The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 November 1912

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1 12 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23 1912. NO. 7,685
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  • 153 1 The Bulgarians are reported to be falling back from their positions on the Tchataldja lines. The Porte has rejected Bulgaria's terms and hostilities have been resumed Pa^e 7. The passengers and crew of the Pacific I liner Oravia have been landed at Punt Arenas -Page 7. i
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  • 1148 1 He was an old man, born m Malacca fifty years ©r so ago, and as I plied him with questions he unfolded a long tale of the experiences and times of his youth. We were fairly well off m those days, he said, M and lived m a
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 208 1 [BARCELONA 1A N ENTIRE HE WOULD HAVE FRESH of I "Ssr the lwe ',8 P C 7P W B s 8 NKW NUMBEK Off AT THE PATHES ANIMATED ALHANBRA GAZETTE < 114 th Bdn.) Beach Road DAISIES (Vitagraph > T O Night! FASCINATING BACHELOR j "^..ff"' FROM HER stfEET REVENGE
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    • 160 1 I' HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH^} TO NIPHT MORTH B GE Q D I TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! I SUPER EXCELLENT FILMS. I IGAUMONT GRAPHIC, No. 43. I (Depicting current events of the World) LOVE S MESSENGER I I (Farce Comedy) A IT IS HE— YET IT WAS THE OTHER I (An up-to-date Idea
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    • 274 1 TO-NIGHT! TONIGHT!! SPECIAL WEEK-END PERFORMANCE. THE PARSEE RIPON THEATRICAL Co. of Bombay Witt Stiiijr Toniijlit ,tt V. AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, NORTH BHID<JE ROAD. The moHt favourite play with Rangoon DARIA DIL (irand Sceneries, Melodious Bongs and Perfect acting. COME AND SEE, Mr. M. N. Surveyor as Lanutullah and th<
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    • 149 1 Co*Z>av'o HDvcrtisementa. I Fraser and Neaves \inas and New Year cards Page 5. Blue Rin^ brand of cigarettes at Garner, Quelcb and Co. Page 7. Special St. Andrews Day dinner at Adi- 1 phi Hotel Page 6. Contrexeville Mineral water at Caldbeck, Mac^regor and Co. Page 6. Samples to clear
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 139 1 THE WEEK. Saturday 23rd. High Water— 8-52 a.m., 9 46 p.m. St. Clement. Cricket, S.C.C. v S.R.C Esplanade. S.C.C. v B.R.C. (i>. Garrison Night Exercises. Lodge St. Godrge Regular. 9.15 pm. Sunday 24th. High Water— 9 20 a.m., 10-27 p.m. 2 tta after Trinity. Rohilla Returns FuU Moon. Novices 75
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  • 331 2 A medical man puts down the points a girl should look for m her choice of a husband, and no doubt his advice is admirable. Bat the old adage is true here as elsewhere, First catch your hare before you cook it," «nd m these
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 344 2 FINE ENGLISH PIANOS ON HIKE FOR XMAS SEASON FROM $10 FINE TUNING INCLUDED ROBINSON PIANO Co., 10. I f Stohr's 1 DELICACIES. I Genuine Caviare, I Anchovies m Brine, I IN TINS AND CLASSES. I Ul4 fey atl rn^lia Diilwa. I C F. STUHR A CO.. HAMBURG I LngHmh BMo*rt
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    • 657 2 Notices MALAKA PINDA RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED, NQTICE 18 HEREBY GIVE* that the Second Annual General M feting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office, No. 5. Malacca Street, Singapore, on Saturday, 30th November, 1912, at noon. Business 1. To receive the Directors' Report and Accounts for the
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    • 691 2 Auctions AUCTION SALE OF FOUR CASES ARC LAMPS To be held at Powell Go's Saleroom Monday, 25th November, at 11 a.m. POWELL ft Co., Auctioneers. Nov 28 26-11 REMINDER. This Day, Saturday, at 2.50 p. m. AUCTION SALE OF Excellent Wax Polished Teak Household Furniture, A good collection of Plants
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    • 511 2 REMINDER. Bfi^ To-day one of the dominant forces inspiring progress is the desire to possess land the desire is as marked m the individual as m the nation a place m the sun is the universal aspiration. (Truth.) BC2=* Investments m real estate m Singapore have frequently yielded large profits
