The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 13 October 1910

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  • 15 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 191CX No, 1,211.
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  • 201 1 The Revolution in Portugal 225 TWUvntii ludia 225 < ;tna«li and tV.f Empire 226 The fortifying <>f Panama 226 lint in tlitouj»h Foreign Sp»>etacle3 227 The Autumn Session i27 I 1 >LICt 110 »'OIKT NlW*i. Kut»her Law Suits 230 CIhMN LiU-1 iti.n 239 A «lrunken <jouii\ 1 235 Mr
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  • 119 1 Oct. 12. T>L $79 90 Gambier b^9.75 Gambier Cube No 1 m 15 00 G&mbier One* No. i J°"? I>pper Black (orC». B'fort) buyera 15.20 Pepper, Wait* (fail) 2550 Nutmegt (110 to tt« it.)-. nom Nntmegi (80 to tai V».) M nom ttaee (Buada) nom Clotw (Amlxwa^ Bally Coffee
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  • Domesic Occurrences.
    • 22 1 Lee. At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore on October the 11th, the wife of Geohge Lee of Ninogeri, Kelantan, of a son.
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    • 121 1 Kirwan-TUtchblor. On Wednesday Oct. 12 by special licence at St. Andrew's Cathedral by the Yen Archdeacon Izard, Huhert Stewart Kir wan to Robina Duncan Batch elor Veitch Kinloch. Ceptember 14th, at Plymouth, Lieut. A. Vbitch, H.0.a., son of late Andrew Veitch, of the Hongkong Shanghai Bank, to Yolande Mary
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    • 27 1 At Giylang on the morning of the 6th of October, Chahles Hknry second son of the late Charles Martin Allen of Perseverance Estate. Aged 42 years.
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  • 215 1 The Ust miil from homo arrived by the P. and O. Dyvanha on Friday with dates to Sept. 10. A homeward mail was taken on Monday by the "DjjUl nger and this weekly goes by the Taroba to-day. As the first day's raiog of the October meeting H.
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  • 881 1 Oct. 7. It was the Psalmist who s*id Pat not I c your trust in princes." But those were the I i days of personal rule and an absolutism i that held issues of life and death in the 8 hollow of the hand. In these
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  • 1433 1 Oct. 8. To those who are old enough to have some dim bjyish memories of the fateful days of the Indian Mutiny, with the reminiscence of :h» thrill that ran through all BriUin as the incidents of Licknow, Ciwnpore and Delhi came to be told, the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 208 1 Subscribers to the Singapore Free Press Wllj returninsr fro?u Europe to the Straits m of the mail lines, are invited to send to Si MMI the name of their steamer and date arrival in Singapore. Copies will then be mailed to meet them at various ports ot call. Mib^cribers in
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    • 17 1 For all internal complaints dy sen try con %he colds Jtc.take Wood*' ft A P*nwr <int Care
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  • 1508 2 Oct. 10. There inay be miuy who will not see what a rtally big thing happened when Cjl Sir Hknky PBLLATT brought, at his own expense, to England from CUuadtf, thai fine battalion of Canadian Rfl >* that he has the honour to command. T i
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  • 1026 2 O.t. 11. Mr Roosevelt appears to be going tbe right way about the business ot impress leg his fellow- country ineu, in his present oratorical tour through the Western States, that he is the one safe exponent of the Imperial aspirations of his country. He w..>
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  • 1514 3 Oct. 12. Eftry man is suppjsfd to be a sort of trinity within himself. There is the man a* he actuilly is as he thinks himself to be and a9 others think him to be. Ic would not be impropar to mike the same affirmation with
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  • 1090 3 Oct. 1:} What is to be the mood in which the Government is again to face Parliament after the session r There is the great enigma of the Conference over the Constitutional issue. On the whole, although casual and iltagitiniite hints have been dropped by parties to
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  • 229 3 The Hongkong police have been informed that an American by the name of Alford Finlay Thiyer, described as the Mina^r of the Gdiambrid Sugar Estate Company of Manila, is missing. It appears that he had been suying at the Hongkong Hotel recently and on the 2»j h September he left
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  • 789 4 Ejecting a Squatter at Simbawang. la the Supreme Court, yesterday, before Mr Jastice Fisher, the case of Oscar Oiaen v. Choo Hoon Joo was fixed for he*riog. Mr C. Emerson, who appeared with Mr J. Aitkeo for the plaintiff, siid he understood M^> "s Drew and Napier
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  • 42 4 The following is the result of crusting operations at R ,ub for the four weeks eudiue «*h October. 8 Tons Crushed Bukit Koman 3,605 tons. Bukit Malacca 1,153 Total Gold Obtained 766 ounces Average Per Ton 3 43 dwtB
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  • 34 4 The following advance figures of the ex. jport of tin from Perak for September, are liable to coirection. Block tin 10,797.76 pk!«. J' N ORB 20.349 76 pkls. DuTT 3321.005 75 its.
