The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 October 1912

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CKNTS SINGAPORE. FRIDAY OCTOBER 25 1912. NO. 7,660
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  • 211 1 The Greeks report the capture ot ierfidje, 22 iield guns and a large mini>er of prisoners. The Bulgarians arc .tated to be pressing on Adrianople from jvery side. The Servians have entered 'rishtina. The Turkish account of the \ghting has not ariived- -Page 7. The third clause
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  • 1140 1 A building without a chimney has always to my thinking an unfinished look. It is lacking m character. We ga/.e at them with a vague sense of loss, and wonder what is wrong. And quite apart from mere utility, it cannot bt denied that chimneys have a distinct value.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 573 1 AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PICTURE WMMiaaaiaMiMHiai ltm^^^^^^^^^^^^^ mmMt I HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, r 1| HO w 9-30 TO IP. M I NORTH BRIOGE ROAD I ITHE SINKING OF| To N jr mm 0F PROGR 'TL, ft I H I"* oFI 11^! 1 I WITH THE ENEMYS HELP Biograph 1 m^l^J JLJ
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    • 188 1 Singapore Amateur Dramatic Committee Victoria Theatre Oct. 26, 29 Nov. 5, 7, 9. By aiian^duttit uith M. K. Bandmauii THE GEISHA BY OWEN HALL, H. OREENBANK AND S. JONES. BOX PLAN AT THE ROBINSON PIANO Co. Seats, $3, $1, and 50 Cents. on If SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. TBUWRAMfI SIEMENS,
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    • 163 1 Go*&av>'& Btoertifemensfc Harima Hall new programme -Page 1. Special Crenie de Menthe, .Tohn Little Page I. (Quantity of khaki clothiug and boots to |he sold by Powell Page 5. Calculating machines at the Honeo Co., •Ltd— Page 11. M (iei6ha gramaphone records -Page 7 Siemens Bros, for switch gear— Page
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 117 1 > r THE WEEK. Friday 25th. High Water— 9 46 a.m.. 10-5 p.m. Legislative Council 2-30 pni. Municipal Commission, 2 30 p.m. Saturday 26th. High Water— lo -8 a.m., 10 r_> p.m. Full Moon. Thfl Cieisha— ic. Theatre. Hippodrome Circus, 9 1;"' p.m. Sunday 27th. High Water— lo -31 a.m.,
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  • 131 2 PERAK 'S NEW RESIDENT. We are courteously informed by His Excellency's private secretary that Mr. H. (t. Watson, C.1L0., has been offered and accepted the appointment of British Resident m Perak m place of Mr. EL C. Bel field, c.m.o. It was believed that Mr. R. <i. Watson would relieve
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  • 53 2 Assistant (apparently annoyed at something.' What is it, please f I am busy today." Customer f sarcastically 1 I merely came to see you m connection with this letter, soliciting my further commands, -and assuring me of your best attention." Assistant Oh take a seat,
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  • 371 2 LBLOW AT DINNER. WOMKN IN A PANIC. Paris. S«>pt. -Bruit Schitf. of Lon don, was one of tbe figures m a (juarrel which startled the fashionable patrons of the Hotel Royal dining hall last night He was struck m tin- face by Capt. Wood, son of Field
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 195 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. Geo Russell Registered Licensed by the CALCUTTA TURF CLUB, 5-2, Malacca Street. BOOKS NOW OPEN ON THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMBINATIONS and STRAIGHT OUT on both
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    • 499 2 FRED LANDER TURF ACCOUNTANT, PENANG AND SINGAPORE. HAS OPENED HIS BOOKS ON THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES 200-1 COMBINATIONS 200-1 Against placing them 1, 2, 3 as they run. 50-1 COMBINATIONS MIXED 50-7 Also WIN A PLACE For Further Particulars Apply to SINGAPORE OFFICE 291, Raffles Place (Upstairs) or HEAD OFFICE, 23,
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    • 769 2 Notices NOTICE. Ctoovge Osciirort" is no longer m the employ of tlie Hippodrome Circus and the Management will not hold themselves responsible for any of his (TW>tfrom this date- October 21th, 191 S. 1 8(1.) K. BYSACK, Miinager, Hippodrome Circus. Oct II 27 10 OLD BEDFORDIANS. An Old BedfordianH dinner
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    • 756 2 Notices GOVERNWiNT NOTICE Tenders will be re. t ive lat i m CHI O fii Chief PotteeOfaeer, OaateeJ Polli to nfx»n on Thareday, 1 ith Wovemb< Ihe following Police Services for th. I. For supply of aigahoaioa t Sho))s.Kat inland I»IK»nKH us. m ,2. For removal of ni^hf oofl, 1Q