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    • 71 2 SALE OF Valuable Building Land m the Town of Seremban. R« 80H SWEE LIN decea.ed. offeftor^i 01 1^ 00^' the MfcnluntHl will ?/w//T f^ C Public auction on s CM"" ltuiltolBrtlJI11 TU4N SHEIKH M n Jbou« °T D i Wlth the b k buiU Government Grants m obtaJnJ£ al M
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    • 185 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. BT. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. Sunday Next Before Advent. 2i*h November, 1912. 7 a.m Holy Communion, (Plai n). 7-45 a.m. Holy Communion, (Choral) A Sermon. Hymns 821, 324 299. 9-15 a.m. Matins and Litany, Hymn 165. 4 p.m. Children's Service. 5-30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon, Hymns 280, 12, 228
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  • 766 3 It is scarcely necessary to mention that very little business lias been done m the Exchange for the last two years. The reason for this apathy on the part of the public and the brokers is explained by their unwillingness to venture on account of the
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  • 182 3 A serious motor car collision occurred on Nov. I at Randy, though fortunately it was unattended with much injury to life and limb. Mr. H. A. Webb was driving his car down Hill Street, and Mrs. and Mr. I Geo de Silva were coming up Trincomalie
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  • 704 3 I The; Possibility op Cubing the Disease In Ceylon. Had anyone seriously contended about 12 months back that sprue could be cured m Ceylon, be would have provoked a smile on even an average gullible man, but to-day the fact remains that it can be cured
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  • 239 3 SHORTAGE OF SHIPS OFFICERS. Ghave Difficulties m thk Eastern Trade. The Mercantile Marine Service Associa tion is m receipt of a letter from a trustworthy correspondent on the Indian coasts, who, himself a nautical man, draws attention to the <jrave difficulties experienced owing to the dearth of officers, a fact
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 248 3 I EAVOF OOODW^Lm iS D I I SPIHITS Bl DIUNKIXG I I WOLFE'S I I Aromafic SchkcJam 1 I SCHNAPPS 1 1 Ibt un"bl nly thC Wh lesom s P irit 8 ootainabl, snmulant for general us,- 2 I has a beneficial effect upon the I I "~j ''^""^'dneys.andotheror-nnsas IB
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    • 11 3 For Children 'B Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Care.
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    • 381 3 |P Coughs, t| Bronchitis, j Asthma. I The soothing, healing and strengthening properties of Angier's Emulsion make it invaluable for the relief and cure oi" troublesome coughs, bronchitis, asthma, and all inflammatory and catarrhal I affections of throat and chest. It not only heals and strengthens the lungs, but it
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  • 647 4 A man, who is a devotee of the trinity wine, women, and song says that the wine and the gong must be good. A wise woman realises that even m the garden of love men do not care for fruit ko j ripe that it falls without plucking. The
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  • 224 4 Ninety- six per cent, of Japanese girls attend school. Primary schools for boys and girls number 27,1*25, and the teachers 122,038. There are 138 higher girls' schools, with 2,011 teachers, and one girls' higher normal school for the training of teachers. There is also ooe women's
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  • 328 4 Many Months of Misery. Cured Two Yean Ago By Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, Has Been Well Ever Since. The Reason Why. Rheumatism racks its victims just as long as the acii which causes it remains m the blood. Wlien this acid is eliminated the rheumatism is gone
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    • 328 4 APPOINTMENT f^^^^^^^^JSS^ H.M. THE KING. CONTRACTORS TO The British Admiralty. The War Office. The India Office. MILKMAID MILK LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. JK ILKMAID NATURAL Top-Noteh 1 Brand, recognised m every land, I f you search hoth hemispheres, not a finer milk appears, L et it be where'er you
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    • 102 4 CL6ANSE YOUR BLOOD with CBIMAULT U. C° SARSAPARILLA i^H O^B The original tar> I »ap«Tilta. rccom- I mended for the I last 4" years for I lymphatic diseases 1 eruptions, boils, I H and all disorders IB of the skin. B €HIMIDLT C" W paris s Rv SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE.
