The Straits Times, 7 October 1912

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.997 SINGAPORE. MONDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1912. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      129 1 THE WHITE HORSE CELLAR ESTAB. 1742 Dainty, Cool Select ADP r\ r\ t-. Messrs KATZ BROS., Ltd NEW Refreshment Rooms. HIGH-CLASS REFRESHMENT at popular prices. Afternoon Teas a Specialty? PIGGOTT'S Pressed Steel Tanks. All Plates 4 ft. square. Any Multiple of 4 ft. in length or width supplied from stock.
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      171 1 ROBINSON CO. JUST ARRIVED A large and up-to-date S Assortment of Goods K\r FOR MENS WEAR tJj* in the latest /jA^/^ o^* Colourings and >/ON VIEW. Designs .AX* X 4^^^ X Com i» is n e WHITE COLOURED now onAv/ SHIRT8 ttt Tn-c tt X XRICH BILK TIES IN PLAIN
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      11 1 JEFFREY'S PILSENER BEER Sola Agenta AOAMSON GILF LLAV. MO CO., LTD.
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    "Girl in the Taxi."
    850 2 Girl in the Taxi." MELODY AND MERRIMENT AT THE LYRIC. A Luscious Waltz. The Girl in the Taxi," the new mnsical jlay which was produced at the Lyric rheatre on September 5 is not, Bays the Evening Standard, so ultra modern aa its Msentially twentieth -century title Would mply. Whatever
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    113 2 More than one effort has been made in Bombay, in the past year or bo, to establish an Indian steamship company to ran steamers to Europe. Another company of this kind is now being floated, says the Madras Mai), under th. title of the Indian Peninsular Co., the board of
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      538 2 A Lady Housekeeper Nervous Exhaustion, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness Tbt face that Mrs. Taylor diJ give up l:er work, Mfcl did mt %o for a n^e, is clear pro. if Phosfeiine pre.enteJ the nervous breakdown which her doctor s.iul w.is ctrtMH unliss -lie g iv( uf htr d*ttft. Mis. Tayloi is tiie
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      68 2 Best for a Cold. When you have a bad cold you want the best medicine obtainable so as to care it with as little delay as possible. You will make •no mistake il you select Chamberlain's [Cough Remedy. You aro certain to be pleased with tho prompt relief which it
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      560 2 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL RUBBER AND ALLISD TKADS3 EXHIBITION Conduct* d in the same bigh-olass manner m the Exhibition of 1908 and 1011. LONDON JUNE. 1914 A similar Exhibition will not be held again until 1918, or perhaps later. FIRST INTERNATIONAL Cotton, Fibre, Tropical Products AND ALLIKD TRADIS EXHIBITION LONDON JUNE, 1914.
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      204 2 jypj^^'W ™a d s VAIN A b an V *eS\ ToNIC W|NE l-^^V^M 1 Bodies and Brains HA A yip Hj VAN A hastens "^X /Xs^ JJ r^ cover y after V Recovery of appetite and digestive I 1 power. Recovery of a healthy supply of I vitalising blood. Recovery
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    The Monsoon in India.
    866 3 RAINS PLENTIFUL AND WELL DISTRIBUTED. Possible Weakening. There is perhaps no other country in the world the prosperity of which is so entirely dependent upon a sufficient and well-distri-buted rainfall during the monsoon season as India, says a special article published in the Englishman (Calcutta) of
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    Lullaby by Telephone.
    160 3 The responsibility for the whole of this story rests with the New York Tribune Stenbcnville, Ohio. August 23.— Putting babies to sleep by telephone is the latest innovation in social circles here. This method of quieting fretting youngsters whose mothers leave them at home while tboy enjoy
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    "ARABELLA" THE RADIO-MEDICINAL WATER.
    190 3 "ARABELLA" THE RADIO-MEDI-CINAL WATER. A R\ BELLA is the leading natural Spa water, and the only water proved by analysis possessing Radio- Acti vity which h found to ba>ve so marked a curative action in liver, goat, oenstipation, indigestion, dyspepsia, and other disorders affecting the fanct'onary organs. It will core
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      345 3 Redio POLISHING CLOTHS. Those cloths contain within th> m«clves all tbe materials required for cleaning and polishing almost any kind of mi til, thuß dispen'ing entirely with tins of paste or liquid. They are serviceable until worn to pieces and are more lasting than any other motal pol sb. SO
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      8 3 For Cbromo Ch< Complaints, Woods Great Peppermint Con.
