The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 October 1912

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, TUESDAY OCTOBER 22 1912. NO. 7,057
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  • 116 1 The only telegram received up to the time of going to press this morning was the one dealing with 'the bombardment and blockade of Varna Page 7. The preliminary enquiry against Ahmed Eifeudi for the alleged murder of a Malay boy was continued yesteidaj- Page 12. The
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  • 991 1 That October has a beauty of its owu must be admitted by all who have eve J seen one of tbe finest landscapes of modern times MillaiV Chill October. Millais iu addition to being a givat p:\inter was a great nature lover and student and tb& peculiar autumn-il atoMMphaN
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 388 1 J PROGRAMME EXTRAORDINARY j containing „ictuivs of unusuaMnu-rest. merit, and entertaining imw.ts. AT THE ALHAMBRA BEACH ROAD. TO-NIGHT! 2nd Show 9-30 to 11 pan, TO-NIGHT SEVERAL NEW PICTURES 1 Dtfun uoomg the Items ot the pratfrejnae am! special attention la directed to rluSTRONG NUMBER PATHOS ANIMATED GAZE TTE-Mnh Edn. which
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    • 376 1 I' HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, > NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. 1 To-Night! To-Night I RED CROSS MARTYRS Vitagtai.l. f H (Aeroplane tl^ht in Hie Turco-ltalian War W I THE INNER CIRCLE Biograpl, I fl A Retlex of an Ominous Condition existing fl in this and other countries lounded upon Fact fl IAN
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    • 199 1 &o*c»a\>'& fU^Krtifcmcntii Hook keeper wanted for Ipoli I'age 5. harracq motor car for sale I'age 5. Supply of medicines to Municipal staff l'sige 1. Tenders for l.ullock cart services Page 1* Hippodrome Circus alteration of date I'age 1. The record of Continental tyrePage 12. Sailing Notices 11. I. .lelunga' N'.D.L.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 95 1 THE WEEK Tuesday 22nd. High Water— 9-35 n.m.. 7 59 p.m. Wednesday 23rd. High Water— 9 1 a.m., 8-46 p.m. Lodge St. George Regular. 9.15 pm. Thursday 24th. High Water— 924 a.m., 9 7 p.m Tne Geisha- Vie. Theatre. Friday 25th. High Water— 9 46 a.m., 10 5 p.m Legislative
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  • 515 2 Among the books announced by Mr Eveleigh Nash for immediate publication is the narrative of Major-General Sir Hamilton Bower'b operations in A norland. The volume is entitled "in Abor Jungles" 18s 6d net, and comes from the pen of Angus Hamilton, the well-known war
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  • 307 2 It is not merely in the Highlands that the piper who every morning awakes the inhabitants of Balmoral to the inspiriting strains of "Hey Johnny Cope" is part and parcel of the Sovereign's life. Towards eight o'clock a.m., when the Court is at Buckingham Palace, the drone of the pipes
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 274 2 NEW RECORDS FOR OLD BRING YOUR OLD RECORDS TO US AND WE WILL ALLOW YOU ON THEM IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW ONES ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD. COUGHS -T7~#C«Ki, A»t>ta B'«ickiii« •■< WEE /POWELL'SI I BALSAM 1 ANISEED j Of all Cl v M^ and Siores. JTBT PUMJMUtO ENGLISH LESSONS FOR
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    • 1219 2 Notices MUNICIPAL NOTICE. SUPPLY OF MEDICINES. The date up to which renders will be received dor the supply of medici' es lo the Municipal Staff is extended to the 31st October, 1912. By Order, J. POLOLABE, Municipal Secretary. Municipal Office. Singapore, 21st October, 1912. Oct 22 .{0 31-10 GOVERNMENT NOTICE.
