBER NOTES AND NEWS.
    1777 5 TL mail papers to band are full of accounts of tbe Casement report ou tbe rutumayo atrocities a report by tbe way which was exclusively published m tbe columns of this paper long before it ever at rived here by mail advices from home, it appear*
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    MANCHESTER NORTH BORNEO RUBBER COMPANY
    76 5 The report for the year ended March :>1 last states that the revenue account shows a profit <after deducting the debit balance of 8184 brought forward from last year)] Of £8,880, which will be carried forward to j next account. Thc output to December] last
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    PADANG JAWA RUBBER ESTATE.
    93 5 The accounts for the year ended March II Show a net profit of £4,048, making; with X'7;*s brought forward X' 5,077. The j directors recommend a dividend of I per j cent, and propose to write off the value of buildings and machinery. £817, leaving .£3,665
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    RUBBER AUCTIONS.
    113 5 Singapore. The fortyninth auction of the Singapore j Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association was held yesterday when there was offered for sale 134 cases Pkls. 120.18 or 16,024 lbs. and sold 126 cases Pkls. 113.22 or 15,090. I'kicks RSALIZBD. Sheet Smoked '.237 to 245 I'nsmoked 228 to 239
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    MOUNT AUSTIN ESTATES.
    584 5 The Si.com> Oiuhxahv Grnkhal Mki.i DIG of this company was held at Salisbury House, London wall, the BIGHT Hon. the Bam. of Denbigh, C.V.0., presiding. The Chairman said they were able to recommend a divideud of 5 per cent, on the whole of tbe capital. Wben they
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    KAMNA RUBBER ESTATE.
    56 5 The report for the year ended April 80 states that the profit was £7,522, to which has to be added tbe amount brought fori ward, making £8-880. The directors rej commend that l'_!.s:>s he written "olf preliminary expeuses, that a dividend of 5 per cent, be paid,
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    VALLAMBROSA RUBBER COMPANY.
    118 5 Thc report states that the profits, including £6,837 brought forward, amount to .G7. r >,244. The directors recommend that £5,000 be carried to the reserve fund available for development expenditure and that a final dividend of Is. 7 1 sd. per share, less tax, be paid, making
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    LOK KAWI RUBBER.
    521 5 The second annual general meeting of the members of Lok Kawi Rubber, Ltd., was held on 24th ult. at Winchester House Old Broad street, E.C., Mr Thomas Ritchie J. P. (Chairman of the Company), presiding. The Chairman said As shown m the accounts we have spent on
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    REPORTS, DIVIDENDS, AND NOTICES.
    274 5 Highlands and Lowlands. first int. div. 7* per cent. X.M.S. (Malay Estates). ISSUS of £88,000 Seven per Cent, ion vertible First Mortgage Debenture stock, of which £18*000 now offered for subscriptiou at 97 per cent. Sumatra Consolidated. Report shows net profit 86,000, proposed dividend 10 per
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    RUBANA RUBBER ESTATES.
    123 5 The directors m their report for the year t ended April 30 last, state that the total I crop of rubber harvested for the year I amounted to 343,37 lib. Tbe average gross c, price realized was ss. 0 9Cd. per lb. The r crop for the
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    TALI AVER.
    746 5 The First Annual Meeting of this com >any was held at Winchester House. Old Iroadstreet, K. C, Mr. Edward Lawrence lamOson 'chairman of the Company) >residing. The chairman, m moving the adoption )f the report, said that the result of the ,'ear's working disclosed a profit of 888,781,
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    TANGOEL RUBBER ESTATES.
    23 5 The output of rubber for June, 1912, amounted to 1,721 lb., as against 76V» lb. for same mouth last year.
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    MEXITINI RUBBER ESTATES.
    243 5 The directors have issued a circular to tbe shareholders stating that a report on tli*- estate has recently been received from Mr. Rayne, who ha. previously reported on the estate, and that m view of the fact that it will he some time hefore tbe accounts for
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    SOUTH-EAST BORNEO RUBBER PLANTATIONS.
    261 5 The report for the year ended March 61 states that during the past season tbe directors carried through a scheme which, it is hoped, will provide the necossar> funds to bring the cultivated area to the bearing stage aud to build a factory to deal with
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    LEWIS & PEATS RUBBER REPORT.