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      444 3 PREPAID TO YOUR PORT. ftJ9* Oovmntry Flyarm ilaNm'^ S J837f0 v £9 l/lnS rr»» Art'cat»lo»u« st-,,fai W y/IMPAn CVCLK COMPANY. menu o«pi.a oh. Liverpool. Cat«logu*s can b« obtained, en application from Goshfif Co.. tept 358 33 Robinson Rd tlncapor*. This Famous Medicine will cleanse the Blood of all impurities from
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      453 3 HOTEL NORMAN ffTS C| PENANC. Jkr^- 1 rORMIRLY KMOWK AS Mwt^^tk. l/J WONT RAFFLES HOTEL «|1 \Vk& WASH RAFFLES BY-THE-SEA. CLOTHE& Constant confusion having arisen HjSn through tbe name RAFFLES being the jßH^r^v same as that of the Hotel in Singapore, it has been decided to change the IfS^^^^^^BMBBBBMM HOTEL
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      659 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. pTty o. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. rOB CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANG, OBYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADBN, BGYPT, MBDITBKRANBAN PORTS, PLY MODTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued tor China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and Amerioan Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about: MAIL LINES 1818 Bomtmard [for Surope, from
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      630 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. RY.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO,, LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly servioe is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract witb the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted with all
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      689 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pahang, Berserah, Tringganu, Bisut, Semerak, Bacho, Kelantan, Bangnara, Tolupin, Panarai, Patani, Singora, Laoon, Kobsamui, Bandon, L,angsuan, Taku. Churcpoo, Kohlak and Bangkok. Due Oapartup* a p.m. MAHIDOL Oot. 7 Oot. 9 ■REDANG Oot. 1O Oot. 13 ..•.PRACHATIPOK Oot. 14 Oct. 16
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      511 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG x AND OEUTBCN UMPFICIIrf MIRTMES. IHU UIHIt Combined Service. The steamros of these Companies maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg Bremen Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched tort nightly for Havre and Hamburg onoe a month for
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      630 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D L. Rorddeutschar Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail stoamora ot this Company sail fortuightly from Bremen Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Soutb ampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (o^nnect ing Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Said, Sues, Aden, Colombo Penang, Singapore, Hongkong,
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      999 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. TOYO KISEN KAISHA (Oriental S.S. Co.) and WESTERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. The New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu, and San Francisco to all points in the United State, Canada, Mexioc and Europe •peratlag tks tsw lI, Mf tta Trlala fcrsw TurWsa llaart "»hla»o aUry" "TMioßani" tid CMn elaru
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      597 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. APCAR LINE 8TEAMER8 The undermentioned mail steamers of the above Lino maintain a regular serrioe between Calcutta and Japan, calling at Penang Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai en route FLEET Tons Commander 1 Japah 6,018 L.Y. Archdiacon 1 GuaoBt Apoab 4,800 J. B.
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      480 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LIMITED. FOR HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. The Company's Steamer FOOK8ANO, 3,100 tons, T. A Mitobell, Commander, is expected to arrive bere on Tbimduy, the lttli instant, and will be despatched on 11th idem at 4 p m. She baa oxcellent accommodation for first class
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      612 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. NOTICE. NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN, that Tenders wi!l be^ved pp to noon of Manna Kandaeamy Chitty (son of \eerana Th.irsday.theßUt October, 1912, at the Office Chittiar) has oeated to act as Attorney or of tho Inspector 0 Ptho^ Singapore, from Agent in Smgapore or elsewhere for Noon