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  • 1688 4 HIS FINANCIAL POSITION DEALT WITH IN COURT. Accused Discharged. The adjourned case of Mr P.A.Q. Grimes, on charges of cheating came before Mr Firni9tone in the District Court yesterday morning. The D. P. P Mr E Jmonds, again prosecuted and Mr J. Crabb Watt defended. The cross
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  • 194 4 A jungle fire broke out on Mtuct Faber list night. A wedding took place on the 2i k h ult. at All Saiats' Church, Tientsin, between L eut Cbarles Cobb, lodian Army, and Miss Hillier. The Revs. J. T. Hales and J. H. Sodgewick officiated. The service was choral, the
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  • 276 4 Quite a novel entertainment is to be eeen for the next few nights on the Beach Road Reclamation, beicg provided by a company of Australian Buck Jumpers who are on their way to England, where they ait booked to appear iu May n«xt. The enclosure has been
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  • 84 4 s. c. a v. k. g. a. These teams met on the SRC. esd cf thr Esplanade last eveniLg hl(1 a ketnlv DOMHtfed game ecded in a pointless diaw. E.»ci> side missed a ctitam goa.l. It wan rood to see Threlfall playing at back for tLe SCC. and
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  • 256 4 Disadvantages of High Rubber Prices. At the annual meeting of Harrisons ar:J CrObfield, held at the London CbamWr of Commerce on Sept. 10, A! r James B. Crosiield, who presided, stid tiie report showed a successful working of te company during tl.e past year, which must be
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  • 270 4 RAISING THE MAINE" If plans which President T\ft w§m4§ favourably are adopted, ihe bftttlnJro Miine," sunk in Havana harbour \2 >eai* ago, which since then has concealed the secret of the disaster which overwhelmed her, may be sailing homeward on or bgfm Christmap, beiiicg a long delayed verdict to the
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  • 842 5 The Ni£%B*ki Press reports the death cf th« Rev. W H. Srandring. of th* AmenciQ Pr^tesUnt Episcopal Church Mission. A Chinese contemporary states that an electric light company has been started in Chungking, with purely private capital amounting to 300.000 dollars. It is managed by Germans
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  • 665 5 Leading Planter Dead. It was a great shock to many Singapore residents, his old friends, to learn yesterday of the telegraphed announcement of the death of Mr W. W. Btiley, whose life in the Straits makes a great part of the planting history of thi* region
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  • 215 5 The market his remained in a depns ed state during the week atd a continuance of filling prices iu rubber shares, advised from L>ndo», tended to further this condition. However, latest advices indicate a rising market in rubbers and there is at the close a better tore
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  • 70 5 During last week the death rate was 47 37. the number of deaths being 259. Of these 55 were due to fever, 34 to phthUis, 31 to beriberi. There were one cholera and six smallpox deaths. During the month of September the death rate totalled 49 29 the
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  • 279 5 Sir, Oa behalf of those who worship at St. Mitthew'a Church, Sepoy Lines, I bsg to return most grateful thanks to ail tbo-e who so generously came forward to help the fund which is being raised for the reLOvatioD and upkeep of the little Church near
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  • 84 5 RETURNING FROM BANISHMENT. Chief Detective Inspector A. Sheedy brought a queueless Chinese coolie before Mr Robinstr, third magistrate, yesterd-iy, on a charge of leturnicg from banishment. The prisoner was an old jail bird and had ten previous convictions. He was banished ten years ago Cninese PC. 488 of the Central
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  • 82 5 SCRUBBERS." ReceLtly in a cable from London via Colombo announcing divid^nd^ we found the following: "Scrubbers interim five." It did rot take much ingenuity tq break this up into S. C Rubbers, but at that point we came to a full stop. What did S. C. stand for, Sungei Chob,
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  • 83 5 Verdict for Plaintiff. In the libel action brought by Loke Chow Loo, against the Chinese newspaper, Ihe Union Timts Press Ltd, aud Bey Siaw Chong, the editor, the Chitf Justicp, Sir WiDiam HyDdman Jones gave judgment for the plaintiff, awarding him $1,000 and cos's. In the lihtl
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  • 97 5 With commendable enterprise the management of the Hdrima Hall have secured for exhibition feevfnl pictures of loc*l interest which since their inauguration have proved a great draw. Oae showing the arrival and departure of |tte German mail ss. "Buelow" at Bjrneo Wbarf is remarkably good, the familiar landscape
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  • 41 5 Notice is Riven th*t the first ordicary general (or Statutory) meeting of the above Company will be held at the Registered Offices of the Companv, The Arcade, Singapore, on Saturday, 15th October, at 12 o'clock noon.