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  • 534 3 It is an American. Mr Elbert Hubbard, that writes tbe following m the China Press, 1 •of Shanghai. We do not propose to quarrel with his estimate of thr Scottish character: Scotland is a good country to l>e born m, it is a good country to get
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  • 360 3 Fought Aoawst a Bbribii Foiuk. Major K. M. .lack. British Commissioner on the Anglo German Belgian Boundary Commission, has returned to England on the completion of the work of the Commission. The frontier which has now been de limited is that between the I'ganda Protectorate and, on tbe
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  • 632 3 Orders by Lieut. Colonel O. A. Derrick, V.D., Commandant, S. V. C. Singapore, 22nd October 1912. S. V. C. Bullestier Rifle Range is allotted as under I Sunday 27th Oct. at 7. H0 a.m. Malay Co. S.V.I. Class Firing. Sunday tfrd Nov. at 7.J50 a.m. Chinese
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 336 3 MY. DEAR SIR It Is abaolutely impossible to get a i better pen of any description than. UBE Iff^f "SWAN" |OUJ<fAI/< gEjl 111 a T "_a- s__ rr .-r M Investigate this wonderfully Simple Improvement I 1 Sold by Jewellers, Importers, and Stationers. 11 8 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE. Pli ill
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    • 125 3 i CELESTINS VICHY TABLE WATER. This most celebrated and incoinparablt table water m order to meet the rising demands of the public has been now introduced here m small bottles, being formerly only used In large ones. The VICHY WATERS are three I m number. Grande Grille, Hospital and Celes
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    • 251 3 ABSOLUTELY -cCV PURE GRAND PRIX v PARIS 1889 BEER THE EAST ASIATIC Co., Ltd., SOLE IMPORTERS. C. G. HIBBERT Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England) KLANG and IPOH. GENERAL MERCHANTS AGENTS. At/cuts for C. G. HIBBERT Co. (Established 1767) London and Southampton "KANGAROO' Brand of Bottled Beer. FORTNUM and MASON'S Ltd
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  • 425 4 M King Edward the Seventh, his char- I acter and personality" is the title of an interesting article from the pen of Mr. Kdward Legge, appearing m the October number of the "Fortnightly Review." The writer narrates a striking example hitherto unrecorded of the King's personal share m
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  • 321 4 The sale by the P. and O. Company of the well known steam yacht Vectis is an incident m the history of pleasure cruising which is hardly likely to be misinter pnted. The vessel has served her owners well iti a branch of service which has be
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  • 194 4 BrnDOT IN THK EASTERN PItOVIM I Simla, sth October. The effect of the revolution m China is fully reflected m the. Indo-Yarkand trade depot for last year. The British Consul -General at Kashgarh wrote on the 21st May The Chinese revolution is exercising a disturbing influence on
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  • 435 4 Fuller Dktails. London, October 14, A Chicago message says Mr. Roosevelt has arrived there aud is now resting. He suffered no discomfort on the journey. A Milwaukee despatch says Mr. Roosevelt's assailant was a Bavarian saloonkeeper named Schrank who is supposed to be crazy. He
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  • 298 4 Complaint is again made that the steamship companies are but indilfereutly ser ving Australia m her demand for the transport of emigrants. The figures bcirce ly seem to bear out the allegation, for the number ot emigrants now being car ried on the six or seven weeks'
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  • 174 4 THE "WEAKER SEX. A lew days ago (says Jacob Omnium m the Bookseller I chauced to beguile the tedium of a railway journey by rereading, after an interval of -well, a Rood many years-Miss Braddon's mid- Victorian masterpiece, Lady Audley's Secret M which made its original appearance exactly half a
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 330 4 APPOINTMENT HM E K NG CONTRACTORS TO The British Admiralty. The War Office. The India Office. MILKMAID MILK LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. I I J^J ILKMAID NATURAL Top-Noteh 1 Bniud. recognised m every land, J f you search both hemispheres, not a tiner milk appears. et it be where'er
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    • 11 4 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, 1 Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.
