Weekly Sun, 5 October 1912
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Title Section21 1912-10-05 1 The Weekly Sun. GREATER STRAITS SETTLEMENTS EDITION. i^6, CROSS STREET, SINGAPORE. PRICE 5 CENTS. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1912. NO. 110.21 words
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Advertisement639 1912-10-05 1 .1 »**a^|MMMa*ata*JaL. ELLWOODS SHAKARI HELMETS. AI)«oluiely «un and rsin proof whit* drill co»*r, v*ntikt*d at top and und*T brim. Price $6.00 Each. WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW CO., LTO. GENTS' UMBRELLAS. iS^llt^l^^^S^HWt^P^l^ GENTS UMBRELLAS Useful UmbrelUs strong frams covsrsd strong cboth W^W^' F^>^ t\^ J^ ?^t^' Superior Quality Umbrellas strong trame various v639 words
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Advertisement25 1912-10-05 1 -sg V SOLA PITH TOPEES. Singapore shape covered |white drill bound leather edges lined green under brim. Price $3.25 Each. WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW A CO., LTD.25 words
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Article564 1912-10-05 2 "Tht~ lion's share embedied ths sarcasm of old Aesop, in whose fable, at the conclusion of their joint feast, ths animals announce their wish to divide the booty, the lion claiming one-quarter by reason of kingly prerogative, one-quarter for superior courage, one-quarter from his dam and cubs.564 words
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Article202 1912-10-05 2 A burglary of a strange character has been reported to the East End police by Mrs. Koch, wholesale hair merchant, of Commercial-road, E. The robbery took place at night, and as a result 891b. of human hair, to the v.ilueof ,£llO, waa stolen. The burglars displayed a202 words
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Advertisement528 1912-10-05 2 1 THE National Mutual Life Association of Australian, Limited. Established 1869. 1 The first Life Assurance Office in the World to apply tho Non-Forfeiture Principle to Policies. A Mutual Office No Shareholders All profits belong to Policy-holders. Annual Income (1911) $10,268,128.00. Funds $57,434,777.00. Claims Paid $48,580,853.00. STATEMENT. Showing to progress528 words
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Advertisement272 1912-10-05 2 A Few Reasons Why You Should Buy a fcTrd BECAUSE 125,000 others are using the same make of car, and getting the utmost satisfaction from their purchase. BECAUSE every othercar you meet on the road, both in 'the Straits and F. M. S., is a Ford which testifies td* their272 words
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Article1768 1912-10-05 3 No Chop Suey in Hongkong V It seemed scarcely credible, because I had always thought Chinamen and Chop Suey one and indivieible. Yet so it seemed as we went from one Chinese restaurant to the other at West Point, at each one to be met by the blandly1,768 words
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Article114 1912-10-05 3 Queen s Road was blocked tor some time| on Wednesday, Sept. 16, says tho Hong A kony Telegraph, in order to permit of the', passage of the funeral cortege of Mr. LooPo' Son, one time President of the CantonHankow Railway. Banners, gilded chairs j and Panoplies, richly114 words
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Article953 1912-10-05 3 In Shantung the cutting off of queues seems not to be progressing so quickly as the authorities desire. It appears as if the Chinaman who wears a queue is looked upon as a secret adherent of the Manchu dynasty. Recently, after an edict on thisJapan Herald - 953 words
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Advertisement162 1912-10-05 3 I CONTINENTAL I Jfc TYRES Motor cars, Motor cycles, Cycles I Buses and heavy Commercial Vehicles. I ■^HKMnH|^H|ra^^^^pH Mm AmJ mmmmmm*mmjmi\ *K aH B B« I J Q \yL #>^ ,?-W bH tm m** ■K»jJ** *M KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. I V CONTINENTAL TYRE S. RUBBER Co.. Ltd. I162 words
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Article1787 1912-10-05 4 P. W. Knocker - P. W. Knocker k Mftiayai Jangle Exferieoct. By Tht Empire If agaeine is giving the first of a very interesting series of articles on tht Malay States, by Fred. W. Knocker, F.Z.8., who has, it says, been connected with those Countries for many ytars. Those articles, the Empire Magazine1,787 words
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Article152 1912-10-05 4 A Paris telegram says .-—After tht; ■departure of her master and mistress to tht' seaside, Amelie Rollet invited her peasant father and mother to spend a few days with her in Paris, and all might have gone well had not her father become infatuated with her master's bathroom152 words
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128 1912-10-05 4 The Tawankum Islands, a group to the south of Macao, which serves as a refuge for the pirates who have bean guilty of several attacks on stations and shipping at the mouth of the West Hirer, are to be attacked by joiut forces from Canton.128 words