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    • 191 4 f''^o^££j^W TWLAoe J\ yQ^ BRAN* Tonic Wine M D^"PRSI Fo r Debilitated illi^.i Bodies and Brains ffl y Recovery of appetfte and digestive I Ei IJVIWvI i Recovery of a healthy supply of j 1 vitalising blood. .jt WK Recovery of mental and physical t W force. t- A~~~~by Recovery
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  • 508 5 Sthikinq article by Mb. F. Sm[Th Vigorous Proouamm... Iplli SSgpSSSs [Liests of the hmp.re. I n o iher words it T 1* j e conntr > depends. Any foe of tbe State is the friend of the Radical, Socialist. On *c other Laid every of the State is
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  • 211 5 IIKTALIATION FOR BRITISH Ori'OSITIOX. Peking, Get 18th. Tue British Government appear to l>e unaware of the immense injury done to British interests m China by their opposition to the XI O,OOO, 000 loan to China arranged by Messrs. Birch Crisp and Co. I The Government opposed the loan
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  • 203 5 Discovery of a Monument. eft Y«L rd OD Jul y 18th I*™ MFS r J° kyo OQ 1«™ and ascended month rT U th 29tb Of tbe 8am atumi monument, which is J natural stone, measures about four feet m abofA, aDd f aDdB D
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 212 5 Popular Wants WANTED Board residence required by Young Englishman. State lowest terms to ENGLISHMAN c o Free Press." Assistant, Rubber, 14 months experience. Disengaged would go on Rubber or Cocoanut Kstato. Reply Box 'P. Q." c o Free Press." i j |*1| V.RIGAUD'S r TOILET WaT e r C^ X%
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    • 463 5 I If You run no risks with a Lune Valley engine m your Launch. No risk of breakdown, no risk of explosion— no risk whatever. In fact the Lune Valley water tubo boiler is so constructed »hat t\ allowed to run dry and become red hot, cold wat-r pumped into
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    • 571 5 I BUY A I j PLEX DUPLICATOR AND BE CHEERFUL. I I Y UR UtomkakT" PULL al^«wh E nheis I I THE PL^ wr 4 r°r C PIES P ANY DOCUMENT. I H THE PLEX- WILL DO THIS WORK FOR HIM ePO Complete outfit foolscap size. I ASK JOB FEE
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    • 255 5 To Let SMALL HOUSE TO LET. On East Coaet Road, about 200 yds. beyonj Confed. Estate ltd., newly built," aftap roof two-storey, dry sandy soil. Rent $30. Apply to BOX No. 222, c/o Free Press. Nov 19 2Q.n TO BE LET FURNISHED. fs^Decen^el g Rent r Entry Nov 6 H
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  • 23 6 Domestic Occurrences. DEATH. HILCKBB.— On November 19th, at Hamburg, suddenly, Ottilie Hilckes mother of Max H. Hilckea, Singapore. Age 69 years. By Cable
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  • 1649 6 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, Nov 23, 1912. Here «hall th« l*r*v» .'.ie Peopie rijrt.t m*l»taOk Una*' 1 ..■•> <nAi:erce *r»i'. ui.bn'*-. 1 o* f»»o He.c BMnal Trult he: jt«nous p."fr <pv* draw. I When we invited our readers the other day to think of the InspectorGeneral of the Over-
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  • 503 6 A Chinaman has been arrested for stealing a first class rikisha, valued at 180, from 3H. Johore Road. The play at the Ripon Pargi Theatre to night will be Dad c Jaffa, which is one of the most favourite >lays m India and one of the best m the repertoire
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  • 589 6 Director's Rbmbt to Sharkholdejjv. at Mektinu of Nov. .'loth. Yours Directors havo pleaamv m si;l»--mitting herewith a duly audited s ment of the Accounts for the Company for the year ended Hist August 1912. The profit for the year after deducting the whole of the Balance of Preliminary
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  • 24 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Nov. 11. No. 1 She*t ttU.lOi No. 2 Sheet 12 < Scrap Crepe 1181.10 Hark Crepe %\V2.\i>
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  • 61 6 The following rubber waa nU oa W.il nesday at auction sales held M th. Kubber Auction Room 98 cattiea unsmoked sheet at I* 21 Crepo Scrap „ji Owing to the late arrival of rubber m t^uied for this week's wile the quantity actually sold is small, but
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  • 24 6 Agents, Guthrie Co. Kamunin« (Perak) Rubber A Tin To. ini o! againBt 18,000; Total four months i 01,615; against 61,884.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 178 6 THE FAMOUS FRENCH WATER GONTREXEVILLE. A Natural Mineral Water, very pleasant to the palate. A certain cure and preventative for the many complaints arising ojt of Uric acid troubles, so prevalent m the East. By reason of a mineralization m perfect harmony with its therapeutical role, the Contrexeville Water regulates
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    • 51 6 BILLIARDS. THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CUSHION. (Alcock's Patent with Improvements of John Kob^ rts, Retired World's Champion) ABbOLUTELY THE BEST CUSHION TO DATE FOR ANY CLIMATE. JOHN ROBERTS, 1910. only obtainable from John Roberts, London REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE EAST C. N. LUMB address: P. 0. Box 41, Penang. show room Raffles Hotel,
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    • 58 6 This is the bottle that cared the courU. v£ £?f* r i y »y husband off. tle that all of y°° know, I'm euro. t!S« h Woods' Peppermint Cmv, rake it for every oongh and oold. it s equally jjood for young and old. And dont forget what tU viSeVSid.