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  • 669 5 The going yesterday morning was pgain on the fast side and there was a very large attendance of spectators to watch the gallop? Theie bting lo mist about the trainitg clull be watched close! v and s me very good gallops were doLe. Al was first out and
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  • 132 5 The tie between A and E companies in this competition was placed at Tanglm on Wednesday, attracting a considerable attendance. A fast game resulted, the defences of both sides with robust method*, sparing no one ia their endeavours to keep their goals intact. It was from a
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  • 87 5 Y. M. C. A. Badly Beaten. It was practically a wilk over for the M 'Is I last evening on their meeting tie Y.MC.I in the Footbtll Shield Coinperition. From start to fiai«h the play w*s in the Y.M's territory, and with plenty of dash on the part
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  • 37 5 In the Mills Cup yesterday Singapore scored 19G, the following beiog the individual score**. MUs Gunn 35 Miss Kerr 34 Mrs Fclkin Miss Cortlandt Anderson 32 Mrs Fisher 31 Mrs Veuning Thomas 31
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  • 808 6 Prince Tsai Yun intends to make a round thn world trip, starting at the beginning of next year. Mr M>atagu Lrnh, k. c has bson app inted a Justice of the High G jurt in success on to Mr Justice Jelf, resigned. A home piper states
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  • 1164 6 Quicquil aunt homines nostri est farrago lihelli Juvenal. I r is just ten days ago siace a L sbon telegram stated that "The Kaiser hid invited King M-inuel to visit Berlin in December when there were to be great festivities and a military review." I*, was
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  • 332 6 Mr Juitica Fishsr delivered two judgments iii rubber cases yesterd ly. The first was Draero vs Miuleffiich, the eUitn b^ing for $4968 less a paynieut of |$50. Tne points for coisideratiDn in this case were two niiinly, first the matter of a preliminary point of law argued by
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  • 342 6 Samuel B .own. St. George's Church, which has baen associated with the old Peaang families siccait was erected bv the Honourable Ed^t ladia Company in 1811*, was the scene of a wedding in which the bride, Miss Helen Violet Scjtt Brown, is a direct descendant of two
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  • 780 6 The u?uil meeting of this Bjard was helj in the offices yesterdiy afternoon, Mr K Broadrick presiding. The other mem I—.,1 present were Messrs J. Carapie*, W. Me Bean, F. E J*go, and Dr. Fowlie. The minutes having beea coLtirmgd, the President siid that the bank balance w
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  • 109 6 Oa Siturday morning, Mr F.rmstone gave judgment in the District Court in the caee brought by Seth and Co, brokers, against J. M. Armstrong for the recovery cf $280 damages for breach of contract. Plaintiffs* case was that defendant instructed them to sell some shares. They sold the
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  • 787 7 What is Required. The needs of the Diocese were set forth in clear and lucid manrer by the Bishop at a meeting held at the Victoria M->nun%l Hill last evening to form a Singapore Dioces&n Association. Tiaere w is a Urge gathering of prominent townspeople over which the
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  • 1877 7 Ordinary Meeting, Friday, Oct 7 th. PRBSXNT His Excellency the Governor Sir John Anderson. His Excellency the General Officer Commanding Troo' s, Major Genl St p enson, c b. The Bon'ble the Act. Col. Sec. W. Evans. the Attorney-General F Belfield the Col Treafeuier W. C Michell. m
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  • 942 7 MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT'S REPLY The following paper w«s Uid oe the ttb.e at the Legislative Council, yeeterdiv afternoon Municipal Office. Singapore, 23rd September, l'.< 0. S r,— With reference to the opyof the Report of the Commission on Municipal Administration which has been forwarded to me, I
