The Straits Times, 20 January 1912

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.777 SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. JANUARY 20. 1912. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 144 1 BEER. Popular Motor Cycles NEW SHIPMENT OF 3| H.P. 2-Speed Humbers. 31 H.P. 2 Matchless. 3| H.P. 1 m Excelsior. 3| H.P. 1 Morion. Expected this Month, 3| H.P. 2-Speed Indians. 31 H.P. 2 Bats. 31 H.P. 2 Rudge's. 21 H.P. Twin Motor Reves. SIDE CARS IN STOCK. KATZ BROS.,
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    • 197 1 ROBINSON CO. I Sole Agents for the Original fSßm^ fß,atnsbottom X*~~y\ .1 1 111 I I 1 fn*J I llj I 1 1 I t j /**7^k f* ¥/)fitflinn mfflmAW&fi .J\ fl£K(?t The most Perfect Tennis vff The Racket that is Co P lcd Racket made. W by man y
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    • 11 1 DDiISY CO. CHAMPAGNE ADAMSON. 611 FILLAN AND CO., LTD., SOLI AGENTS.
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  • 945 2 STARTLING THEORIES IN A NULLITY CASE. Curious Wedding Tales. Seldom have legal arguments proved of such a popular interest as those put forward on December 19 at Dublin in connection with a secret bedroom wedding story. The question as to whether William Arland Usher, of Eastwell, Loughrea,
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  • 43 2 During the 1 1 months ended Not. 80 last 697,448 persons left the United Kingdom. Of these, 209,605 went to British North America, 63,874 to Australia, and 31,965 to British South Africa a considerable increase in each case compared with the previous year.
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    • 141 2 h The Ideal Food j FOR EMACIATED CHILDREN AND ADULTS 'Kepler' j (TRADE MARK) J^J Solution lOF COO LIVER OIL IN MALT EXTRACT) Contains all the nourishing and vitalising elements which Nature re- quires to build up and strengthen body ;ui(J brain. Every spoonful absorbed goes to in- < v
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    • 13 2 For all internal complaints, Dysentery, Coughs, Colds, etc., take Woods' Great Peppermint Core.
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    • 625 2 SKM DRIED, CRACKEB AND PEELED OFF la Scales, Leaving Face Raw, Very Painful. Made Her Low in Health. Used Cuticura Ointment. In Less than a Week Trouble Gone. Other Things Soothed for the Moment, but Cuticura Ointment Cured. "Uj ckDd for some three or four years h*d tw taffwlnc (r*m
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    • 290 2 ITS AS GOOD TO-DAY M//// WHEN I BOUGHT IT! JV/IJ/ USE That's an expression common to w// CUfAM naernof the "SWAN" FoonUin— ///if// Oil Mil tbosewhohaveusedtboir"SWAN" ///I// INK for any period from one week op /ljj/i fgi to 20 years. Jnst think of J^wf D <>eS not dog Or dry
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  • 909 3 EXPERTS' CONDEMNATION OF CONSCRIPTION. Fleet Before Army. The Death-knell of the National Service Scheme is the title of an article to appear in the January Fortnightly Review, by Mr. Archibald Hurd, the well-known writer on naval questions. The nrticlc insists upon the necessity of concentrating the national strength
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    • 256 3 HCliry RllCy'S Band Instruments As supplied to 11. M Xavy and Army and the Colonial Oovernmentt. Ktautifulhf Illustrated Catalogue sent Post I fts, HENRY RILEY. gsSSSI Mwfctf UNIVERSAL (Patent Fu ml gator) RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPT. OF AORICULTURB, F.M.S. WHITE ANT dj^ AND Di USE ON NEARLY EVERY RUBBER ESTATE
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    • 63 3 Whooping Cough. \Vh n your child has whooping cough be careful to keep the cough loose and expectoratiou easy by giving Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy as may be required. This remedy will also liquify the tough mucus and make it immit to expectorate. It has been used MUTis>fiilly iv many epidemics
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    • 600 3 CRUSHED FOOD. Tri It and You Kill ta SatlsfM. I. a BELILIOS begs to inform tbe pnblio that his Factory for preparing Crushed Food, at No. 1, Belilios Road, is now opened. Prioe of a bag of Crushed Food, 1 p 10 oat. <§ 14 00 per bag. No. 1
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    • 179 3 MJ^o&EY b r And! For a Thousand Household Uses. MONKEY BRAND Makes Copper like Gold Tin like Silver. The SINGAPORE CEMENT TILE WORKS 89, Bencoolen Street. Coloured Cement Tiles, Drain Pipea. REINFORCED CONCRETE OF ANY CONSTRUCTION, HEDGE POSTS, LAWN ROLLERS, NEWEST DESIGNS OF MOSAIC CEMENT TILES FOR FLOORING, PAVEMENT, ETC.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 626 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. ¥7¥o. STEAM NAVIGATION GO. v I FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, OBYLON, ACSTRALIA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading isracd for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about:— MAIL LINES 1813 O*tward (for China.) Himalaya
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    • 637 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service ib maintained betwoen Yokohama via ports to Marseilles. London and Antwerp, under mail contract with tbe Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed acd constructed, and are fitted
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    • 654 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. THE SI AM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. EAST COAST SERVICE. For Pabang, Berserah, Tringgtnu Binut, Semerak, Bacho, Kelantan, BaDgnara Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Kobsamui, Bandon, Langsuan Cnumpon Taku, Kohlak and Bangkok. Duo Doparturo S p.m. s.s. PRACHATIPOK* Jan. 21 Jan. 24 s.s. ASDANG Jan. 24 Jan. 27