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    • 226 2 Notices SOO PUN f ING, 20, North bbidoe Road, (First Floor), SINGAPORE. ARTIST AND PORTRAIT PAINTER. Chalk Drawings, Oil Paintings, Water Colours, &c. CHA RGES M ODER A TE. Course of Lessons $150 EACH SUBJECT. Aug 27 27-2 PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS AND STUDIO DEVELOPING PRINTING NEATLY EXECUTED HONG HING CHIONG CO
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    • 448 2 I To Let TO LEF. ENTRY. Ist DECEMBER A Commodious dwelling BoQM N«,. f, >f Thomas Walk, known hm St. fboi Several lar^e and airy iooimh. Wan Tennis. Suitable for a I*l*9 family <»r board io house. At present occupied by Dr. \hu Rjjn. Apply to A. C. MOSES. Adelpht
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  • 351 3 Modern Men Prei r.u Solid Qualities IX Wfl'K TO PRETTY FACE. At last the plain but practical gitl is coming into her own. The pretty girl's face is no longer her fortune. She is being made to realibe that in the marriage market her value is not
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  • 307 3 Thut there is to be a new -leparture iu the matter of lltting fust class ships to burn only oil-fuel appears to be plainly indicated by the fact that the oil fuel storage around our coasts is to be iucreas ed. and particularly along tbe Southern
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  • 272 3 According to a recent despatch from London to a contemporary, Loudon is to have a taste of American journalism of the Hearst type, which, unfortunately does not represent the highest standard of newspaper publication in that country. Mr. Hearst is tbe son of tbe late Senator
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  • 301 3 KEJU LOBANG" Why thi: Holes in Swihr Chkf.se? Why boles iu cheese What makes them f and what do they contain f asks (the United Department of Agriculture in a bulletin. Exhaustive research alone can solve this tangle, but it is N believed that the investigation reported in a Bureau
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  • 279 3 ESPOBTBD BM Wini.i all FOB THE ChilDUM of a Scottish Minkj;. The four orphan children of a Lanark shire miner named Hunter have, it is stated, come into a fortuu<i of £'00,000 left by a great uncle, Mr. Benjamin Hunter, who has died iu Brooklyn. I'.S.A. The
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  • 199 3 LUCKY 1 3. [OP! 01 STIS\N(.I. COIKCIDBN4 is. A series of coincidences that will greatly interest the superstitious occurred in the life of an inhabitant of Treport, uow dead. The facts are vouched for by a newspape of Huuen. The man in question was born on January 18, 18*0, and
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  • 74 3 A Heavy Pknalty. A Mohammedan trader of Galle, who arrived uX Colombo from Singapore by N.Y.K. Atsuta Maru," was arrested by the Customs oliicers for having iu his possession a large quantity of cut and uncut (reconstructed) rubies, the former weighing about 800 carats and the latter
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 517 3 C^y_ "PE WITHOUT HeALTM J3 LIVING DEATH. -»u ifPTiiBTft^A'NAND W An« g ff^ tT% Jfa Vf NERVE FOOD diffci, -nt 1-^-sr.s of brain and nerve «rrcck«^« and Vxhausiiou the caulr 5 hv r MS mauy P "<'"« of ih« m»^ry, ill-health, a.ul dcMMMideucy by «t confJJf. tJ y the rcatcr
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    • 137 3 ABSOLUTELY <CV PURE GRAND PRIX PARIS 1889 BEER THE EAST ASIATIC Co, Ltd., SOLE IMPORTERS. ,L ■<1 r— i— i It's never, too early jj|j|y to ta&e cr Ji' iil^tr Fraser&Neaves c ll^ r SODA WATBR A jpI^LIBBY'S n^fe-^p^l SOUPS !^o^sf'^ GUARANTEED J^JTjOJfS^UfSKJPXW to comply with all lu<tt><l. If tl>.>ra