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  • 1187 8 (From our own Correspondent.) Edinburgh, September 15. It is still political slack water; not till next month will the cu'ient of party speeches and action begin to fbw freelj but when the tide does turn, there are signs that it will run hitfh and
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  • 696 8 VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS. Bishop Replies to Criticism. The su^gpssion nude some time ago in some of the Homa papers that douatioas to church work in the Diocese were given unwillingly, and by other than Christian con verts, was emphatically refuted by the Bishop in his speech at the meeting on FiiJay
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  • 1381 8 (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, Sept. 16. Cricket Ends. Another cricket season has run its course, and considering the unsettled wwather, it has been a very interesting one. Tae change in the method of deciding the county championship is C9rtaiuly responsible for this, and the few uninteresting
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  • 263 8 London, Sept 23. Tne following was the result of the race f jr the Newbary Aitumn Cup (hep) of 1,250 6OVB run at the Newbury Autumn Meeting. Second received 125 sovs and the third 75 sove., about 2 miles and :i furlong (37 entries). Baroness M. de Brienen's
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  • 46 8 "Ah said the school inspector, surveying with a bland glance the goggle-eyed infants before him, I wish I were you children at school. And why do I wish this Please, sir, cos you've forgot all you ever knowed," replied Little Herbert, the Pride of Standard IV.
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  • 665 9 Mr. C. \V. Campbell c m. g Chinese Secretary of H M Legation at Peking, and M• > Campbell leave for home on the P and t > -Syria.'* j a charge of unlawfu'l v returning from binishoaent, a Chinaman was committed to the Assizes in
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  • Correspondence.
    • 299 9 To the Editor Sir, The extent of the change in relationship between shipper and shipowner which may be effected should the added clause 7 of this bill pssi into law is of such importance that it is impossible not to concur in the protest of the Hon. C
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  • 626 9 Sir Henry Mat*! Addre*3. October Ist was a greit day at Hongkong, for that date witnessed the ceremonial opening of the B itish section, as far as Ljwu. 221 milw.of the now railway from Kowloon to Ctnton. After the luncheon at the new K^wloon terminus, Mr
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  • 199 9 {From our own Correspondent LabuiD, October Oth. H. MS. "Merlin" arrived here to coal from Kudat on the Ist inst. leaving again on the 5 h after getting her mails from the "Maruiu." Lieutenant F. A. Rsyne entered ho3pital here, suffering from general ill health, but since his
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  • 163 9 Appointment of Ball Committees. At a meeting of the General Committee of the Singapore St Andrew's Society, held yesterday evening at the S.C.C. Pavilion, under the chairmanship of the Hon'ble Dr D. J. Galloway, the followiug Committees were appointed for the approaching ball to be held on
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  • 49 9 Messrs Guthrie Co. are in receipt of cable advice from the Secretaries Kim lining (Perak) Rubber and Tin Co. I/d., that the Directors have decided to rpcommend payment of a dividend of 1-5% in respfct of the financial yeir of the Company which ended 30th Jane, 1910.
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  • 375 9 Erroneous American View. In the August Scribner there is an article on baseball, which, interesting in itself, is also worthy of notice, because of the verv erroneous idea of the wiiter as to the extent to which cricket in this country has become a game of the
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  • 23 9 Mr A. A. Swan, who has recently been not very well, is now, his friends will be pleased to learn, quite well again.
