The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 January 1910

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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY. JANUARY 24, 1910. NO. 6.814
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    THE DAYS NEWS.
    187 1 A new comet has been discove*e3 by a Johannesburg astronomer Pag<e 5. The exports o€ rubber from the F If. S during 1900 are detailed on page 4. A shocking train accident has occurred on the Canadian Pacific rail wjv P.'ge 5. Tho P. and O C<
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    WANDERINGS IN WONDERLAND.
    1074 1 WANDERINGS IN WONDERLAND. Ta; \Y UOUEU. TaUfO, .mail towLship v v tv \m) Wairakei c MM mxt oa ti, ptegtaOßttja. fcmioiaoeaoea .1 the ..id w__i nater arcuad tbii ipot aud a* old r. loubt lon th*- thief tight of the place. Boi ben .am ire ue m i mi d
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      408 1 Entertainments. CHILDREN'S CONCERI VICTORIA MEMORAL HAIL The first Childi en's Concert of the ye 3 r 1 9 1 WILL BE GIVEN ON Wednesday, 26th inst., at 5=30 p.m. By kind permits. on of Admiral von Ingenohl the band of the German tl ig^hip"S<. harnhorst' will play on this occasion.
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      373 1 Entertainments. ALHAM BRA BEACH ROAD. THE BG SHOW. NEW- SUBJECTS NEW-SUBJECTS. TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME. 2nd SHOW AT 930 P.M "LOURDES" The various aspects, famous for its Miraculous Fount and the Mecca of thousands of Pilgrims and invalids every year. The train loads of Invalids, the Ambulance Carriers, the Procession, the Grotto
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      148 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. No 2. Wiikie road to let— Page 2. Doctor wanted for travelling position Page 2. Notice by the Netherlands Consul General —Page 2. Brooke Bond's teas give everyone satisfaction Page 2. The Lindstrom talking machines at Katz Brothers Page 1. Trade Mark notice by the Union Timss Press—
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      278 1 THE WEEK. Monday, 24th High Water.- 8 58 a., 10 52 p M. M. Mail Outward due 3 p M. M. Mad Home-* ard due. Lodi_r;e St. George Regula*, 9 p Tuisday, 25th High Water.— 916 s»., 1 1 f Conversion of St Paul. Tai Pusum (Hindu Festival). Burns' Concert.
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    PORT ARTHUR.
    288 2 1- ii -r .ted th tt t deeisi n has l^en arrired Ia tl .porary landing j -tty nt Port mUh a possible ex:»edition. Th>- m **.>''n t'.'r this measure ia that trade increased s > mush at Dairen as to overtax tiie facilities available at that po
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    80 MISSING PLANS.
    218 2 Naval Draughtsm^u Committed for Trial. Some sensation il disclosures were made m evidence given at the Portsmouth Police Court when the serious allegations against Richard Sidney Knowlden, a young naval draughtsman employed m the Vernon torpedo school ship at Portsmouth, were investigated by the magistrates. At previous
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    256 2 Thirteen natives, four men, five women and four children, were found run over and killed on the night of tbe '-eh on a bridge be' ween Waltiir and Davvad* of the Madras and Southern M ihratta Railway. They were trespassing on the line and had evideutlv been saught by a
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      563 2 TO LET. TO LET. Xo. 2, Wiikie Road. Compound House. Lawn Tennis and Stabling. Apply to J. Craig, Sharon, River Valley Rd. Jan H 14 2 TO LET PARKSTOXE, NiSSIM ROAD. Entry lat March. Unfurnished, or Furniture can be taken over at valuation. DUNMAN Co. Jan 2 1 v.c FURNISHED