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  • 49 7 BULGARIANS FALL BACK AND TURKS OPTIMISTIC. Reutkh'B Srhfiom. London, Nov. 21. -From Constantinople it is reported that Himm Pasha telegraphed yesterday night (WednesdaO that he Bulgarians had abandoned their late" trenches and had fallen back seven kilo metres. Wounued, rifles and ammunition have been found m their trenches.
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  • 101 7 Constantinople, Nov. 2 1 Corresoon dents at Tchataldja declare that excessive optimum has followed the excessive gloom o the Turks. Bauds are playing forYh^ nrst time smce the action at Lule Ber-as They are astounded at the Bulgarfans withdrawing from the positions they had captured, as the
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  • 69 7 Keuter's Constantinople representative visited the San Stefano cholera camp and witnessed scenes of indescribable horror. Hundreds of dead and thousands of sick were lying m heaps, and there was scarce ly any attendance. Two thousand cholerastricken people have been installed m the mosque of Saint Sophia.
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  • 51 7 London, Nov. 21.— Reports from Belgrade state that fighting still continues around Monastir with the scattered gar risou of whom so far 5,000 have been captured and 46 guns. It is estimated that twenty thousand Turks were killed or wounded and the Servian losses though less were
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  • 61 7 Athens, Nov. 21. About thirty thousand of the Monastir army which was routed by the Servians fled via Fiorina which the Greek army occupied yesterday capturing quantities of material and ammunition. London, Nov. 22. Eleven Greek war fchips and fonr transports have effected a landing at Mytilene.
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  • 68 7 Passengers and Crew Rescued. New York, Nov. 22. The passengers of the Pacific Liner Oravia wrecked on the Falkland Islands on Xov. 12 have arrived at Punt Arenas. She struck a rock m uowand darkness which made it impossible to see. Wireless brought whale joats after three
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  • 99 7 The Committee have decided to institute, m addition to the Club Championhip, also a Championship of Singapore, open to chess players of all nationalities -uling m Singapore. Play for the chain 'ionship will commence m the second week m January. Entrance »3. Thn Championship for 1904 10
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  • 34 7 In our account of the opening of the ibove Club an error occurred m stating that Government had expended $8,000 m chasing properties, extending Padang te, the amount should have read 930,000.
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  • 103 7 »fi Wednesday at Sungei Besi, Detec've Inspector Hatton unearthed no less im 1,126 taelß of chandu valued at >out 55.000. Search was made m conscience of a communication made by an 'former, who stated he had seen persons burying or unearthing something on the °pen
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  • 16 7 Mr. j. w. Kennedy of Escot Estate "went home on leave by the "India" on Saturday.
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  • 54 7 THE PORTE REJECTS. Keutur's Sktifiob. The Porte has rejected Bulgaria's terms o^er b aHon° Brdered8 rdered th« S a NOV 21 ltiB here that wise o?fh ai Ia X CODditioQB P^^ke m no wise of the character of an ultimatum and ifr is quite open to the Porte
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  • 68 7 fro^ Ple< N V 2l A telegram from bkutari states that the Bulgarian condition, include the surrender of Adrianopleaud Skutari, the withdrawal of the lurkish Fleet from the Black Sea, the cessation of the despatch of troops to Tchataldja and the cessation of the build"iff of fortifications.