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  • 679 9 Wednesday Oct. 12, 1910. FIRE AT SEA. French Steamer Puts Back to Singapore. The homeward voyage of the Frecch steamer Amiral Olry was suddenly interrupted on Monday by a rather serious outbreak of fie in one of the bunkers and early yesterday morning she arrived off this port flying signals
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  • 253 9 Mr Aleii Tiylor, who is piying a welcome return visit to Singapore, opsnai his brief seison at the Aielpbi Hotel last evening btf >ta a good attend tnce. His opponent was Sergeant Turnbull of Fort Canning, and the game was 800 up, Taylor conceding 4JO to hi3 opponent. F»r
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  • 2319 10 Part 11. Thb Story of Mujir of Palawan. Siid the old man List ye friend?, whilst the maidens twist tbe leaves of the sireh and the men turn in their months the sue culent betel of contentment. Tale telling is akin to the delights of tbe batel
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  • 744 10 Give a dog a bad name and hang him, runs the old adage, tut if for dcg we substitute camel, well, it's no wonder the poor creature has the hump, for few have a good word for him. If I may speak thus, I have known three cancels
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  • 1257 10 At one time or auother it hits been the of most people who have travelled ia tj, interior of Siam to put up for a night longer in the sala of a w a t (temple A* t (there would seein to be no Englien «.juiv lent)
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  • Page 10 Advertisements

  • 186 11 A new and valuible alloy called Dura/.iinin has besu discovered by Vickers, 6 >d?, and Mtxiin. will be made at l^rniingharo, and wi'l be placed on the mirket in October. Ii is slightly heavier thin t' nimuai. and as strong as steel. Mr B \V.
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  • 152 11 Graham Bell, the invent »r of the telephone, v h >ays a Paris contemporary) like other inventors, not free from difficulties and disappointments H^ exhibited his apparatus m the time of the Philadelphia centenary, nad no one thought it worth notice. For •\eeks the inventor nl before his
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  • 135 11 Oxy^n is the only natural disinfectant, k should he taken freely. The only way we an take free ox j gen into the blood is by Wreathing. Breathe deeply. Practise not only best breathing, says the 41 Family Doctor," iat abdominal breathing. Keep the blood well supplied with
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  • 102 11 Avoid all introspection Physically don t ook at your tongue 'I haven't seen mine for y«n) f^r it has been well said that whereaa in childhood tongues shoild be seen and not heard, with adults they should be heard and not seen. Do not inspect your
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  • 991 11 They were all Scotch, and all genuine. Everybody has heard of Henry Jenkins, who reached the melancholy age of 161*, of "Old Parr" who was seventean years short of that record, and have been sceptical. la the happy days when parish registers were either ucknown orcirelessiy
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  • 819 11 Of the many notable orders of distinction granted by the Sovereign to faithful and honoured subjects for special services, possibly next after the Garter in interest, comes that of the O;der of the Bith. This order is oce of those which Lave disticctively descended to us
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  • 368 11 Klin<; Murdered at Kallang Pudding. A Kling named Kindasamr, appeared in the s C3nd ourt before Mr C. V. Dvsod, yesterday afternoon, charged with the murder of a Kling at Killang Pudding, few davs ago. Mr Elmonds, Dspu f y Public Prosecu'or, appeared oa behalf of the
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  • 478 11 The British N^rth Borneo Herald of Oct 1 at gives this prcjis of the career of the la'e W. C. Cowie: Tae news of the death of Mr \V. C. Cowie, Chairmiu and Managing Director of the B. N. B. Chartered Company, Limited on
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  • 61 11 la the final game for the Durand Cap at Simla in the presence of an immense gathering, the Royal Scots won from the King's Royal Rifles by one goal to love. la the case of the death of Sergeant McDermott of the Government Railway Police Mrs McDermott, examined at Calcutta,
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  • 2368 12 THE OPENING DAY. SURPRISES BUT GOOD SPORT. Perfect weather favoured the opening day of the Autumn Race meeting yesterday. It was not unduly hot, a pleasant bre» ze ternpering the benificent smile of Old Sol to a nicety and with plenty cf good sport, with just a few