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      341 2 NOTIGES. NOTICE. We, the undersigned, The Union Tiimes Press Limited, Singapore, Printers and Stationers, hereby give notice that tbe above Brand, known as WHITE ROSE Brand is our Trade Mark and solely used by us on papers imported and sold by us m the Straits Settlements, fl*e F. M. S.,
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      408 2 NOTIGES. m i LOST A red chow dog, cropped tail. Municipal No. 336. Fiader rewarded. D. Y. PERKINS, 10, Collyer Quay. Jan 2« 3 2 F. CLARKE CO. 207, Queen -et, Sinqapopb. Livery Stable Keepers Fodder Merchants. For Rubber-tyred Gharries and Best Rubbertyred carriages, ring up Telephone 916. FODDER delivered
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      504 2 BANKS. NEDERLANDSGHE _JM«DEL-MA*TSOHAPPY. NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY. Established 1*24. Capital— ll 45,00i,000.— (about IM 7 50.000) Reserve— ll 5,752,885 —(about £a79,407J Head Office m Amsterdam. Head Agency Batavia. Branches Penang. Shanghai. Hongkong, Rangoon, Medan (DeU), Samarang, Sourabaya. Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Tjilatjap. Palembang, Kota-Radja, (Acheen) Bandjermassin, Weltevreden and Macassar. Correspondents at
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      408 2 INSURANGES manufacturersTS INSURANCE I Claims LoaDs and immediately by ihe G< pore v. itliout dolay of ret L a F. S. EVANS. Manager for Eastern Asm and II GUTHRIE Co, Ltd. Gem-mi A ii Siftfai SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO LTD. FIRE Insurant u < < don Buildings, Btmk and Merchant
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    COMPANY NOTE?.
    1470 3 <.. v* v. JLntU E.sta:ss. I%*, second oi y general tteetini,' of the i Ltd wa. lield j SL M M rat residing. taoa ol Ihe repoH cad naej leid that unfortunaUly .I::;-- !a-,t, :19 WtJl ua the d t: at t ae^ r f Aft*?r the Ust
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      133 3 MORTGAGEES SALE. Valuable Country Properties AT TOAH PYOH AND SIGLAP. At Messrs. H. L. Goghlan Go's Salerooms Monday, Tth Eebtua-y. at 2-30 p.m i. Freehold Land m the District of Toah Pyoh comprised m Grant No. 77. Area 2a. -it. 2. Freehold Land m the District of Siglap being Lot
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      615 3 I I! f A Dainty Non-Greasy Balm for the Skin/V I X BEAUTY > j I /Zy^A comP wtx\ I '///'lii'mmm;: I* BURROUGHS WELLCOME ok CO. LONDON (ENG.) New York M »ntrbal Sydney Capo Town Shangh i 1^ 34 copyrigi* SOLD IN GLASS POTS. BY ALL THE PRINCIPAL PHARMACISTS. THE
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      231 3 1 1910 MODELS (Shortly Expected) In the Scottish and Irish Reliability trials this year secured the highest possible awards m their class -the Efficiency Gold Medal, They also secured the Special Medal for Hill Climbing. Such a record has never before been made by any cars m the Scottish and
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      78 3 JMARTELL'S BLUE SILVEB LABEL is an accepted guarantee, ali OTertb** c n THE LEST QUALITY EX BRANDY THRffifl STAR k ONI STAR. You know it For particular- To be bad by tbe Blue of trade price*- of and please ail Dealers. Silver Labt 1. apply to Adamson, Giifiilan Co., Ltd
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    Domestic Occurrences. Birth.
    21 4 Domestic Occurrences. Birth. DIBKE On January 2:Jrd at Spottiswoode Lodge, Spottiswoode Park, the wife of W. A. Darke, of a son.
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    The Singapore Free Press Monday, Jan. 24, 1910.