    229 5 LEWIS PEATS RUBBER REPORT. duly 26th. Para. Since our last issue the Market has been very firm, with spot and July Hard done up lo as. 0.d., duly to Aug. to Is. Hid. Aug. to sept, to Is. lid. and Sept. to Oct to U. lOd. At the close prices
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      63 5 I BUY A I PLEX DUPLICATOR I AND BE CHEERFUL. fl YOUR TYPIST WILL NOT PULL A LONG PACE WHEN HE IS 8 ASKED TO MAKE 40 COPIES OP ANY DOCUMENT. SB H THE "PLEX" WILL DO THIS WORK FOR HIM H $0 Complete outfit foolscap size. fl ASK FOR
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    The stingopore4 of price. Edfmrdfu vU.21, 1921
    1129 6 The stingopore4 of price. Edfmrdfu vU.21, 1921 Hcit- -Kill the IV s :h' Peop;c« MgM .n_J«__l* QaMMd bj miliie-'. and tmbribad u;(u.; rice i^j'i i Truir wi _i-,ric-'.- p'S 'pti dr%v* PlxlifKd '.j i-Mi w J_> L, -„s,'j. lav* In the long sequence of desultory fragments of infortn.it ion that
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    206 6 Mr. Mohamed Ismail, au advocate and solicitor of Singapore, intends practising m Johore. The heavy rain yesterday morning Hood ed several rubber estates lying along the Bukit Timah Road. Rain also fell i v Johore. A Hongkong paper is glad to see that, iv these dullish times, at least one
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      A SOCIAL CLIP.
      754 6 Sir,— Although I understand it is not recoguised etiquette for a member of a private Club like the Tanglin Club to touch on its affairs m the public press, or otherwise than at a meeting of the club, or by letter to the Committee, yet the time
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      170 6 President Yuan has telegraphed, invit mg Dr Wo Ting fang, Messrs Wen Tsuugyao, Chang Cbieo and Tang Shou ehien to Peking. Dr Wu will be appointed to America as Ambassador, Mr Wen to Tibet and Messrs Chang Chien and Tang Bbon chien as Advisers. A company has been organised m
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    CRISIS IN CHINA.
    120 6 CRISIS IN CHINA. SOUTH REVOLTS AGAINST PRESIDENT. ALLEGED MURDER OF SUN VAT SEN Rfutkr's §R_r?lC__. Loudon. Aug. 19th.- A crisis bas at Peking through Yuan Shi kai h *ving Hankow generals suminaril> deeepitsted ion a charge of promoting a fresh tion. Southerners are lurious and \,.w, duced the Assembly to
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    RUMOUR UNTRUE.
    48 6 London. Aug. 80. Lotcr Ibe \m Francisco rumour tegardiug the assa- ation of Dr. Sun Vat Sen is BOtooodod It originated m placards iispleyed m the Chinese fOOl tel that Sun Ysl >»m. bed I r Shanghai on Sunday lot POki the entreaties of his frieiuU.
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    THE ALBANIAN REVOLT.
    52 6 Aug. l.*. ThtooTorkish divi sions are concentrating on Kiuprili and will attnck the Albanians if tlm\ r« (OSS to I mit. Constantinople. Aug. 19. n a„;i -ni. ut has been reached betwoeo ths sts tives of the OofOm_BOttt and t 1 I nians who have begun to
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    HONGKONG SENSATION.
    67 6 Pirates raid Police Station London. Aug. SO, A cable from Hon.; kon^ states that forty pirat* IS command. red a steamlaunch and proceed, d to Munhhell island where the] ittocked I looted the British police BtOttOO taking a number of rifles and h»\on. t*. The* killed three Indian
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    THE PANAMA DIFFICULTY.
    58 6 Loudon. Aug. M. Prostdenl Taft lo a messegs to Ooogteose_ofos Ihs si rss-Jmcnl of the Panama Canal Hll m order to permit foreign nations to test the \alidit\ of the free tolls provision. He SOg| the iusertion of a declaration that nothing m the bill shall impair
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    BRITAIN AGREES WITH AUSTRIA.