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  • 1168 4 MR. LLOYD GEORGE ON HIMSELF. Thirst for Rknown." The first of four volumes from the peu of Mr. Herbert Du Parcq that are to be devoted to the life of Mr. Lloyd George is published. The author writes as an enthusiastic admirer of his hero, and thus
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  • 292 4 Professor A. H. Gibson, of University College, Dundee, and Mr. J. Hanuay Thompson, general manager of the Dundee Harbour Trust, submitted a joint paper on "suction between passing vessels" at a recent meeting of the Engineering Section of the British Association at Dundee. From the results of
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  • 311 4 As is usual when Lord Fisher has his hand on the plough, there has been an awakening respecting an important naval matter which should have commanded closer attention in the past. We allude to the question of the storage of oil fuel. An excellent start
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 324 4 APPOINTMENT HM> E KING CONTRACTORS TO The British Admiralty. The War Office. The India Office. MILKMAID MILK LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. ILKMAID NATURAL Top-Notch' Brand, recognised in every land, j f you March both hemispheres, not a finer milk appears, et it be where'er you may, you will find
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    • 11 4 For Children's Hacking Couch at Niuht Woods' Great PepJermlS OwSf^ 1
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    • 164 4 A Vitalising Food for Feeble Bodies 'KEPLER' (TRACK M«*M> Solution Many a constitution, undermined by long illness, has been saved from total break-down by the vitnlising stamina-giving powers of this delicious digestive tonic-food. It makes blood, bone and brain fat, flesh and muscle. It stores up strength, and lays the
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  • 534 5 A STORY OF THE LATE GENERAL NOGI. Dlssi HMD nou Siicidi: nv the Late Eupeuok. m An interesting story is told, says the Japan Advertiser." about the death of General Nogf by a certain Barou who has a post hi Court, and who says it was told to him directly
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  • 367 5 Sir Frederick Wedmore, whom the late Mr Whistler chaffed so mercilessly, has ju.-t published a pleasant prattling volume of Memories, from which we extract the two following stories One of Wedmore's Hampstead friends was a Miss Gillies, who had kuown Wordsworth in her youth, and had an
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  • 248 5 Man Bum with his mothi:ij in law, New York, September mth.— An extra ordinary love atfair winch reverses all precedents is reported from Xorwalk Connecticut, where it has just been learn ed that Joseph Toriaua. a wealthy Italian, who is twenty nine years old. eloped
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  • 161 5 TsSTfl foij Coc \m; and St*Y4 hxixk. Paris, Sept 16. Other great racing organisations, it ig understood, are to follow the example set bf the Longchamps stewards yesterday in having overy winning horse examined by an expert^ analyst to establish whether it has been ''doped.' If carried out
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  • 161 5 The Keport to the shareholders for the first half of this year reads Gentlemen The Directors submit to you the annexed Statement of the Liabili ties and Assets of the Bank, and of the Profit and Loss Account for the Half year ended lOtfc June, 1912. The
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  • 171 5 THI LOHBLUftT Von:u in Kn(,i.\m>. A man who was described as living in one of the loneliest parts of Knglaud was given a parliamentary vote the other day by the revising barrister at Brampton, Cumberland. The Conservative agent said he had visited the place
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 18 5 Rigaud's Bocool Extract is an exact reproduction of this sweet yet powerful Indian perfume and iB very popular.
