The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 May 1912

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. rEN CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 18. 1912. NO. 7.f>:>4
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    208 1 Mr Lloyd George savagely attacked the Duke of Devonshire m the Welsh Disestablishment debate. end others who came to object to the Kill "with their hands dripping wilh the fat of sacrilege." Nevertheless the Kill was passed by a majority of 81— Page 7. On page 6
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    THE ANNUAL OUTING.
    1050 1 The earliest symptoms of ihe outing are as a rule notices falling a i OmmitteC Meeting of the Beneflt Society where or Cm* agenda one reads. MTo fix a dat. for lhc annual Otttmg and select the destination lor same. The Committee meet-. i„ th,. p.. v
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      533 1 THE QUEALYS y q. v^, entire change of pictures H HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH,*. i IKST ATTRACTION Q new U NORTH BRIDGE ROAD.' U FOR THE LAST TIME 7-30 to 9 P m O pictures f s, com, attraction R select A GpandSelection of Pictures m to-nights Programme. ■•->-•->. 9-30 TO
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      143 1 a m__m_-________i __h_m_»«_mb_i THEATRE ROYAL NORTH HKIDGK KOAD. The Star Opera Co THF. MUCH YD MALAY I VARIETY KNTEKTAINERB TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT GRAND GALA NIGHT MISS ANN. WILL BE PRESENTED WITH J. SILVER MEDAL. SHAKI.SI'KAKI.S HAMLET i will li. staged. i iider l he tols Directorship ot Mi. Y. L. TAN.
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      265 1 Just the Entertainment for you! I This Ik what we think our select prolamine Of picture-, provides TO-NIGHT MARLBOROUGH PICTURE THEATRE, BEACH ROAD. The programme comprises quite the kind of variety that takes, and is a Pleasant Blending of Interesting Dramatic and Humorous Films calculated to enable fiom to thoroughly
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      145 1 THE WEEK. Saturday 18th. High Water— 11 26 a.m., 10-45 p.m. Cricket Telegraphs v Law Etc. Hockey S.C.C. v K.G.A.. B. Mati. P. A O. Outward mail due. I am. Sunday 19th. High Water— Oil a.m.. 11 21 p.ni. Sunday after __srn._s_.lon Monday 20th. High Water— l-3 a.m. Glenealy Meeting,
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    THE HAPPY LAND.
    412 2 Knol\nd Through Amkhican Hi.n: Glasses. Kuglaud as a restorer of racked nerves is recommended hv Town and Country," of New York, a journal whose influence m American society is similar to that of Truth" and the World" m England a quarter of a century ago. lt says:
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      247 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREW S CATHEDRAL. Sunday Ai ri_n AacnnflOfl I>a*>. 19th May WIS. 7.30 a.m. Litany. 7-45 a.m. Holy Communion. (Choral) and Sermon. Hymns 147. 317 A 150. 915 a.m. .Matins followed by Holy Communion I Plain I. Hymfl 144 tune *>.i. 5 -3 D p.m. Evensong* Sermon,
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      445 2 i THE LATEST THING is THE ENCORE GRAMOPHONE RECORDS 4 DIFFERENT SELECTIONS ON ONE RECORD $1-25 EACH. ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD. WANTED WANTED A smart and intelligent Lad, as au apprentice to the Drag business. Must serve 3 or 4 years. Apply personally to THE MANAGER. The Singapore Dispensary, Ltd.
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      520 2 NOTICES ■n_nn_nnH_nnn_Mnnnn_B— n_B____ n NOTICE. REWARD OF $100. NOTICE is hereby given th U a sum of one hundred dollais will be given as a reward to any one who can give information to the undersigned leading to the arrest of a person known as Goh Ngak Kiaug, Gambier and
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      645 2 NOTICES SOON KECK, Ltd. Nol ice is hereby given that the Ordinary Getteri! Meeting of rhe Shareholders of the abovenamed Company will be held at its Registered Oflice, No. B, Flint Street, on Thursday, 2.5 th May, 1912, at 2 p.m. GAGGINO A Co., General Agents Siugajiore, Itith May 1912.