    400 6 London. Aug. l'.Hh. P.ritain bos ft Ipt ed Austria's proposal for the KOhengS ofl pourparlers concemiug thc slotl Balkans. His F.xcollency the <io\ernor aud tom mander-in-Chief, S.S. nil] attend the Theatre, on Tuesday 2 7th -uid Setorde. aist iustant. Officers sttendlog fthoold wear uniform. Mr \ounge.
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      222 6 Fascination «>f ffte Past f_ Boston Rouge f„nd Felucca Egyptian Cigarettes "'^PlPllilirk mSW^XZT The rar* wi'.h which they are made, under Idcat my7'~*~ climatic conditions, starting from thc selection of <fc!_i__HBS jP»_~"*" tiie leaf to the finished jiroauct, makes these brands 58S__Br^2____S dftLi a revelation to the cigarette connoisseur. -___S«S_!___K]
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      54 6 BILLIARDS. THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CUSHION. (Alcock's Patent with Improvements of John Rob rt s, Retired Worlds- Champion) absolutely THE BEST CUSHION TO DATE FOR ANY CLIMATE. JOHN ROBERTS, 1 9 10\ only obtainable from John Roberts, London REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE EAST C. N. LUNB Ar<nRES-: P. 0. Box 41, Penang. show
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    ULSTER'S REVOLT.
    64 7 SINISTER RUMOURS AFLOAT. Government Action. London. An-. 20th. The London cor- of the Birmingham Daily Post states that the Oovernment are contentplating proclaiming the four I uionist Counties of lister OO the eve of the de monstrations m September. It is not impossible that their hands will he
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    HOME POLITICS.
    79 7 A Threat From Midlothian. Loudon. Aug. |Oth. Mr. Lloyd OeOKSjB bas .serit a wire to Mr. Jones, the Liberal candidate for Carmarthenshire, exhorting the electors to disregard personal and see.tonal feelings and to march forward till the Mag handed to them by their fathers waves m triumph over
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    DOCK RIOTING.
    38 7 London, Aug. 20. There are daily dis turbanres at Till^ury docks between r nion and free labourers, and there was a mysterious fire yesterday at a jute warehouse m which many thousand bales were lest roved.
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    THE KING AND THE CAR.
    61 7 London. Aug. 20. While the King was motoring at Skipton. a motor car driven ••> a Bradfordite named Thornton meeting the Royal car at a bad corner, went into a ditch to give the King a clear passage. His Majesty stopped and shook hands with
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    GENERAL BOOTH FAILING.
    19 7 Loudon. Aug. 20th. Increased anxiety is felt about Cieneral Booth's health as bis -trength is failing.
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    DRUGGED COFFEE
    292 7 StrahgK Ai.i.i \tion ny Im.i\n Woman. lv the District Court yesterday bvfore Mr H. W. Tirmstone, a man named Kader Hoosiu and his wife Fatimah were charged with the theft of r.'.noo m notes, S2OO. m silver, a diamond ring valued at 1160, five gold ear ornaments valued
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    CALCUTTA SENSATION.
    167 7 Mu_-d_eb hi Polk Coubt. < 'alcutta. Vugust 18. -national murder took place m Lai Bazaar police eonrt to-day. a wealth) Hindu, named Matnrah Singh, had attends d court m connection with the case m •rhich an ex police constable named Chatoo Singh had appeared as complainant when a
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    CRICKET.
    141 7 THE FINAL TEST. Australians to Tour America. Neuter's Service. Loudon, Aug. lv.— The test match Engand v Australia has begun at Kennington oval jn showery weather, before 16,000 spectators. The wicket was soft, aud England made 188 for eight, Hobbs m>, Rhodes fi) aud wool ley BS. The Board
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    EASTBOURNE TRAGEDY.
    183 7 Five Killed. Loudon. Aug P.ith. A terrible tragedy took place yesterday night at Kastbourue. A Captain Hicks .Murray, formerly m tLe Army, shot his two children and another child, and a woman dead, dangerously wounded his wife, set lire to the bruise anil then committed suicide. It appears
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    THE HOLIDAY MONTH.
