Weekly Sun, 9 December 1911

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  • 30 1 The Weekly Sun. GREATER STRAITS^ SETTLEMENTS EDITION. 1&G, CROSS STREET. SINGAPORE. PRICE 5 CENTS. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1911. m I |M^^^^^ M^, w^^|^^ M^^,^__^__ M _i_^__^_MMW__^-___-_M»aiii..ll-__^_M«--WMWi^^^^^^ a-i»aa________________a___B__B_M__M__a__B^^ NO. 68.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 26 1 I a, «i^aa,_ "n 11 i^~»ii i~~~»~- ~—^r 1 OUR $2.00 FLANNEL IS SPLENDID VALUE j i COME AND SEE IT. J WHITAWAY LAIDLAW, CO., LTD.
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    • 359 2 BILLIARDS mmmmammmammwm m mm mm nmM^ m *m^ m THE JOHN ROBERTS' LOW SET CLIMATIC EXPRESS CUSHIONS THE EXPRESS CUSHION built by us on the latest slip built principles f ram the finest Para Rubber, which is specially prepared by a new and patented process to withstand tropical climate*, and
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    • 331 2 _______J________^^_^________________L JJ.CHRISTIE TBRF ACCOUNTANT AND I CEREML COMMISSION ACENT. -M a Attends all race meetings throughou Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, Java and Bangkok, Siam. 11, ARCADE. Telegraphic Address Codes A. B. C. sth Edition aad Westera Uaioa TELEPHONE No. 186 1107 Dr. FDRDMOTO, JAPANESE DENTIST. 98, North Bridge Road.
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    • 166 2 j Hudson cars 1912. THE MOST SILENT CARS KNOWN _____R______-_^-__. A^m rTP _____P__l______r __^S^-_H_P^_?^-_ A ,^a_^__________________V'_____P^__i-____vfl_vfl I Ps__B_____r^^^ DUE SHO ™_y WHITE I MNGIt 0N THE **WISSS 25-H.P. TORPEDO (FIVE SEATFR.--o_^2?.?" H P TOURING CAR (FIV E SUITER) B©TH FULLYEQUIPPEO. SALE AGENTS FOR S S a fm c ORCHARD ROA^
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  • 2077 3 It is somewhat hard for us now to realize and remember that under Kanghi (1961. 1722,) Yung Ching (1722-1 735) and Keen lung (17_ir,- 1790), the Middle Kingdom was perhaps the strongest and the best administered empire on the face
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  • 66 3 The death is announced of Adam Brown, aged 60, who for 15 years was 1 the coxswain of theCresswell lifeboat. Altogether he had assisted m the sav-' ing of 105 lives. The death of Mr. Hemrich Paul Holtz took place at the General Hospital, Shanghai, on the 19th ult. Mr.
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    • 299 3 FOUNDED IN HONOUR. No doubt yon. have seen m the papers such announcements as this concerning some medicine or otherr "If, ou trial, you write that this medicine has done you no good we will refund your money." Now, we have never had reason to speak m that way concerning
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    • 69 3 fe_H_HIBH^HHIHBIHH_i_______HBHMHHH_______HB> 1 i v ~_i ___n____ a, ~___^____2_>_S_i**_!y9 M^P*^__ ■■IV T*fBES__!_i_r s^__b_' mmrMm'/ V CONTINENT/XL MOTOR TYRES. it CONTINENTAL Motor Cycle Cycle Tyres. Prices on application. Through all dealers and Garages at prices universal throughout the S.S. and F.M.S. i iiw_-_---_-B^---m-------a-a---__--_W-__M- i New price list No. 8 Forwarded on application.