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      850 2 AUCTI O N S REMINDE R THIS DAY, Saturday, at 1-3 up.m. AUCTION SALE OF Superior Teak Household Furniture; Cottage Piano; Motor CarTurnout Milner's Safe &c. Thk Property of Mrs. j. la Salle At "Bidston," No. 119, Emerald Hill Road, (Off Orchard Road), Lon^S^ U. suite pushed teak brica-bric whatnoT;
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    SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
    1119 3 jV New Ventilation Theory— A Uoad Covering Twinkling Star Pictures A Climatic -Cycle- Another Waste tltillasd Dissected Pictures by Telegraph Americas Most Ancient City Poles preserved hv Suiting. .Inst how ozone acts ns an antidote to the cherts ot bud ventilation seems to be not generally understood. Two
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    THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG.
    488 3 The National Museum has received most Interesting addition to its treasures In the uniforms, swords and other military relics of o eneral IVter daneeroort of the Involution, lint if it COUldhUTe received the dag which he hoisted over Fort Schuyler 'previously Fort Stunwix* on August 2.
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    BIG SHIPS AND GRAVING DOCKS.
    277 3 ll will be SSan that the Sue/ Can al h;i* a rhauee of losing tonnage by the opening tif the I'anania undertaK ing. The latter must be fully equipped for the work m store. Larg-' graving docks must be con stunted, machinery shops for repairs
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    INFLUENCE OF LANGUAGE.
    911 3 Effect om Ca uuctbs. We are prone to judge casual scquahv tauces by tbeir conversation, l»y their forms of speech, and by theif idioms. The urbane How do you do sir? I trust you are not feeling the heat,*' and the perky How d'ye do old cocky?
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    SHE WENT TO PRISON FOR THE CAUSE
    430 3 Btrr Sat/h Ho: r Am. Childses I LOBE i O :.e TMKS 1 fl \Si \.»n A Chat With Mrs. Worth isqtok. among Jhe s;i).|M»rlers of the "Votes for Women inouiii. ,n m }.ii_jrti!.l Mrs, Kate Worth ington. of Prcaton, iss prominent Agun
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      514 3 WOLFE'S Schnapps. A Refreshing and Exhilarating Drink and valuable Medicinal Beverage m all cases of Malaria, Gravel, Insomnia. Kidney Troubles, Stone m Bladder, Urninary Affections. Colic, Debility, Stomachic Troubles, Diarrhoea &c. A ol Wolfe's Schnapps bei«<re meals i> sn unfailing Sppstiscr, sad a refresh ing drink :ir. < 1 pi<
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      237 3 **F •PPoiaia_«i_is not only perfectly digestible m itself, but it enables one to get much more nourishment from other foods partaken of. Its action on the digestive system is tonic for instance, manjr children and dyspeptics who cannot digest milk can do so if a little Lemco bo added to
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    AUSTRALIAN CRICKET.
    655 4 Mb. F. R. Foster's Vikwk I s ln the coarse of an interview on the uhject of the recent ML 0. C. visit to Aus- t ralia Mr P. W. Foster was asked his opi- 0 ion aboul Austral inn cricket, aud the ew Australian team for England:
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    TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY.
    273 4 According to satistics recently publish cd. the Trans-Siberian Uailwuy is coming into remarkable favour with travellers to and from the Far Kast, owing to the grenl saving m time resulting from the use of this overland route to Chiua and .lapau. During 1010 -the figures for last >
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    JUSTICE IN INDIA.
    519 4 D thk Enn ok OP thk Tfmks. Sir, Permit nic* as one who has spent ie best part of a lifetime iv Indian Courts every grade to endorse your article on ie administration of criminal justice, he administration is deplorably weak, Dt ouly m difficult cases of
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      12 4 I For Children's Hacking Cough at Night. 1 Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.