    43 7 London. Aug. 20th. A rainy August culminated yesterday m violent thunder storm-, and (loud t>iir>?«, throughout the country, completing the ruin of the bar vests. The damage to potatoes m two districts m Lim oloshire alone is estimated at ClOO.OOO.
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    WEDDINGS
    246 7 \M>KI w > E&I.DKIDGI A very pretfv, wedding was solemnised at st Andrew*! Cathedral yesterdny after noon, the contracting pertiei being Sergeant Drnmmor Albert Andrews, l-.t Batt. Buffs, Tanglin. and Evelyn daughh r ot C.Q.M.B. and Mr_ Eldridge, R '.A.. Blekan Mati. The brida ww* very charmingly gowned and
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    111 7 Leon Kendal, the celebrated London and Paris Palmist, well known throughout the Fast and at present ova tour of India and China arrives m Singapore m the course of the week for a stay of a fewdays. The drinking habit, though it has as yet not been fully manifested among
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    JOHORE TRIAL.
    1292 7 TAPPERS GUILTY OF CULPABLE HOMICIDE. Sentence of Ten Years' Imprisonment. (From Our Special Hepremtntative.) Johore Bahru, Aug. 20. Syed Omar, counsel assigned for the defence of the thirty- nine youthful Java nese tappers from Tumang Estate charged before Mr. C. J. Sugars, Legal Adviser to the Johore Government
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    THE WHOLE BIBLE FOR THE MALAYS.
    511 7 The An| complete copy of the British and Foreign Bible Society's new edition of the Malay Old Testament m the Arabic ch:njuter has just been bound here at our "Mi>sion Pres.". It < onsists of the specimen printed sheets which have been mailed for
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      31 7 M We have used Glycogen w ith good results a case of erysi})oias and one of apj>cn<li« ial abscess. S. A. SIMS, Honse Surgeon, Youngstown Hospital Association. March 20 1904 23
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      10 7 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.
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      916 8 Wanted FURNISHED HOUSE WANTED. Wanted per Ist October, furnished house with stabling, other than at seaside. Apply to K. X, c o M Free Press.'" Aog 21 24 PAYING GUEST Young (ientlenian requires home with every comfort m respectable, healthy neighbourhood. Full particulars, if any children and number of Guests.
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      538 8 Shipping STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd DIRECT SERVICE TO Japan via Hongkong Shanghai and to Calcutta via Penang from Singapore. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for Canton, Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtsze Ports. Formosa, the Philippines, Ac, &c, <fee. STEAMERS. Tons Commander Kutsang 4,895 R. C. D.
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      526 8 Shipping INDOCHINA S. N. Co., Ltd. FOR HONGKONG, SHANGHAI JAPAN The Company's Steamer 'NAMSANG" 4,035 tons, P. M. B. Lake, Commander, is due hereto-day the 21st instant, and will be des I patched for the above ports on Thursday thc 22nd idem, at 4 p. m. She has excellent accommodation
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      680 8 Shipping N. D.L Norddeutscher Lloyd, BremeD IMPERIAL GERMAN MAII LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers o» this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connectinf Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau Nagasaki
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      575 8 Shipping P. 0. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon. Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, 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 ahoufc MAIL LINES 1912 Homeward (for El'ro_ki. From Singapore, connecting
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      666 9 Ship p j n g Toyo Kiseii Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. The New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San FranCisco to all points m the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Turbine Linere "SHINYO MARD", "TENYO WTSI mSL^eSsa^ H-S with Wi re ,es_TelTg?a
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      139 9 M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. MAIL LINE China. Japan, Ceylon, Aden, Egypt and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD Sydney Sep. I Caledonieu Sep. 22 Dumb* a Sep. 16 Sydney Oct. 14 Magellan Sep. 30 Dumb, a Oct. 28 Paul Lecat Oct. 14 Magellan Nov. 11 Australien Oct. 28 Paid Lecat Nov. M BINQAPORE-RATAYIA
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      682 9 j Shipping Pacific Mail S.S. Co. U S MAIL LINE VIA INLAND SEA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU Semi-Tropical Route Only line taking the warm SOUTHERN ROUTE across the Pacific via HONOLULU, OAHU, on the most fertile and beautiful island of the Pacific. Through Passage Tickets granted to England France and
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      494 9 Banks i CHARTERED BANK of India Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. PAID DP CAPITAL £i,*x>,ooo RESERVE FUND £i 16 _0,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £1,300,000 HEAD OFFICE: 88, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, E. 6. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: Amritsar Hongkong Penang iJangkok lioilo Puket Batavia ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta
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      717 9 Insurance Royal Insurance Co, Ld. Fire Life Total Funds exceed iis.ooo.oco THE LARGEST FIRE OFFICE IN THE WORLD. Boustead Co., Agents CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, Ld Hongkong. Capital Subscribed »2 soo 000 n_u Amount Paid-up 500 000 ow RESERVE FUND Z SmSSS Marine Risks at Cnnent Rates, Boustead Co., Agents LONDON
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    FIRE CHIEFS' STORIES, INCLUDING MR PETT'S.