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  • 2345 4 The Immediate Future. -♦—The Cheesboard. The eyes „f ihe f oo r< j n t j |c en< j t of ihe earth says a book which isually gets to the hca.t of things, an I whilst it is aeeessary to look ahead, especially m planning such a great
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  • 76 4 The Red Cross organization, with its headquarters m Geneva, it is report ie to change the colour of Ite cross as worn by physicians and nurses time- of peace, to green instead of red The red cross is to be used ,>nl. military organizations and m time of war. The
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    • 99 4 PturtcT Glaze and surtßifc' STRfN&TH" I f *»isii_p. uc p mimm^;^ 1 if aX i^^t^ih^m^M^^ J? .z-^^^" l^^ 's^- I _i^V '"A t__*_» I■ !__H*^i <_> «*V__'-*' 4_£ k \.-k .-_*>' m it /AX m .A -•>**•' V__, 'mi I y^Smh^m***' V^S^ J*^ 1 -~-**V __t at___a_s'__i__ a____ __/_tf^__L _i
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    • 156 4 Siemens Brothers. j MANUFACTURERS j OF Electrical Machinery, Cables Wires, Apparatus and Accessories tor Electric Light, Power and Traction Purposes. HEAD OFFICE Caxton House, Westminster, LONDON. j Supplies Department Upper Thames Street, LOXDON. WORKS. Station Woolwich. Dalston. BRANCHES. Gape Town, Melbourne, Calcutta, Toronto, Bombay, Penang, Madras, Rangoon Sydney, AND Winchester
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  • POLICE NEWS.
    • 297 5 H rancis William, pleaded guilty to ng drunk and incapable at Seran-' n Road, and Thomas Oliver, pleadf. i guilty to being drunk and disorderit Bukit Timah Road. The former tt fined $2 and the latter $3. A Hvlam named Koh Tee Suan, beaded guilty to being m possession
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    • 466 5 For selling chandu without a licence at' No. 18 Holloway Lane, ring Seh Moi a Hockchia, was fined 120 or one month. Muteyah a Tamil milk-seller pleaded guilty to selling milk without a licence at Grange Road. He was ordered to pay $5 or seven days. For selling chandu
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    • 646 5 Poh (.heng the Hokien, who stole 44 pineapples value $5 from the plantation of Nonia Wee Chwee Kirn at the sth mile Serangoon Road, was convicted and sentenced to a month's imprisonment. m Eleven tiockchia rickshaw-pullers, were lined $.5 or five days each, for playing pakow m a common
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    • 607 5 Tang Soon Chye a Teochew, was fined $4 or five days, for striking a rickshaw-puller on the mouth with I his fist, and ordered to pay an extra •dollar to the puller as compensation. Keleb a well-dressed Malay, was arrested on a warrant on the charged of taking away
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    • 370 5 Samoo the Tamil who stole a bottle of port wine from the ware-house at Tanjong Pagar and got drunk over it, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. Sathdeo, ex-Police Constable No. 59 was convicted by Mr. Acton for stealing $43 and sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment. The sentence
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  • 89 5 Amount previously acknowledged $115,140.19 1 Collected by Mr. Lim Peng Siang. Chop Bian Seng $100 Ban Siang Bee 100 1 Sirng Hup 100 Liang Ho_ 50 Huat Siang 50 Guan Moh 10 Guan Hong 10 Kirn Hin Joo 10 Tiang Hoo 5 Sin Guan
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  • 84 5 At the Annual General Meeting held at the club house at Selegie Road on Friday, the lst December, the following gentlemen were elected as office-bearers for the ensuing year President Mr. Kuek Beng Chiw.; Vice President Bong Euc Lin. Hon. Sec ret art/ Lee Kirn San. Asst.