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      449 4 LOSSES OF WEIGHT IN MALARIA. How DOCTQSN I ark YVORKIN-; TO Kkstohi. it. I The loss of Ixsly weight is one of the most noticeable of the direct consequences of Malaria. Obviously, therefore, it is ont; of those most distressing to the patient as well as to his friends, for
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      473 4 The Danger of Losing Weight Persistent loss of flesh is a grave symptom. It proves t V that the body is using up its A\ V reserve of vitality, stored k. nrainst the attacks of disease, \4*s(F w M -*m%bm*. instead of thriving upon the /p v^l foot) eaten daily.
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    THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA.
    3548 5 i*K. Lm Boom Xi *o*a .-*..>_»--!->>. Dr. Kirn Boon King delivered the follow lugaddrSOi on the* above subject at MnStreet Church on Tuesday evening. \\w many centuries. China has been a strange World to all beyond tb.* p. eh* ef her wonderfully self -contained civilization. Proudly
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      71 5 Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. Near Entrance to Borneo Wharf. Telephone 1026. Sea stocks of all kinds of Frozen Meats etc., can be delivered to shipping at the Wharves, or m the Singapore Roads on short notice. OFFICE HOURS. Weekdays 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. (7 a.m. to 8 a.m.
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      637 5 It i SARKING FELT FOR B ROOFS I USED UNDER ROOFING SLATES OF ALL I KINDS, TILES, CORRUGATED IRON Etc ,AS A I SURE PRECAUTION AGAINST I LEAKAGE I SHARPE, ROSS AND Co., L™ I SINGAPORE P WHO WROTE THIS WONDERFUL MYSTERIOUS BOOK? Tells of Startling Secrets Jealously Guarded for
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      414 5 FOR SALE ii MUNIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. FIRE DEPARTMENT. FOR SALE A pair of hOffSSS with M*t of harness Dim ptopertj of the* Municipal Conunissloasn Horses caa be lean td and tarthsi mmrUommmjn obtained on application r<. Superintendent of Fire' Briflsde, Central Fire Station. r»> Ordsr, R. J. FARRER. Acting Mi
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    The Singapore Freee Press. Saturday, May 18, 1912.
    2065 6 The Singapore Freee Press. Saturday, May 18, 1912. .let hh. V-. j-.., v i r n a'» y mhl> r J«-i. i. i Ttnii an- •1..,) While the STori ot the revolution m China, m completely changing the character of the political system, was the work of but a few
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    SPORT AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    82 6 KnaU Lumpur, Maj ((1 If,, A gymkhana was Organised aud I, I by the Polo Club here as a sen I off te Mr. B. Crichton. [ft proved very s.a, ful and motor events were introdur and helped to maKe the program,,,,. rnoiv interesting. Tbe events
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    ENDOWMENTS BOARDS.
    187 6 Many people will not be aware thai, there exists m each of the settlements Board for dealing with Mohammedhan and Hindu Endowments The Singapore Board consists of the Hon'ble T. Braddell the hon ble F. t. I'.ggott, Messrs y fc Elliot, B. Ball, d. D. Hall, and K.
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    LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    200 6 The Clnh held an "At Home" fOSSSi day whea Mrs Saunders was to havo played Mrs Banssnei 'the Holder" lor ths Championship, but noting under medical advice Mrs Bansford was at the last moment Suable to play aud the linn] is there fore postponed til) next
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    SINGAPORE AUTOMOBILE CLUB.
    284 6 Ths financial statement shows sctsdM balance 11,*6*,0*. During ths year tl new Members .joined the club, and Mm total number oi Members is now SS. Ihs Committee have made considerable pre Kress ins systematic investigation of many roads with a ries to latin* stspi u> provide warnings
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      162 6 FINEST Egyptian Cigarettes IMPORTED AND SOLD BY FRIBOURG AND TREYER, 34, Haymarket, S.W. 3, Leadenhall St., E.C. 129, High Street, and 12, Market Hill, Oxford, Cambridge. Shipments Arrive Monthly. FOR SALE AT: CALDBECK, MACGREGOR AND Co. HIRANO JAPANESE TABLE WATER. Hfl In cases of 4 dozen Pints, M $4.75 Nett.
