Weekly Sun, 16 December 1911

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  • 24 1 The Weekly Sun. GREATER -STRAITS SETTLEMENTS EDITION m 126,CRQSS STREET, SINGAPORE. I'RICE 5 CENTS. SI VGA PORK. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 10, i 9IK NO. (>9.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 458 1 Eaaj lo waah hy simply unhutto..- VV,«_,., -proof part at -the baok Price 35 Cents Each. tljVm^mßl ___3______!^_M^ta 1 fmJfr A _fl_E_A_s»^V V 1 m Am ™M __H ■^T" _PW_ Vj_9 ____k km\^L •_B_7 1 IHE WARWICK. JL Jl_H THE DARLING T«.l f„r Boys, io >ff^ INFANTS' LONG ROBES. ii
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    • 11 1 Comh, I.rush, Powder Box and Puff, hike Sketch. Price $1.00 Each.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 369 2 BILLIARDS THE JOHN ROBERTS' LOW SET CLIMATIC EXPRESS CUSHIONS THE EXPRESS CUSHION ~is built by us on the latest slip built principles -from the finest Para Rubber, which is specially prepared by a new and patented process to withstand tropical climates, and is absolutely -the best cushion ever introduced into
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    • 442 2 J.CHRISTIE TURF ACCOUNTANT AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT. i 1 Attends all race meetings throughout' Straits Settlements, Federated i Malay States, Java and Bangkok. Siam. 11, ARCADE. Telegraphic address "T4UTON," SINGAPORE. Codes: A. B. C. sth Edition aad Western Union, TELEPHONE No. 186 1107. Dr. FDRUMOTO, JAPANESE DENTIST. 93, North Bridge
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    • 179 2 Hudson Cars 1 THE MOST SILENT CARS KNOWN i- mm ~m mmm f_lJ^. if Jmf «^_T^___* ____^*^v^b__________v___l E______^v_E__ ___^e>__. ___f__y. ._y a^gff?*Tf*WlM>pa__M__~3^ Tl mMmVc\u iI C > r* *Umtmm> SEE THE WHITE TRIANGLE ON THE RADIATOR. DUE SHORTLY ONE 25-H.P. -TORPEDO (FIVE SEATER). ONE .5-H.P. TOURING CAR (FIVE SEATER) B©TH
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  • 1193 3 It is no longer a question of Manchu autocracy versus provincial autonomy. Manchu autocracy is finished _md done with. It is quite dead. To-day it is a question of whether China is to fall to pfecet to be later on seized upon by creditor nations because of
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  • 486 3 When first this great struggle commenced we asked for a fair field and no favour, anc! we ask for nothing more now that the eontliet has ran ior six w u eks. There is however a marked tendency to wards intervention, the way being led of icourse hv
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  • 559 3 The people of England take hut a languid interest m the progress of the two wars now disturbing the peace of the world that between Italy and Turkey and the internecine strife m China. It is difficult to take the Italian adventure very seriously, and China is so
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  • 229 3 a> A Virginian spending the summer at Bar Harbour, Maine, dropped into the cafe of fehe hoteL The barkeeper so-id he had soma fin^ mint an 1 offered to make him a mint julep. Tha Virginian was agreeabl e. Presently the drink mixer brought him
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 75 3 _____j__ff_jV -tOJTIH njiir" |iM_?r_M_ t^ti f T-Kfci if^ P^l Ik -Di t I I CONTINENTAL MOTOR TYRES. CONTINENTAL Motor Cycle Cycle Tyres. f Prices on application. Through all dealers and Garages at prices universal throughout the S.S. and F.M.S. II New price list No. 8 Forwarded on application. I I
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  • 1451 4 The Prim« Minister. In H.E. Yuan Shih-k'ai we rind tht greatest statesman and diplomat that Chins ha< ever produced, writes the Peking ">•/,./. /v,,, 7 When he was Viceroy ol Chihli Pro nice his a Iminist ia: o._ alrea i\ struck the admiration of the world and
    The National Review  -  1,451 words