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      196 6 ■■M-rnrj r 3PMCjpT!W£rrtfirMtfy^Bj 1 HI k wt BaT^ A > tKt\W*WWWW^KS^t\\*^&SSSS^^B -■Am i' —^.^VQHr THE BEST BEER FOR A TROPICAL CLIMATE. fONLY WIKTORIN LIGHT makes your horns a Paradise. It is the Most Perfect Light in existence. Every Lamp can be used as a Table. Wall or Hanging Lamp. No
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      210 6 FAR EAST OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE CO., LTD., Singapore Branch. OXYGEN GAS AND DISSOLVED ACETYLENE. Marine Boiler Repairs by Autogenous Welding. REPAIRB OF FURNACE CRACKS. REPAIRS OF LEAKY TUBE PLATEB. REPAIRB OF PITTING AND CORROSION. REPAIRS OF RIVETTED FLANGES. REPAIRS OF COMBUSTION CHAMBER REPAIRB OF STEAMER HULLS. REPAIRS OF STERNPOSTS. Instantaneous
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      241 6 After Fever After operations, dysentery, or at any time when health is low and strength feeble. Scott* Kmulsion is unrivalled as a ■trenpthmaker, a builder-up of tissue, muscle, and bom. No other remedy has such a world-wide reputation for purity, quality. strength, for Remits SCOTT'S \dfk Emulsion fn^r FOR WEAKNESS,
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    116 7 FIXTURES Monday. October 7. High Water, B.M) a.m 7 8S p.m. N. 1). L. hoiuiiwurd mail dot). Tuesday, October 8. ll, X li Water, 9.11 a.m., 9.48 p.m. X.v. Kir* l>iy. Wed>ie»day. October 9 .1 W > ■■< 9.47 a.m 931 p m I. t I; Frederick,"
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    SINGAPORE WAILS CLOSE
    175 7 To-DAf. TrtbinK Titian, Bongkali- and Bagan Meran 8 pm Batn Pah»t A'°K Hin Bpm Malaooa and Muar Kaka 8 pm P "v^-ttmhaui and Teok Anson Perak 8 pm To-hobbow. CS"Pt)D»nti Ciylon. Ahm tralasia, India, Aden, E.;ypt nn 1 via Naples (or Europe, eta. Oieben 6am K. riDiua
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    195 7 The Imp. German mail steamer fioeben (••ft Hongkong at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 8, and will probably arrive ttere at 4 p.m. to day. will probably be denpatched lor Baropo at 8 am. on Tuesday, October S. The Imp. Gormta mail stoamir P. B. Friedrich loftColombi
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    858 7 Latest Arrivals. Pegasu*. II M. cruiser HIM tons, 210 crew BKuus6ioOb.p.8 K uus6i0Ob.p. Com. Mitobell, Oct 7. From Hongkong. Oct 1. Senior Naval Officer. For Colombo, <>jt I* Hds. Talbot. H M Cruiser (6 0 tons, 460 crew 11 guns bJOO b.y. Com. Hyde, Oot 7. From I'olombo,
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    107 7 Wharves at which Veuels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONO PAOAR But Wa**F Basin— lone, Carly'fl. Bast W. Sictiok No. I— Taroba, Natuo», Suiu WaAM— Rampbius. [Austria. «aih W Slot. No. 2-O. Apcar, Ualdis. B—Scafiia.8 Scafiia. 4— Hop Sarg. 5— Miodtroo. 6 Hyson, Machaon,
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      EXCHANGE.
      96 7 SIMAPJII, OITOBI* 7. 1811 OnL»»o»»— BinkdiP m Demand Pnvtle 6 m/i a m/i On Ommabi— Bulk d/d Private 8 m/» h»«». f »ck d/d Private 8 m/i Oa 1>DU-Buk T. T. Private Md/r Ov Bomon- Bask d/d Private 80 d/t Ob Buniu- Bank|d/d Private 80 d/i «/«J */<> -"I
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      PRODUCE.
      164 7 Siaairou, Ottilia 7, 1811. do (Cube No. 1) UMlefcaa m 14.M xpra Snndricd 11M do Mixed 11. U 'i prcr, Black 'ij f> do White t% m 8» lago Floor Sarawak 4 IV do Krtimei No. 1 M*. 'carl Sav. MO Joffee Bali MM lofleePalemt&nn 10% Uflii m, 88
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      MINING.
      168 7 Valnp Bayen. Sellers. 10 7.00 Anopann B.ISO par 1 10 beiM iia »S BX6 10 10 Bruang 1.76 100 10 10 K»n»boi 24 5 2.66 41 41 KinUTia 1.18.9 1.19.0 10 10 Kan, par par 10 1C Kinta Association 12.00 18.60 41 41 L»ri»i Mine* 180 1.14.0 xd 10
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      RUBBER.
      604 7 Usoo 5 Value Buyers, tteltfn 3/- 1/ AUnai 2 9 8/4^ 3/. 1/ Ack:u M&.tij 4 15 9 S 3/- BaWng Ma.aka 2 4 8/41 41 Batu Oavee 18 0.0 18.16.0 41 41 BatuTiga 8.1(0 41.9 41 41 Bukit Kajanp 2.16.8 8 16 41 41 Bokit Lintanii 4.1.8 4.9.6
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      GENERAL.
      113 7 Iwoe 1 Value Buyers Sellers 7/6 7/6 aieotrio Tnunwayt 8/4f 10 10 FrMer Ne»ve 60.76 61.80 nl 130 Bewkrlb Bnkin 86.00 40.00 100 7% Prel 103.60 IC4 o: 100 100 K»ti Bra, Del. IMOO 100 100 8% Cam Prel torn 10 10 M«yu»rd Co. M.OO 100 100 R. UarKresree
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      DEBENTURES.