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    • 142 4 A Vitalising Food for Feeble Bodies 'KEPLER' >TMDI SOLUTION Many a constitution, undermined by long illness, has been saved from total break-down by the vitalising stamina-giving powers of this delicious digestive tonic-food. It makes blood, bone and brain fat. flesh and muscle. It stores up strength, and la> s the
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  • 377 5 K\i t.nkios Dim LKDRO Vienna, Sept. 2."> th. The Array Committee of the Hungarian Delegation to day began tbe debate upon the Army Estimates. Mefore tbe committee entered upon the discussion. General von Autienberg, Imperial Minister for War made a statement of some length, m which, after
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  • 453 5 PRINCE KATSURA 'S POSITION. A story published by a Tokio paper to the effect that the appointment of General Prince KaUon as d-ord Pri\ y Seal aud Lord Chamberlain soon after his return from St. Petersburg was to deprive him of further political activity, the chief author of the intrigue
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  • 62 5 Mr. S. Mason arrived at Kelantan on Oct 11 by the M Krian and proceeded to the Residency from the Harbour m a Government motor-launch. He was entertained by H. H. the Sultan to a Inncheon, several heads of department were present, and m the evening His Highness called at
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  • 917 5 Mr. Bk\< k's Study ok South Amkrka. 4 Soutb America. Observations nud Impressions. By .lames Bryce. (Macmillan. Hs 6d vet.) Mr. Bryce bus written one of the most fascinating books of travel m our language, and be has tbe same time contrived to give tbe woild
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  • 62 5 Lucky or rich I Wliicli would you rather l» Is a question which has greatly puzzled me Whether 'tis better lucky to be born, Or rich, anil able poverty to scorn. But this I say, it matters not at all, And as a circumstance is very, very small. The tfreat
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 923 5 y J. Crow thor Shaw respectfully m- V J vites thc honour of a visit to his Tailor- /^w ing Establishment, where a number of exclusive models and the latest novelties m materials are now exhibited. v y J. CROWTHER SHAW, v \f MERCHANT TAILOR, r X 50-a, Raffles Place
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    • 855 5 \INERTOI7^ PAINT ANTICORROSIVE Exhaustive trials have proved it to be thc best protection for iron constructional work against rust. Sea water has no effect whatever on iron and steel coated with Inertol. WATERPROOF Concrete and cement surfaces are rendered impermeable. i Most suitable for reservoirs water-tanks etc. Write for Illustrated
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  • 1974 6 The Singapore Free Press. Friday Oct 25, 1912. Urawe.f i\ »nf?iier.e a;ic; irrbrtt«J by gain H«re i.tfiol Truir. Kn girnoi' ptc eptl lirta. Of Urn now considerable Bomber of points where the military forces of Turkey are m contact with those of the invading forces of Bulgaria, Servia, Greece, and
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  • 90 6 k rVmn Om (hrn Cotrmp9m4emt.) I'en.ing. (h < Tbe anxiety felt re^wdwitf th« X Sbippiog Coinonny's m Lm| H.i. was three dayu overdue at Lftfttfkftl been allayed by receipt of a cal.U' rt i, n cinq her safe arrival. Mnch gratification is express.d at appointment of Mr flutteabut
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  • 81 6 BUFFS HAND IN BOTANICAL GARDENS Tbe band of the 2nd ButN by kin-1 mission of Lt. Col. Ueddes and oil .r--will play m tbe Botanical QtvitM, tber permitting) on Monday nigbr tnencing at p.m., sharp. Tlm foll< programme has been arranged. Marcb Her/.og von Brabant Overture "William Tell I. selection
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  • Correspondence.