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      55 6 BILLIARDS. THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CUSHION. .Alcock's Patent with Improveme*nts of Joh n t Roberts, Retired World's Champion) ABSOLUTELY THE BEST CUSHION TO DATE FOR ANY CLTMATE. JOHN ROBERTS, 1910. ONLY obtainable from John Robert*, London REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE EABT C. N. LUMB address P. 0. Box 41, Penang. show room Raffles
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      25 6 Matico Capsules and Injection stilt maiutaiu their reputation for the cure of all ttao_*e m convenient diseases, about which tho least waul the better. 14
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    WELSH CHURCH.
    402 7 DEBATE IN COMMONS. Some Heated Speeches. [By Submarine Cable]. Imperial Nfavs Service. London, May 17. sei tour days' debate the House of Commons has read the Welsh Disestablishment Hill a second time by 34s to 267 majority HI. Mr \suuith has announced that the House nf Commons vvill
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    IMPERIAL MISSION.
    103 7 LWork of the Dominions. Impesial Kewi Sebticb. London, via Durban. Mi Alfred Lytteltoo sl s meeting of the i periol Mission urged the necessity of ag policy with a \iew to a united and >lid system ol defence throughout the Kmpire. It was unthinkable that Britain ihould be
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    DARDANELLES OPEN TO-DAY.
    21 7 London. May 1 Tth. ttcislly declared St Constantinople •■••<: lanellea trill be reopened on aing of the 18th (to-day.)
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    FRANCE AND JAPAN.
    186 7 1 buo Sbimban. which is recoguic- d tewgpaper organ of the I nionisi writes m very warm terms of the -*t'.|» ol Trance towards Japan. It thsl Ln the days immediately pieced"ii following the Meijl Bossorstion, b rendered tignal service to this and enjoyed corresponding InCircumstances subsequently
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    THE CHINESE LOAN.
    108 7 STILL NEGOTIATING. E*ir*-BS Service. London. May 17. The conference of the Chiuese Loan bankers has concluded for the present and will he resumed at a later date, which is not lixed. Some of the delegates are leaving Fug land to coufer with their principals. Keuter'g Agency learns
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    GERMAN TROOPS FOR KIAUCHAU.
    81 7 500 More to Come. Reuter's Service. London, via Bombay. In the Reichstag on the second reading of the estimates for Kiamhau Admiral you Tirpit/., replying to Socialist criticism, said that the strengthening of the forces was by tive hundred men. He said that all Consulates and
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    IN TIBET.
    65 7 Eecteb's Sebvice. London, via Bombay The Dalai Lama contradicts the reporis of friction with the Tashi Lama who he says has written him a friendly letter and is returning to Shigatse. Meanwhile the peace negotiations at Lhassa have failed and tighting has been renewed. The Thibetans are bombarding
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    LATE KING OF DENMARK.
    163 7 Universal Respect Paid. Kkcteb's Servicb. London, via Bombay. telegram to London from Hamburg states that on tM 1 th insi. the Danish community rtukflnfl m Hamburg and tbe authorities of Hamburg visited tin* death chamber of the late King Frederik of Denmark, and paid their last
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    KING AT ALDERSHOT.
    66 7 Colours For His Faithful Soldiers. lMr*_.u..*_ Nkw.s Service. London. Ma> 1 7 The King, during his i*it to Aldershot, presented ooloors to the Scots Guards, to the Dorset Hegi-. snd to the North Laacashires. Besides his speech m presenting the Colours, His Majesty addressed a letter to
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    FLYING PRIZES.
    47 7 British War Office Offers. London. May 1 7th. The War Ollice has Issued particulars Of a military aeroplane competition. The tirst pri/,e is £4,000. the MOOnd £8,000. Tlu* competition is open to makers of tinworld. But there are nine prizes, aggregating £10,500 confined to Britishers.
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    TRADES UNION FINED.
    37 7 The N. Z. Law. Inn ki al News Sekviok. London, May 1 6. The Wellington New Zealand Arbitration Court has lined tbe Builders Contractors I'nion sixty pounds sterling and costs for instigating a strike.
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    BOTTOMLEY, M P. NO LONGER.