    1178 4 The Singapore Free Press Monday, Jan. 24, 1910. 'lne shall the Press the People*! igl raaintsfa awed bv influence and inbrihe f> i pafri Trutl friorioa piecepi c "'..c lo L vai. i i r In reference to the anomalies of parliamentary representation, at a general election, always greatly enhanced
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    604 4 The German cruisers Seharnhon Leipzig and thegnnboat Loehl arrived from Bin gkok on Siturday. -tsar Airniral i Ingenohl is on the Scharnhorst. The Y. W. C. A. Some m River Valley Road was closed on the 20th inst. and members are requested to note that m future ill meetings will
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    KUALA LUMPUR RACES,
    109 4 PROSPECTS PREDICT.. •I__ The prospeeti I the brightest the 1 ing up. The ree BB I prove*] h e CG and enable I fotts- I ue ou, but the no truing an-: lis I re Ths i lies os *uei Pa* *ia -Tor i Ci uuractfl Gnu
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    BACHELORS BALL AT IPOH
    68 4 {Ft Ipoh. B t bei vhits was held at the Grand Bote ieci The o stumes ll pi >as by Kiss X .red ia th' 3 I_ar_cte. of a Ghentl __4y, whilst the second was woa by Mis Pears .n m I S] vnish dancer. The
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    F. M. S. EI'BEEP EXPORTS.
    37 4 F. M. S. EI' BEEP EXPORTS. Prodi Doubled. (Z I',1 MMM < .ipur J.i: The e>,p Hrti of I Malay States months totalled 37,81 j m 19 11 IN-* sl exp >rte I I 535 hTegriSssabi and Pahacf
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    DEATH OF AN INFANT PRINCE
    15 4 The death occurre.; Bt son of tbe Sultai iangor. > S> <
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    206 4 11- Excellence rned from Penang m the Bei Mew <* J Saturday afternoon. M. Door Lablai another inter entor-t tinmen! .ctoria Theatre os Siturday nighl The Persian so aderAbhssinl Bushire, who have Motived I past iii months, an inpatient, s-U a cor loop -ndent <>\ the Unles tnce is i-oumm
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      327 4 KELLY WALSH, LIMITEDH. W. SAVORY Co. NEW BOOKS. Sport and Travel ;n both Tibet 3 by S c. High Class Cigarettes wa i r^ h. Har.dbook to Keramica by William SPECIAL VIRGINIAN. Na u h th Warn*** by I >n ccellesl Cigaeetle made of the boil Wm. Spien J f)
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      92 4 S. MOUTRIE CO., LIMITED. THE ARCADE. THE HOME FOR GRAMOPHONE BECORDS. OVER 200 MACHINES AND 2.0 00 RECORDS TO SELECT FROM. EASY PAYIENTS GAN BE ARRINGEQ. LEE BROTHERS. 58-4, Hill Street, (off Stamford Road.) HIGH CLASS PHOTOGRAPHY. Enlargements a Specialty. PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. THE Hippodrome. -_^l^Circus Menagerie. The management
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    THE ELECTIONS.
    236 5 LATEST RESULTS. Continued 0 esses. m; n* Feller aph Reufer's) .1 m 22, 3 am. Tne following was m ol the parI i1 iy berals Labour Nati oalistl 1 19 1 sine gains, he pla sn B arwich, S Perth- B sal >i I, Saffron d, where the
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    KNOX'S SCHEME GOES.
    64 5 Paissia and Japan Against. Jan 22, 11 38 un. bai repl od to the ted States dag the proposal for the neutralisation I the Mmchur: m rai rays, which will mii sl ise and private intersets. Bg to accept iieme because it has no advantage •es not
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    RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN CANADA.
    28 5 RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN CANADA. Mary Killed. Railway tram has been precipitated over a river embankment onn uated that the dead are from ten Bstim itss rurying. srs injured
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    ANOTHER CUMET.
    23 5 A new which is not Halley'*. waovered on Jan. 27 il Johannesburg and has since been seen sl Cambridge and Oibraltir.
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    P AND O. EXTENSIONS.
    15 5 The P. and I have purchase! Lund's Kue Anchor line. > o> <
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    37 5 Ihe chief ITni nisi agent publishes an of gratitude for the most v.lu- ONS rendered by the Peers. The ipttl pay a tribute to their energy and di especially signalling out Lord Cura m md !.>rd Milner.