    • 601 6 To tub X«)K «)i tor. Sir, 1 have read with much in-. the letters m yo«ir panvr with Ntanaoa to the Hetting Act. shorth to be intro.J.ii ed by Government, as I, m comtnon "Citi/en have a personal interest m th»matter. I am, as you will see.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 173 6 EASTERN PRESENTS POT? 1 Finest Silk Kimonos I il Choice Mandarin Theatre Coats m\ New Juban Dressing Jackets Sunshades, Shawls, Bllllliiiw^ Exquiste Silk Embroideries John Little G? L< Singapore Kuala Lumpur. Adelphi j^&s Hotel. NIGHTLY, 4 GRAND CONCEPT BY THE WORIO-REMOWMEO Berggrun Quartet From 7-30 to 11 p.m., Nightly, except
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    • 115 6 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. B. I. S. N. Co Ltd. Heturn tickets at a special rate will be issued by the B. I. 8. N. Co., Ltd's steamers to Port Bwettenbam. Penang Rangoon, Cal cutta, Madras and Coromandel Coast Ports available for use between 15th December, 1912 and 15th January, 1913. For
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  • 315 7 CREEKS, SERVIANS, BULGARIANS A)) Allege Victories. Rectur's Sehvicb. Yrania, < let. 23. -The Servians eutered nshtina m the afternoon after bard tightinf. Athens, Oct. 23.- An official statement uyi that a big battle near Sefridge re suited m the retreat of twenty- two battalions and six batteries
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  • 29 7 An Indisposition. London, Oct. IS. A Hague Onicia bulletin states that Queen Wiluelniina hat been indisposed, and the prospect of i happy event has again been frustrated.
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  • 412 7 Chinese Bank Proposed for Tiuoa m Java Ash Elskwhekk. Amsterdam, September 16. Interesting developments are taking place m the Dutch East Indies regarding the Chinese influnece. It is a well known fact, of course, that a very large number of Chi nese, probably some HOC), 000,
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  • 2094 7 FIRST NIGHT PERFORMANCE BY THE S.A.D.C. When first it became known that the local Amateur Dramatic Committee coutemplated staging that charming Japanese musical play The Geisha there were those who questioned the wisdom of the choice, the writer amongst the number For oue thing it is looked upon
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  • 270 7 Women Storm Butchers Stalls. j London, Oct. St. Reuter wires from Berlin that meat riots have occurred m consequence of the refusal of the butchers, on account of inadequate profit, to sell Russian meat imported by the Municipality under the concessions made m September. Hordes of infuriated women
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  • 48 7 Doctors Capitation Grant Increased. London, Oct. 23. In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George said the Government had decided to grant an additional £1,650,000 for medical benefit under the Insurance Act. This would raise the capitation grant of doctors to 7s. or 7s. Cd. > c
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  • 24 7 London, Oct. 24. The third clause of the Home Kule Hill, providing for religious safeguards, has been adopted by guillotine methods.