  • 185 4 WHAT IS YOUR LUCKY NUMBER The old-time witches, who used to declare that every human being was haunted (through life by a certain magical num- her, would find some support of their (theory even m this prosaic ami sceptical age. For Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the famous artist, has recently confessed
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  • 189 4 Old prints, old hooka, old anything nostcurds or ptintinga, are all fit subject! to form a collection. But one of the most curious, and, US he discovered on inspection, one of the most interesting collections the Amtinern man has known is a museum of pigs. Not
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  • 85 4 Automobile fire-engines are displacing boree-drawn engines fcl some e[t[^ »nd the army authorities are eX p er j -renting with the motor car as a sue-! >e_sor to the mule i»,_. LMe raul( «*at, says the Newl York '-Sun,' the machines may do for ;----thei
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  • 126 4 SHALL BOOKS BE BURNED Quite recently Lord Roaebery declaimed against the system of hoarding up thou»and* upon thousand, of books m public and private libraries. It is probably a fact thai m mv of the bulky tome, no carefully guarded and will never be of use again but who shall
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  • 87 4 EPTIGY OF SUN YAT SEN AT MADAME TUSSANDS. The many friend, and admirers of Dr Sun Vat Sen will be delight to learn that a otedike effigy of the 1: leader has been added to the world-famed collection of celebrities at Madame I kind's Exhibition m the Harj). I one
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 95 4 VL V*» ■^^*^*Q™^^U^U^^^U^^ |tf^R t < Jt|V__r*^|SVN_R^^y^ "JL- -t(S* _i. A V BB^_________a34________*S__P^ 3 _^> !sl_P's?*s__r JBr SXjf jfc^jP^-'^*^ *t\-* A •T^ _Jr _m I PEK r- EC J Glaze and superior Stren&th" I '^«^^«|^U'SE"^f^^'"7^ I w W I___bs r i> fe^y^^SfeSl^^y^-iv: i" v,' <-, r,\: v m mjr^ Ta
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    • 152 4 Siemens Brothers. MANUFACTURERS O F Electrical Machinery, Cables Wires, Apparatus and Accessories tor Electric Light, Power and Traction Purposes. HEAD OFFICE Caxten House, Westminster. LONDON. Supplies Department Upper Thames Street, LONDON. WORKS. Stafford. Woolwicb. Dalsten. BRANCHES. Cape Town, Melbourne, Calcutta, Toronto, Bombay, Penang, Madras, Rangoon Sydney, AND ■Winchester House. COLLYER
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  • POLICE NEWS.
    • 268 5 A miserable looking Hokien named oh Chwee, was fined $25 fur selling chandu without a licence at No 35 Muar Road. He could not pay the fine and went to gaol for a month. Keng Quan a Hokien, was arrested r causing grievous hurt to one -Tan Keng Hee,
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    • 665 5 Hokien named Soh Van, was .rrested by Inspector Meredith, and brought before Mr. Acton this morning m the second court, on the charge of murder by causing the death of one (hua Tee Whart. Inspector Meredith irmed the court, that deceased and iccueed had had a right at Teluk
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    • 412 5 Tay K«h,a Hokien, was fined $10 or fourteen day* for theft of a quantity of cocoa-nut shoots, value $5 belonging to Mr. Tay Kirn Tye of No. 615 Confederate estate. Ting Ing Pang (Hokchia), for selling chandu without a licence at No. 8 Ban San Street, was fined $20
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    • 1491 5 A Cantonese named Leong Kow L Hongkong man of Puian Samboe. was yesterday fined $20 or three weeks'! imprisonment by Mr. Firnistone sitting' as a Police magistrate, for attempted cheating of four packets of chandu lvalue forty-four cents, from a chandu retail shopkeeper of North Bridge Road. It appeared
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    • 205 5 An old grey-headed Hokien named :SooSah, was charged before Mr. Acton by Mr. Sheedy, Assistant Superintendent of Police, under the gaming Ordinance, viz:— Assisting m carrying en a Chap Jee Kee lottery, buying Chap Jee Kee lottery tickets, and he-i ing the occupier of a common gaming house. Mr.