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    • 56 5 A Hilly old codger named Gray, Was coughing and sneezing one day. His master came back, gave him the sack, And said be did nothing but play. Poor Gray made a terrible threat. Determined some work he would get, A good wage he new makes, for to work he just
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    • 1198 5 XJ. Crowther Shaw respectfully in- v y vites the honour of a visit to his Tailor- /V ing Establishment, whore a number of exclusive models and the latest novelties in materials are now exhibited. w J. CROWTHER SHAW, v-, yC MERCHANT TAILOR, X/^ X 30-a, Raffles Place I Wanted BOOKKEEPER
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    • 615 5 PAINT ANTICORROSIVE WATERPROOF Concrete and cement surfaces are rendered impermeable Most suitable for reservoirs water-tanks etc. Write for Illustrated Bool.let SHARPE, ROSS C° L m SINGAPORE. 3gaß fcfriM^ [3 |Mj|MMMMMMM| PRELIMINARY NOTICE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR A SOUND INVESTMENT Messrs. CHIM; KENG LM I Co. have received instiuctions to sell
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  • 1514 6 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday Oct. 22, 1912. Was it not the Kttrick Shepherd tlmt once said, as recorded in the Ncx'*ts Amhrosianac that there was a heap of fine confused eating about a sheep's head f The Balkan campaign, or assortment of campaigns, in this fine confusion of localised
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  • 341 6 A Chinaman named Too Kiang Kat has heen arrested ou a warrant on a charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of a bicycle valued at $45. ■Wtaep and Mrs. Ferguson I>avie left Kuala Lutiipur on Friday for Taiping, where they will stay up the Hill till the end
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  • 244 6 .h niou F.SC.CA. Kvery boy must Mag (J) Bathing costmiifl and towel <2> fine >i i\ A large smile^ was the triplr instm. tnwj issued to the members of the Olaa la ooa nection with their annual picnic on S;»tar day last. Tho largo snjil<> was much
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  • 145 6 Mr. Robert P. Brash, in a letter dat*d October 17, to the directors of The hung sang Lode Syndicate Ltd., »avs In continuation of my report of the l."»th ultimo on your properts I have to in form you that I made a further inspection of the Dungsang
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  • 196 6 The refusal of about '»<»Odeck passenger*, who arrived in IVnang from Madras by the Dunern," to go to the Quarantine (.amp, caused uot a little sensation. The police were summoned and Major Btß] it Ha rnel and some Sik.'is went on hoard. When the Police arrived
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  • 86 6 On Friday irt tr* ikon n mm which had MM captutvd m U kl i bcooght into Kuala Lampor. Pb< r la this locality are said to b<> I lallaiiß atul it is kop*4 ih.v ti,. will not take a fancy to anything m. 1. In conurction with this
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  • 118 6 °*™C to the late arrival ,f tout from Hongkong, 1 1 1 o V < a* m-ht al til* 1 Hippodrome Ctemi ha-* btM poued till Sat unlay. The "Now Kra Times' 1 mjt that the contract for the l.uildn.K of Um Chanf >'• yuan (House of Parliament
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 192 6 TANSAN <Pfv7j2& A Natural Tonic Table Water Hln Pints Splits Jp" T^l^!Sf&\ Fresh Stocks Arrive Monthly Jt^^^^fWi SOLE AGENTS: LJj|CALDBECK, N MACGREGOR %mg# THE TRADE SUPPLIED. PRESENTS FOR FRIENDS AT HOME FOR XMAS Nett. C ORANGE PEKOE— a social quality tea with delicate flavour 10 lb. chest 11 50 Do
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    • 109 6 BILLIARDS. THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CUSHION. (Alcock's Patent with Improvements of John Robert s, Retired World's Champion) absolutely THE BEST CUSHION TO DATE FOR ANY CLIMATE. JOHN ROBERTS, 1910. only obtainable from John Roberts, London REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE EAST C. N. LUMB ADDRES3*. P. 0. Box 41, Penang. show room Raines Hotel.
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  • 127 7 BOMBARDMENT OF VARNA. Crown Prince Under Fire. Rkuteb's Service. PodfOriUa, Ocfc 20.— The Montenegrins have captured Guisinje. They also successfully ambushed two thousand \l--banians under command o/ Hashiiu Bey who were trying to recapture Berana Hashim Bey aud 2ho men are prisoners It is officially announced at
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  • 88 7 London, Oct 21.— A telegram from Sofia otates that the Turkish squadron at Varna is cruising in the offing and has not renewed the bombardment. It is announced at Belgrade that the Servians captured the heights of Bujanovatz, southwest wuij of Vranya. An Athens telegram says that
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  • 29 7 Londou, Oct. 21. Seven guns were captured at Klassoua and five at Mustafa Pasha. Turkey has notified the Powers of the Mockade of Varua and Burgas.