    22 7 IMFBBIAL News Service. London, May 18. Mr. Horatio Rottomloy, tbe financier, bats resigned hib scat at Hackney.
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    THE POST OFFICE IN 1911.
    1064 7 From the report on the Postal and Telegraph Department of the Straits Settlements, for the Year 1911, the following paragraphs are taken. The number of postal articles (including parcels) posted m the Straits Settlements during 1911 was 8,0h.i,(.9H, as against 7,09x.hH5 m 1910 the number
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    MEXICO.
    770 7 The insistence with which President Taft denies having made any move on the part of the government to intervene m the affairs of Mexico indicates to want an extent the subject of intervention must be uuder discussion m the Cnited States. More than a year ago the question was
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      357 7 SUPERB VALUE IN LINEN TABLE CLOTHS NAPKINS BEST IRISH MANUFACTURE. *> 7 .^P-*' 01 Heav y Bleached Damaak Table Cloths, Satin Stripe, with Greek Key Border, as illustration, all Pure Irish Limn, banned ready for use, with Napkins to match. Si;'.eH Cloths. Mby >4 iuches $2.75 oacb. „2 by 62
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      497 8 TO LET. I _i— a i ii TO LET. Buugal.'xs No. 1. Wilkie Koad li 17, Confederate Estate. Apply to M. H. SASSOON. I). Malacca Street May 9 10 6 TO LET FURNISHED. Ilermia Villa." new boose, 17. Cairo Hil lid. or rooms m it with hath rooms attached suitable
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      605 8 SHIPPING BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ltd FOR Penang, Madras and Negapatam The Company's Steam ku "TEESTA" 1,808 tons, 8.0.M. Wehenson, Commander, 1 will be thspateiied for the shore ports on Thu/sday, the ttrd instant, at I p. m. She has excellent aeconiinodation for tiist and second class passengers. Terms
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      670 8 SHIPPING OCEAN S.S. Co., ltd AND CHINA MUTUAL S. N. Co., Ltc [Et The Companies' steamers are despatchei from Liverpool outwards lor the Straits, Chini and Japan every week, and from Japan home tvatds for London, Amsterdam and Antwer] every fortnight for Geuoa, Marseilles an* Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre
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      603 8 SHIPPING N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN tINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained between Yokohama via posts to Marseilles, London and a Antwerp, under mail contract with the Impe- rial Japanese Government. The New TwinP screw Steamers maintaining this service have a been specially designed and constructed,
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      547 8 SHIPPING llnJft-FnJL.* j Norddeutscber Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers ol j this Company sail fortnigotlv trom Bremen. I Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang 1 Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai,
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      491 8 SHIPPING p. &6T STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading leased for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Coutiu_ ntui and An Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or abosf MAIL LINES. 1912 Outward (FOS Cm**) Delta Maj
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      835 9 SHIPPING. Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. The New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Francisco to all points m the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. iting the New 21.000 Ton Triple Screw Turbine Liners SHINYO MART! TV*MYO and rll IYO MARU,"
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      635 9 SHIPPING Pacific Mail S.S. Co. U S MAIL LINE VIA INLAND SEA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU Semi-Tropical Route Only line taking the warm SOUTHERN ROITTE across the Pacific via HONOLULU, OAHU, on the most fertile and beautiful island of the Pacific. Through Passage Tickets granted to England, France and Germany
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      502 9 BANKS CHARTERED BANK of India Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. PAID UP CAPITAL £1,200,000 RRBERYR FUND £i. 65 0,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £1,200,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38, RIBHOPBOATE, LONDON, E. C. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: Amritsar Hongkong Penang Bangkok Iloilo Puket Batavia Ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta Klang
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      710 9 INSURANCE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE Co., Ltd. Head Office WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Nominal Cafitat. ...$250,000 Paid up Capitai, $135,410 Insurances m force over $5,000,000 Annual premium Income over... 400,000 Board of Directors a. A. l*i.**-..( k, Esq.. rhainuan. A. 11. Fair, Esq.. Managing Director. Pktkr POWLB, m.h. cm.. Chief Med.