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    • 524 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. AMD DEUTSCHE MMPFSCi'IFf. FftHRTMES. "HMU" MEMEN. Combined Borvloe. The steamers of these Companies maintain a regular service between Hamburg Bremen Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewardn, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhavon
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    • 676 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. lorddeutschar Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. Tbe fast and well-known mail ateamors ol this Company sail fortnightly from Bromen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (connecting Marseilles, Napleo, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Said, Suoz, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtaa,
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    • 957 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. AUSTRIAN "LLOYD (Under Mail Contract with the Austrian Government). New Monthly Fast Line Trieste Shanghai. From aDd to Trieste and Venice, calling at Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Singapore, HongkoDK and Shanghai. OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. Duo to arrive on or about l>ue to eail on or about 1913 1912
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    • 645 5 STEAMER SAILINGSBURNS PHILP UNE. SINGAPORE TO JAVA PORTS, PORT DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, BRISBANE and SYDNEY via TORRES STRAITS. Also taking paaaengers and oargo with transhipment for other VICTORIAN, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN and NORTH QUEENSLAND PORTS, BPITISH NEW GUINEA NEW BRITAIN, TASMANIAN and NEW ZEALAND PORT 3. Smooth Passage. Superb Scenery. A
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    • 573 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. DIRECT SERVICE TO JAPAN VIA HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI. AND TO CALCUTTA VIA PENANG FROM SINGAPORE. Taking cargo on through Billi of Lading for Canton, Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, NVwchwang, Yangtsso Ports Formosa, the Philippines, etc., etc., etc. Steamers. Tons Commander Rotsano 4,808
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    • 416 5 CONOLITE FLOORING AND DECKING Used by the Admiralty Can be laid over old floors Admirable for Bathrooms. PRIGES ON APPLICATION. ZINGESSOL Washable Distemper. The very best of all. SUITABLE SHADES STOCKED Prices on. Application. SOLE AGENTS: PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD. MILK PURE! FULL CREAM!! Strained, Filtered, Cooled and Bottled entirely
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    • 648 5 WASH YOUR HAIR It is a very remarkable and strange fact that maoy hod tho mistaken view that to regularly waUi one's hair and head in unnecessary, nay even harmful. This is a matter fortbouuhtfulconsidcration. It would not be well, of course, to lly to the other extreme all at
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 700 6 Orfevrerie Cuivrerie dArt JENNY CO., LTD. Raffles Square D' Almeida and Malacca Street. Speciality Every Description of Klectro- Plated NickelSilver and Electro-Plated Britannia Metal (roods. PRIZE GUPS. TROPHIES. COMMUNION SERVICES. SPOONS. FORKS. CUTLERY. ETC. Suitable Presents for all Occasions. ASK FOR CATALOGUE. 201 L IB 7 9 9 c Uhere*s
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  • 121 7 FIXTURES. Saturday, January ao Hi«b Water. 10.84 ra. "The Merchant of Venioe," Theatre. Sunday, January ai. High Water, 0.12 a.m., 11 8 a.m. Monday, January aa. High Water, 0.40 a.m., 11.43 a.m. M. M. ontward mail dne. MM homeward mail dne. Romeo and Juliet," Victoria Theatre. Philharmonic
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  • 195 7 TODlt. DjiraM Brouwer 8 pm Ptmang.Olohleb, Sabaiw. etc. Van S Anil 8 pin Malacca, Port Swf tttLliam and l'cn.i.is; Klang 8 pm Peuang ami Calcutta A A pear 8 pm Mantok and Palerubacg Japara 8 pm Muntok and l'alewbaog Maras 8 pm Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow Hong
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  • 161 7 Tbe M. M. company's steamer Haiphong U't Batavia at 11 a.m. yesterday, acd truy b expected to arrive here on Sunday, the 21st inßtant, at about 8 a.m. The M. M. company's steamer Caledonian left Saigon at 8 a.m. to day. and may be expected to arrive
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  • 641 7 Latest Arrivals. Arratoon Apcar, Brit. atr. 2931 tone, Capt Hudson, .Inn 19 From Hongkong, Jan 18. Oc. and 1 li d.p. A. Gilfiilan I Co. For Calcutta Jan 20. Hoads. H itnvi.-r. Brit. Htr. 215 tons, Capt Simpson. I in I.). I'ruui Nituoalc, Jan 17. Copra and 10
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  • 126 7 Arrivals Per steamer Patani, Jan. 18. From Bangkok Mr. and Mrs. D. Baugb, Messrs. Watkins anil Kenny. IVr steamer Arratoon kfHK, Jan. 19. From Hongkong Dr. and Mrs. Copes. JYr steamer l!au Fo Soon, Jan. 20. From Pontiauak Mr. Stroeve. Per steamer Perak, Jan. 2. Erom T.
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  • 269 7 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. 81HGAPOM, Jam akv 20, 1912. Ob Lo»do»— Bank 4 m/i m «/4| Demand m 2/4 Private 8 n>/( m 2/43 J B m/» m 2/4« Om Oibmahi— B«nk d/d n 2B8i Private 8 m/i M 8421 On Fbmob— Bank d/d 394 PriTate(8 m/l 2S9 O« Imdu— Bank
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 158 7 '."Rue 2 Valne 10 10 BeUl Tin 10 10 Brnang 10 10 Kanaboi £1 £1 KinUTin 41 £1 Lahat Mines 10 10 Malacca Tin 5/- 6/- Pahang Const 1 £1 £1 Pengkalen £1 £1 Posing Bahrn 41 £1 Paging Lama 10 10 RabmsD Hyd £1 £1 RaiiUi»n Tib Bnyorg,
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    • 609 7 Isaac "5 Value (J Buyeri Sellers 3/- 3/. All»K»r 8 8 4 1 2/. 2/- Anglo Malty IP/ 1 1 J 17,9 2/- 2/- BaUoi( Mai»ka 2.4 '2,9 £1 41 Bato Caves 11.15.0 12 0.0 41 41 BawTi«a 8 17.6 4 2.8 41 £1 Bukit K»;ang 2.14 6 2..
