Straits Echo, 9 October 1913

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 11. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, 9th OCTOBER, 1913. Sin*!* Copy. 10 costs. No. 232
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    • 1024 1 l»o If yon roqnir a Tnnio and something to nonrinh you, drink DOC SHEADCUINNESS'S stout and look for thii label r/v tO M that yon g«4 a TIANG LEE tf Co., Solo Agoata. Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. ■i BANKS. > Chartered Bank of India, Australia and
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    • 12 1 TIGER BRAND CEMENT. M2SB ?5 <?• m FO &1 BEST FOR ALL PURPOSES.
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    • 95 2 NATURA I r S' LION BRAND.! (STERILIZED) J x a Afj Grand Prix: LA y p «'is St Louij. 1 904 </ M«4 aille tr *893 *893. *899 Schutimarke Silb- «“"I' Bt eW<a ,j»J. Prag Eh f np ocr** Kol A^96Ict) Rosd) c# ARen Mecklenburg (DeutscM* nd 5^ Made in
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  • 814 3 Most people like to let themselves go occasionally in wtitun I communications without reflecting fully upon the consequences that may posutly attach ton letter addr® tEt ‘d to a second paitv. In piivate or d< mestic matters this often leads to trouble in lu-iness affairs
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  • 479 3 FIRST DAY'S WEIGHTS. 1. The Opening Stake-». Value $600. A *elliug Race. A handicap for all horses. The winner to be put up for auction under rule 189, for $800. Entran e >25. Distance, Race Course. Nicholas’s —Flor.us 11 1 Nicholas’s —Tom Tom 11.1. Vernon’s The Rake 10
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  • 274 3 We read iu a London contemporary The further decline in the value of the raw commodity has naturally had a weakening effect on the t hares of rubber-producing companies, and all sorts of suggestions are l>oing put forwent with a view to placing the plantation rubber industry ou
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    • 66 3 THIS I it IT! 4 A\ i|; •*il 1 i WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound r*-f i ~V TASTELESS ODORLESS The latest scientific pre paration o? COP LIVER j OIL Does all that is claimed for it and super sedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly
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    • 226 3 NOTICE. LABOUR CODE. 1912, F.M.S. Immigration Fond Ordinance 1911.” OF INDIAN LABOUR A-J are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must be sont to the Office of the Deputy Controller of labour, Penang, during the months of April, July, October and January. Forms for the return will
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    • 67 3 Su'ihia: and Cotnnm Sens?. DWt doctor your bl< od for rbc-uiu itisni. U«e an extern»! application of Chamber lain’9 l*a n l’.alrn. la a lew (lays it will get vou up a ml out into the sunshine, then na‘ute will restoie the iich red blood to your re ut and
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 171 4 Sydney, Ger. s.s., 3,699, Schmidt, Oct. 8, Sydney, Sept. 21, Gen.—B H. A Co. De Kock, Dut. 335, Potman, Oct. 8, Singapore, Oct. 3, Gen. K. P. M. Avagyee, Br. s.s., 247, Spencer, Oct 8, Teluk Anson, Oct. 7, Gen. —E. b. Co Ltd. o Rotorja, Br. s.s., 556,
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    • 49 4 October 9. Tong Chuan, for Alor Star (Kedah). Ghee Thye, for Alor Star (Kedah). Perak for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. De Kock for Deli and Asahan. Tara, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Avagyee, for Dindings, Sitiawan and Teluk Anson. Qlenogle, for Rangoon. Jin Ho, for Asahan.
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    • 108 4 Fom Alor Star (Kedah) —Per Ban Lee, to-morrow, 10 a m. Alor Star (Kedah)—Per Kedah, to-morrow, noon. Batu Bahra —Per Leong Ho, to-morrow, 2 pm. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Pin Seng, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Dindings Sitiawan and Bagan D toh Per Pangkor, to-moriow, 4 p.m. Pulau Langkawi, Perlis
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  • 130 4 Penaxo, October 9 (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4/* 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4^ 3 Credit 2/4| 3 Documentary 2/4|| Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 173 f 3 days’sight Private 175 j Bombay, Demand Bank 173 i Moulmeio, Demand t auk 172 J 3 days’ sight
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  • 203 4 Gold L'af '6440 Black Pepper 15.50 —buyers White Pepper 29 25 sellers Trang Pe;-per 24— nominal Cloves ...39 out of season ilact ...120 nominal Pickings 65. —buyers Nutmegs 110 s. 23.50 sales No. 1 6.10 sales Sugar 2 5,50 sales Bi?ket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 13.10 buyers 1 Tahbun...