      45 7 Bayer* Seller* Howtrth Brskiae 6% 1800,000 p»r Riloy H*r({re»VD« 8% 384,000 i t Sinsapore Bleekrio T»mw»TB 8% 4860,000 Spore ManioipJ 5 >1,978.000 nom. Bayen feU* 6'pore Mnnioip*. M% otlWt IIOCO 000 T% dpoto Mnuio p»i i%% of 1909 11.000,000 10%r>» Spore Monioip*l«% t60a,«00 [M
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      62 7 He »l<o Fervm who miodi h s health Wlii n c 'HkIm Ids hi* cm ht aasail (1 4 health ih b tter lar than wealth, Or pin, or brandy, wine, or ale. Tli. n if of health jnu d fool a- care, Junt follow my mature advice, T»Ue W
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      145 7 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. October 81.— At saleroom, freehold residontial building sites at Tanglin, at 2 8\ November 26.- At saleroom, valuable agricultural land in the Digiriots of Linggi and Rantao, F. M S.. at 2.8 C. rl 1.. CoffhUn and Co October 0. —At saleroom, houses and stabling
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      141 7 CIGARETTES j I In every civilised country in the World. "State Express" Cigareties are the recognised pinnacle of quality. There Is not an atom of impurity in a 65 CtS. million of them. Pacfted In patent »?cu'im airtight tin* ensuring the perfect com 1 turn of the cigarette* in all
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      24 7 HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME INCLUDES FIVE BRAND-NEW Biograph and Itala Films Telephone No. 1116, Beteh Road. K. HARIMA, Bole Prorate
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    The Straits Times. MONDAY, OCTOBER 7. CURRENCY QUESTIONS.
    1038 8 The Straits Times. MONDAY, OCTOBER 7. CURRENCY QUESTIONS. Some references made by the Governor in his annual review on Friday remind us that it is nearly seven years since tha gold standard was adopted in this colony and tho exchange value of the dollar fixed at 2/4 The wisdom of
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    18 8 The ladies' sewing meeting of the Presbyterian Church is postponed till Tuesday, the 15th inst., at Tho Manse.
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    25 8 A Mr. Price, living at 16-13, Lorong Silat, reports to the police the loss of a watch and money, to the total value of $15.
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    29 8 The ticket-stamping machine in the office of People's Park railway station was stolen during the week end. What the thief hopes to do with it is not easily understood.
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    42 8 A good story is told of a member of the Stock Exchange whose features recalled the Darwinian theory, who, on remarking that he bad recently been occupied in looking up his family tree, was asked Did they throw coconuts at you 7
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    51 8 Access to the ancient grammar school of Kolli ston, which has been bought by Canon Tyrwhitt, chaplain to the Kin*, can only be obtained through a window, as both doors are on the property of Sir Oswald Mosley, and he disputes the right of the purchaser to use either of
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    61 8 A Chinaman turned up at Thomson Road cemetery yesterday with the body of a still, born child in his arms and wauUxl to bury it He was asked by an official to show his permit but as he dm it have one he dropped the body to the ground and
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    13 8 Tbe output of tbe Rahman Tin Co., Ltd during September was 788 piculs.
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    23 8 Mr. Tan Tiang Yew will give an address on China and Iteliwion, in tbe tent on Teluk Ayer Street, to night, at 8.15.
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    19 8 It is notified that direct telegraphic communication with Kuala Lumpur aud Penang over the Government lines, has been restored.
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    40 8 Views of Kuala Lumpur are now being shown at cinematograph entertainments in England and on the continent. A recent visitor to Vienna from this part of the world was quite surprised to find himself looking at Kuala Lumpur in flood.