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    • 122 7 I— "2 Value Bnyen Sellers. 10 10 Hasten Smelt!!* m. 10.00 10 T 8.00 Al 41 Bleetrio Tramway* 8 6 8/9 10 10 Fraaer Neave 47 00 47.25 100 Howarth Erskine 67.60 100 7% Frel 91.00 100 100 K*ta Bro, Oel. 180.00 100 100 8% Cum. Piet. Dom 10
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    • 44 7 Bayen BeUers Snore Municipal 41% of 1807 »1,600,000 7% Spore Municipal 4i% of 1909 «1,000,000 7% 9%pm Spore Municipal 1002,900 par Bayen Selleis Howarth Brskine 6% 1900,000 pat Riley. Hargreaves 9% 1284.000 14 Singapore Blectrio Tramways 6% «860,000 Spore Munioipal 6 11,878,000 aom
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    • 56 7 Tlr ro was a worthy L'urite. who A cough could not endurn. He cur. (I. ive're told, bitli yoaut; And old, Wnli Wi'ods' (jioit l'c p|M'Mii!ut Cure. Xbookortl thu tall! the young 1 thebaldt Tlif OOH who p*id no n<wrate, He cvi. il tin in all Aud 0 was called
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    • 331 7 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. Jan 22.— At saleroom, Wine and 3yraps, at 11. Jin 28. At saleroom, Agricutnral Land in District of Jurong, etc., at 2.80. Jan 28. At saleroom, freehold land, etc.. at 2.80. Jaa i 3. At nalrroom, freehold property, known M Siglap Kstate, at 2.30. fao
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    • 350 7 I ffioer Wobaeeo J "SPRINGBOK" J Finest Quality Genuine Magaliesberg Tobacco MANUFACTUBED IN THB In 4-oz. linen bags, TPailSVclctL OU bib. OBTAINABLE AT 1 per Ba B JOHN LinLE CO., LD., AND ROBINSON CO. THORNE'S OLD VAT No. 4 Scotch Whisky. TRY IT. Obtainable from HASLEWOOD CO., LTD., s TAN
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    • 246 7 APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS. FOR HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, KOBE AND MOJI. Tbe Company's steamer "GREGORY APCAR" 4,900 tons, S. H. BeUon, Com mander, will be despatched for the above ports on Tuesday, January 23, at about 4 p.m. Terms aud rates of freight and passage may be arranged with ADAMSON, GILFILL&N
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    • 33 7 RAVENSWAY CO., UNDERTAKERS. SCULPTORS AND MARBLE MERCHANTS. (Established 1881. MONUMENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ALWAYS IN STOCK. From $25 upwards. METALIG WREATHS FROM CHOICE MAKERS At Moderate Prices. 187, ORCHARD ROAD. TEL NO. lit
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  • 1034 8 The Straits Times. SATURDAY, JANUARY 20. PUBLIC SPEECH AND MEETINGS. We received the other day from the publishers, Messrs. Funk and Wagnalls, a book by Professor Grenville Kleiser on How to Speak in Public." We gather from it, and from the heading of a covering note, that there is an
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  • 9 8 Thirty-eight Chinese were banished from the Colony during December.
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  • 14 8 The Tanglia Club dance fixed for the 26th inst., is postponed to February 2.
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  • 15 8 A black panther was killed by Sakais at Bukit Lanchong, near Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday.
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  • 28 8 A lifebuoy inscribed 8.8. Waratah and covered with barnacles has been found at Waiuku, on the west coast of New Zealand. The Waratah was lost in July 1909.
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  • 34 8 According to a home report, Paul de Busock, the journalist, formerly an official in Siam, charged with theft of jewellery belonging to the Dowager Queen of Siam, was arrested on a cable from Singapore.
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  • 40 8 The infantile mortality of Kuala Lumpur for 1910 was 351 per mille. 'i'o bring this down it is proponed to engage a lady inspector. There are two at work in Penang and the results are said to bo very satisfactory.
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  • 53 8 Sydney (N.S.W.) Truth is very angry with the London papers because so the paper alleges they suppress news, colour it, publish glowing reports of rubber mines that never existed. etcetera. This last item is appalling. It would be nearly as bad to publish glowing reports of tin trees that never
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  • 13 8 Latest advertisements of the day bppcar on page 7 and ou page 10.
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  • 13 8 The repairs to Sultan Ali's palace a: Kampong (Ham aro to cost 93,200.
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  • 14 8 Thfl output of tin ore from Bruang, Limit ed, for December was 48.75 piculs.
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  • 27 8 Mr. R. Mittorstein, 5—25 2 Chancery Lane, reports that his tukang ayer absconded yesterday with 950 which ho had stolen from a box belonging to his master.
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  • 25 8 A Chinese pickpocket, convicted of stealing a watch and chain from the person of a Boyanese man, was, yesterday, sent to six months' rigorous imprisonment.
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  • 29 8 The amount of currency notes in circulation in the Colony on December 31, 1911, was 188,8-. 9,:llO. The average amount of notes in circulation during the month was $37,:i42,361.61.
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  • 28 8 A Chinaman jumped into tho Scrangoon River yesterday and was drowned. Another man, who attempted suicide from the Master Attendant's pier, was uusucessful. A policeman fished him out.
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  • 33 8 During the past year 290 vessels, aggregating 1,057,019 tons were launched ou the north east coast of England, whilo 4();i vessels, aggregating HU.'JIO tons were launched on the Clyde. These figures constitute records.
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  • 43 8 It is stated that tho Customs Department in Krian is to be strengthened by the appointment of a Supervisor of Customs at Parit Buntar. A jetty is to be built on the Buntar River where every sailing boat will be detained and examined.
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  • 46 8 The many friends of Mr. R. My ram, both in Singapore and the F.M.S., will be glad to learn that he is now in chargo of the business of The Robinson Piano Co., Ltd., at Peuang, and will represent them throughout the F.M.S. and in Bangkok.