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  • 61 7 k \ienna message says the Emperor Francis Joseph, speaking at a dinner, said he was bound to admire the Bulgarians, but could not understand why the fortunes of war were so unfavourable to the Turks. He hoped the press reports of Servian treatment of an Austrian consul
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  • 63 7 Four Bulgarian torpedo boats attacked the warship 'Haraidieh" forty miles from \arna. It is admitted m Sofia that the torpedo boats returned with their funnels damaged though it is believed that the Uamidieh" was sunk, but the captain of the Hamidieh" reports to Constantinople that he sank two
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  • 23 7 London, Nov. 22.— From Constantinople it is wired that the cannonade was resumed yesterday evening, beintf of the most violent description.
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  • 76 7 IMPERATIVE TO STRENGTHEN. Rcuteh'b Service. London, Xov. 22. Keuter's correspondent at Ottawa wires that the Duke of Connaught m his speech from the throne said the Imperial Conference m London disclosed conditions rendering it imperative to strengthen the naval forces of the Empire without delay and his advisers
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  • 31 7 New York, Nov. 5 2. The Corporation administering Mr. Carnegie's benefactions has decided to give a pension annually to ex Presidents of 525, 000 and to their widows.
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  • 28 7 Sir Thos. Upton's Proposal Accepted. New York, Nov. '22. Sir Thomas Lipton's proposal for an international yacht race at San Francisco m 1916 has been accepted.
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  • 96 7 Mr. Loke Yew has promised $10,000 towards the cost of the proposed V.M.C.A. building for the V.M.C.A. of Kuala Lumpur. Towards the same object Sir Robert Laidlaw has promised X'soo, while two donations of 51,000 have been given. The Association will build on a spacious site
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  • 161 7 COCKNEY AS SHE IS SPOKE." Premising that it is not necessary to dwell upon the peculiar London pronunciation of words like cake," and baby" as M kike" and biby" the following story is taken from the current issue of the London Teacher." A Government Inspector was recently examining a class
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  • 1659 7 YESTERDAYS EVIDENCE. The hearing of the charge of murder of a small Malay boy preferred against the Malay man Ahmat EiTendi was continued m the Supreme Court yesterday morning. Mr. G. G. Seth and Mr. de Mello prose cute and Mr. Koland Braddell and Mr. R.
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  • 277 7 The Pretty Girls of Hongkong. Sir lan Hamilton commingled the grave (Happy Valley) with the gay (the -,'irl of Hongkong) m addressing the Hongkong Volunteer corps on parade, Sir lan said I don't think I have ever seen a more popular corps. It should be an
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  • 65 7 Mr. and Mrs. Dobson are shorly leaving Kuala Lumpur for home on a holiday trip. Dr. and Mrs. Miln and Mrs. Just have returned to Kuala Lumpur from their trip to Penang Hill. Messrs. H. D. Griffiths and Eii Tong Sen, nn official members of the Federal Council, have presented
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 209 7 ROBINSON Co. a EVERYTHING FOR MEN'S WEAR AERTEX CELLULAR SINGLETS, Short sleeves, it is 000 l and if-; iiiijLf- 4f\ Il^ ht m wei S St.n t. and forms an ideal garment for the tropics- I i composed of small'cells it gives perfect ventilation. \y>-k*£ Price $W per dozen. H'
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 869 8 Shipping BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ltd FOR Port Swettenham, Penang, Negapatam, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore, Karlkal and Negapatam The Company's Steamer TEESTA 6,896 tons, C. Willis, Commander, will be despatched for the above ports on Monday, the 25th instant, at 5 p. m. She has excellent accommodation for first and
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    • 632 8 Shipping N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINE. A. Fortnightly service Is maintained between 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
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    • 555 8 Shipping M. M~ MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. MAIL LINE China, Japao, Ceylon, Aden, Egypt and Marseilles OUTWARD HOMEWARD Caledonien Nov 25 Paul Lecat Nov 25 Araazoue Dec 9 Australien Dec 9 Dumbea Dec 23 Simons Dec 23 1913 1913 Magellan Jan 6 Caledonicn Jan 6 Paul Lecat Jan 20 Ama/one Jan 20