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  • 49 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Oct. 21. The rubber store of the Gunong Pari Kstate, at Chemor, has been completely destroyed by lire which originated iu the smoking chamber. Altogether 2,4 7 5 lbs of rubber were destroyed, but the loss is covered by insurance.
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  • 44 7 Friday's betting on the Cambrigeshire Stakes 'October ;{o> was is follows: 10-1 against Lance Chest, 10-1 against Polkerris, 12 1 against Mordred, 12 1 against Kton Boy, 12-1 against Brancepeth, 14-1 against Grammont, ltf-1 against Willaura, :!i)l against Saury Vixen P. G.
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  • 74 7 For the period from 19th to 31st October, 1912, inclusive, the duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an ad valorem basis in accordance with the Kules under the Cnitomi Duties Enactment, will be assessed on the following Per pikul. Sheet and Biscuit
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  • 273 7 The following is the mail account of the automobile accident which has led to the IOM of the inventor's right-eye. News was received from Spe/.ia Sept 2 that Mr William Marconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy, and his wife, had been the victims of an automobile accident
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  • 573 7 HOW THE BALANCE STANDS. The F. M.S. revenue for 1911 amounted to 935,056,544 exceeding the revenue for 1910 by over million dollars. The figures for the years 1907 1911 were respectively, «28,793,740, M4,«t8,525, *25,246,H61, $26,553,018 and 935,056,544. Ihe increase on licences, amounting to' nearly 6 millions,
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  • 231 7 One of the biggest lires seen in Hongkong for some time took place iu the early hours of Sunday morning 13th hist, in Bonham Strand. Considerable destruction was caused, but worse Blight have happened had the wind been at all fr< sh or the water supply
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  • 501 7 Before Mr. oustice Ebden yesterday afternoon S. Forschmidt, recently convicted of living on the proceeds of his wife's prostitution, appealed against a sentence passed on him in the police court. Mr. De Mello was for the appellant and Mr. Seth, D.P.P. was for the Crown. Mr. De Mello
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  • 217 7 It is apparently easier lor the Leopard to change his spots than to Bake the ordinary Kurasion clerk realise that it is not honest to stand surety for other people's debts when there is not the remo test chance of being able to pay if necessary.
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  • 182 7 A contributor to the Honkong Daily Press snys W'uile on the subject of Chinese beliefs, I may be allowed to refer to the extra ordinary enthusiasm with which th« Chinese in Hongkong celebrated on T.Jou day the anniversary of the birthday ol Confucius. In previous year
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  • 460 7 N'ORTHKHN Merchants and thi: Hongkong and Shanhai Bank. In the last day or two a rumour has been circulated in Hongkong [to the effect that President Yuan Shih Kai has advised the wealthy comnurcial men of Hongkong to boycott the Hongkong and Shaughai Bank for reasons connected
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  • 414 7 The SrrißKssio.N of (iamhling. A Bill is being prepared for the Xatioual Council for legislation against gambling, particularly the sparrow game. Honour ftm Dr. Sin Yat-skn. It is understood that the (iovernment intends to bestow upon Dr. Sun Yat sen the title of Sheng Chiang, which
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 268 7 ROBINSON Co. Complete House Furnishers. ROYAL SEMI-PORCELAIN DINNER SETS FOR 12 PERSONS. EACH SET CONBISTS OF: 12 Soup Plates, 24 Dinner Plates, 12 Pudding Plates, 12 Cheese Plates, 4 Vegetable Dishes with covers, 2 Sauce Tureens with covers and stand, 4 Meat Dishes different sizes. 9 i Price of full
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  • 151 8 By every rule of sensationalism the story of the first elopeimut by aeroplane should have come from America, where nearly all the strange happenings seem to take place. But it didn't, and as it is the exception that proves tbo rule Paris being the exception it may
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  • 83 8 XURDBBOUfI ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS. Calcutta, October Btb. A serious not took place in Phears Lane yesterday, originating, apparently, in a quarrel between a Eurasian and a Mobamedan driver about the fare. The latter brought his Mahomedau co religionists, who attacked all tbe Christians and Eurasians in