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  • 52 8 Mr. Flanagan, Inspector of Weights and Measures, was knocked off his bicycle by a motor-car belonging to Syed Alsagotf, at the junction of Stamford Road and Hill Stroet yesterday. He was not seriously hurt, but a ricksha coolie, who was also knocked down by the ear, had to be taken
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  • 52 8 The present winter is exceptionally severe in the United Slates and Canada. At Denver, in Colorado, the intense cold has compelled the mountain panthers to descend to the farmhouses. Heavy falls of snow havt taken place in many districts, and the rail way trains have been held up in nearly
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  • 64 8 The annual meeting of the S.K.K. iV.) was held at the Drill Hall last evening, Capt. A. M. Thompson, presiding. It was stated that the unit was somethiug like 30 per cent, over strength and 11 efficient men more than they were entitled to draw for, had beeu returned. The
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  • 70 8 Evidence given at the trial in Chicago of a number of meat-packers on a charge of infringement of the Anti Trust Act shows that in l'.-d'J a plan was arranged for a combine of the Armour, Swift, aud Morris interests, with a capital of £100,00 .000, the idea being to
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  • 74 8 Before Mr. Justice Wood Rcnton and an English-spjaking jury at the Colombo Criminal Sessions Court on the 10th inst., the case came up for trial in which Thomas de Costa is charged with the murder of one Charles Perera at Kirilapoua. in the District of Colombo, on June 1, l'.hil.
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  • 81 8 The Executive Committee of the Scottish National Memorial to King Kilward has resolved to invite competitive designs for a memorial which will be associated with Holyrood Pahuv, Edinburgh. The sum to be raised is -£15,000, of which slightly over .£12,000 has already been subscribed. It was decided to invite seven
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  • 85 8 Two special Chinese detectives, patrolling towards Tanjong Pagar at I a.m. this morning, saw three Chinese at the junction of Tanjong Pagar and Kcppcl Roads. They took them under observation and, presently, saw them joined by two other men, one carrying a case of brandy and the other a bundle
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  • 92 8 Several new stamp-issuing countries, says a correspondent in the Daily Telegraph. have had to be introduced into our albums during last year. Trengganu actually issued its first stamps at tho end of 1910 (December 14), but they did not reach (jondon till the early part of the year. Kelantan is
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  • 111 8 A dishonest servant was cleverly trapped by Major Stanbury, U.K.. yesterday. Kor some time past Major Slaubury has been missing money from Ins house at Tauglin and suspected one of his servants. Ha therefore planted two bad five-dollar notes and a good ono wheru his boy would see them, and,
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  • 387 8 Sir West Ridgoway arrived in Colombo on tho 7th inst., and was to rciuaiu eight days in Ceylon. Mr. W. van dor Woude is reconised in charge of the Consulate for the Nelherlamis at Penang vice Mr. J. C. Jurrjcns. Dr. W. Oilmore Kllix's loavo has been
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  • 34 8 At a meeting held today, the shareholders of Malaka Pinda Rubber Kst:ite decided not to give an option on their property to Siuie, Darby and Co. on the terms specitied.
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  • 136 8 The annual general meeting of the Sings pore Chess Club was held at the Y.M.CA. rooms on tho 19th iust. The Hon. .1. B. Blow was in the chair ami explained briefly how anil why the club, as it now stiuuls, came into existence. He reviewed the
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  • 129 8 The announcement of a KoyaK'oinuiisHion on Civil Service appointments is made in the following letter which Mr. Philip Snowilen, M.P., has recoived from the Ii imo Minister: In August last you were enough to send me a meiiiinml, mgiii<d by more than 400 memiMis ol the MM
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  • 217 8 A few days ago, says the Java IJodo of tho 6th instant, a specimen of a rure Hower, culled the Italtli'si.i, was scut from Honkoclcn to 1)1. KiMiidtrs for the botanical g.trdi-ns at EMsMMrg. It was Mr. Ottoiaader'i good fortune to tind this (lower whi-n lie
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    • 188 8 Famous \A/HISKY Brands <) l i: iJi'>" *vf&*fy(. Hacgrecor.Caiobkk.O I <*®Sfr~ Pj lONOOK I^LASSOW. Suppliers of Scotch Whisky to The House of Lords, The House of Commons, and to the Houses of Parliament, Canada. SOLE A6ENTB: Caldbeck, Macgregor Co. SUN BRAND STERILIZED MILK In Medium and Small Tins. SOLE AGENTS:
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    • 219 8 SELECT PICTORIAL GEMS NEW Subjects to Interest and Amuse AT THE ALHAMBRA To-Nltfht. 2nd Show, 9.80 to 11 p.m. MIKING GETAS IN J»P»«. Imperium Film. RETARDiD PUNISHMENT. Humorous. PAT HE S ANIMATED GAZETTE 70th EDITION Containing the Latest News of the World including the Latest creations from Paris in Hats.
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  • 175 9 FIERCE FIGHTING AT DERNA AND TRIPOLI. Search Lights and Watch Dogs Evaded. Recter's Telegram. London, January 20. There was sovoro fighting at Derna yesterday. Tho Turks attacked the Italians repairing tho aqueduct. They had tiiken up positions behind tho Italian walls, despite tho searchlights and watchdogs, and
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  • 175 9 TERRIBLE COLD IN CENTRAL EUROPE. Thirty Hours of Snow in England. Rbctbk's Telegram. London, January 19. Snow fell continuously in the Midlands and the North of England for thirty hours, and roads and railways aro blocked. Intense cold prevails in central Europo, and several cases of peoplo
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  • 41 9 Reutkr's Tklkoram. London, via Durban, January l'.t. The amalgamation of the I'nderground railways with tho General Omnibus Company has been accomplished. It involves properties representing upwards of thirtyfive millions sterling and will greatly facilitate tlu traffic of London.
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  • 54 9 IJf.l-thh's Tkleoram. London, via Durban, January W, Router wires from Berlin that the Government attempt to organise a block of nonSocialist parties against the Socialists in the second ballots has been shattered by the refusal of the Liberals and Radicals to cuter the combination. The prospects of the
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  • 57 9 BBUIU'I Tki.kukam. London, via Durban, January 19. A Berlin message says .I Prussian syndicate has taken up M Imperial loan of four millions and a Prussian State loan of twenty one millions sterling. Both are to carry 4 perceut. ami will be oil. nil tor subscription on
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  • 19 9 Kkutkk's Telkoram. London, January 20. The French (iovcrniucut asks Parliament for X'MNO.OOO sterling for military aeroplanes.