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  • 67 7 Changing Fortunes. London, Oct. 2'J. The Mexican <iovernment has concentrated a force round Vera Cruz and it is preparing to attack. Five thousand foreigners and ten thousand noncombatants have taken refuge on itoats m the i arbour. London, October 2.{. A New York ruessnge says the Federals have
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  • 261 7 A groat reclamation work is constantly being conducted by the Mississippi River, which, m the course of its career, has, it is computed, adde 1 1.900 square miles to the area of the country about the mouth of the stream. But this good work is being done
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 213 7 'His Master's Voice' GRAMOBHONE GRAMOPHONE RECORDS OF "THE GEISHA" NOW BEING PLAYED BY THE SINGAPORE AMATEUR DRAMATIC COMMITTEE CAN BE OBTAINED AT ROBINSON Co. RAFFLES PLACE. i II o o g (I To ensure perfection m cigarettes insist upon seeing the above trade mark on every package MASPERO FRERES'S EGYPT/
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 232 8 For Sale MOTOR CYCLE FOR SALE. Koyal Enlield iv good order light freight cheap; can be seen a: KIM HYE ft Cos. ;i. Dhoby Ghaut. Oct s 9 v FOR SALE OR CHARTER. Motor Launch (Kelvin Engines suitable to cany passengers. Apply to S.R.E., co Free Press. CM i uc
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    • 510 8 To Let TO LET No. ltS, Tanjong Katong. Apply to J. A. ELIAS, No. 5-1. Malacca street. Oct 25 uc TO LET Ist and 2ud Floor No. 31, Kling Street. Apply to B. EMANUEL. next to Kat/ Bros, old building. Oct 25 2G-11 TO LET. ENTRY, Ist DECEMBER. A Commodious
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    • 578 8 Shipping SB" LEGAZPI NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. Consignees of cargo by the above steamer arc hereby notined that, m consequence of a tin- 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 paid to
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    • 519 8 Shipping Hamburg America Line, Hamburg Deutsche Dampf schiff -f ahrts Ges, "Hansa" Bremen. COMBINED SERVICE. The steamers of these companies maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and nnoe ft month for
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    • 606 8 Shipping N.DTL Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAH LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers 01 this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Soathamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa Port Bald, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtan Nagasaki and
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    • 530 8 Shipping P. &(T STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and An Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or nboiit HAIL LINES UU Homeward (for Europe) From Singapore, connecting i|
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 386 8 PASSENGERS EXPECTED. Per P O str Nile due Oet '2*. -Mis T. W. Rowley and childien. Mr Mrs E. Prait, Mrs Hannigan. T. C. Nock. Mrs Evans and child, Mrs A. J. Harrison, Mrs it Miss Howell, Mrb Slight. PerN.D.L. str. Yorck. due Oct 26. Mrs*. J. S. Smy>h. Mr.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 707 9 S h ipjpjjijj Toyo Kisen Kalsha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) w/ AND Western Pacific Railway Co rhe "«W^ttMsßiS SIS- F Mexico and Europe iTOT^Sif "SITOM^S 8 T" tblne "SHINTO MABD TENTO Mi an modern Conve^S k^uu&ed Eq lp )ca wlth WtaSLxSSS TIME TABLE FROM HONGKONG. S.S. Ohiyo Mara on kon
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    • 648 9 ShtwUng Pacific Mail S.s! CoU S MAIL LINE VIA INLAND SEA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU Semi Tropical Route Only line taking the 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, France and Germany
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    • 529 9 Banfci THE BANK OF TAIWAN, Ltd. Incorporated by SPECIAL IMPERIAL CHARTER. Capital Subscribed Y1 0,000,000 Capital Paid Up V 6,250,000 Reserve Funds V 3,100,000 HEAD OFFICE TAIPEH, FORMOSA, (Taiwan). Branches and Agencies: Ainoy Keelung Osaka Tamsui Bombay Kobe Shanghai Tokyo Canton Kagi Swatow Yokohama Calcutta London Taichu Etc., etc Joochow
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    • 738 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 tiie best Companies represented. Phone 473. A. HEIRUTH, MANAGER Au gB 8-11 Royal Insurance Go, Ld. Fire Life Total Funds exceed £18,000,000 THE LARGEST FIRE OFFICE
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  • 413 10 Singapore. Oct. 21st, 1912. Beans. r.<m>j jht catty 07 do. French do 11 Beei i>tr ib. 20 Beef Steak do. _>2 Hciin S|.i(iiiis catty 2i PaBItHWT Sprout* do. 04 Hl;k han do. 14 Brinjala do. Os Cabbatfe. ttatavia do. 24 do. China do. nil do. Salted do.