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  • 675 5 Customer "Confoiyid you That's a piece of my ear." Barber "Only a small bit, sir; not sufficient to affect the 'earing 1 hope you are not going to burs io." said the captive missionary. aB ey packed firewood around the stake. )on't be alarmed," said the cannibal uef,
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  • 984 6 The Weekly Sun. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9. HOSPITAL HORRORS. The General Hospital of Singapore has come tn lately for much adverse criticism and there would seem to be some justification for it. Categorical statements have been published m the Straits Times which, if true m substance and m fact, should be
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  • 146 6 A woman who had gone to Reno to get a divofce learned that ber husband had fallen heir to £500,000. Sho withdrew ber petition. The Chinese Officers Training Ship Yingswei, built at Barrow, which was especially equipped with the most varied machinery and armaments, has completed her trials, which were
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  • 573 6 It is reported that the number t people who have left Peking reaoh«--400.000. Mr. H. L. Coghlan is returning tn the Straits and will arrived here i n Dec. 27th. The Sembrong Rubber output m November was 350 lbs. Total for f< months 1,510 lbs. The Labuan
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    • 108 6 *i»Ji P^^^^aPH y I Q '^mm* mm^^^ T~ H FMTT._K]VTATH m 0 i Oi 1" N WA I _SL v I "LANCET" REPORT, 25th November 1904. rt Misleading terms are so often used m describing potable Spirits, that it is satisfactory to find that m the case of this Whisky
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    • 105 6 Chinese New Year Cards. Order ffow. Please send your order now for New Year cards. We are making ja speciality of our own idea which was so popular last year, namely, a private greeting printed on good red paper m gold with envelopes to I match. The sender's name and
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  • 1254 7 YUAN SHIN-K'AI- FIRST CONSUL. Confronted a% we now are with th* certain elimination of the Manchu oligarchy as a factor m the government ol this country, and a state of partizan warfare of which it is impossible to imagine the resultant horrors or to estimate it. duration, the supreme necessity
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  • 242 7 LOCAL STOCKS SHARES. The race horse Isinglass has died suddenly at Cleveley. Mr. Crnig Wadsworth, who was assistant Secretary to the American embassy at Peking, has left the Capital for London, where, it is expected, he will occupy a more prominent; position. Messrs. Da vies and Co., Shaie Brokers, 15
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  • 399 7 -The Mounted Bandits Again Out. A Dairen telegram says that there are signs of the rising of riotors m various places m Manchuria owing to the weakness of the garrisons. In Taoluk district,, 200 mounted bandits are plundering, but the Chinese authorities can do nothing to subdue them.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 57 7 L oil's Dispensary. Chemists, Dpuggists and Opticians, (Wholesale and Retail). South Bridge Road, SINGAPORE. TELEPHONE NO. 429. .CRAPHIC ADDRESS LOH, SINGAPORE. 9 ipot 4or all kinds of t Medicines, )11_et Requisites, Perfumery, Medicated Wines, 3al Instruments, Scientific Apparatus. Surgical and Sanitary SUPPLIERS TO PITALS. DISPENSARIES AND ESTATES. The quality of
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    • 157 7 THL SHANGHAI LIFE INSURANCE Company, Limited. HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI, CHINA. CAPITAL: TAELS 1,000,000. $200,000 deposited with the Hongkong Government as a special protection for our Policy Holders. The ONLY Company Operating m the Middle East that has this Deposit. Members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Shanghai=China. Endowment Policies and
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 36 8 )< outer's correspondent st Bombay wires that Their Majesties tlie King and Queen yesterday landed and launched at CIo .er»mint Mouse. In ti'" evening they attended arvice m the Cathedral.
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    • 76 8 Silver and Tapestry Burnt. Keuter's correspondent at Delhi states that a fire nt the Coronation Camp, due to the fusing of an electric wire, has reduced tho Camp of the Lieut -General of the Punjab to ruins. The fire destroyed five main reception and dining 100
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    • 99 8 Yuan Shih Lai Working for Peace. Situation Hopeful. Prom Peking it i^ telegraphed that through r. mediation of the British Consul at Hankow, ;m armistice m- been proclaimed <iurin__ which the base? of t_'i ment will be discussed. Yuan Shih Kai believes the situation is' I
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  • 242 8 In the oui se of an article by I >r. Morrison m "The Times," dealing with the subject ef finance. m China, the following occurs A chief contributing cause to the [inanoial] confusion is the disregard of moidern Western experience m the issue of Government bank-notes. Government bank-notes
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  • 638 8 How it Affects Investors m the F.M.S. Commercial men generally, and those nterested m insurance companies p_i_ti•ularly, will be doubly interested m the .olitical upheaval which is now m progress m China, and which to all appearmces will be of somewhat lengthy duralion, though the
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  • 105 8 It appears now that the Germans never had the sli.*ht?st intention of turning Agadir into a War Port It was only the nasty suspicions of evil-minded persons who imagine such thing M Tha gunboat was only cruising around for a breath ot fresh an, iind the crew
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  • 291 8 The Peking Jih l*ao m its leading columns discusses the close connection between the sympathies of the soldier and the citizen. Nature, says the journal, cannot produce a special class of men for soldiery. The army is composed of men' recruited from the citizens of the State.!