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  • 32 9 Hkui Kit's Tklegham. 1.0n.10u, January '20. In pursuance of the ballot, the Miners' Con f.u-ii.v at Birmingham decided to despatch BoUeM for a bjbmbb] strike beginning on Hunk l.
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  • 71 9 Ballarat Fifteen Makes Excellent Opening. Rbutek'b Telegram. London, January 19. The weather was pleasant yosterday when on a good wicket, the M.C.C. eleven met Fifteen of Ballarat. Tho attendance was moderate. The home team batted first and scored 294 for nine wickets. The principal scores were 55 by
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  • 31 9 Reptek's Telegram. London, January 20. A Marseilles massago says the Italians havo seized and conveyed to Cagliari the French mail boat Manouba which was going to Tunis.
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  • 21 9 Rectbr's Telegram. London, January 20. The cotton dispute is settled and the mills re start on Monday.
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  • 183 9 Preliminary Inquiry into the Charges. (From Ocb Own Correspondent.) Penang, January 19. The preliminary inquiry into the charges against Gustav Wessels, who was ancstcd on the 12th inst., on charges of criminal breach of trust, commenced to-day. In connection with this charge N. W. de
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  • 57 9 (Fro* Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. January 19. The application by Dr. Avetoon for an injunction against his late partner, Dr. Bright, to restrain the latter from practising in Penang and Province Wellesley for a period of five years, has been dismissed. the court boUfag that t'.iu
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  • 51 9 (From a Malacca Correspondent). Malacca, January 19. Inforni..' >a has been received by Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the price of fine Para in London yesterday was 4 J per lb., sellers. The price of best plantation rubber is quoted at 5/1 J sellers. The market is
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  • 276 9 Unfortunate Accident in the Suez Canal. The P. and O. steamer Nile from London has an unfortunate boat accident to relate in which Quartermaster J. W. Heath lost his life in the Sue/. Canal. According to the lof>. at about 4.30 p.m. on December 29
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  • 45 9 A schemo for disjiosing of bad money in Central America has been discovered. It in alleged Unit couiiterfi-it coins and notes of a face value of Lln.ooo.un) liave been put into circulation iv Nicaragua, and tlj.it two Nicaraguan Cabinet Ministers lire implicated iv the frauds.
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  • 784 9 BETTER OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW YEAR. Company Reports and Dividends. The following items relating to the rubber industry are taken from the L. and C. Express of December 29 The market for Para is quite steady, but business unimportant. Hard Fine on the spot sold at 4s.
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  • 138 9 New Mail Service Contract Approved. We arc informed by the agent of the Messageries Maritimes Co. that a telegram has been recently received informing him that the long-expected contract between the French Government and the Messageries Maritimes Co. has been duly approved by the French Parliament. It runs
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  • 98 9 A London wiro to the Times of Ceylon dated January 8, says The Kuala Lumpur Kubber Company, Limited, propose issuing 30,000 new shares, of which 15,000 are to be allotted to the Kuang Company, whose estates are being acquired. These estates include 1,308 acres planted,
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  • 676 9 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER AT KUALA LUMPUR. Guest's Reminiscences. Mr. H. N. Ridley, C.M.G., M.A., F.R.S., who is on his way Home on retirement from Government Service, was entertained at dinner on Thursday night at the Railway Station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, by some of his personal friends
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  • 324 9 Seven Belligerents Charged and Convicted. Seven Chinamen arrested for having participated in Thursday evening's riot at Keppel Harbour, appoared in the second police court yesterday, charged with rioting. Inspector Thrale prosecuted. Mr. Walter Dyman. labour inspector, Keppel Harbour, said it was part of his duty to
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  • 58 9 A restaurant-keeper named Millstein and his wife were found stabbed and battered to deatli with a poker in their house in Hamburg-Btroet, Spitallields, London. It iB bolieved that the house had been used for gambling. The murderers put a featherbed, saturated with kerosene, above the bodies of the man and
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  • 878 9 The Production of Sweet Nell of Old Drury. The public taste in plays is sometimes difficult to explain. A piece that is superexcellent will often lapse into oblivion for want of public plaudits, while a piece that is composed of sheer drivel may scmetimes meet with overwhelming success.
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  • 204 9 Shareholders Decide on Voluntary Liquidation. An extraordinary general meeting of the above-named company was held at the registered office of the company, F. M. S. Hailway Buildings, China Street Ghaut, on Wednesday afternoon, when the subjoined resolutions, which wero duly passed at the extraordinary general meeting of
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  • 145 9 BITTER ATTITUDE OF ULSTER UNIONISTS. Lord Londonderry as Ringleader. (Reciter's Tbleoram London, .January 19. At a Women's Anti-Home Rulo demonstration in Belfast last night. Captain Craig said Mr. Churchill would never address a mooting in the historic Ulster Hall. In view of such a direct challenge it was
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  • 79 9 THE COST OF THE MOROCCAN PROTECTORATE. Thirty-eight Thousand Men Needed Rut-runs Tri.K<iß\ii. London, Januiry 19. Rcutct wires from Paris tint M. I'oin care, the now Premier, addressing tli 8l nate Committee on th°; Franco* i.>rmau a estimated tho oxpjn liture on the establishment of a protectorate in Moroccv/
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  • 33 9 Rkctbb's Telegram. London, via Drrban, January 19. The Corporation of London has decided to invite Their Majesties to luncheon at the Guildhall on their return from tlie Delhi Durbar.
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  • 14 9 Reltku's Telegram. London, January 19. The Sultan has dissolved the Turkish Chamber.
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  • 23 9 Redtbr's Tklkckvm. London, via Durban. January 19. The French aviator, Lieutenant iSocrnor, fell a thousand feet at Scnlis and was killed.