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  • 59 8 Per Pit O Namur sailing Oct 23. -Major and Mn Vanrenen, Hon. R. Y'oun^, Mr. E. Lee*. P A O Nankin, sailing Nov. 6. Mrs AKI--worth two children, infant and nurst-. Mi Mm H. A. Cuckney. Per P A O Delta connecting at Colombo with Morea sailing Nov.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 221 8 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., Ltd To Penang, Rangoon ft Calcutta. One of the Company's steamers is intended to leave Tanjong Pagar Wharf every week. Passengers and Cargo booked by the above steamers at through rates to all ports in India and Ceylon, also to East Africau Ports, Mauritius and
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    • 608 8 Shipping S S LEG AZPI NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. Consignees of cargo by the above steamer are hereby notified that, in consequence of a fire having occurred in the hold, a General Average bond must be signed by Consignees and a deposit of 10'". on value of the cargo must be
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    • 600 8 Shipping Hamburg America Line, Hamburg Deutsche Dampfschiff-f ahrts 60*. "Hansa" Bremen. COMBINED SERVICE. The steamers of these companies maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdazu, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremcrhaven direct,
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    • 528 8 Shipping NY. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained betweeD Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twinscrew Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all
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    • 659 8 Shipping N.D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, BremeD IMPERIAL GERMAN MAR LINE. The fast and well-known mall steamers o« this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (oonnectiuj Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau Nagasaki and
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    • 578 8 Shipping p. &oT STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY Fop China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Port9, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for Qy, Coast, Persian Gulf. Continental and A Porte. Steamers will leave Blngapore on or &bou> MAIL LINES 1912 HOMEWARD (FOR EUROPE). From Singapore, connecting
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 268 8 PASSENGERS EXPECTED. Per P A O str Nile due Oet 2*. Mrs 1 W. Rowley and children. Mr A Mrs E. I'rait. Mrs Hannigan, T. C. Nock, Mrs Evans and child. Mrs A. J. Harrison, Mrs Miss Howell. Mrs Slight. Per P A 0 str Sicilia. due Oct J. C.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 645 9 Ship p i n g Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. The N< X.n°, Ute 7 ia Chil a> Ja P an Honolulu and San Francisco to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe SAOT'-^^CHIYOMA^ft^Jf'^ 86 T rblne HnerB "BHINYO MARU
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    • 623 9 Shipping Pacific Mail S.sTca U S MAIL LINE VIA INLAND SEA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU Semi Tropical Route 05?52L lllie takin 8 th warm SOUTHERN ROUTE across the Pacific via HONOLULU, OAHU, on the most fertile and beautiful island of the Pacific. Through Passage Tickets granted to England, H ranee
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    • 516 9 Banks THE BANK OF TAIWAN, Ltd. Incorporated by SPECIAL IMPERIAL CHARTER. Capital Subscribed Y 10,000,000 Capital Paid Up y 6,250,000 Reserve Funds y 3,100,000 HEAD OFFICE TAIPEH, FORMOSA, (Taiwan). Branches and Agencies: Amoy Keelung Osaka Tamsui Bombay Kobe Shanghai Tokyo Canton Kagi Swatow Yokohama Calcutta London Taichu Etc., etc roochow
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    • 649 9 Insurance THE GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY. No. 3, Malacca Street, Singapore. TRANSACTS INSURANCE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, viz: Life, Accident, Motor-car, Fire and Marine, etc. Only the best Companies represented. Phone 473. A. HEIRUTH, MANAGER Au 8 8-11 Royal Insurance Co, Ld. Fire Life Total Fundb kxcbbd £i 8 ,000,00c THE LARGEST
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  • 385 10 November Sunskt Effect in a Stacjk Coktimf.. Fish-tailed trains, sulphur greens, and fuchsia- like effects are the most remarkable features of the toilettes that will figure in "The Turning Point," which Sir George Alexander is producing at the St. James' Theatre, In Act 1., which calls for evening
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  • 360 10 YOtrXO Mkns Ih.mandioi: BTMIIHW. The tailors of London have now btgUi their autumn season mauoi.'uvn>. The campaign this year may be described as a bat i lt> for the shaped waist, and the contending forces are a besieging array of young men s tailors and a defending
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  • 121 10 At the half-yearly meeting of the Xord deutscher Lloyd held at Bremen, September 24, the directors reported that the steerage traftic to North America continued good; the number of west-bound passengers carried considerably exceeded the figures of last year, while the east bound numbers were practically the same.