    343 10 CANDLI: IN (it M'OWDEI! UT4DBB Staircask. Sturtliug stories of incendiarism were told at tbe conference of professional tire brigade officers, beld at Bristol recently. Lieut Col C. J. Fox (London) presided. Tbe extension of tbe City of London Fire Inquests Act to tbe rest
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      796 10 gLEVEH GOLD MEDALS AJI^Jj PURE RICH TiUCli i^llT_fc^^ i|%| I EATING CI.EA tl RJ §H I Golden Butterfly Brand V/_-.«ilJim .WA El The Whipping Cream is better than Devonshire Cream. DIRECTIONS Add one-tiiird quantity ordinary milk, or 1-s*. ij according to thickness you wsS the cream to whip, beat thoroughly,
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      337 10 Family wsg£ Medicine M^ Without Alcohol Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a tonic and alterative, free from alcohol. What is a "tonic"? A medicine that imparts strength or tone; a medicine that builds up, gives vigor and power. What is an v alterative A medicine that alters or changes unhealthy acHrn to
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      131 10 After Fever You Need Something more than ordinary food to restore you to health. You need 'KEPLER' (TRAhI. MARK) SOLUTION It aids Nature by providing m a pure, concentrated, active and digestible form the very materials which She employs to repair vyiste of flesh and loss of strength. Delicious and
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    SHARES.
    921 11 Cap. l«,u«. Paid. Laot Div BrjTIJRe BkllbßB «5.000 2s 28 AUagar B<v8 <v o o rt i 150,000 2h 28 Anglo-Malay ijj int ,4 50,000 2* 2h BatangMalak* 19 o ?x 30,000 1 1 Batu Caves 40% int £12 s o io ua* 80,000 1 1 Batu Tiga <Selan«or,
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    EXCHANGE.
    69 11 (CORRECTED UP TO Aug. 20 J Bank 4ms 2- 4 J demand 24 |.|g Private credits 3m 8 2-4 7-lf credits 6ms 2-4 1 France demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 288J India, T. T. 1743 Hongkong, demand |gj Yokohama, demand 114 J Java, demand n Bangkok, demand (J4| Sovereigns,
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    PRODUCE.