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  • 31 12 Mr Mundell on playing tie with Dr. Keith won the men's monthly medal for last month. The following is the result of ladies' medal thin month sgfd
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  • 260 12 Uuder this heading, L'Aveuir du Tonkin publishes a comment by its Hongkong correspondeut, which we translate as follows "The budget cf the Colony for 1911 is increased to $0,042,543, which is ab( ut s*lB per head of the population. This is a very high rate in a
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  • 832 12 A copy of Andrew's scote register and notes on rifle shooting has been 'received. This register is in its twentyaeventh edition and is the most up- to date exposition ol regulation rifl9 shooting and scoring which has been printed. TUe book is full of elaborate diagrams which are
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  • 141 12 Before Mr Justice Fisher yesterday. Mr Gaunt appealed in a case in which < Chinaman was convicted of assault Hi another Chinaman. Mr EJmonds ippearti for the Crown. la this case comp'aiuaiit alleged that on Aug. 15 he was riding b?^ bicycle on the Giylaug Road ab« ut
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  • 1038 13 The fact that the work cf the reporter is s.» very little understood, even by amateur shorihind writers, and scarcely at all bt tha general public, has led me to giro this brief bketch of some of the phases of the journalbtk profetsior. Iq the first
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  • 1134 13 Tarred Roads and Vegetation OlotLed m Lightning— Wear Resisting RoadsRadium Dyed Gams— The Red of the Blood— Rustless Coating for IronHeat storing for Boilers— Arclight Telephony—SoiJ Flavoured Butter. A mysterious disease of trees and shrubs in Pans has been charged to road tarring by M Forestier, engineer in
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  • 1144 13 Increased Production. Al hough the markets both for law rubber and for the shares of rubber comptnies are in a state of animated suspension, the deve'opmer,t of the lubber plantation industry proceeds apace, and the production of the commodity is rapidly increasing. Njt much change occurs from day
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  • 631 13 Th3 Daily Mail's Dublin correspondent writes The great prize fi^Lt pictures have been shown at last, and as a scandal and an outrage en civilisation they aie a fii-co. Cut cut the last round, ar.d the whole might be sbewn to a youcg ladies' ecminaiy. The credit lies
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  • 124 13 The maniage was to take pace at S'. Mary Abb^t'*, Kent-ir^n, on Oj*. lrt, of Miss Mabel Bluiicht Ma'kvord, fouo^tr daughter of Mr F M. Mackwood, of Culon:bo, and tie lafe Mrs Mackwrri, aLd Litutenant N. L Wattp, oftW92^ Puujubip, Macdalar, eldobt son of Mr N. Watt*, of Duoera," CliffOD,
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  • 301 14 Fall from «£3o to Six Shillings an Ocnce. Surprise baa be«n expressed in maDy (quarters, says the Pharmaceutical Journal," that so little commercial mention is made nowadays of cocaine, an article which two decad«B ago was a daily topic of conversation with tho3e in any way
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  • 218 14 8. 8. "LyDIA" A WmmCE Oj Sunday afternoon, the Butte.fijld and Swiie steamship Huichow (Cupt Forsyth) arrived in IT >ngkong with forty shipwrecked men on board, who had been picked up on the 2J>ch ult. Oa the niorniug of the 2J>;h S^pt as tho "Huichow" was passing
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  • 205 14 Mr G. E R line, birrister-at-iaw, formerly of Sagapore, who his b3en doing some militant political writing, ehitrl/ of auti s )ciaiistic character, is directing hi* attea tion just now to the eff >rts made by tha Libour P-irty to procure tha reversing of the Oiborne judgment.
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  • 119 14 Catcher BJlj Sullivan, of the Chfotgo Amsiieane, repeated the teat of Catcher Charles Street, of tlso Washingron American league team two ynars ago, in catching a baseball thrown from a window at the top of the Washington Monument, a perpendicular drop of 542 feet. The ball
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  • 8 14 (By Submarine Telegraph) (Re liter' 8 Ajency
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  • 2976 14 R*c. Oet6, 10 am. The British Minister at Lsbon telegraphs t )-day M Serious disturbances broke out on Monday night when a portion of the Garri- declared themselves Republic in. Fighting took pUce throughout yesterday t«nd last night a Republic was procliimad And was enthusiastically received by the
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 39 14 The many friends of tbe popular jockey H. S Kirwun will learn with interest of his marriage yesterday to Miss R D. Bitcbelor. The wedded couple havs been the recipients A many good wishes fjr thsir happiness ind prosperity.