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  • 172 10 Sixteen Welsh Raids in a Fortnight. Remarkable statistics of drunkenness in clubs were given at the half-yearly meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Defence League rxt Cambridge. Mr. William Tarr, of Swansea, said that the police had been actively employed in his district raiding a great number of clubs.
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  • 167 10 A report comes from Berlin to the effect that the Kaiser intends to abandon the famous upward twist bf his moustache which gives such a characteristic touch to his Imperial Majesty's face, and has incidentally made the fortune of his barber. Hen Haby was ohce upon a
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  • 89 10 300 Wobdi Huron bt mm Bystbm. Paris, September, *J7. The Matin states that a French engineer. M. Hethenod. has patented a system which enables several neighbouring stations to communicate whithout interfering with each other ten times more quickly than with submarine cables, and at a tenth of the
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 364 10 GREEN OLD AGE I Assured by the Occasional Use of I Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills. 2 /rf?^ I reach a green old age and enjoy good health i i>o*^ an on^ obtained by the care of the system. It is 1 '•'<(fy from the little irregularities of the system
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    • 10 10 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Greit Peppermint Cure.
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    • 573 10 SIMPSONS (%&iegffimne€ SCOTCH WHISKY Tlig Blue Funnel line of steamers sailing from Glasgow and Livorpool Eastern and Pacific Ports, as well as South Africa, Australia and other Import markets of the world, are the largest carriers of whi«ky, from Scotland I therefore, appropriate that Simpson's should have seh»ct<Ml Dip MUM
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  • 1241 11 Cap. Ibsob. Paid. r t_.« L *ST I» v BDYEBB. 8SLL.IDB8. 85,000 2s 28 Allagar «<_* 150,000 as 2s Anglo-Malay Ji int 1 60,000 28 28 Batang Malik. 5% iUt "j J "J J* 30,000 1 1 Batu Caves 80 ft int ""«n in n i_ 1 a ■Si
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  • 64 11 'Corrected up to Oct. 19.) Bank4m/s 24 13 82 demand a-4& Private credits 3m 2.4 9.lft n credits 6m 2-4l France demand Bank 204 Germany, demand 288* India, T. T. i 74 Hongkong, demand 10J Yokohama, demand 114J Java, demand I4o| Bangkok, demand 64f Sovereigns, Bank Baying $8.64 Bank
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  • 134 11 Oct. lfl. Tin buyers »1 13.87$ Gambler 9>oo Gambier Cube No. 1 14.50 Gambier Cube No. 2 norr Pepper Black ordin. S'pore... 20.50 Pepper, (White fair) 84.00 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) nom Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) nom Mace (Banda) 11$ Cloves (Amboina) O om Bali Coffee (4%
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 228 11 CARRETT'S PATENT SUPERHEATEDSTEAM ENGINES. frhe Most economical reliable power pf modern times Write for particulars of portable Stationary Engines, Road Rollers and Steam Wagons on the above system. I +—mmmm+ j I TESTIMONIAL FROM SARAWAK GOLD MINES. Dotvil .'lst /tiff, IUI2. Since last mail, the new Engines have run steadih
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 906 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For Wh, n Lotus ych Brit 150 Jenkin Jesselton, 18-10 Brit Consul Uncertain Steamers Nat. Tonnage <ft Master From Consignees For B. Whatt Hin Brit 195 Troan m 1Q in o Carlyle Btit 284 Durmget Kelantan, 2010 SS Co Vham '2