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  • 691 5 An editor of a Shanghai paper advertised for a sub-editor. A nevous applicant who was shown into his room forgot to take his hat off. "Well?" demanded the editor. cI er— er have come about the sub-editor's post," stammered the applicant. "Too young/ growled the editor; and went
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  • 455 6 The Weekly Sun. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16. THE THOUGHT OF DEATH. M. Maeterlinck has been giving to the world thoughts about death. Like innumerable seers, prophets, and seekers before him, he has tried to peer into those dim regions whose boundaries are unknown save to the imagination of those who have
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  • 442 6 The Peking telegram reporting the personnel of the new Chinese Ministry which we reproduced from a vernacular paper m our last issue has been confirmed. A boycott of Germans at Shanghai is contemplated on account of alleged selling of arms to the Imperialists. A German has also been arrested and
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  • 596 6 cciv T 1 T ours delude G.C.I.E. for Sir John Jordan Brit Minister at Peking ,T The Lords on the second r**A rejected the Naval Prize Bill by \r od, this involving the rejection of t Declaration of London. At Wuchang a conference of re sentatives fr>m
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    • 128 6 In ___r _fcV- L->% _^^^y iPs It SuZnct^T^^^ _r __r .(_^S!!Bi^i3P*"""S3"i -mm __________r f ___k^^*w I *7 V I !____B___'_M---______ lM^ M|M,l M *MWi___pa*^_-_-____________________________ T^ j n^^^^^^^^^^"^^^^^***^^^^ l^ l B^n^^__^_^_^_^gj^Sßßß-i!!._nCM "LANCET" REPORT, 25th Noocmber 1904. 44 Misleading terms are so often used m describing potable Spirfts, that it is satisfactory
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    • 108 6 ji ClHip mi Year f Order ffow. Please send your order now for New Year cards. We are' making a speciality of our own idea which jwas so popular last year, namefy, a private greeting printed on good red 'paper m ""gold with envelopes to j match. The sender's name
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  • 1530 7 Tlie extraordinary j. th. Autho, SUW___2_?!___ b rW,r national, aud Z^ a lt0 »o*»rd m di_Hcultie cannot UO i herself Plot, the steamer _7^' 11 ,ust completed the loading Ch h d froz.n meat, found her.eK '1. C rg of Hankow and it be«2_ Unabl «.»o •«"<-•
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  • 31 7 A telegram from Nagasaki state*. that Sun Yet Sea, the famous leader of the Revolutionists, i« expected to arrirs at Shan#bai from Genoa per a English steamer en the 18th December.
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  • 68 7 i Shorthand, Typewriting, Book-keep-; ing and Business methods are taught, m the Commercial Department m A.C.S. Three E«-epean Instructors! and two Assistants. Individual instruction is given so that time required depends on the yonng man's abilities, and knowledge of English. A new_ o4as* forming now and another about;
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  • 300 7 f T t H j U^C «^are on the London, Mr.Jo.!*,* *t tVlft Ki Hft]1 Indian Hmsionary, c prominent Society of h-ieuds withlhe sta riling assertion that it impossible for England to l *v*. ieeQ her pfece in India but for th**^ the easte differentiation, which
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 132 7 THI SHANGHAI LIFE INSURANCE CoHpany. limit.! HEAD OFFICE SHANGHAI, CHINA. 1 ___________________HM TAELS 1,000,000. ,o °o deposited with the Hongkong Government I as a sp^ protection for our Policy Holders. The CNLY <_ w i, Operating m the Middle East has this Deposit. Members of th, Chinese Chamber of Commerce
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 51 8 Reported Capture of General Chang. The Wahtszyatpo's Shanghai correspondent says that General (W, the Imperialist leader, has been capture. 1 at Fukow* The steamer K%nmnmU% from Canton was yestetdav prevented from entering Hongkoag harbour by H.M.S. Tmkm ac she had rebel troops on board proceeding to
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    • 316 8 Transfusion May Save Superintendent. Charles B. Grinishnw, superintendent, oi Roosevelt Hospital, is ill at the hospital with typhoid fever. A blood transfusion operation wa* j tor rned upon Mr. Griuiabaw. The phvsieians BOW express some hope for his ultima. c recovery but say that bis condition
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  • Correspondence.