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    54 8 The peculiar murder case relating to tbo death of a little Malay boy, whose body was found in the sea some ten days ago, was men tioned again before Mr. Farrer in the third police court to-day. The accused in the case, a relative of the boy, named Maliommed, was
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    51 8 I do wish people down here would lcaru boxing" remarked tho magistrate at Green wich recently. "People are con tan tly coming before me with teeth knocked out and eyes blackened by the backs of people's hands. (Laughter.) It is all because they cannot guard. Ido wish they would learn
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    57 8 On Thursday night, the members of the Straits Athletic Club, held a debate in their club premises, the subject discussed being Has the theatre a moral or immoral tendency? Mr. M. P. N. Satny, proposer, and Mr. Klico Jim Sein, opposer, spoke at great length and eventually the house decided
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    59 8 The Siara Observer understands that the rice crop in the Klong Samrong district is threatened. There has been too much rain, and tho paddy is now almost submerged owing to the fact that the big lock has not been opened. The lock-keepers do not seem to realise the danger which
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    67 8 Today being the birthday of the great Chinese sage Confucius a good many of the i him se firms closed their establishments, the employees being given a holiday. Several public institutions were gaily decorated and the usual red cloth hung from every shop. The five-coloured Republican flag was also prominently
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    87 8 Plans and specifications for the new mosque at Kuala Kangsar, which is to cost •200,000, are well advanced. It is Raid that a builder or an architect, who is coming from home to supervise the construction tf the new railway station at I poll, is to be in charge of
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    86 8 News has reached Bangkok that the Solva, which was removed from the local trade by the owners through inability to obtain better terms of charter, the rate she net ivid being about £400 a month, has been chartered in Europe for £1,000 a month. Another vessel, the Breid, which had
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    91 8 The following dictum may bo read with interest by local residents. During the swearing in of the Graud Jury at tho Central Criminal Court last month, a gentleman sought exemption on the ground that he hod served on so many varies, and was under the impression tint he was exempt
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    109 8 While in Bangkok recently, Mr. J. T. Newall was robbed of a considerable quantity of travellers' samples, including (according to the Siain Observer) fifty hats ami one hundred pairs of boots. The thieves raided his show room. But Mr. New-all's trip to the Siamese capital was destined to be even
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    112 8 At today's Calcutta opium sales, boj-h the Madras Mail of September 25, there was again a slight reduction in prices. The total pro ceeds for 1,770 chests, the same number as last month were 1(55,30,100, againbt U56,53,625. The general average price per chest was R3.124 or U7O per chest less
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    114 8 When interviewed at Ottawa on Septem borl3with regard to naval matters, Rear Admiral Tate, ex-Superintendent of the Portsmouth dockyard, said that the with Ira Wai of the British squadrons from tbi North Pacific would be a great tactical error Canada's best contribution to Imperial de fence would be the maintenance
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    419 8 Mr. J. S. M. Rennie is laid up in Si rein ban Hospital with fever but is making got d progress. The Malay Mail O*M currency to a ru mour that Mr. Justice Thornton will bt> ap pointed Chief Judicial CoiumiHsionrr of tho F.M.S. Mr. Hale, late
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    Training Ship Mercury.
    33 8 We bavc to acknowledge tho following cheques for the second list of subscriptions to the Naval I raining Ship Mercury M. $30, Mr. J. A. Brown fit. Total received tB5.
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    The Waterwitch Enquiry.
    66 8 His Excellency the Governor has ordered that the enquiry into the question of rtsponsibility for the sinking of 11. M. S. Waterwitch, in so far as it affects the thief officer (Mr. Thomson) and tln> chief Mfiai m (Mr. Scully) of the Seaiuew, bsMMNBML The new hearing
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    Sultan of Trengganu in Perak.
    158 8 Tho Sultan of Trengganu, who has been the guest of H. 11. the Sultau of Pcrak at Kuala Kangsar, visited the famous Tambun [nine. Mr. Nutter explaining the use of tho machinery and appliances on the mine. His Highness was most interested in all he
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    The Head of the Table.
    273 8 A correspondent says: I noticed in an American paper of receut date, a controversy over the saying Whtro Macdonalil »it«, there is tbo head of tho table." Sum.. people claim that llie boast wax made by, and the credit belongs to, Tho MacgrcgorM, while othtTN
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      288 8 EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES MASPERO SPECIALS (Russian Mouthpieces) $1.50 per tin of 100. On Sale at JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD., ROBINSON CO., KATZ BROTHERS, LTD. JLBENSON'S jS^ *^k WORLD-RENOWNED f r^\\ WATCHES I Are the BEST. V j2| J WARRANTED TIMEKEEPERS W LONDON MAKE. >»- i^/r Gold Bnreki fVntrlm fa* £8 fk,
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      214 8 MEN AND STONES There'll nothing in the above words to attract you, but tbe picture with those words as title will win your appreciation more than you expect. It in a Cinematograph adaptation, by M. lienion, of Suriermann's celebrated play, played by the Odeon Company, and is included in To-Nitfht's
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    THE BALKAN WAR.
    1085 9 No Progress Made By The Powers. EUROPEAN STEAM ROLLER NOT EFFECTIVE. Great Enthusiasm For War Among The Turks. KacTii's Tiuokam. London, October 5. It in il.nn .1 at Bucharest that the Hums man Army is being mobilised. It is juut beginning manoeuvres. The government is watching oveuU.
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    Great Battle.
    115 9 NICARAGUAN INSURGENTS DEFEATED. American Marines Participate. (UrriB's TiLioBtM. London, >ctober 2. There has been a great battle id Nicaragua. and thi' government troops bad one hundred killed and two hundred wounded while m»king an assult ayaiust the rebels. Mranwhilc the fiiitcil States marines, who had noaa at the
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    Mr. Roosevelt.
    112 9 ANGRY DENIALS OF THE BRIBERY CHARGES. Never Asked for Funds. RlDTH'S 1 IL« ,k Mi London, October ■>. KeuU-r wires from Washington that Mi. Rooxcvelt, niviiiK' evidence before the com it tee of the Senate which is investigating campaign contributions, denied that he ever asked for contributions in
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    Murder of Mr. Bowen.