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    • 526 8 Shipping N.D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connectlnf Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau Nagasaki and
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    • 594 8 Shipping P. 0. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY Fop China, Japan, Penang, CeylcAustralia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading Issued tor Chin* Coast, Persian Golf, Continental and America Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or abcu MAIL LINES 1912 Homeward (fob Europe) From Singapore, connecting »t
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    • 607 9 w Ipplng Toyo KisenlCaishi (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) t AND h 6 PaGific Rail way Co. I T»AaSBSS stir Fran New 000 Ton T^? X1C and EUr °P c T !Ht TABLE FROM HONGKONG. M. bh!% 0 M«; v te£ %2T n S -mh Member. Ib* P(M la j^. a%cs
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    • 673 9 __jhlpplng PaclHcMall S.S. Co. U. S. MAIL LINE VIA INLAND SEA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU Semi Tropical Route ROTrSw!S c tal lg ttie warm SOUTHERN ROUTE across the Pacific via HONOLULU. i° n J he moBt fertile U <l beautiful island ot the Pacific. Through Passage Tickets granted to England,
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    • 539 9 _l|anks 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 y 3,100,000 HEAD OFFICE TAIPEH, FORMOSA, (Taiwan). BRANCHEB AND AGENCIES; tSSSL, lun OBak a Tamsui Bombay Kobe Shanghai Tokyo pjf^o ag i Swatow Yokohama Calcutta London Taichu Etc.,
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    • 366 9 insurance THE GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY, Ho. 3 Malacca Street, Singapore. TRANSACTS INBURANCEOF EVERY DESCRIPTION, viz Life, Accident, Motor-Car, Fire and Marine, etc. Onlfj tfie best Comf&mies represented. Phone 478. A IftlDllTal H. nCIKUIH, MANAGER. Nov 12 uc MANUFACTURERS UFI INSURANCE Cc OF CANADA. E3TABLIBHBD 1887. Policies are WORLD WIDE nN
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    • 303 9 __Jnsurance GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE Co., Ltd. Head Office WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Nominal Capital $2a0,0t« Paid up Capital fug 4 10 Insurances m force over ....$5,000,000 Annual premium Income over....| 400,000 Board of Dlrecton: G. A. Derricr, Esq., Chairman. A. H. Fair, Esq., Managing Directoi, Lore Chow Kit Esq., Kuala
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  • 715 10 German View of Royal Representative of "the British Fibm." A remarkable study of the late King Edward's temperament and character from a German point of view is included m a new book, Monarchs and Men," by Maximilian Harden, published to day by Eveleigh Nash,
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  • 98 10 Some weeks ago the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society issued au appeal to the shareholders of the Peruvian Amazon Company to secure the removal of benhor Julio Cesar Arana from the position of liquidator. This action on the part of the society has resulted m certain
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  • 742 10 NEW GAS HEATING INVENTION. Smokeless Battleships. It is difficult m these days to appreciate anything m the nature of a revolution m locomotion and heating. Electricity and petrol hold the field, and bavo dope much to upset our ideas of what was possible by steam and gas. Gas
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  • 59 10 The result of the operations during the month of October, was as follows Mines, Output, pikuls 315.00, equal to $21,066.30; working expenses »8,039 59 provisions for outstanding accounts $1 000 Coolie Lines cost of buildings, new lines labour and material *1, 5 00 :12 per cent Tribute
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    • 180 10 y^yy 6- vi' fr^a. 1 fr^T fr l^?' fciT^rfc^ ~fr2^l- fc^l-' &-V?!' fc^T' C? SATISFACTION! i THE BRAND FOR CONNOISSEURS \%j?£ j t PropTito'% i j D. &J. McCALLUM, EDINBURGH, j 1 SCOTLAND. (Established i«2o> J Agents 1 Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., Singapore. j^M. \t^-4 'JE^-4. ;g^jd :f^-d i g^'-j".g^.-a 'g^-d
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    • 8 10 Fo/ Children's Hacking Cough^TNitfh* Woods' Great Peppermint Cow.
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    • 13 10 MASSEUR S. PUJITA, (JAPANESE) $1 ONE TIME. N n°ov2 2o8 2 UEEN STREET.