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  • 1553 4 Penawg, October 9. Beef cts. Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 55 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 55 Pork— Pork per catty 38 Pig’s Head... F.2t Z < Tonga Mutton Derlh
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    • 57 4 It Never Fail?. Chamberlain’* Colic, Cholera and Di»rrhoea Remedy is all its name implie*. It cures diarrhoea and dysentery in either children or adult*, and the most violent case* of cramp colic or pain in the stomach give way to a few doses of this medicine. Safe, sure, always cure*.
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    • 83 4 Tommy climbed up in a tree after sents and eggs, Though mother often bade him not —lest he break his legs, Soon he started coming down with his pockets full, Waiting underneath for him, was an angry bull. Saw the bullock’s cruel horn, didn’t want his trousers torn, Stayed all
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    • 61 4 CLCANS6 YOUR BLOOD with ORIMAULT U C*' s SARSAPARILLA The original *ar* saparilla, recorain end c d for the last 40 years for lymphatic disease*, eruptions, boils, and all disorders of the skin. GBiMAt'LT 6“ I, IIWDM, PA RIS Wong Kim Man, 77a, Bishop Street, Penang. j Manufacturer ol ED
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  • 765 5 C. U. A. C. r# P. O. R. C. Iho Central Union Athletic Club defeated the Poet Office Recreatiou Club on the Esplanade yesterday evening by one goal to nil, thus registering their second victory of the season. They have improved vastly in their play of late. The
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  • 364 5 We take the following article from the New York Herald of August 23: Dr. Frederick H. Albee, American surgeon, whose operation to mend a girl’s diseased spine with a piece of her shin bone amazed the repent World’s Medical Congress at London, arrived yesterday on board
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  • 319 5 With apolo ios to Mr. Justice Thornton on his retirement j I’ve arrived at a time when I am sixly years old, To find I must do ju*t as I’m told By the Tuan Besar at far Singapore, Who says I must not be a judge any more
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  • 61 5 To-dat. 10th Day of 9th Moon. Band, Golf Club, 6 pm. George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Straits Cinematograpb, Penang Road. Drury Lane Cinematograph, Drurv Lane. League Match C. R C. vs C. A. C. To-moefov. 11th Day of 9th Moon. Band, Esplanade, 6pra. George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar
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  • 17 5 English (India) ...lbth Oct China (China) ...18th China (Ginctenan) ...21st German (P. Eitel Friedrich)... 23rd
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    • 312 5 /S'* X 3C always in stock JOHN ROBERTS, Billiard Tables Manufacturer, Hotel Forman, penanc. NEW SECOND-HAND BILLIARD TABLES. Full Size and f, complete for billiards, from $450 to $750 and $B5O. Billiard and Snooker Balls, Tips, Cues, afers, Spots, and All Accessories. Splendid Quality. Cloth for tables, $7-50 per yard.
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    • 57 5 sat; Cc< m E _-.z THIS IS IT! Waterbary's Metabolized Cod Liver Oil Compound The latent scientific pre parat ion of COP Ll\ Eli OIL. Does all that-is claimed for it and super sedcs the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly tc commended by the medical profession. OF
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    • 266 5 QUALITY is the point which is necessary in an enjoyable Cigarette. p V IR.GINI* C| car.ett£S'^s h ®*ISTOL ft LO^O®^' That’s why “EMBASSY VIRGINIA No. 77 has been justly described as THE CIGARETTE DE LUXE. •c D*C D#C DSC D®C D®C D( 0 WHY TROUBLE YOURSELF? SAVE-U-TROUBLE SAVE-U-TROUBLE will do
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  • 95 6 Nfctithtd daily (except Sundays ud p«Mie holiday*) AT TMH CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Fwom 1 Daily Loeal M «*4 per annum. Oetetation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Port Free) «17.50 OABLH AODtIM ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Not. Echo 58# Printing Department 343 JT.J.-AIl kuiiMM aaMuaioatioaa ahoukl
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  • 2117 6 Reports of activity on the part of members of tbe Triad Society have not been very frequent lately but the raid which took place in Perak the other day has served to r vive tha interest iu this olJest and perhaps mast dangerous of secret organisations. The
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  • 53 6 These versatile artistes concluded their visit to Penang last night with a programme that was quite up to their best. Thf»re was a large aud appreciative audience and it was evident that a warm welcome awaits Mr. Warwick and his talented colleagues when they once more return
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  • 812 6 Major E. B. Scott has been appoints Armament Officer at Singapore. Mr. E. Gordo- F#rboi left f or Horn* last night on leave by the N-D 1 Prinz Ludwig. Captain R. D. Coswell, formerly 0 f th* s.s. Pangkor, returned from leave Tl by th. N-D. L.