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    SECRETS OF THE STEEL TRUST.
    1392 10 Following is a Washington dispatch to the New York World The Fnited States Steel Corporation is a gigantic monopoly m restraint of trade, making fabulous profits and false reports of those profits, and two of its leading officials understated the magnitude of its control of
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    TIN RETURNS.
    157 10 1911. A P ril 1912. Belal 4.96. r 711 Erunng HB9 1-1 Rruseh S,C.'U 1.4 25 Chcndoriaug 440 52(3 Gopeng 7,000 100 1,795 Heawood 9)4, .'595 876 1,881 r.ninuning<dollars)9)43,ll9 ->-09 1 13.151 Kanaboi 3,008 678 Kinta 11)4,065 M 0 11, 25 Kinta Association 9)6,853 1.957 Kledang 2,063 51
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    RUBBER ESTATE RETURNS
    1152 10 The first total where given represents figures for 1911, except where a figure iv brackets is given representing so many months. Estate managers and agents will oblige by correcting returns if wrong. In order to avoid tbe complication involred m Companies finishing their year's m different months
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      199 10 MOTORISTS Send your covers and tubes to be retreaded or repaired to THE DUNLOP RUBBER Co. (FAR EAST) LIMITED, No. 43, Robinson Uoad. Singapore. Repairs executed promptly and at moderate charges. Repairs will not be executed to those covers past satisfactory repair and which I m our opinion are not]
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      67 10 I take pleasure* m adding my testimony to the great value of glycogen m typhoid fever. During the Butler epidemic, I used it and the results certainly surpassed my expectations. j A marked influence was exerted upon the pulse and temperature, while the whole course* aud type* of the disease
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      73 10 I have been prescribing Morrhuol Creo»o:* capsules very extensively during the psel w yoars Bronchial and Tubercular fMsordil and m several of my severest cases, i been astonished how rapidly repair ha- I place. In pulmonary tuberculosis. TIM jchssl the formation of purulent expectoration and m from one to four
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    SHARES.
    1266 11 RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. 3ap. Issue. Paid. Last D/v. Buyers. Sellers. 85,000 2a 2s Allagar 10% 3 0 3 5 150,000 2s 2s Anglo-Malay 70% 15 3 16 0 50,000 28 28 Batang Malaka 2 4 2 10 30.000 1 1 Batu Caves 140% £12 5 0 13 0 0
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    EXCHANGE.
    71 11 (Corrected UP TO May 17.) Bank 4ma 24 981 demand 2-4 53 J Private credits 3 ra'e 2-4 ;.18 credits 6 m a 2-4 11 lf» France demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 28 8 India, T. T. 174 Hongkong, demand Iff Yokohama, demand ua\ Java, demand 1 408 Bangkok,
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    PRODUCE.
    136 11 May 17. Tin 188 tons sold 105. im> Gambier 9.75 Gambier Cube No. 1 15.76 Gambier Cube No. 2 nom. Pepper Black ordin. Spore buyers 22. 0rt Pepper, (White fair) buyers 82.0rt Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) nom. Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) nom. Mace (Banda) 115 Cloves (Amboina)
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      287 11 [STATE REQUIREMENTS JODELITE (Registered) THK Timber Preservative For the Tropics. Estate buildings treated with jodeiite are permanently secure against attacks of White Ants, dryrot and decay. JOdelite applied cold to the wounds of rubber trees after pruning and to the roots of rubber StUmpS after cutting forms an ideal protection
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      139 11 De KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. Agents at Singapore, The Shipsagency, Ltd, 2-3, Collyer Quasi The underment'oned date* ot departure are only approximate. \n* Hooendor)' Rengkalis, Paneh, Tandjong-L-idong, Asahan and Relawan-Deli May 1* ValenTYN Mocara-Saha, Simpang and Djambi May ll Ui mi*hius Relawan-Deli May 2«
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      996 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For When Zahora Sar ych 95 Nandak 29-4 Pg Co Cneertain W aterwitch H.M.S. ych 620 Reyne H'kong, 12 5 S.N.O. Cneertain Steamers Nat. Tonnage <ft Master From Consignees For Ayuthia Ger 260 Freise Penaug, 13-5 Behn Mever Paneh IK B.