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    10 5 Not the Ordinary Kind. cVi Coesji] Remedy is not a
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    ELECTION RESULTS.
    1013 5 Jan. 22 The following were the results of Friday's Blectioni Unionists. Huntingdon, J. Cator defeated 1 1 P>rett. Canterbury, Henniker Heaton defeated P. B Sidney (I. 0 and H. I). Wood. cock' L). Westniinster, Burdett-Contti defeated Col Hobart. Brentford, Lord A. Compton defeated Pr i ford an 1
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    The New Parliament.
    79 5 There are now 483 seats already filled by election to the New Parliament, and lt>7 yet remaining to be decided. Including the latest details of Saturday's elections the composition of the New Parliament, as far as returned, now stands as follows, compared with the position before the
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    The Previous Parliament.
    59 5 It may ba useful to compare the results as they come m with the result at the last general election four years ago, and at the dissolution m Jamury Parliament elected m Jan. 1906. Liberals 3 7-t i Ministerialists Labour 54 -512 Nationalists 81 r. Conservatives 131
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    Parliament at the Dissolution Jan. 1910.
    31 5 Since Januiry, 1906, there have been many by -elections, and the state of Parliament at its close was Ministerialists oOS Opposition 167 Liberal Majority 336
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    THE SCOTS CONCERT.
    319 5 To-morrow evening for the Burns Anniversary, the Ra*\ J. A. B. Cook has organised what promises to be a very successful concert of Scottish music m celebration of the day, and incidentally to aid the funds of the Scottish Presbyterian Mission. A strong choir has been formed
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    THE CHILDREN'S CONCERTS.
    227 5 The First of the Season, 1010. It will be noted with much interest that, ou the application of the President of the Philharmonic Society, Admiral von Ingenohl has been sj kind as to permit the fine string band of his fhgship, His Imperial Majesty's ship Scharnhorst, to
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    RETIREMENTS IN 1910.
    92 5 Amongst the ofrhers who reach tho age for retirement m 1910 are the following who have been associated with the Straits Settlements command Ma j.- Gen. Sir A. R. F. Dorward, late R E. July 13. Col. R. F. Clothier, i.a. Feb. 26. Col. H. S. Nelson,
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    AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW.
    48 5 A meeting of the General Committee of the above will be held on Wednesdiv m the Exchange at five o'clock m the atternoon. The meeting is an important one as the date of the show, sub committees, subscription, prize lists and advertising have to bj considered.
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    THE COMET.
    55 5 We are informed that Halley's comet will be a very faint object for some time about the Eleventh magnitule, and will probably not be seen befoie March. The comet transits locally Jan "24 at 457 and sets 10 57 J-ie 31 at 417 sets 10 17 Fcb 28
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    THE HIPPODROME.
    38 5 The Hippodrome Circus has arrived m Singapore from Bangkok and will open on the Beach Road site to-morrow evening. The circus is reported to be very strong this year and a good entertainment may be anticipated.