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    • 442 10 w wwfJe] /I' \wltmfff Jjj^^^^^. ™"^^^^^^^^W^aj!C^T»^^^^^^\^^^aV "Stop taking Drugs and Stimulants! It's SANA TOGEN You want for your Nerves/ Such is the modern physician's advice to victims Mr. Shirley Tremcarnt, of nervous disorders. Editor of CmpUal In his lx>ok on M Nerve Energy," Dr. Claude L. cutui, writ Wheeler says
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  • 1068 11 S S ia^*_ -ay J* n 3 4 855 f rS 1 5 "-s* .SI-v- L 888 =«1 175,000 Bukit Mertajan. 6 > «m:2X L i. SlSM-fifi. M%ta 0 ,,jS f* Bukit Sembawang l( .i a 255. L ?r tlefleM <*«««> >.**'». »W J' 2 S >.3,uw x. it,
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  • 67 11 (COBBKOTKD UP TO Nov. MU Bank4m/s 24 13 82 m demand 24 8-32 Private credits 8 ra'i 1.4 g.^ credit! 6m 24; France demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 288 i India, T. T. 174 J Hongkong, demand 11% Yokohama, demand nsf Java, demand 1401 Bangkok, demand 6fi| Sovereigns, Bank
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  • 131 11 Nor. 22. Tin buyers 1114.00 Own Wet 8.10 Gambier Cube No. 1 14.50 Oambier Cube No. 3 non Pepper Black ordin. Spore 20 00 Pepper, (White fair) buyers 84.00 Nutmegi (110 to the lb.) nom Nutmeft (80 to the lb.) nom Mace (Banda) ni Cloves (Amboina) nom Bali Coffee
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1114 11 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders From Arrived For Wntn Kuantan F.M.S. 249 Egdom Kuantan, 15-11 F.M.S. P. Swet Sea Belle F.M.S. ych 400 Ahmat S. Buat Is, 22-11 F.M S. P Sham Steamers Nat. Tonnage A Marte, Prom Consignee* For Sa. as B- SH":, SSTSS. B Prmce Br
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  • 616 12 BUNGALOW BUKNED DOWN. Narrow Escape of a Chinese Lady. The carelesness of a couple of Javanese kebuns resulted yesterday afternoon m a 1 bungalow being burned to the ground and a Chinese woman having a narrow escape from a terrible death. It appears that at about one
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  • 72 12 A friend sends us the following results of yesterday's racing at the Ipoh meeting. Rack 1. 1 Maori Boy 11.9 2 Tagalie II 10.8 3 Chrysalis 12. Rack 2/ 1 (iangrobber 11.7 2 Loreley 10.12 Race 1 Recidivist 10.9 2 Reliance 10.7 Rack 4. 1 Minnehaha 11.9 2
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  • 26 12 The finish of the American Tournament 'Will be played on Monday. In the event of rain competitors must fix their own dates.
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  • 26 12 tI,J«! J uvenil c football Club will meet 6 m J n aiB V n i ted FootV)a11 Teara m tQ e -0^»
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  • 25 12 atthe e 3^ e Ta H T&mil bOt Lumpur'aTd r P ngJaVa Road < Kuala The animal receiVed reward of *25. ammal measured about five feet.
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  • 1357 12 Quicquid agani fcomina* noetii est far •to libeUi. Juvenai* What a historical crisis is that we are witnessing now that Turkey m Europe has been thrust to the very edge of her domain, and stands covering Constantinople with what of an army she can still dispose
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  • 200 12 ULTIMATUMS IN KIND." Paris, Oct. 22. Here is a story that at least ought to he true. When the Sultan of Turkey gave orders for the mobilisation of his troops he sent to the King of Bulgaria a 6ack of millet, with the following letter Ferdinand Kffendi, mobilise if you
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  • 135 12 The M.M. Company's steamer "Paul Lecat will leave Saigon at l.ao p.m. ou 23rd instant and may be expected here on Monday the 25th instant at about 6 a.m. The M Glenogle from Rangoon discharges part cargo of rice here, replenishes her bunkers and loads general cargo for
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  • 61 12 Mr T. M. Peake, Manager of Sungala Estate, Port Dickson, met with a nasty accident on Sunday morning while coinhis rounds. While descending a steep bit °J/*?l v 8t u? Ped UPOD a rollin «tone and fell, breaking the fibula of the richt leg. Dr. Lovett Cumming was soon m
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  • 892 12 DJAPOERA (INDRAGIRI) RUBBER CO. The follovrtng is tbe Directors' Report to Shareholders, to be preseuted at the annual general meeting on December 2H. Gentlemen.- Your directors beg to sub" mit herewith a duly audited statement of the accounts of the Company for the second financial year ended 31st August, 1012.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 123 12 Fresh Australian Pure Creamery BUTTER (IN lib, PATS.) i> < Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd., AND BRANCHES. THE THREE CASTLES CIGARETTES ARE NOW PACKED WITH COUPONS. Note. In every tin of W. D. and H. O. Wills famous Three Cantles Cigarettes are being jHit two Coupons one hundred of these
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