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Advertisement321 1912-10-05 4 RUGS! RUGS!! RUGS!!! NEW STOCK EXTRA LARGE SIZES 60 by 90 $7.50 each TWO PATTERNS TO EACH RUG FRINGE ENDS. Exceptional Value. Katz Brothers, Limited. SINGAPORE. THE TRUTH ALWAYS. 44 When you are in douot tell the truth." It was an experienced old diplomat who said thin to a beginner321 words
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Advertisement256 1912-10-05 4 aV^fcJattJF \.'l- 4 aWaJ B*OP PAY DAY What Does it Mean to YOU NV> matter what your position may i*\ whether day laborer or office worker, if you are in that discouraged line of men who get the same pittance weak after week without prospect of anything better, it is256 words
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Advertisement138 1912-10-05 4 Siemens Brothers. MANUFACTURERS OF Electrical Machinery, Cables Wires, Apparatus and Accessories tor Electric Light, Power and Traction Purposes. HEAD OFFICE Caxton House, Westminster, LONDON. Supplies Department Upper Thames street. LONDON. WORKS. Stafford. Wtolwlct. Dalstoa. BRANCHES. Cape Town, Melbourne, Calcutta, Toronto, Bombay, Penang, Madras, Rangoon Winchester House. COLLYER QUAY. Singapore. YUEN138 words
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Article, Illustration11 1912-10-05 5 Another one for Bidadari. This is life! Whoop--ee!11 words
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POLICE NEWS.
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Article387 1912-10-05 5 Manggal Singh a well-known Hin* doostani milk supplier, was prosecuted by Market Inspector Cuckney with being in possession of milk adulterated by his servants. Mr. Eber defended. The evidence of Mr. Cuckney was that accused had the contract of supplying milk to the officers and men of the Brahmans.387 words
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Article827 1912-10-05 5 Seah Tee a Hokien, and a Cantonese woman named Cheang Ng alias Ng Koo, were yesterday summoned before Mr. Firmstone, in the first court, on a charge of wrongfully det lining an elderly Cantonese woman named Tam Ah Yee. Mr. R. Braddell appeared for the defence. The complainant gave827 words
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Article185 1912-10-05 5 A Teochew fishmonger of Clyde! Terrace Market was fined $5 and costs for exposing for sale bad fish. asa^fcaaw Somea Singh a Bengali milkman, was this morning charged before Mr. Firmstone. at the instance of Market Inspector Cuckney, with selling milk adulterated with 36*8 per cent, of! water. He185 words
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Article180 1912-10-05 5 Chua Boi and Chua Chia, were each fined $1, for misbehaving themselves in public by fighting at North Bridge Road. m i Wee Kai Hok a Hokien, who was convicted of theft of two tins of preserved lychees value 28 cents at Anson Road, was sentenced to seven days'180 words
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Article232 1912-10-05 5 In the study of immunity from disease by Professor J. A. Lindsay, in the Eugenics Review for July ho says 'The Jew suffers less than the average of the populations amongst whom he lives, from alcoholism, venereal diseases, and in some cases from prevailing epidemic232 words
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Article251 1912-10-05 5 The death is announced of Captain J. W. Ekstrand, for many years in command of several Mitsu Bishi and N. Y. K. steamers and well-known in Shanghai, at his residence in Yokohama, in his eightieth year. He has three daughters, one in Yokohama, ,and two in England. m The production251 words
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Article684 1912-10-05 5 Titi lin Mine, one of th* few Malayan tin mines in which the Wily Oriental left any tin in. The only Malayan toiler whose path hag not been strewn with roses under present legislation "seems to be the unhappy nurse, for, while inexperienced armahs sometimes look askance at684 words
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686 1912-10-05 6 The Weekly Sun. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5. A SINGAPORE EDITORS TRIALS. Some people who don't know very much about the matter appear to think that the work of an editor is almost as easy as falling off a gate, or of getting on the board of the Jimah directorate, and of686 words
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168 1912-10-05 6 The great Mystic and King of Entertainere, Renville Jensen, is without doubt a supreme attraction at the Theatre Royal. He is presenting a varied and interesting programme this week, full of wonderful magic, and from the enthusiastic way the various numbers are received, it is evident168 words
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Article276 1912-10-05 6 The Cantonese School will hold their Annual Sports on Monday, commencing at noon on Pearl's Hill green. Monday, Oct. 7, being the anniversary of Confucius (born 2,463 years ago), all Chinese business houses will be closed. A recent funeral in Yiyang, Hunan, says the Central China Post, was conducted with276 words