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    • 216 6 <9 > u u < 0 9 a i j. v rw C to < oTHE “HOLBORN” LAWN MOWER, Fitted with 5 steel cutting blades and hardwood roller, with all the latest improvements. All parts are well japanned in red and green. Varnished handle with iron stays. It is constructed
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  • 227 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Shanghai, October 9. Li Yuan Hung was elected Yice-Preei. dent by 612 rote* yesterday All the Powera hare now recogniaed the Republic of China It ia really rather distressing to fin! a paper of the standing of the rail Mall Gazette writing thua
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  • 97 7 A Flea for Better Kelatioas. (llewter.) London, October 9. Articles in the Paris newsjapers in favour of better relations between Germany and France have hitherto met with little response in Berlin. The Lokalanzeiger attributes the overtures to the French desire for a period of calm while carrying
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  • 104 7 Banquet ia His Honour. (Reuter.) Madrid, October 8. At the banquet at the Palace given in honour of M. Poincare King Alfonso, in proposing the toast of the French President, said that Spain and France were engaged in the common task of civilisation in Morocco.
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  • 82 7 A Reasonable Reform. (Reuter.) London, October 8. Mr. R. McKenna, Home Secretary, speaking at Pontnewynydd, announced a measure of reform with regard to the system of hues and said that, out of 151,000 persons imprisoned in 1912, eighty thousand had been committed to prison in default ot
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  • 77 7 (Reuter.) London, October 8. Reuter states that the Australians are much dissatisfied with the naval posi ip in the Pacific. The decision of theJ “P en lV Conference to have three units in the Fac fic has not been fulfilled as only an Aus ra
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  • 63 7 (Reuter.) Rome. October 8. The last gathering of the Arab rebels in Cyrenaica was broken up on Oc o when Geneial Vinaia captured the camp Buf-cemal. inflicting heavy losses on we enernv. The Italian casualties were sig The huccess of the recent operations permi a 1
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  • 60 7 lletUer.) London, October 8. In a match against C. iTa Stevenson made a break of record for ivory ball*. [The records for all round break* hitherto bad beet. 80S4 by H. W. St«ven«on under Billiard Association rales a f? in nion at London in 1905 and 7t>7
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  • 57 7 (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, October 9. At the Singapore Rubber Auctions 93,645 lb. of rubber were offered for sale and 85,735 lb. were sold at the following prices: Smoked Sheet 94—1118 per picul Unsmoked 91—1194 Fir*t Crepe $lO2-$ll3 Second 88-1100 Third 75-$ 85 Fourth 55—$ 65
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  • 42 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 8. H H. the Sultan of Trengganu, K.C. M G., has left by the P. O. extra steamer More bound for Suez. It is understood that he is proceeding on pilgrimage to Mecca.
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  • 56 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 9. The s.s. Krian which arrived from Kelantan reports that in thick weather she stranded on an island a mile to the south of Little Redang and that her bowplatei, which were above water, were damaged. The Krian has gone
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  • 83 7 Aa Important Concession. (Reuter.) London, October 9. Tho Post Office informs the Empire Pres 6 Union that, as a result of the deputation to Mr. Herbert Samuel, Postmaster-General, an act is now in force by which publications in any part of the Empire will benefit by the
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  • 71 7 Reuter.) London, October 9. Negotiations at Athens are likely to be prolonged as Turkey is making demands in favour of ecclesiastical foundations and the status of her subjects, which Bulgaria has conceded, but which Greece is unwilling to grant. The question of the Aegean Islands apparently will not
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  • 39 7 (Reuter.) Washington, October 9. The Government will ask Congress in December for three Dreadnoughts and a proportional number of submarines and destroyers. The policy is more likely to be less money ashore and more afloat.
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  • 46 7 (Reuter.) London, October 9. Mr. Hawker, who nearly accomplished the famous flight round Great Britain, fell at Brooklandu from a height of 50ft. and badly injured his spine. The weather was gusty. He was starting to attempt a -9. miles unintenupted flight.