    174 9 PROCEEDINGS AT THE MALACC4 ASSIZES. Application For Trial in Singapore (From Ocb Special Cobbespondbnt.) Malacca, October 7. When the Chief Justice, Sir W. H. Hynd man-Jones, took his seat at the Court House to-day, Mr. R. C. Gould, who appears for Ahmat bin Mobamod Aris, the
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    OIL STEAMER ON FIRE.
    296 9 Narrowly Escapes Destruction ofl Port Dickson. V telegram from our correspondent at Port Dk-kson dated Saturday, but delivered at this office today, stated that an unknown oil steamer was on h'ruoff Port Dickson, on Friday night, and that the Straits Steamship Co.'* vessel Penang had gone
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    BABY ASTOR'S HOROSCOPE.
    435 9 Peculiar Predictions by American Astrologist. Tbe horoscope of tho baby sod of the late Colonel Attlor his been cast by Mr. Loo Bernart, an American attrologist, who relates his discoveries in the Boston American. Mr. Bernart writes:— His mind will be bright. He will be fascinated and
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    Tanjong Pagar Board.
    724 9 ACTING CHAIRMAN'S REPORT FOR HALF-YEAR. Good Progress of New Works. Tbe half-yearly administration report ol the Taniong Pagar Dock Board is to hand, sigried by Mr. Lane, the Acting Chairman. It is mainly a statistical record, with many statetnnnts of account The report covers the half-year ending
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    THE RIVER HOOGHLY.
    147 9 Apparent Silting Up of Bars and Shoals. Considerable anxiety is being caused to the Port officials in Calcutta, says an Indian paper, by the apparent silting up of the bars and shoals in the river. These shoals usually silt up about the end of November and make
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    The Premier Speaks.
    219 9 STILL HOPES FOR PEACE IN NEAR EAST. The Unionist Folly in Ulster. Rsctbb s Telbobam. London, October 6. Mr. Aaquith, speaking at Ladybank, said it was a long time since the international horizon had boon so threaten ing, still he bad not lost all hope that the
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    THE AMERICA CUP.
    35 9 Rbotib's Tblsoba*. London, October 6. Sir Thomas Lipton sailed for New Yoik this afternoon. He hopes to get the rules for the America cup modified, and will then challenge with another Shamrock.
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    JAPANESE NAVAL CRIME.
    43 9 KiCTßa'a Tblioba*. London, October 0. A Tokio message says there was a mysterious fire aboard the battleship Mikasa, close to the magazine. It was extinguished quickly, and is believed to have been the work of an incendiary, who committed suicide.
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    RAILWAY CALAMITIES.
    56 9 Kbdtbb's Tbleobam. London, October 6. An express from Boston to New York was derailed and fell over aD embankment. It caught fire and eight perished. A goods train bolted on a gradient and duhed into the station at Alicante. The engine overturned in a crowded waiting room, and
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    BAVARIAN KINGSHIP.
    29 9 Deb Ostasiatische Lloyd Telkgbam. Berlin, October 6. Rumours that Princo Lad wig, in case of the Prince Regent's death, would take over the Kingship, are officially denied.
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    GERMAN.
    23 9 D«H OsTASLATISCHE LIoVO TILIOKAM. Berlin, October 5. The Schichau yard on celebrating its seventy-fifth jubilee has given away three millions in donations.
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    CANADA AND THE NAVY.
    30 9 iUOTIB'S TILBOBAM. London, October 5. An Ottawa message says six cabinet ministers have gone to Quebec to select a site for a dry dock for dreadnoughts.
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    44 9 The East Asiatic Company's Daily Report. The market in London, on Saturday, was easier. Arrivals at London are reported to be heavy. The dosing prices were: Hard fine Para spot 4/6} forward 4/6 First latex crepe, delivery next three months 4/44
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    Miraculous Escape.
    161 9 During a fierce gale at Sydney, early in September, says an Australian paper, a big tree was brought down. The tree in its (all crashed through a small shelter shed, be neath which a man and his wife were having tea. The woman was violently loosed to one
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    SUBMARINE DISASTER.
    255 9 SUNK BY A HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINER. Fifteen Lives Lost. Hicru't Tbuoban. London, October 6. Submarine B 2 was run down by the linor Amerika off Dover this morning and fourteen were drowned. One officer was saved. The submarine flotilla was mamimvring at the Sooth foreland, and the first inkling
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    Turkey and Italy.