    • 190 8 ITo the Editor of the Weekly Sun." Sir. May I request you to insen his to say that an account has beer pened m the Singapore branch of the bartered Bank, for a short period, to ive an opportunity to any who would like to
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  • 253 8 Hit Excellency Yuan Shih-Kai, ,4 the Strong Man of China," has long realised that if China was to prosper, the use of opium must cease. Early m 1906, several months before the Anti-Opium Resolution was passed m our House of Commons, he, with three other
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  • 199 8 Umegatani, the famous Japanese wrestler, is reported to have acquired a promising pupil m the person of one Hichirobei, a lad of ten years old who measures i\4 feet and weighs 13 kan. The Tokyo Jiji reports the organisation m Tokyo of a Red Cross Crusade by a number of
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  • 210 8 Government Takes Action. Evidently as a result of the prevailing unrest m the Colony a Government Gazette Extraordinary was issued this morning m the following terms Whereas by section 6 of Ordinance 10 of 1886, entitled— The Peace Preservation Ordinance, 1886, it is provided among other things
    Hongkong Telegraph  -  210 words
  • 317 8 17th November. Further changes are made m the Cabiuet. Disorder is reported from northern Kiangsu. Dissensions amongst revolutionaries are reported from Anking. 18th and 10th November. The Prince Regent, representing the Emperor, takes an oath to adhere to the nineteen articles of the constitution drawn up by the
    The National Review  -  317 words
  • 132 8 In the course of his speeoh at the Lord M»yor a. banquet, the First Lord offlhe Atoll*]* pressed his conviction that the Brttuh Navy must not only be .treat enough for anything that may l>e required of it, but instantly ready for* action II il an irreproachable
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 306 8 WHAT IT WILL DO. A woman buys a sewing machine for what it will do; not as an article of furniture. A man carries a watch to tell him the time; not as an investment of •nndias capital. The same principle when one is ill. We want the medicine or
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    • 425 8 I LOSING WEIGHT j BY THE FOUND < 44 Under Weight," a »ndition of J r ill-health, show }e>ur assimilative J i powers are decreasing. I f j WATERBURYS I j METABOLIZED f 1 COD LIVER OIL I j /COMPOUND j j l *mmJ j .Supplies the blood with the
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    • 105 8 mmt _f_i_M»f_M_.i__*«A> TKIG IS IT ji— < _j ___l MMill i mm __>m liiiiiiii ii ii _a mmt\ oftmwmmk^mMmmmm Waterbury's Metabolized Cod Liver Oil Compound £jj\ TAQTELDSG ODOURLESS 11 >Cj\ T^^K The latent ..ciontiAj preparation of t>.L~^| I COD LIVER OIL. Does all tliat IpC^T 1 cVil^t:. claimed for it
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  • 400 9 Going to Marry for the Fourth Time. It is announced trom New York that Miss May ohe, formerly Lady Francis Hope, will marry Jack McAuKffe, the former light-weight oßatiipiou boxer, te ihe v i- engage 1 when -he first met Loi j Francis Hop-. Miss May Yohe,
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  • 773 9 m sue ena ot the nineties, when Lord Elgin was Viceroy. Burma and especially the portion of it bordering on China was the object special attention on the part of the British Government which foi nd expression m the planning of a great railway towards the
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  • 140 9 The twin screw motor barge BolinrJcr. one of the largest motor vessels m the Far East, which has been constructed by Messrs Kovvarth, Erskine Lt_., went through he trials at Bangkok on November 4. The average speed on the outward run wa> 7.H., knots, and on the