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  • 67 7 Tin, R»*« Copra. The following bus ness in tin has been done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, $92.60 buyers, no sellers) «qq 901 Straits Trading Vo.. 25 ton. at *93.2., S S re Trading -‘93.20 Total 125 tons. Tin is quoted in London to-dav at £lB6 cash and
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  • 129 7 T«*m*V. To-da*. H--tWI-~ P«"" 1 F U RUBtKR 4 9 .14 544 9 3 +l4d angle M»Uy J 3 l* *3 Baku t 9 j 2 1 7 Ch«rsoo«e -7m «44 73 l';d Con*. J 45 3 45 9 3.1 Highland. ..4> {4 714 13 74 14 ..l u
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  • 457 7 (Reuter.) Ottawa, October 8. Mr. Herbert Samuel, Postmaster General, was the guest of honour at a luncheon given by the Canadian Club. In a speech in reply to the toast of his health be dealt with the problem of reconciling unity and individual freedom within
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  • 241 7 Mr. Ramsay Macdanald Against Sympathetic Strikes. (Reuter.) London, October 9. Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, Chairman of the Labour Party, speaking at Hendon said that the curse to progress aud the Labour Party was the advocacy of direct action and sympathetic strikes. There was no room in the Party for
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  • 288 7 A financial correspondent, writing on September 17, says Apart from a couple of Asiatic descriptions the tin group has held its own pretty we’l. and what dulness lias been noticeable has resulted less from the retaps> in the metal than from the continue 1 neglect of
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  • 988 7 The provision of a bridge at Permatang Bindabari, between Kedah and Province Wellesley, as foreshadowed in the Estimates for 1914, should prove mutually advantageous, but so much more so to Kedah than the Colony that the little State may well congratulate itself on getting it at half-share terms.
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  • 772 7 ALLEGED FORGERY. The last case oa the list of the Assizes was commenced this morning before Mr. Justice W. W. Fisher and a common jury, when a Malay earned Mat Dris was charged with fraudulently u-ing as genuine a false document purporting to he a valuable security, to
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  • 179 7 Our Bukit Mertajam correspondent writes Between 7 and 8 o’clock on the night of the 7th instant a daring gang-robbery was committed in the house of a pig-reaier and coconut oil maker named Li Ah Thabn at Bukit Langkap Estate, Province Wellesley. It is alleged
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    • 384 7 NOTICE. VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 1 1 p rtnership heretofore subsisting between LIM EOW THOON of Penang and CHE AH SWEE SENG also of Penang carrying on business as Produce Merchants at Victoria Street, Penang, under the style of firm name of Chop TiiONG POH and Company has
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  • 2457 8 More About a Central Selling Agency—Attitude of Shareholders —A Sidelight upon Costs of Production—The Colombo Rubber Market—Bear Position in the Commodity. The reception given to the proposal deal-! ing with reform in the plantation rubber in-1 dustry, outlined in The Financier a few days 1 ago, leives no
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  • 713 8 HOPE FOR THE LATE BEGINNER (By Mark Allerton 1 It seems a very long time since g o ]f sneered at as an old min’s game a the tendency n>w to regard it as U that put/?" 8 siderable claims ou oue’s powers of n a
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    • 366 8 annnnccncccDncccnnnuDnnacnuannnnnnnanncnanon Drury Lane Cinematograph Co. Id Drury Lane The tre Hall. PROGRAMME FOR TO-NIGHT. 1 A Pair of Handcuffs Clarendon 2 Conr-tab'e Smith in < ommand C. &M. 3 L©a Learns to Dance Cines 4 Boniface has a bit of luck Milano 5 Kissing Pills Lubin 6 Bessie’s Dream Selig
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    • 543 8 St. ANDREW S BALL 1913. SCOTSMEN intending to subscribe to the Bill to be held in the Town Hall, Penang, on the 28th November, are requested to send their subsc iption« $-0, together with names and address of guests, to the Treasurer, Mr. T. McDowall, Mercantile Bank, Penang, before the
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    • 278 8 NOTICE St PAR ATE TENDERS will be received up to neon on Wednesday, the 15th October, 1913, for the following supplies for a period of one year commencing from 1st January, 1914: (a) Rations for Penang and Balik Pulau Hospitals. (b) Rations for Province Wellesley Hospitals. (e) Rations for Leper
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    • 158 8 s TO LET. House No. 421, Dato Kramat r Road. Large Compound, Electric j. Light and Fans, Tennis Court. Suit* able for Family or Mess. Apply r E. L. MILES, c/o The Eastern Shippinq Co., Ltd. 16-9-13 028 WANTED. A TUTOR to give private lessons in Latin and French. Apply,
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  • 26 9 Vend* from Agenit J Due India Colombo A.G.ACo. ltith Oct. China Singapore A-G.ACo. 18th (Jneitenan Singapore B.M.AOo. 21st Print Eitel Friedrich Colombo BM.ACo. 23rd
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  • 22 9 Vc»i*U Fir Agents Leaves 1 ndia Singapore iLQ.ACo. Oct. China Colombo A.O.ACo. Vneiiznan Prim Eitel Colombo B.MACo. Friedri h Singapore B.MACo.