    310 9 PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ALMOST ENDED. Denials at Rome Scouted. RICTIH's TILBURAM, London, October 8. Renter wires from Paris that Constan tinople meRsago gives aatboritativo information that tbo Cabinet yesterday decided to accept the last Italian proposals anJ the pro liminarits of poaco will bo signed on tbo arrival
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    COLLISIONS IN THE ELBE.
    51 9 Deb Ostaiiatischb Lloyd Tiibuham. Berlin, October 0. The Hamburg-Amerika Line steamer Vandalia has sunk on tho lower Klbo, after collision with a towod hulk. Liter on, an approaching Hainburg-Aiiiurik.i steaiu>-r, tinOraecia, rau on the wreck and was also seriously damaged. Sho was beached. No lives wen-
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      47 10 Tho tinal tio in tho S.C 0. lawn tennis championship will bo played on tho Espla nadi- this r\ening, also tlio final of B class doubles and tho semifinal of A class singles. Tho final of tho A singles will be played to-morrow evening.
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      Football.
      163 10 M. H. A. .Shield. lv tl»' «'oinprtition for tho Malaya Football n s Shield, tho Rusdiah II met the Tainan M;iiiik.iui Club, on tho Rattles rer'.un.iUon ground, ou Saturday afternoon. The liusli.ihs showt-d jjimkl combination and biino will li.l by tluii liilns they were able to .("in tlirw j;
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      Cricket.
      324 10 5 C C. v. 5.R.C. Tho first olomiis of tho >.C.C and tho S.U.I', nut on the Esplanade on Saturday »f. mo the uiatcli u-sulting in a win for th. form. i. SS t orf«: I A. hiKiberlaiu b .lames 11, K. L. Talma b .lames 21. O. I.
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      Golf.
      302 10 Keppel Oolf Club. A four* match, K. ppel Golf Clnb .If Omb, which was il n,,| v. r Uy. ti K. -ppt-1 Harb.)tir, resoltfc.1 in a »ii! >i tin former, seort s biinL; sepoy Lines (iolt Cluh. 1 h<- hfaf I. his liolf Club uukial for HsflsjßjbH -.n by
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    Indigestion.
    96 10 Rapidity ul eating bat. morn to do in causing llatult nee and indict -tiou than in causing liver complaint. Imperfect nmstilicatim i- the prime nww of much dyspepsia, and dyspepsia is the cause of many diseases of IM other organs of the body. For this ii is exceedingly important
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    MILLIONS SPENT ON ART.
    677 10 Remarkable Figures o! Season's Sales. The calculation made on the season's art sales vow concluding for the summer vacation reveal, says the Globe, singular results. Notwithstanding the dislocation of trade by the innumerable industrial disputes, the vanity of price has shown such an enormous extension as
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    SEPTEMBER RUBBER RETURNS.
    376 10 Lumut. 1 3,49 i lbs. Vnited Ser Jang.- 59,380 lbs. Asahan 2,02» lbs. Sungei Kari (Sumatra).— B,loo lbs. Sialang.- 14,785 lbs. Tandjong. 13,134 lbs. \y. r M01ek.— 8,832 lbs., an increase uf 190 lbs. on Augußt crop. Olonshitl 16,2161b5., total for 0 months, 11.1,904 lbs.; total tor
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    COAL IN CHINA.
    471 10 Production Figures Given in Consular Report. The American ConsulGcneral, George E. I Anderson, of Hongkong, in a recent report stated that, according to figures compiled by I Mr. Kato, an engineer in the employment of i the Geological Investigation linreati of the Sooth Manchnrian Railway Company, the
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    218 10 Arrivals. Per str. Circe. Oet 7.— From Deli. Messrs. Mooncy, W. L. Fra»er and J. C. Wierrioga. Per ttr. Dtli. Oct 7.— From Bauikck. MeesiK. Umes, S. Smith, C. Fi-ppert, R. A. Moore. B M. Colliscn, B. M O :rion and C. Marrciom. Per *tr. Lady Weld,
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    F.M.S. TIN EXPORTS.
    143 10 An official statement of block tin and tin ore exported from the F.H.S., with approximate value (in Singapore) and duty collected, during the months of January to August, 1912, and comparison with corresponding period of previous year, gives tho following figures (cents and catties omitted) 1912 Pels.
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    A BRETON WEDDING.
    911 10 Some of the Curious Native Customs A trinity of bells roused me at seven o'clock in the morning (nays a correspondent of the Lady, in describing the scene at a Breton wedding), and I looked across to the village nestling under the nun amid its red granite
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    ADDLED ANSWERS.
    167 10 Howlers" from the Pens of Young Colonials. Additions to the already long record of schoolboy bowlers are emoted by The Uui versity Correspondent from a Now Zcalaud paper: The Transvaal is situated on a plateau 4,000 miles high, and producos large crops of serials. Gross darkness is 1
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    THE OPERA HOUSE.