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Article607 1912-10-05 6 Press cables to Ceylon have been reduced to 4^d. a word. s m Articles have been signed by Barry and Durnan for the world's sculling championship. m Wang Nyoh-fang, the celebrated Chinese musician from Peking is shortly visiting Singapore. Motor cars are supplanting horses very rapidly. A607 words
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Advertisement139 1912-10-05 6 aaWSAT mm m mm m\ mgmrgW^^gy^ef "7SV r BM > l li^^ME^ p3|^_MaWpMaaSaK^-g-r< .CCS.- JS>a JfcHaHalamlaaaaa*aia*aT»JJ»-aSaMi^ 1 1 WlTTOaVmy^ f^^B mm m*\ _^o*^a t iteHt^^^^^^^B^^^ ♦•*<•' II J i 11 mm mr i iO^ t-* i J !*4 aflfl K^aHwv%tffinSjnl R Ibml.'^^ -^ai^^iß^ R3^^"^ t f*'.#i*J«V *^W* i* muu '9*t*j^139 words
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Advertisement29 1912-10-05 6 ARE YOU PARTICULAR? You know quality. demand value! We supply only Wines and Spirits of choice quality. Garner Quelch&Co. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. AMD AT SHANGHAI, HONGKONG AND LONDON. 1429 words
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Article346 1912-10-05 7 The Copyright Act of 1911 came inlo operation on the lst inst., and the old and familiar imprint Entered at Stationers' 1 Hall is now dispensed with. By the new I law copyright becomes automatic, and is t effective until 50 years after death of the346 words
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Article70 1912-10-05 7 London, August 16. The Southampton county court judge yesterday upheld the claim of Mrs. Klein, widow of a ships barber, who lost his life in the Titanic," and awarded her £300 compensation. Tht White Slar Line contended that| tht deceased was not a workman withini tht meaning70 words
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Article277 1912-10-05 7 bociety s latest fad is marketing and inusual scenes are being witnessed at Newport and Providence Rhode Island, srhere the leaders of the Four Hundred and :heir imitators are buying their own groseries meat, vegetables and ether commodities. The leader of the movement is Mrs. O.277 words
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Article98 1912-10-05 7 The Inter-state Shipping ring iu Australia has lately come under the ban of the Victorian manufactures, who ascribe a decrease in their trade to the failure of thei ring to provide sufficient facilities for the fulfilment of their various requirements. Excessive freight rates do not however appear98 words
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Advertisement320 1912-10-05 7 Caldbeck Macgregor and Company. Wholes all e and Retail WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, Ales, Beer and Stout Importers. Telephone No. 160. Price Lists on application. BRANCHES AT j LONDON, GLASGOW, SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, TIENTSIN AND j KUALA LUMPUR, WITH AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE EAST. 13-7 i 'His Master's Voice* GRAM^HONE IS A320 words
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Article2545 1912-10-05 8 News From all Sources. Peking, September 18. Complications regarding the new loan appear. It is re orttd that the Board of Finance does not reeognize the action of a certain Chinese official who signed the agreement. It seems that the negotiations were placed ir London, and it is probable2,545 words
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Article231 1912-10-05 8 A striking illustration of the rapidity with which even the most distant of the reserve ships of the Nary can be completed for sea was afforded a few days ago, details of which are now given for the first time. Under the new scheme ct destroyer organisation231 words
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Advertisement27 1912-10-05 8 V> I Our Advertising repre- w j I f*m~*f* 9entative wi be Pleased fk O O aWs to submit Up-to-date Ivl VtlO i aa —^aj m^ I27 words
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Advertisement398 1912-10-05 8 The Man Who j\^ this is in <sgu Thgrg Waterbury's Metabolized HT™ 5 EFtS V^ Cod Liver Oil Compound plenty of it— in his body. >gfr, TASTELESS ODOURLESS WATERBURY'S W. I ri?TW?viK Z OTI J»W<\ Thc laU »'™™fc preparation „f J^A\ rKM POUND f^r> COD LIYF.K OIL. l*** all that398 words
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Article656 1912-10-05 9 Amazing Precautions. Two hundred pounds' worth of gems inj a dirty little tray, on a dirty workshop bench is an unusual sight to anyone who is a stranger to the interior of a. jeweller's factory. As a matter of fact the outsider has to know the656 words
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Article150 1912-10-05 9 WilUrd S. Straight, of the Morgan banking house, said in a recent letter from Pekiu u The things that puzzle and per- i plex us in the Chinese become,, on closer I knowledge, simple, and so, no doubt, do we perplex and puzzle the Chinaman150 words
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Article209 1912-10-05 9 If. Lepme, by providing for a regular course of instruction for his new brigade of criminal research, has established what might be called the school of scientific policemen. The new brigade was founded some months ago in the excitement caused by the motor murderer* It is to consist209 words