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  • 51 9 Deb Ostasiatihcrb Lloyd Trlkokam. Berlin. January 19. Tho Austrian Clerical party is attacking Count von Aehrenthal, but tho Hungirians range themselves with him. The Eiuncror Franz Josef approves of Count von Achrenthal's cautious policy towards Italy. In order to maintain neutrality, Kgyptiau troops have occupied the Sinai
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  • 62 9 Der Ostasiatischb Lloyd Telegram. Berlin, January 19. It is officially denied in St. Petersburg that Russia has granted a loan to China in respect of the coding of Mongolia. It is stated by Russian official services at Mukden that the Princes of South Mongolia have declared their
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  • 25 9 Dkr Ostasiatiscbb Lloyd Telegram. Berlin, January 19. The invitation to the German Emperor to visit the September uianu'iivrcs emanated from the Swiss Federal Council.
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  • 22 9 Der Ostasiatiscub Lloyd Teleoram. Berlin, January 19. The King of Italy has intimated his wish to receive Herr von Kiderlon.
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  • 34 9 Der Ostasiatiscub Lloyd Telkqram. Berlin, January 19. Tho Portuguese Foreign Minister has announced that the negotiations botwecn Portugal and Germany as to the regulation of the South Angola frontier are progressing favourably.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 295 10 To the Editor of tho Straits Times. Sj r- have been waiting to see if any ■mnbet of the Straits Settlements Bar henior to myself would write and protest n^iinst the letter which appeared in your issm of Tliursilay last, nigued A Fool." The lmiii da plume
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    • 378 10 To the Euitor of the Straits Times. Sir.- It is with a feeling of regret coupled with Shame that I write you these few hues to ili.iw tin' attention of you and your i. kl' i- iv geueral to a certain topic which baa 1" ea left open
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    • 576 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. —l have read Mr. Tjiaaen^kic's letter which, it it kl yivi-n a close scrutiuy, will rev. al that ha WfJ tddon nails newspapers ■addn i nut know what happe—ia Singapore, not tv say tho ueighbouiiut, countrirs. 1 woul.l irciiiiimenil him
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  • 217 10 Causes a Ship's Officer to Lose an Arm. An instance of the mischief which may be wrought by a hatpin is told by the Liverpool I'.ist. A healthy looking, well-bronzed young man named A. Qafanaafc. entered theoAOMOt the Imperial Merchant Shipping (iuild, Liver|Hx>l, to inquire about some
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  • 394 10 St. Andrew's Cathedral. (Sunday, January 21, 1912.) Tim.i' Sunday aktkk Epiphany. 7 a.m.— Matins. First Lesson Isaiah I. MI. Second Lesson S. Matthew XII, 22. Hymn M, 7.45 a.m.— Holy Communion iCuop. vu. Introit Aillaiu. Service ...Woodward. Hymn at Offertory ...2U. Hymn at Communion ...312. Hymn at Ablutions
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 120 10 On the Ksplauadc, last ovtning, the S.C.C. ami the Units met at hockey, the game ending in a draw of ono goal each. The annual general meeting of tho Garri- son Golf Club will be held at the Club house on Saturday, the 27th inst., to pass
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  • 843 10 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, January 20, 1912. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue tbe following list of quotations this morning Norn Value. Buyers. Sonera. 3/- Allagai 8 8 4/8 3/- Options 1 6 2/- 1 AnyloJava TIJ 8/1 An^loJ chore 7
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 12 10 Woods Groat Peppermint Cure for all internal complaints. D>Beaitry, Coughs Colds, etc.
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    • 480 10 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Do you like Whisky? THBN TRY Buchanan's Royal Household. There is no better on the market. Garner, Quelch& Co, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, Battery Road, Singapore. Telephone Mil. 26 9 360 Losing Weight i by the Pound I "Under Weight," a condition of ill- C I1I 1 health,
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    • 322 10 Raffles £K| Hotel. Special dinner TO-NIGHT. VICTORIA THEATRE To-Nifiht To-Night MAURICE E. BANDMAXN PRESENTS THE FAMOUS LONDON ACTORMANAGER MATHESON LANG AND MISS HUTIN BRITTON In Shakespeare's Greatest Comedy THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Monday, January 22, ANOTHER LONDON PRODUCTION IN SINGAPORE. Romeo and Juliet Extrastly as produced by Mr. Matheson Lang
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    • 144 10 Thursday, Jan. 25 OTHELLO. Friday, Jan. SB The result of tbe poll will be an nonnoed shortly. Curtain rises at 818. $2 and $1. BUY A "Moutrie" PRICES FROM $240 CASH OB IN TERMS TO SUIT YOU. Write for New Illustrated Catalogue. S. Moutrie Co., LIMITED. THE ARCADE, SINOAPOHE. CHINESE
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  • 1907 11 Stanley Portal Hyatt himself confesses to .i taste for tiltirjn at windmills. Unlike the original and traditional tilter, Don Quixote, he encountered his windmills many years ■go, ami it is only within recent times that he took to tilting at them with a sharp, incisive peu for
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  • 112 11 There arc various ways, more or less correct, of determining character. Character u nin the hand, character from writing, facial rxpnssion and deportment. Perhaps character from handwriting is the safest of all the tests above-named, but to these a Paris contemporary udds character from the pipe.