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  • 517 9 Ihe fo lowing a.c extracts from abetter received from a Ja<iy resident at VVuhu übHuhu turner! over very peacefully. The v H.gn visible we, white flags all over Place and newly enrolled soldier, with farmed rather t*JP£^** 0"W soldiers beum mostly coolies, (and w« laving several gunboats
    Hongkong Telegraph  -  517 words
  • 292 9 The Governor-General 0 f Canton has issued a proclamation to the effect that all en inals will be dealt with hy the judi ial hour i, exce. t in ths case of the Army and Naw whets court-martial will ho resortSooM sol iers m tbe Dare Death corps
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 187 9 Iron i zed S_SM??IrV o XMAS PRESENTS. find Jewels, Plate j US Novel Ornaments *m JJ d reliable to the— s& tr. V> »> >*- m Sapphires are too the rmon glittering to Get enchanted at n i-f ,a* cut they are Jewels the sight of Pearls t safe to
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    • 167 9 (Oingat, 0r o. tra, t Settlements). to ADELPHI HOTEL. I B ztabUh e d 1863. T O T S cle <* F ;^roof Residential and t QQ 1 ranstt Hotel, Co mman<U most peaceful and attractive Qvti t C* hi r i _rr i ou tlook tn o vga- Lj
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  • 763 10 Hyper-Muperstitions persons probably worry themselves a great deal more than they worry other people, but there an certain tacct> of their character which reflect their rays outwardly, and m th it Met they become a public worry. They are not a very big or serious worry. be
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  • 349 10 >wift!y, but none the less surely, the Manchu is being pushed from power m China into the outer darkness. The eighteen Provinces which make tha Empire are moving together with a united force which i- irresistible, cities are falling or have gone over to the cause of
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  • 472 10 At no time is it of such vital importance safeguard Ihe kidneys as daring pregmmey. Mrs. Miry A Willis ot' 169, Kirk dale Terrace, South Wigston.near Leicester, England, tells us of bar terrible suffering, which was all brought about hv a fright during that oritioal period. M
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 248 10 (BEHN, MEYER CO., LTD., I I Engineering Department. f SINGAPORE. REPRESENTATIVES FOR FRIED. KRUPP ac. GRUSONWERK. j RUBBER MACHINERY Latest Design. Hand or Power Driven. Complete Installations of Factories. Roller Washing and Rinsing Machines can be inspected at our office. 1 ■■iH^i^BMßHßHßaaaaaHHaßaaßaM____MH_a______a_B_ai ©UR DRESSING PLZ_NT For the Treatment of all
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  • 668 11 Daring the past week the situation na^ materially changed. There does not on' the surface appear to be much change with respect to the position of the two belligerent parties, but the surface is deceptive. There has been heavy fighting m the [neighbourhood of the Wuhan town-,
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  • 310 11 The Turk is a ,o Ihe best m I h m n m land, for a> a sailoi 7 Within the i_ <;,t v Etutsi* has tried to b .at 1 im twice and 1 anl failed oscasioa. Tin a. i i to < lre< le a
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  • 106 11 fl Wasgow correspondent telegraphs tl t, m addition to tend m ing the week for two battleships .md even destroyers, private ship h _.vi sa aj pi l with respe I I bo lering rtber of the biggest p. Che m li i .ions p .m! Ihe
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  • 47 11 SIR ROBERT LAI DLAW AND THE Y.M.C.A. Ila w on I I tbs Ch i(| p ofl >•• Wi. ionarj Dept. oi i J C.A i I the l vi. i ion del I who rented n itioa daring j Ul fl, rsti »l Km;»ir» rec nt. I