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Article173 1912-10-05 9 Both pure and applied mathematicians are in search of truth but the former seek truth in itself and the latter truthe abemt the universe in which we live. In both fields there is room for indefinite advance but it appears to me that it is easier173 words
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Advertisement417 1912-10-05 9 Sledge Brand Milk IS SUPPLIED TO ALL THE COVERNMEMT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. ASK FOB.— "SLEDGE" Natural Sterilized Milk »OR SLEDGE" Condensed Unsweetened Milk. SOLE IMPORTERS!: J. Travers Sons, Ltd. j. r "mammm. aL B H < r wf \r~ "^^"^Bo^^^^Hk* £>^a« m^Lm WV* I aaT aT417 words
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Advertisement150 1912-10-05 9 Jodelite Registered. The Great Timber Preservative. All kinds of soft timber, such as serayah, are, after treatment with Joaeiite, permanently protected against attacks of white ants drv rot and decay. w mMm ants, arv I Protection of Para Rubber Trees. After pruning the trees apply a thin coat of Cold150 words
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Article600 1912-10-05 10 Apart altogether from their political! significance, the resulte of recent bye-elec-tions at Heme have conclusively demonstrated the need of serious attention being given to the question of the revision of our present electoral system, and we are not surprised to note, in the oomments on the fight at600 words
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Article512 1912-10-05 10 No one financially interested in rubber oan, unless he deliberately stick his head in the sand, ostrich-fashion, fail to see that big upheavals in this industry are approaching. The latest addition to the manv warning signs is Reuter's telegram to the effect that Brar.il now franklyHongkong Telegraph - 512 words
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Article633 1912-10-05 10 As we reported yesterday Dr. Magnan, tbe celebrated French lunacy specialist, has introduced certain valuable reforms into the asylum under charge, says the Hongkong Teikgrdph. Henceforth his patients have neither strait-jacket nor padded room to fear; and further alterations in the treatment of idiots are633 words
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417 1912-10-05 10 Study of the Position Indicates Possible Serious Shortage by 1920. The increased interest in rubber shares that is being evinced in London is possibly due, to some extent, to the public recognition of facts which Mr. Lampard was the first to417 words
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Advertisement297 1912-10-05 10 PROTOS MOTOR CARS. HIGHCLASS WORKMANSHIP. STRONG CONSTRUCTION. VERY SILENT RUNNING. Largely used by Royalty. Cars in Stocks Torpedo and Half-Torpedo Double Phaeton Cars to seat 5 and 7 persons. All finished in theibest style. AmW ry^r^n^vTwe** HMS**SKSbD ■^.^T^'JS'jr *?T l MONO MOTOR CARS. The Best ear of the Run-about Type.297 words
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Article592 1912-10-05 11 China's Hopeless Position. According to Russian papers to hand the relations between Mongols and Chinese are daily becoming more complicated and serious. As is known the Mongols of West Mongolia, immediately after the declaration of independence by Khalkha, ordered the Chinese officials to leave the country.592 words
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154 1912-10-05 11 A message from Tarrytoun, New York, states that a gang of Italians were surpriied within a hundred yards of Mr. John D. Rockefeller's house, on his estate in the Pocantico Hills, and it is believed they had designs on the life of the multi-millionaire.154 words
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Advertisement315 1912-10-05 11 KONINKLIJKE PAKEmARTMAATSCHAPPIJ (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) U«>™ omtmm mm thp. n eth .kl..n D8 i sdia G ovbb*m»kt. Ajtits Singapore Tte snips Agtiicy. ui. 2.3 Collyer Quay. MAIL TABLE-SEPTEMBER 30TH TO OCTOBER 9TH, 1912. Theunder mentioned tt are only approximate Steamship. From v- Expected. Will be Despatched for— daU^« Date.315 words
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Advertisement574 1912-10-05 11 PROFESSIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT. DR. W. R. LAMB, American Oculist and Optician, I Specialist in Examining the Eye and correcting defective Wishes to announce to the citizens of Singapore and vicinity that he may bTooiliß ;J? Nq. 2 Adelphi Hotel, till September 27th, inclusive. He has unexcelled facilities for examining the Eye574 words
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Advertisement111 1912-10-05 12 S Martell's Brandy. a/ In England more Martell's Three Star Brandy is sold than any other Brand. In London more than three times the quantity of Martell's is sold than any other Brand of bottled Brandy. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS. Sole Agents for Straits Settlements, F.M.S. Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd.111 words
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