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  • 77 15 THSPBES^CONFEKENCE mm Correspondent.) PendD}?, Ojt i'». It is stat€'i in the papers by ice mail r.d.y thut Mr W. It. St CUir ol the S• p >re i\eo Pna< has b^en app*^inttd t.ne <>t tli vice Pre^iden s oftbt lasti ute ct Jottraaliila at the aavaml Couferei.ce now
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  • 92 15 Penan?, Qjtobet 6. A* t.>Jiy's nhire hinaoLS Ibe following prices wp»e l#^liwd< SUO U a Pindans at 50 cents. 1 000 N .huavs at 80 cents. |<0 QltMnljssl 11 5" 50( > X---W T tinbuas at >i- 50 Kiiimin Pjlln mlhm were cftd'ed bul fuiiud no buyers. There
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  • 95 15 A daring day.itfht robbery h I taken pi ice at R ikit Awi, a mile from Kulim in Kodak, three aimed Cum <se attacking a (Jhiu«si womtm on her way to Penarg in a tfhirrv. Tse woman w^s bruised and bad tour ti 'spts severly cut with
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  • 62 15 Dtirivg a storm here lightning struck a telnohoue b« x of th*»M>iki Hwd 1 gHthouse at 7IIa. m. The wirdow sill was charred, the curtain* bu ned and the box blnz*l up aud the earth wire which h*d b*en put to ground a» 3:10 a. m
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  • 31 15 Hongkong, Oct. 7.h. 4 1 pm. Siitpen bales of raw silk frc m Canton for New York, vilued at $\r>. 000, have been atolen from the Charles Haidtutn."
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  • 33 15 (From our own Corretpondent.) I" Ibe final shoot for the M^Tophy Miss Joan Smith 35 Miss Mclotyre 34 Miss Thornton 33 Miss JoLes 30 Mrs Hamilton %j Miss Huxiev 0/
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  • 75 15 XT Penaup, Oq| 9 h 4( J p.m. Mmm Kennedy and Co, on behalf of the JI-1-iy PcniDbula Agricu'tural Association n*viug p intel out to Government the inonvemeuces and hardships that would be occ*s oaed if the importation of indentured luuiau eoliies were stopped on O^'ober 31st
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  • 167 15 Ip->, Ojf 9 b, 11 55 am. rhdjadrfmeat iu iLe Nirrnhtim— Hillifax ClS lil l^ion is that tbe ciS9 be dismissed with costs. The J.idge siil tint the property in question consis'ed of a DQOiber of rubber e*u\e* at Chem«>r over which Messis Hallifai and Malt
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  • 54 15 A serious fire broke out vesterdav at one o'clock ia Ampiug Street. E ght ht»u«es were gutted and also the outiyiug boildiagi behind, which face the river. It is alleged tbat the outbreak originated in the kitehet) «>f au ani)iinn^ house. Fve of the hcQiei are
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  • 84 15 Ipob Sept 0. Mr Campbell, the Assistant Manager of the Tr. nob Miser, euccuu?ered several Chinese tin j-tealers down the mine shaft and a dfspnv.te fight etsutd. One robber was seiicusly irjured by a revolver bullet aiid two otkers wwe iligailj wounded. Tie rtot of the gang
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  • 129 15 Panarg Get, 10, A nifetic^ of the Coi»m»ttye of ihe Malay Peninsula Ass ciatiou discussed the rtcruitiu^» of Chinese sitkebs with a view to askinp fora— l to legislate in the matter. It w;ts re*o'ved totead a petition to thr* G >vernor einbjdyiug the views
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  • 66 15 RAILWAYS IN THE PENINSULA. ]\lr Mitchell, the Chairman of the Penaog Chamber of Commerce, in the course of an interview with a representative of the Piaaog QtMtte, advocates the extension of the railway from Prai to Trong, iu order to assiat Penang's import trade, while he favours the extension of
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  • 35 15 Mr H. C. Wtlham, lately editor of the PinaDg G-zstte semis a two and a half column letter to that paper, criticising Ireucharjtly and outspokenly, Mr Huttenback's paraphlet on the Freights B 11.
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  • 47 15 As a result of the oil war local prices have dropped ninety per cenr. A large consignment arrives to-day from Rangoon which will probably reduc* prices still farther. It is stated that the Chinese are ppecnlating heavily in hopes of a rite,
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  • 59 15 \Hrmm <t/> i'mu\f*vmieiti_*\ A wedding took place at St George's Church, Penaiig, between Albert Alexander Craigen. Manager, By ram E,tatp, eon of Wjlliain C.-aieeo, G.igiritum, Deinorara, and M^uie H >pe Ma%<>D t dauahter of the late Frederick Ashley MasoD, Dimerara. Mr Duqc*u, of CiledonU Estate, cfficiated as
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  • 33 15 Kuild Lumpur, St-pt 11. The K!aug Lodge had an installation meeting yesterday night, when the W. M. of Real Loigp, Wor«hipful B other B. Charter, ias'a'ledC. T. H*meru>n as MisUr.