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    • 392 9 Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mall 8arvice Outward. 1913 Oct. 16 India rornect'ng wi h s.s. Medina H 30 Devanba,, i.g, Mongolia Not. 13 Auiti a.s. Macedonia Homeward. Apr. Maj 4 Devanha 18’Arcadia 2 Delta l»t Assaye Medina Mongolia Malwa Mooltan May June •Will run direct to Marseilles and London via
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    • 1422 9 SHIPPING.» BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Fob Intended to Sail. Steamer. Singapore (Three times a week). Port S wet ten bam aod Singapore (Twice a week). -I Pent. dWyTYS IST ia Point. Mergui, Tavoy, Y< Moulmein. (Fortnightly). Singapore and Australia. (Fortnightly.) Rangoon Calcutta. (Weekly.) Thur. £tti Oct, 4 p.m.
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  • 1350 10 Mr. McCullagh who excited Italia* wrath bv hi* descriptions of Tripoli is still proTurk and gives the Decline and Fall of the Bulgars” in the British Review. He give? a talk with M. lonescu, the Roumanian statesman, as to the Bulgars who said
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  • 603 10 Considerable misapprehension exists on the subject of this institution it has been called the oldest newspaper in existence, but in no sense was it ever whit we mean by a newspeper. As far back as the reign of the great emperor Wu Ti, fourth sovereign of
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  • 582 10 Messages from Peking report another crisis in connexion with the Peking University, and foretell the p-obable resignation either of the President of th i University or of the Minister of E lucation. Into the details of this question wa do not need here to enter. Suffice it
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  • 190 10 Anarchy in Albania. London, September 20. The new Provisional Government in Albania is already confronted with an insurrection headed by Essad Pasha, the detender of Scutari, and its Minister of the Interior, who is reported to have seized the public funds at Durazzo, where he is establishing a
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  • 438 10 History shows that no great genius ev>r had rel hair. Alone am mg the pacts of the world was Swinburne, who-e hair was distinctly re Mist, an l ara >ng the gro»t reformers only John Bunyan’s hair was really red. The Simon Pure carroty head, however,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 10 10 For Chronic Chest Complaint*, Wood*’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1«. 6d
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    • 11 10 Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Coughs ard Cold?, cerer fails, Is. 6d
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    • 56 10 CUnberUi&’s Pain Balm. There is nothing so good for muscular rheumatism, sprains, lameness, cramps of the nusc'es, bruises and like injuries as Cbaral>erlain’s Pain Balm It will effect a cure in less time than any other t<e tment. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. Teoh Cheow Cheang Architect and
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    • 93 10 Children’s Coughs. Why let the children rack their little bodies in such a distressing manner when you can so easily cure their colds with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. (•> f® GOODRICH TYRES S'- > tc r~’ uy j r? A VV
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    • 468 10 iMlpitii mml ©*#l mmmsm msmmmmrn j L-J f,<r*Ĕ2& v X W'I f«P!XOAP The Truly Delightful Feeliag of Comfort f The O a UI K it 5 Don’t Turn Up Your Nose Alice. that conies after a shampoo with Pixoap and the powerful influence of this preparation on the growth of
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    • 102 11 BY APPOINTMENT TO H. M. THE KING. CONTRACTORS TO THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY. THE WAR OFFICE. ALSO THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN SINGAPORE, MALACCA AND THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. THE INDIA OFFICE. C: ILK IMPORTANT. In order to thoroughly introduce our new FAMILY SIZE Tin (1! pint) of lILKHAID V Ail RII,
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    • 1528 12 EUROPEANAGENCY. I»» 1«« CORPORATION. lndents promptly exe cuted at lowest cash prices for all kinds of British and Continental goods, including:— Books and Stationery, Boots, Shoes and Leather, Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries, China, Earthenware and Glassware, Cycles, Motors and Accessories, Drapery, Millinery and Piece Goodß, Fancy Goods and Perfumery, Hardware,
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