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  • 251 8 p Most ef the vernacular journal* of any standing and influence seem to dread the initiation of either a aew Chinese monarchy or the substitution of a republican form of government and. they very reasonably! point out, even the Constitutional leaders themselves are not united io their
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  • 148 8 The official approval of the Royal Mint authorities m London of the design of the aew Canadian five and ten dollar gold pieces has been obtained, and m the autumn the new coinage will be issued from the branch of the Royal Mint at Ottawa. They will
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 257 8 STONE 'N the KIDNEY. AGONISING BLADDER DISORDERS. Mr. James Moss resides at 65, Brace Street, Walsall, England, and is highly respected. Speaking of his terribls suffering from stone m the kidney— one of the most agonising of all disease- he says 1 have passed three stones as large as a
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    • 475 8 WATERBTJRY'S m. Metabolized Cod Liver Oil Compound JBL WITH CREOSOTE AND GUAIACOL OR PLAIN I 1 1 W«_rW» Does Allay Fermentation Does Aid Digestion Does Assist Assimilation Ii 1 But Does NOT Disturb the Stomach. I .ZZ^PC n n**mmMm>mm*' wmrn _R ttt tSj__ >i *_i <c> j/fl/N. A scientific preparation
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  • 238 9  -  Japan Herald *m We have to report the death, which took place on the 20th ultimo m London, of Mr. Herbert Goldsmith Squiers. We recall that m 1898 he became Secre- try of Legation m Peking, and during the| of the Legations m 1900
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  • 142 9 Chinese Forcibly Dispossessed of Top-Knot. An incident of a highly dramatic nature is reported by tV Nipp > n to have tttken place m the Chinese district at Yokohama a few days ago. The story runs a- follows A few evenings ago at about 8.30 a Chinese
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  • 1882 9 The shipbuilding returns lor the quartet ended September :.<> go to show that tin height of the shipbuilding boom wai reached iv the preceding quarter, though the fall has been by no means great. The tonnage, excluding warships, under construction at the end ol September was 1.446,317
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    • 381 9 (Singapore Straits Settlements). I Patronized By Royalty. (J) ADELPHI HOTEL. f Establihed 1863. L Handsome Souvenirs presented to £ov.al 5 s e i ect Fire bW P i i KJ rm. eiec y rtre-froot Kesidenttal and :> Personage* designed and manufactured OJ2 (JJ Transit Hotel, Commanding tke most DE SILVA
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  • 1705 10 B^wenty-fourth Annual Meeting of the an Literature Bocietv, held m ShangTuesday Nov 25, was a notable ng. There were present not only th* local supporters of the Society, but lissionaries from various parts of the whom the stress of disturbance m the interior has driven to Shanghai,
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    • 243 10 BEHN, MEYER CO., LTD., I Engineering Department, J SINGAPORE. I REPRESENTATIVES FOft FRIED. KRUPP ac. GRUSON W ERK. j RUBBER MACHINERY. I Latest Design. Hand or Power Driven. Complete Installations of Factories. Roller Washin_ and I Rinsing Machines can be inspected at our office. I ©UR DRESSING PLANT For the
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  • 1168 11 To Our Foreign Friends. (From the Jfmtimknl Rerieuf.) Prompted by many inquiries by leading articles m the press and by the letters which have appeared m The North China j Daily News and other papers, we feel it incumbent upon us to express the deep sense of
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    • 258 11 An Eastern Company for the Eastern People GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. UWTED. HEAD OFFICE:- SINGAPORE. LIBERAL POLICIES. jmQATFL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. DERRICK X-,.. Heeme. Derrick A. ft At.LAX E fJ I/mere. McAlUfr m Co. Ckmmrnmm. m //tl FAIR, X,;., Vu„tor. y OW y<;Ay fa M^ o/ W Loh lOW