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  • 663 10 Thikty-Two Ykars Spent m A Tuanc k. There have been several cases of long sleep, quite apart from the celebrated persons of Ephesusand Hip van Winkle. One of the most remarkable was the long &leep of a German Government official named Arnheim, who had an accident
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  • 223 10 'Die project of a Trans African railway, adumbrated a jmx ago by m. Andtn Ber« thelot is now. says the Matin, taking deliuifte and serious shape. The railway will begin m Algeria, and traverse practically the whole of the African continent from north to south, probably linking up
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  • 47 10 hoYi n acaB< of a neurasthenic patient who I hadheou under medical treatment fo. y^ 1 without permannet benefit, the efloct of £C gen was wonderful. She gained m wnohf and strength so rapidly, that m twenty ears Easton, U.S.A. J. K. Bowkrs, m.d. (Unsolicited). 29 I
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 434 10 I^^]ISVARIETIES. ft^ POTTED I ALL DELICIOIJS AND APPETISING. B JL^ MEATS. I GAME, HAM, CHICKEN AND TONGUE, ETC., ETC. M t^^^^^^^^^^^^^nnnmimmmJi Prepared by a celebrated Chef under ideal^^^ conditions of cleanliness and selection. IN GLASS, TINS AND WHITE JARS. ONE OF THE BEST OF P"^^^™ f CROSSE BLACKWELL'S CELEBRATED TABLE
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    • 21 10 PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS AND STUDIO DEVELOPING PRINTING NEATLY EXECUTED I 1 HONG HING CHIONG CO NO. 103 4 104, KORTB BBIDOU ROAD.
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    • 491 10 A Lady Housekeeper -iW CiL fw y ''F li^fI i^f 4 Nervous Exhaustion, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness The fit that Mr-. Tayfcx did n t gi.e up \\c-r work, and 1 I chang 1- clear pr >of Phosfißrine presented the i< r- 1 us bre.il< I her ii tor sai.i w. unless
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  • 1383 11 Cap. I8HCE. Paid. Last Div. Butbbs. 8kll.erb 85,000 2s 2s Allagar 6% 2 5 3 0 150,000 2a 2s Anglo- Malay 151. int 14 li 15 3 50,000 2s 2a Batang Malaka 2 4 2 9 30,000 1 1 Batn Caves 80% int ...£13 10 0 14 5 0
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 80 11 CALCULATING MACHINES CALL, AND SEE "THE BRUNSVIGA" (:t Models) AT THE OFFICE OF RONEO L TD Ant Exterminators (The Universal Arsenite of Soda 'for killing weeds) Boilers ("Spencer-Hopwood"); Cement, 'Eagle" and "Borneo" Brands; Disinfectant (Joseph Dee and Sons); Engines (Garrett's Portable and Stationary); Explosives (Nobel's) Genasco Tropical Roofing; Jodelite, THE
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 998 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For Wht n Lotus ych Brit 150 Jenkin Jesselton, 18-10 Brit Consul Uncertain Steamers Nat. Tonnage Master From Consignees For Asdang Siam 405 Andersen Hiingkok, 23-10 SS Co li'kok 26 B. Fo Soon Dut 222 Odink Sambas, 23-10 Thong Ek P'anak
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    • 476 11 EXCHANGE. (COBBECTBD UP TO Oct. 24.) Bank 4. ma 2-4 1*32 demand 2-4 h Private credits 8m 3-4 9-16 credits 6m 2-4$ France demand Bank 294 Gkrmany. demand 288) India, T. T. 174* Honokono, demand 10* Yokohama, demand 114 Java, demand 140) Bangkok, demand 64$ Sovereigns, Bank Baying 18.64 Bank
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  • 263 12 Fnisrr and Go's. our market has been flat throughout the week and' there has beea more disposition to watch events than to operate m Sterling shares. Dollar rubbers have held their own and m a few instances shew a slight upward tendency. Industrials keep steady, while Mining shares
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  • 54 12 i-rom the Pinaag Gazette Hani interim I per cent. Kurau interim 15 per cent. North Hummock final 20 per cent. Inked Sumatra final \[d. Sumatra Para final 6|d Tremelbye final .'{."> percent. Singapore Tinted tmal 8 per cut. Tehran final 5 per cent. The Dunlop Company ha> acquired