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  • 604 11 Through Unknown Regions Of Australia. Thirty thousand miles is a long way to g° for a cinematograph film. Add tribes of savage and treacherous black men, an almost unknown country, and a superabundance of venomous reptiles, and one is able to form a very fair
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  • 461 11 The Proposed Issue of Convertible Debentures. The secretary of the Ratu Ka wan Rubber and Coconut Plantations, Limited, has issued a circular to the shareholders, which states that, in view of the altered condition of the cultivations and the increased expenditure in new buildings and general estate
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  • 728 11 Disappointing Java Report Carried On a Poll. Several noisy scenes developed at tho meeting of the Central Java Rubber Plantations, Limited, on December 21, the upshot being the rejection of the report and accounts, on a show of hands, by an overwhelming majority, and the demand for
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  • 186 11 French recruits from lonely villages are often very simple youths, so the following story in the Matin, guaranteed by that newspapei as authentic, may be accepted without question. The ">4th Regiment of Infantry at Compicgnc occupies the Jeanne d'Arc Quarter, and. naturally enough, the guard station at
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  • 173 11 Commenting upon the growth of the art of substitution, the Lancet suggests that tho question on what is plum pudding might be added to the already long list. The obvious answer," says the Lancet would appear to bo pudding made in part, at any rate, of
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  • 917 11 The Strangest of Historical Sea Escapes. When tho old Bangor schooner Hannah Carleton went to the bottom of Vineyard Sound a week or two ago Davy Jones claimed the coaster that was famed all along shore as having been the victim of such a collision
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  • 254 11 A correspondent, writing to the Kothcrdamsche Courant, says Our countryman, Mr. Henry van der Bcrgh, has again, through the offices of the National Art Collections Fund, enriched the British Museum with a valuuble presentation, and this time as a sequel to the brilliaut ceremonies in
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  • 1052 11 The judgment given recently in the cross actions arising out of the collision in the Solent between the Hawke and the Olympic is said to havo taken the majority of underwriters completely l>y surprise, and that feeling will probably be shared by a largo section of the
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  • 112 11 There were 18 playing Mid factories in Germany in the business year of 1910, which produced 6,279,'J41 pucks of can Is of leM ami I,^l'J,l7H packs of more than :t(i cards. Of these 2.! factories, 7 were iv Prussia, f> in Saxony. I in Bavaria, and the
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  • 1545 12 ll'.v Cosmo Hamilton i\ ihk Woisi.d.i There being, it is said, a little wildly, nothing new under the sun, it is not surprising that we heard of the establishment of a School for Lovers iv Germany at the moment when the following precious prospectus was dropped
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  • 550 12 Revolutionary Aviation Corps Being Organised. Extensive preparations ,ue under way to organise a revolutionary aviation corps to attack lYkinc and other Manchu strongholds from high altitudes, says the China Press, of Shanghai. The local arsenal is now turning out specially constructed bombs, a foreign expert aerial
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  • 185 12 Affectionate Farewell of the Old Building. iin tin- lltli inst., the Chief Justice of Hongkong, Sir Francis Piggott, sat for the last time in the okl Law Courts. He was unable in let the occasion pass without appropriate reference. There is only n very small assembly here
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  • 785 12 WITH ITALIAN SOLDIERS IN THE TRENCHES. Other Impressions. The following are impression of a correspondent who writes to The Times, from Tripoli, on December 12 When I lauded in Tripoli the town and the neighbourhood hail not yet recovered from the effects of the recent inundation. Some
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  • 278 12 In an article on La presse dans lc uionde. a Paris contemporary informs us that America holds the record, inasmuch as •21,1:!. i papers are published in tho I'uited States, "2,500 being dailies. Of these 700 appear in the German language and forty in Dutch. America's paper
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  • 1032 12 A PERSONAL SKETCH OF FAMOUS SOCIALIST. M. Jean Jaures. From Paris comes the news that M. Jean Jaures, the famous French Socialist loader, has just delivered a spc3ch in the Chamber of Deputies that lasted for no less than nine hours, writes John F. Macdonald in tho
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  • 776 12 The Golden Hoards of the Palace at Peking. The Times' Poking correspondent writing on November "24 says: Rather more than a fortnight ago gold to the weight of 79,000 taels, and worth nearly £400,000, portion of the palace treasure, was, through the agency of the Ministry of
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  • 201 12 The problem of the Origin of the British Flora has occupied tho attention of Mr. Clement Reid, of the Geolgical Survey, for many years, and ho has accomplished a series of important investigations on the subject. As Mr. Reid believes that tho cold of the
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  • 99 12 Speaking at a dinner to Mrs. B. Duval aud family, given by the Men's Political I'nion for Women's Enfranchisement, Mr. I. W Pethick Lawrence, who presided, said they woro thero to express indignation at tho way the family was treated at Bow Street. What thoy had done for Holloway Prison
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  • 490 12 PASSENGERS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE. The following passenger bookings to tinStraits are taken from the London and China Express received by the most recent mail. It should bo understood that, in some instances, bookings may be provisional and that intend ing BBSBSaMH may alter tlieir arrangements subsequent to the
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  • 568 12 Strange Trades now Carried on in London. The Imperial census, taken cm a Sunday night, gives the City of London only 19,66? inhabitants, although the register of votcis contains 30,'.1HS names. TheM IgaNa HO quoted in the report of the day census taken in April last
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 316 13 n nnRiNQ tii fq WAH HENG CO. rmunl Ilia I 1 1-C-^ photographic stores. p-irnJMlrnrnl I /6SssfiG&¥i2K I developing, printing and W"<^^>"cj OF VARIOUS DESIGNS. gfi^ff^m enlarging amateurs' OfiC^^^ TELEPHONE: 1117. >tf<>i^ft^rtf£\ Plates. Papow, Films, Chomiotli, Cameras WORKS: 94, SUNGEI ROAD $$^\j§g Lonws, and General Photograpbio Material Hn C^^ nH
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    • 399 13 r Coughs and Lung Troubles Angier's Emulsion has been prescribed by the medical profession and used in the hospitals for the last twenty years and is now universally recognised as the standard approved remedy for coughs, bronchitis, asthma, consumption and all forms of lung trouble. It is superior to other
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    • 172 13 iW.Tully, TIN MINING COMMISSION AGRNT. Is dow ilc mi; bu-«!m-H on the forthcoming PENANG RAGES Run January 23, 25 27. TREBLEEVENT 3, 7, 8 and 5, 7. 8. 3,000 to 45 DOUBLES ON ANY TWO EVENTS STRAIGHT OUT ON ALL EVENTS. COMBINATION, 1, 2, 3 RACE 8. 1000-S Price List
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 459 14 INSURANCE. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO.. LIMITED. Head Office Winchester House, SINGAPORE Board of DlMOtorai O. A. Dbhrice, Esq., Chairman A H. Faib, Esq., Managing Director. Pans Fowmb, H. 8., cm., Chief Med. Officer F. M. Elliot, Bsq. A. D. Allan Esq. Vow Noan Pan, Bsq. Ono Soon Tbb, Esq.