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    • 217 11 Sie pn company for the Eastern People GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. IMTED. lIKAD OFFICE^ SINGAPORE. JJBERALPOUCIES,. IfIOAIES, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. A. DEMBICK A*, .1/.,.,,, Oerrkk a d .v _r w AS Co. Ommrmmn 7 ir Mtmn eAt Co., Lt.r. A M. FAIR, BmHjm, Mmmngimm pirMctmr vnur PMTMM A0.././/, B
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    • 111 11 Tansan c.A e 0, d Medal Mineral Water, certified hu ____*k__ Sn-ST'l be cn V M tO hea,th es^« y 'n tt^pio's 0 water "o? .S3%^or^S_S* f^* Buchanans Whiskies fh" a famous U "k a ACK bOU,e d ,n SC t,a d We U3r3ntee our stocks tne tamous BLACK and
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  • 1877 12  -  C. L. By Swords and Ships. i__ast week my theme was the necessity of armed power to every State as the first condition" of its existence the primary premiss of its security alike from internal and external foes, the corollary being that they who advocate disarmament preach
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  • 513 12 Interesting Statistics. A motorist has arrange. l m tbe form of a table the different estimates of a motorcar's speed per hour which have been forthcoming m an inquiry at a police court. Tht* statistics form interesting reading. Here is the motorist's table Miles. Private opinion of
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 111 12 COMPLETE AND QUICKEST RECOVERY. Against Asthma, Cough, Consumption and ALL AFFECTIONS OF THE CHEST, THROAT, AND LUNGS BY POUMOFOR yVf EL, *J R ANTI-ASTHMATIQUE PULMONAIRE J& \s. Revere* DR. SAUL BERNARD. Trade M.rk, rAllSs!!©^ Tllis excellent ancl energetic preparation is based Ot^^o\^k X on tllc latest tmcteriologic experiences. In use
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    • 226 12 ADVERTISEMENTS^ M. N. K. MOHAMED NOORDIN CO CENEBAL MERCHANTS. Boots Shoes, Shirts, Ties, Hats Collars, Hosiery and General Goods. 86-88, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD 8-7 AH LOCK, CHOP KWANC SENC. TAILOR AND OUTFITTEB. Fine Assortment of Tweeds m Stock White Suits made to Order, Price $3. 44, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. 8-7
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 287 13 FIA yV "1 mimmT^^mmWmmmlM^^^^^' !^^o^^^^^^ APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS. The und.mu-ntioi.ert mail stealer, of the c Lin* maintain a rognlar eervice between utt. and Japan. ,allin« at Penan... Sin<__mmt, Hongkong and Shanghai en ronte. FLEET. .1a,,,,, 17' i A^mmtmt*- ,vio a. Stewart. SS (irc^ory Apcar 4.600 S. H. Belson 58
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    • 281 13 KONIKKLMKE PAKETVAART M^eHAPPIJ. I (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET c Oivi PA |my.) Unx>»r Contract with tiik X__tub_.lab_i>h i Sd *K«s at Siwwe; Tfc Stipi Agency, LM., 2.3 j^ MAM. TABLE-DECEMBER 11TH TO 18TH, 1911. .Khe uwi.4^mentioned dates are #nlv approximate. Steamshif. V m na Expected. Will be Despatched for:— **Ufc« i
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    • 125 13 POPULHR BR7AND. EVERY BOTTLE NUMBERED TO PREVENT FRAUD. _^^T1 mmM l_^_^_^_J_^_^_9 mmV i M■" I |_Ui H^mH R^i'^An A hh /^wW^. iIHI AGE CENTURY QUALITY. t>l-D. !s_^^^^^^!. BOUQUET. I _^_^_^H j SOLD EVERYWHERE. THE DENTAL HALL. /VO. RAFFLES PLACE. (Ot>J>osite JoKn Little f$ Co. s Building). UNDER THE SUPERVISION Oi
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 208 14 Hf Martell's Brandy. I/OT 1 1 mJ Jlllfk 'n England more Martell's Three MW^m star Brandy is sold than any iflmfmL H) other Brand. jWRi- iJffl L don more than three tin ies I^^^P thc quantity of Martell's is sold than any other Brand of Ilßsl bottled Brandy. K^lfr^ill "in-AINAIiuT
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