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  • 60 12 Our Own < orrespondent.) '•vuala Lumpur, Oct. 14, The Planters Stores Agency has a London cable giving the following rubber prices. Sheet and biscuit 4>. id. I me crepe 4 S 2d. Best scrap (crepe form* is. Id. Bark scrap (crepe form :;s. '.»d. Scrap untreated ;< 8 Rd. Kamboug
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  • 228 12 A TRANS -SAHARAN RAILWAY. A railway across the Sahara, whatever the engineering and financial dimculties of the scheme, is by no means so fantastic a proposal from the strategic and political standpoint as it may appear at first sight. The trench trans Sabaran project, already referred to m The Globe
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  • 168 12 Boston (Mass.*. Sept. l.». The murriuge takes place to day of Mr. Harry Davison, K.N.K.. second oiUcer on hoard the White .Star liner Canopic, and Miss Jane (ioodwin. the millionaire, niece of Mr. I'ierpont Morgan. The cou|)le first met each other on board ship. Mr. Harry J.
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  • 304 12 C\SK ACiAISsT DIMI PosTI'ONKO. A Dane giving the name of Karl Teisen appeared before Mr. E. L. Talma, second magistrate, yesterday, on charges of cheating Li/a Seronekoff of lifO and Rattles Hotel of M 27.90. Mr. G. O. Setb, the Deputy Public Prosecutor, appeared for the Crown. The
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  • 246 12 N'utte Sawadsky. a llusMan .J t >w charged \sith living on the proceeds of prostitution, was again before Mr. K. L, Talma, second magistrate, \esterday afternoon, when tincuse was concluded. Jvtective Inspector Taylor conducted the prosecution. In his defence, the accused >aid he «;i, hairdresser and intended
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  • 222 12 Ahmat Kiiksi.i OOMMITTBO rOR Thial. The preliminary enquiry held by Mr. C. P. J. Green, sitting ,is third magistrate, was concluded yesterday afternoon m the case m which a young Malay named Ahmat KtT'endi was charged with the murder of a Malay lad named Mohamed, seven years
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  • 28 12 Sindav OCTOBM 27th. Johnston's Pier, 9, 10 and 11 a.m., 2.30 and 1.80 p.m. Club Bungalow, 9.90 and 10.30 a.m., 11.11, !5 and *.M p.m.
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  • 20 12 The Kinu] League Match S.C.C. vs. BJLC. arranged for Monday, has been postponed until Wednesday the 30th inst.
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  • 802 12 [leaders of the racing reports from Poona caunot fail to have been struck by the remarkably remunerative returns made by the totalise tor, which is vow the sole medium for speculation at the Poona races. Those who are still uncertain as to the advantages of the Tote over
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  • 188 12 M. Philippe Bunau-Vnrilla, who Mgo< tiated with Mr. Hay the sale of the old Panarmv cannal to the Hailed States,' writes to the Shipping World The enormous compensation found hy the United States m the Political field Uj ample to remunerate her. She holds the key
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  • 726 12 The homeward bound Austrian Lloyd liner Koerber was at the wharf yes terday loading for Trieste. The Japanese steamer Shinhu Maru discharges a cargo of Miike coals at the wharves. Captain Barton of the Kuching," oe arrival from Sarawak yesterday, reports squally weather and heavy rains, winds Var."
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 97 12 CLEARANCES. j (Nationality British if not specified.) Oct 1 1 H. S. Baioe. Dm, Malunood, Rkfa Hainan, Phillips, Muar Malacca Castor, Reynolds, P. Berandam Wl helm, Jleshe, Samaran- vi a ports Kaka, Cook, Malacca A Muar P Pontianak Dut. Mohamed. B. Pahat Ngi Moy, Dut, Mohamod, B. Pahat Selangor, Hunter,
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