    139 11 Aug. 20. Tin 75 tons sold >lo». mo Gambier buyers 9.50 Gambier Cube No. 1 14 _>5 Gambier Cube No. 2 nonv Pepper Black ordin. Spore... 21.25 Popper, (White fair) bnyen 32 BQ Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) nom Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) nom Mace (Banda) 1 15
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      124 11 BEST QUALITY. Momi CHESTS. 19 ins. by 19 ins. by 24 ins. IN STOCK. "GENASCO" (Tropical) ROOFING ______________P§______B _^_j_B-' _£^|fc_j_?__rt*.^_oo— E__Wß&~%'*^ -'-"-"W T"^liM__—__.[^^Tjf^T^**PJ^^*^^W r^». .J-_p^ Mt.-i. c_p^; l^^^^7S3<MP!SS_^w# fc <w<jMl»> Complete with Patent Kant-leak Kleats which do away with the necessity of using sticky cement on the overlaps. In rolls
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      97 11 De KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. Agents at Singapore, The Shipsagency, Ltd, 2-3, Collyer Quay The undermentioned dates of departure are only approximate. van DER L.N singkawang and Pontianak Japara Muutok and Palembang k Koemai Pvigi-Uadja, Sapat, Tembilahan. Tjenako and liengat Au "!l l\ Merkus
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      896 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For Wben Waterwitch H.M.S. ych 620 Rcyne Hkong, 178 S.N.O. Straits Steamew Nat. Tonnage 1 Master From Consignees For 112 Redfcarn Ccu «a.2-7 AG Co Uncertain nT» n" S CoBUlich Triesfce 19 8 au Sch Hongkong 21 Batavier Bnt 215 Simpson
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      223 11 WEATHER REPORT. These Weather Telegrams are transu.Ut.i4 by courtesy of the E. K. Tel. Co. and contain the observations made at Hongkong (11K.> Observatory, and at Manila Observatory (MN.; The data are date aud hour of despatch the Barometer reading (inches m HK., Millimetres m MN.); Direction of Wind and
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1118 12 The S. C. C. Autumn Teunis Tournament is again with us, and so is the rain. The committee have announced that a start must be made to day, the weather says nay, and the odds are on the weather. It is strange that the autumn tournament i is
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    S. C. C. TOURNAMENT.
    451 12 The following Ties will be played today, j CH VMI'IONSHII". 1). .1. Steyn Parve vs. A. C. Potts. A. Jenkins vs. T. B. Norrie. K. B. B. Douuell vs. I). H. Dando. .1. S. Jennings vs. C.Muir. .1. M. Soeters vs. K. S. B. Jeuniugs. Lt.
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    THE TRANS-PERSIAN RAILWAY.
    236 12 What Mr Webb has happily called the Karachi to Calais railway scheme has nowbecome the subject of a very pretty controversy iv the columns of The Times." A few weeks ago the Military correspondent of that paper Colonel Repingtou briefly suggested a few reasons for opposing the
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    S. V. C. ORDERS.
    596 12 Orders by Lieut. Colonel G. A. Derrick,] V.D., Commandant, S. V. C. Singapore, 20th August, 1912. S. V. C. Ballestier Rifle Range is allotted as under Sunday 25th at 7 .80 a.m. Chinese Co. S.V.I. Class Firing. At 2.;J0 p.m. S.R.A. Short Range Handicap and Buffs
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    170 12 A debate will bo held by the members of the CCA. m their Hall, Prinsep Street Church compound, on Fridny the 2Jrd instant at H p.m., subject That this House is m favour of an Ordinance dealing with the Compulsory registration of domestic servants." Proposer Mr ChewFug Hob, Opposer Mr
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    636 12 From Japan and China, the Kum Sang discharges general cargo, aud loads for Penang and Calcutta. The Hiroshima Maru which arrived from Japan on Monday, continued her voyage to Rangoon and Calcutta yesterday after discharging some cargo here. The P. and O. homeward mail Arcadia left Hongkong at
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    S. S. C. GRIFFINS.
    75 12 The Oriffins for the autumn meeting will be drawn for this afternoon at Abraras' Yard at 5 o'clock. Subscribers for 27 have been registered. The Philippine trade m sawmill tools is worth more than that of all the rest of the Far East put together, according
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      252 12 Kippers, Haddocks, Bloaters, Fish Fillets, Soles, Turbot etc. Singapore Cold Storage Co, Ltd. INTERESTING TESTIMONY TO THE VALUE OF STEEL LETTER FILES OF RoNEo LIMITED. Our Pans Office have reoeived the following lettei irom Messrs \nci« vFitahl.Bßen.enta Coanet, Nancy. We have mnoh pleasure to inform sou that the S RoNEo
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      130 12 LATEST SHIPPING. flamlllo, Brit 3119. .lohn 20-s. Rottor dam. As. Pet Co. Calypso, Brit '.i'.\9, McCraith 20- s. Tringganu. S. S. S. 22. PASSENGERS. Pei Calypso: H. J. Fougere. Davy. NEXT MAILS DUE. From Europe.— Per P. A O. India due An fl 23. From China.— Per P. ft o.
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