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    • 313 14 INSURANCE. HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO.. LTD. Or China. Head Office, sla, Klangse Rd Shanghai. To tbb Chinbsb Obntlbmbh or Sinoapokb REMEMBER that it is the UNEXPECT BD that is always happening in all parts of the world I The Home Life issues all sorts of policies to suit all sorts
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    • 532 14 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BT ROYAL CHARTER Paid up Capital in 80,000 Shares ot 420 eaob 41,200,000 Reserve Fond M m 41,626,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors... 41,300.000 BANKBRS. National Bank of Scotland. The London City Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Aooounts are opened and
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    • 332 14 BANKING. THE IZE HAI TONB BANUNB UNO INSURANCE CO, LTD NO. (7 AND 69. KLING STREET Established IQOT. Capital paid up 11,000,000.00 Reserve liftbility of proprietors 1,000,000.00 COURT OF DIRECTORS. 1, Tarn Tiob Joom S. Sub Kia Jam 3. Nam Kirn Sbmo T. Tio Hoo Lai 8. Liow Chla Hbho
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    • 724 14 SALES BY AUCTION. ISIGLAP ESTATE/ Mortgagee's Sale of THE VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, KNOWN AS THE SIOLAP ESTATE S tnate at East Coast Road and Changi R-tad, Singapore, with extennive sea frontage and containing an area of 448 ACRES planted with coo ■lauut treee, fully grown, and a large number of
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    • 275 14 MORTGAGEES SALE. Tuksday, Jam-art 28, at 2.80 p.m. Freehold Und fronting a reserve for road off liiikit Titutli Robd, near the 6th mile-tone, area 8,000 square feet being lots 8, 9, k 10 of Grant No. 7. POWELL A Co., Auctioneers 171 221 LAND AUCTION SALE Under order of tho
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  • 773 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. It is sometimes contended- and the theory is put into practice by some makers that to fit two separate forms of ignition is to introduce an ur necessary complication, but there are certainly cases in which it is of decided advantage
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  • 253 15 Story of British Plot Denounced in Journals. The sensational statements of the Rhenish Westphalian Gazette regarding esrionage at Wilhelmshnvcn and a British plot for closing the entrance of the.Jade Channel leading to the Wilhelmshaven harbour were semiofficially denounced in several Berlin papers on December 19. The
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 404 15 Due Shortly :_^dt^ Z:Z METALLURGIQUE. THREE 12-16 M.I». WOLSELEY OARS. FULL PARTICULARS FROM THE SOLE AGENTS Central Engine Works, Ld. SINGAPORE. FORD CARS are without doubt the BEST VALUE for; tho money on the market. One chiKMH only is manufactured, 4-cylinder, 22 HP. *R. A. C. Rating, but three types
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    • 38 15 Try This for a Cold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy lias won its great reputation and extensive sale by its remarkable cures of coughs, colds and croup. It can be depended upon. Try it. Sold by all l'i-iK'iisiirif* and Dealers.
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    • 371 15 •i. 11 11. 6. 12. 11. Dear Sirs, Dear Sirs, I have always found l have used "Conti- Continental Tyres" to give nenta J Tyres in this coun the greatest satisfaction. r T ye past d found them thoroughly Yours faithfully, satisfactory. (Sd.) J. M. Yours faithfully, Dear Sirs, 7.
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    • 113 15 De Dion Bouton .^atiflafa^E NOW ON VIEW. AT THE STRAITS MOTOR GARAGB, ORCHARD ROAD. 1-9 H.P., 2-CYLINDER CHASSIS FITTED WITH 2-Seater* Victoria Phaeton Body, painted Royal Blue upholstered in Blue. FULL PARTICULARS FROM THE BORNEO CO., LD., OR A. C. Harper Co., kualalumpur. BOLE AGENTS, S.B. F.M.S. ■2811 b 375
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    • 23 15 THE NEW STUDIO THE NEW STUDIO!! THE NEW STUDIO!!! The Singapore Art Studio, No. 108, North llridgo Road. ADELPHI HOTEL BUILDINGS. 28-12 a
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 938 16 TUC "PITEY" FIRE Ul I LA extinguisher: PROTECTS LIFE AND PROPERTY. Jh| The "CITEX" t "ijßk Is simple -^a pull and it Is free, |a I a bump, and it works. NOTHING TO PERISH. £=q£? i A cripple with onr arm can use it. No solution to make up, no
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    • 458 16 TO BE LET OB SOLD. OFFICES TO LET. With immediate entry, fi st and second floors, No. la, R\ffles Quay Apply Guthrie h Co., Ltd. 1-4 a HOUSES TO LET. "Brathay" No. 15, Gilatead Road. In excellent condition. Rent mouerate. Apply to J. W. Haflenden, 47, Tho Arcade. 6 12
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    • 665 16 ARTICLES FOB SALE. HORSE FOR SALE. Black Gelding, 16', quiet guaranteed sound, excellent for CBtate use W. Peterson, Johore. 26-12 D CALVES FOR SALE. Apply to the Manager, The Singaporo Model Dairy, Limited, River Valley Koad. 19-1 v MOTOR CYCLE FOR SALF. For Sale, Motor Cycle, a Quadrant 3 j
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    • 605 16 NOTICES. KIAM KIAT GO. SHIP-CHANDLERS. BOTirnfMßt tnd Municipal Contractor! Tolephone No. 421. 108* 109, Market Street. THE BRITISH CORPORATION FOR THE SURVEY REGISTRY OF SHIPPING. Notice is hereby given that MESSRS. FITTOCK t ADAM, 9, Flint St., have been appointed Surveyors in Singapore far tbe above Corporation Registry. 91 H-2
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    • 668 16 BOARD AND LODGING. BOARD AND LOD6ING. Apply 21, Sophia Road. 15-12 H4 BOARD AND RESIDENCE. Apply Devon Villa," 108, River Valley Road. 21-11 v BOARD AND RESIDENCE. Comfortable roomn with verandah. $iiO per month. Apply S.T.S., c/o Straits Times. 28 12 27.1 ST. ANDREW'S HOUSE. A Church of England Boarding
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