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  • 17 15 The Bmdmann Company give a performance Of the Aroadians before a fine hou.e
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  • 126 15 A General Improvement. Shares are better and business is good There Lave been a number of rises, notably the foilo vir»L> An<;lo-Malays 24 Ahglo Su m atras 65 Cicely 43 Consolidated Malay 24 6 Golcox da-Malay £5 5* Highlands and Lowlands:— Jcb 03 JURU 16/ KAMUIfIVG
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  • 43 15 Kuila Lumpur, Oct. 7. TliG rubber prices on wh'ch export duty is to be reckoned are as follows from Oct. 7 to Od 20 Sheet biscuit 6*270 Crepe $285 Best Sarap |245 Btrk Sciap 8215 U:»treit«d Scrap $21" Riniboug £200
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  • 258 15 SEPTEMBER RUBBER TIN RETURNS. (From our own Correspondent Kuila Lumpor, Ojt. 7,b, 9 20 am. The following lubber crops are announced for S^p'embei JITGBA 9,511 lbs. Seafield:— 21.(9.5 lb?. SuMOtl Salak 4(550 lbs. BuHOtl CHOH: 5.350 lbs. Seremban:— 35 222 Ibf. Chota 550 !bs. New Serendah 6(2 lbs. Castllfikld: 4,579
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  • 60 15 Messrs Guthrie ft Co are in receipt of Cible advice from the Secretaries of the Libu (F.M.S) Rubber Co Ltd. that the Bmrd of Directors h^va dpclared an interim dividend of 10%, payable in London on 28 h October. This is the second interim dividend declared in respect
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  • 39 15 Penang, O^t llih, S 29 pm. The Merglembu l<jde id September had a re* u»-n of 280 pikuls tin. 1220 t^ns were crushed in t v e i*«Vff woikiug 29 davp, for a valua of |18»^50 15.
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  • 65 15 K wa la Lumpur, Oct. B. The advance statement uf the tin exports for the last tiiue months is *s follows Perak :J 1 7,429 piculs. Selacgor 1 7.*757 pi^uls. y-gri Siuabildn 2<> 405 p*cu!s. The figures f^r the previous i-e h>d w*re 835,152, 194 873 &ud :j">,707
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  • 16 15 The Pusing L»ina Tin Companv h-.s declaied a dividend ot lixptMt [^er share.
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  • 99 15 Penan g, Od 10 At thehtlf yeirly raeetiug of KaraLgan Hydraulic tiu mining c 'nipany the H >n R. Young, wh > presided, said tbar the prohtb had baea maintained and the qmrti »n cf p'antiDg up rubber was uuder coi:tidr;r.ttio!i. The Bo^rJ were in c^mmuiiication with
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 535 15 PASSENGERS. Fer Xuen Tung Messrs O. Brauer, H. Scott Young, A. Wigley, E O. Brownlow, S. Knocker, C de B«eogo<ti. Per Yugala Mr Van der Does de Bij. Per Hye Leong Messrs G V. A. Sanderson, W. H. Sutton, Trump, J. F. Mills, Padvanw. Per Sappho Messrs J. Robertson, R.
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    • 695 16 CL EARANCEA. Oct 6. Da K'erk, Dat str. Chevalier, for Muntok. Cheang Hock Kian, Dut. str., Hubert, for Bagan. Siam, Brit, str., Binns, for Palo Samboe. Grotiue, Dot str, Teensma, for Batavia. Penang, Brit, str., Jones, for Port Swettenham via ports. Cowrie, Brit str, Falla. for Pangkallan Soesoe. Oct 7.
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    • 147 16 Deucalion, Brit atr, Small *rood, for Antwerp vit porta Brouwer, Dut. str, Hobma, for Moeara Saba. Menggala, Dnt str, Pahst, for Indragiri. Knivsberg, Ger st«\ Niejahr, for Bangkok. Kinta, Brit, str, Daly, for T. Ansan via ports. Parroclns, Brit str, Bailey, foi Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. Bridge, Nor. str., Jacobsen,
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