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    • 258 11 WEATHER REPORT. These Weather Telegrams are lransrnltte<l by courtesy of the E. E. Tel. Co. and contain the observations made at Hongkong (HR.) Observatory, and at Manila Observatory (MN.) The data are date and hour of despatch the Barometer reading (inches in HK., Millimetres in MN.); Direction of Wind and
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  • 1010 12 AN AMISINii SKIT. Tin: BIOKiriOANCI ok tiii: Blank Sta< Mr. Philip Gibbs. writing in the Daily Chronicle, says it has been a great interest to him to watch the progress of the Futurist movement in Europe Whenever I feel a little dull I cheer myself up by
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  • 427 12 PBBLtMIMABI BHQUIBI CONTIMKD. I The preliminary enquiry into an allegation of murdering a small Malay boy named Mohamed brought, against a Malm known as Abmat Effeudi, was continued by Mr. C. F. J. Green, second magistrate, yesterday afternoon. Court Inspector Ambrose conducted the prosecution and the accused
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  • 327 12 The October monthly medal was played on October 19 and 20 and resulted in a win for Mr. H. Tongue, who returned a nett score of 75. The sweeps were won by Mr. Maclennau aud Mr. Tongue. Thirty-four members competed and following cards were returned The November
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  • 883 12 ROMANCK OK A FAMOI'S HOUhK. In commemoration of the centenary of the death of Maier Amschel Rothschild, the founder of the fortunes of the great financial house that still bears his name, Herr Iguaz Balla has written a book entitled. "The Rothschilds," published in Berlin
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  • 331 12 The Thongwa" in from Japan and China discharges general cargo here and J loads for Calcutta. The M Castor" loads transhipment cargo for neighbouring oil ports. The British steamer (Queensland" discharges a cargo of Australian Coals at the wharves. From Trieste, the Austrian Llojd liner Nippon" discharges part
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  • 71 12 A keenly contested game of Hugby foot ball was played on the Ksplanade last evening between teams representing the Telegraphs aud Banks and the Hest of the B.C.C. Considerable improvement was seen aud it is likely that the Club will be able to turn out a fairly useful
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  • 312 12 The following gems of uncouscious juvenile humour are deserving of attention byall collectors of "howlers" "Rizzto was an Italian who invented ice creames and got killed by them." Doomsday Book is another name for Paradise Lost." Simon de Montfort was called Simple Simon. He formed wlnt was known
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  • 119 12 Tor Deli Mr. Mrs. Hamilton Khitf, Lady Fridos and two children, Messrs Westenoaiil and Cartwright. P e Yu ala Mr Mrs Bitilt* and child and Mr, McDonald. Per Circe Mr. Cox. Per Japara Messrs Curio, Westers Li m Slew Teck, Hasenfrak, Server, Knouw and Li in Gim Goan. Per
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 231 12 SUN LIFE as co« r p A a n n v ce OF CANADA. (INCORPORATED 1865). FUNDS (Exceed) -£8,500,000 CANADA'S PREMIER COMPANY. Experience has perfected, and ACTUAL RESULTS to Policy bolder*, h, t made the reputation, and proved the guarantee, of this Company's Polu kApply for prospectus and pamphlet 1
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