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      33 5 A Follower of Influenza. An attack of influenza is often followed by a persistent cough, which to many prove sa great annoyance. Chamberlain's Cough Re mcdv has been ex ensively used and with
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      247 5 ROBINSON Co. Jgf A NEW SHIPMENT OF I cH+i RAMSBOTTOMS' "DOMINO" \fer wj TENNIS RACKETS. Sll> STRUNG WITH SPECIAL BLACK GUT. i X The most Perfect Tightest I Strung Racket. ROBINSON &Co., Jfl FOR THZ STRAITS and F.M S. j fl m n mlm am mß^B*mmUm^^ fxAjWai&i&uttu^^ ESjßßkSbsml _i m
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      632 6 AUGTIONS. MORTGAGEE 8 SALE OF Valuable Sawmill Property situate ad^cent to Kallang Liver, Kampong Bogie, Bnasjanore. To be held at Powell and Co's Sa'e-room. On Tuesday, lst February, at 2-30 p. m. i'AKTU ULAi.-. d' All thai Basel I land situate off Kalang Road POntOiantg aa area of 3 acres
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      597 6 On the Berth. STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ NtDERLAND. Steamship Company "NEDERLAND." Royal Dutch Mai! Service. Thi: Company's Mail Steamer KONING WILLEM I will leave Batavia on tbe 27th instant, at 6 p.m.. and is expected to arrive here on the 2e*tb instant, at 8 a.m. She will sail for Sabang, Colombo. Suez,
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      1061 6 SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND China Mutual Steam Nay. Co. Ltd. Tke Companies' tteamers are despatched from j Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week, and from Japan hom&'.v&rds l for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fort- j nigat for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and
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      682 6 SHIPPING. 1 P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For China, Japaa, Penang, Ceylon, Attttralla, India, Aden, Egypt, Hediterraneao Ports, Plymouth -and London, Through Bill* of Lading ias-ae-a for China Ooast, Persian Gulf, Continental ani American Porta. Staamari aril! Uave Singapore on d ebosrt MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) 1910 Assaye Jan
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      504 6 SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd. Burner IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fast, and well-anc-v-n mail ataar-j ftil Company aail fortnightly frorr I Hamburg via Rotterdam, A ntwei-j Oibrmlhar, Qettoe, Napi*>», (connection M* yaplea, Aiexandrs* ani vioe v te rua) I Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singap re rong, Shanghai, ifafßßßri 4 Kobe to
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    POLICE COURTS.
    916 8 Ei.-.in BmxDGi Mvbdh In reference to the arrest of the Arab Abdul Alam, m connection with the murder of two Chine***) near the Elgin Bridge, it was stated m 3aturday*l issue tbat the offer <>f a reward ol |250 had stimulated the efforts of persons iv making the
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    CRICKET TOURNAMENT.
    761 8 S. C. C. v. Gtabeison. The second tie m the S. C. C. Tournament was ended on Saturday. The Club had batted first and thanks mainly to the steady* play of Wifchart scored 111. The Garrison made 56 for live wickets on the previous Siturday, but though Dxon
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    THE MIDDLESEX AT SPION KOP.
    485 8 Anniversary ov the Battle. 1 To day will ba observed as a holiday by the Middlesex Regiment at Tanglin, the i occasion being the tenth anniversary of the j battle, m which the 2nd Battalion of the i Regiment took such a prominent part, being
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    432 8 The dan; try medal and 1000 Geld medal were played for en Saturday and Sunday. The gold medal was wou by Mr R. J. Addle who returned a nett BCore of 78. The result of play for January medal was a tie 1-Btween Mr C. P. J.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    976 8 By the Memnon from Liverpool yesterday j there arrived G,OOO tons of coal for Singa- pore. The Alcinous which arrived from Jeddah yesterday has 754 deck passengers on board. The Captain reports one case of small-pox. The Armand Behic (M. M from Marseilles may be looked for some
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      35 8 Danger from Croup. A few minutes delay m treating some cases of croup, even the length of time it takes good for a doctor often proves dangerous. The safest way is to keep Chamberlain's Cough
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      308 8 Fresh Australian Butter 70 Gts. per Ib SINCAPORE COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd.; RETAIL DEPOT. W2*25 Orchard Road tammm^mmmmmm^mmvmmm^mb^aWmmmta^ma^a^aWaWa^a^maWa^a^a^a^a^a^a^maamw..ammaammm .mmmm^mmmtmmmammmnmmwa^n Netherlands Gutta Perchaj GOMPANY LIMITED. SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. All kinds of India Rubber Articles, Sheets, Rings, Valves, Tubes, Endless Belts, Hose Suction, Steam, hydraulic, Armoured) etc. etc. Ebonite, Vulcanite anc hVc
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