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      202 11 NEXT MAILS DUE. From Europe.— Per p. o. Delta with mails up to 26«h April, due 1.. dax From China. —Per D. L. P. Ludwig due May 19. London Mails Despatched. Lkft. Due. Arrived, b. I. Api n Max 1 May 4 M. M. Apl May 10 Max 10 P.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    221 12 Ordinary Meeting, Friday, May 17th. PUS SKNT. H. E. The Goer*, Sir Arthur Youug. K.c.M.G. The Hon. the Ag. Col. Sect v.. A. T. Bryaut. Attorney-General, T. de M. L. Braddell. the Col. Engineer, I. J. Pigott. L. H. Claxton. (1. A. Hall. Dr. W. Gilnmre Kills. Dr.
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    THE ASSIZES.
    264 12 Before khe Chief Justice sir- w. Hynd< man .lones yesterda> Mr (i. (i. Seth. D.P.P., applied for nu older regarding a sum of 1203 found on the police ceihifiT Lim Tye Keng, suggesting it should hi* applied towards paving Ibe fnrpoincn In coned by Government m ec cum'il's
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    DARING ESCAPE FROM A FORTRESS.
    295 12 Political Pbihonerh Dm a Tvxkel. We have received from a correspondent m Constantinople un account of the ♦'•(ape from the tortroM of Youssouvatchu. m Podgorit/.a. Montenegro, of M. .1 avnnovitch, a former Foreign Minister, and bis com* pan ions, who have arrived safely m khe
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    TOPICS OF THE-WEEK.
    1078 12 Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farago libelli. Juvenal. From being a stout Tory like his father, Mr CHUM hill, for motives that appealed to him as sufficient, became a militant Radical. Having now admitted that he canuot sling Billingsgate with Lloyd George, he is on tbe restrained
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    ST. HELENA.
    621 12 Am \u.\ mation SCHIMK ADOPTED. An extraordinary general meetine; of the St. Helena Kubber Co. xvas held at the offices. Commercial Cnion Buildings, yesterday, at which the scheme of amalga mation with the New Singapore Rubber Co. Ltd.. was approved. Mr A. I>. Allan who presided said You
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    283 12 The M, M. Company's steamer Bourbon left Suigon at 0 p.m. on the l"»th instant aud may be expected here on Saturday the isth instant at about 7 a.m. The ludraxvadi from New York discharges part general cargo here. The Van Noort xvhich arrived from Deli on Thursday,
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    A SECOND ISTHMIAN CANAL.
    384 12 Already, before the Panama Canal is completed and m operation. xv« hear falk of a second isthmian waterway and some believe it is not Ear m the future. They base their h< lief upon the assumption that the Panama canal will soon be unable to accommodate
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      236 12 A GUARANTEED INCOME FOR LIFE. £100 a year for life on attaining age 50 or a single cash payment of £1390-2-0 can be secured by a male age 25, for an annual navm™, of £31-16-0, (other ages m proportion.) F y ent Quotations for Annuity for all kinds, at any
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      46 12 SWIMMING CLUB LAUNCHES. Sa i I'linn Johnston's Pier at 3.10 and .'..15 p.m. Club Bungalow at 2.15 aud 5.30 p.m. Sunday. Johnston's Pier at 9, 16 and 11 a.m 2.30 and 3.30 p.m. I Club Bungalow at 9.30 and 10..30 a.m 12.15, 3 and 5.30 p.m.
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      174 12 LATEST SHIPPING. C de Ki/aguierre, Sp. 2,588, Soiia. 17 Barcelona. Barlow ami Co.. Manila I*. CLEARANCES. [Nationality British if not specified.] May 17 Ngi Moy, Dut. Mat. Batu Paliat Ngi Thye, Dut, Matnoor, tnUTSgirl Lady Weld, Thebaud, Malacca A Muai Kinta. Cox. T Anson via ports Tydcus, Chrimee, Chemulpo via
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