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    • 86 11 Tansan be e h?i?i?v M Sf al r Mm ePal Water c e^ified by authorities to TansiS i* fl benefl aI to he *lth, especially m the tropics. watlr piokfn ?aPtlCUlaPly CPisp and invigorating mineral water Packed m cases of 100 splits or 48 pints. Buchanan's Whiskies exactly the same
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  • 1277 12 Exaggeration Unlimited. Few who were old enough to take any interest m world-aflfrirs at the time will have forgotten the gross exaggerations that were cabled to the Europeau and American press from this part of the world m connection with the siege of the Legations during the
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  • 196 12 The Tilbury Coatracting and Dredging Company (Limited), the well-known dredging contractors of London, have entered into a contract with the Port Argentine Great Central Railways Company (Limited) for the carrying out of all dredging necessary for the formation of a port known as Port Argentine, including
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  • 602 12 10th November. Imperialists m Nanking slaughter men, I women and children, and especially queueless youths. All schools and colleges are closed. A volunteer police force is organized. General Chang notifies Tientsin Consuls that he intends to take over the city, and fears that fighting will ensue if the
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  • 71 12 '"Joined m June" Lathe waj i i paper heads a weddidg report. I suggests a few other a I literati i "Faetened m February," Mate i t May." "Attached m August. "Splice m September/ 1 and I Hvorc. rf-hrr." Shanghai telegrams to the Asatu report that 40 men v. at
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 120 12 COMPLETE AND QUICKEST RECOVERY GUARANTEED. Against Asthma, Cough, Consumption and ALL AFFECTIONS OF THE CHEST. THROAT. AND LUNGS BY POIIMOFOR hP^S* vrUJflvrl Via y ELIXIfI ANTI-ASTHMATIQUE PULMONAIRE A DR. AUL BERNARD. Thif j excellent and energetic preparation is based t n the latest bacteriologic experiences. In use //I^\j^77lfk>- i _t
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    • 240 12 ADVERTISEMENTS, M. N. K. MOHAMED NOORDIN cT CEHEBAL MERCHANTS. Boots, Shoes, Shirts, Ties, Hat* Collars, Hosiery and General Go 86-88, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD AH LOCK, CHOP KWANC SENC TAILOR AND OUTFITTER. Fine Assortment of Tweeds m 81 White Suits made to Order, Pn*, 44, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD 8-7 T. C.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 289 13 _I t* ■_*^^i____B__ ~"-Wi__L___ APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS. The undermentioned mail steujners of the aftOT* Line maintain a regular service hetween Dtta mmmm .Japan, calling at Penang, Sing* re, Hongkong and Shanghai en ronfre. FLEET. Tons. Commander. s > J MM A.Stewart. M tire-ory Apcar 4.6(H) S. H. Baton M
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    • 278 13 EKIUHE PAKETVAART MAATS6HAPPM. >YmtL. BUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) _U*_ •WkWAfl. V.IJH THK _fM___o_____lM ISOIA Q O VBRxirsw X a Ipm Tke Skip. Agency. IK.. 2-3 £.ltyer Ha. MM mm TAKE-DECEMBER 4TH TO 15TH, 1911. 'Fa_» Hiadoni seasoned dutew are only approximate. mmmmmM STXAlifrw. Fra*. Expected. Will be Despatched for.— ffH}? 1
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    • 108 13 P©PULftR BRZ.ND. -VERY MrTTIM NVtWHWO T. MtEVENT FRA.D. ______________^^^^^^^^^^^__________H CENTURY ■> v 7^* Bl _^_^_^_i _^_^_^_^_^_^_H mmmmmmmmmmmmß9mmmmmmmmmmm u --------m-mmmmmmmmmmmm SOLD EVERYWHERE. THE DENTAL HALL. NO. RAFFLES PLACE. (o_>_>ositc John Little Co.'s Building). UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF Dr. J. IWZVTSUB©. DENTAL SURGEON. (Who may also be found at 82, Bras Basah
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 187 14 _H I H Martell's Brandy. Mi!iom. In England more Martell's Three ff/tjlfv wv Star Brandy is sold than any (mm HIA other Brand. Kill 1 llli hi London more than three times Bthe quantity of Martell's is sold than any other Brand of bottled Brandy. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS. Sole
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