    540 10 Mr. llummerstein Ends His London Enterprise. Mr. Oscar HammrrsUin has abandoned his >prratic enterprise in London, and the handlorue Opera Houso in Kingsway is offered or Bale or lease. Already several schemes ire being discussed in connection with the theatre but nothing definite is decided, and it
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    SCOTTISH OIL TRADE.
    420 10 Stimulated by Admiralty Contract for Fuel Oil. The prospects for the Scottish mineral oil trade and the shale oil industry generally (writes the Scottish correspondent of The Financier) continue to improve. Producers are now becoming accustomed to a demand which even in the dull season has absorb
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    129 10 Rcnville Jensen, at the Theatre Koy.il, gave his Crst change of programme ou Saturday last, new items being introduced, such as the vanishing lamp, the living skull, the Chinese tambourine and the spirit cabinet, all of the most perplexing order. The cabinet was built op in front of the audience
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    Concerning Pensions.
    908 10 CURIOUS RECORDS IN OFFICIAL BLUEBOOK. The Mint and Sierra Leone. In the pages of a Superannuation Bluu Hook, l.itely issued, IHUMHWriaM abomiil. Sot an ell ire iv Whitehall but lius its liappy :rop of them. There arc at this present moiiHUt 1.1 7'J of the main army drawing
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    66 10 Sir Raymond Wont, K C.1.X 1,L.1>, an eminent A nglo Indian jurist, who |mpar.d the way for mmfkf Mora of tba K«yi>iian judicial system iiud lati r M-rvi d as a mciiibi r of tin' iioinli.iy Government, died tit las house in I'pprr Norwood on September 7 in his eightieth
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    The Colonial Service.
    1648 11 REFLECTIONS BY SIR HUGH CLIFFORD. Twenty -Nine Years In The Tropics Sir Hugh Clifford, who liw just vacated tin C il. mini Scent uystiip ot Ceylon to as Mime tbc ruatonal mantle on the Gold Coast, was ban. (netted by the Civil Service before In' K ft
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    THE MONEY MARKET.
    344 11 Messrs. Samuel Montagu and Co s Weekly Bulletin. Motors. Samuel Montagu and Co. write on September 11: SiLvr.ii.— The market has bet n remarkably steady throughout tbc week, and ductuations very slight indeed, forward silver was quoted i"*' on four out ol the six working days. The
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    Hand Print As Signature.
    179 11 The growing use of the thumb-print as a means of identification draws attention to the fact that th is u-ethod of signing documents has been in use in China since the beginning of its history, according to a writer in Popular Mechanics. A striking example of
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    786 11 I'rlcei Quoted in the Market Toll Morn ai Singapore, October 7, 1919. Hewn. Ljill and Br»tt. Hxofaaaae mi Shan Bioken, Issue the JoUowmg lirt o( qaotatiou this marniiR I— SOU. VaLUI. BCTIHS. SILLSRS. aiih K a,« 8/8 Optloaf -19 t 1 An>Jo- J&va 6,'- 6,6 1 Anglo-Johore
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    SHIPS THAT PASS.
    1974 12 f, .1. W. writes in the Went Australiau S II It is currently reported that the K.M.S. Opliir, now nearing Tilbury, is making her I last voyage tlio Australian mail service of I tin <>ri( -tit linr. There is a strong probabi I hty that the report
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    OTTER-HUNTING IN THE SEA.
    765 12 Interesting Experience in Isle of Arran. At the invitation of tbc Marquess of Graham, the Eastern Counties' Otter lloundß paid a visit to the Isle of Arran in June, and had according to the Globe newspaper a new and interesting experience. Most of us associate tbe
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    ELECTRIC PROPULSION OF SHIPS.
    499 12 Interesting Experiments in the American Navy. An important experiment in ship propulsion is being carried out in tbe United States Navy, with three ships each of 20,000 tons displacement and of about 5,600 h.p. and 14 knots, of collier type, intended to carry 12,000 tons of
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    British Labour in Panama Canal.
    183 12 The Canal Record gives an interesting resume of the census of the Panama Canal zone. The census was in charge of tbe Department of Civil Administration, and was under the immediate direction of Mr. Edward W. Koch, from the Bureau of the Census at Washington,
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    Passengers Overseas.
    747 12 FORTHCOMING DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS. Latest Lists Tbo following passenger booking!) to the Straits are taken from the London and China Express. It should be understood that, in some instances, bookings may bo provisional and tliat intending passengers may alter their arrangements subsequent to the issuance of this list
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    CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS.
    279 12 How they are Bought and What They Cost. Some interesting information concerning tbe buying and cost of cinematograph films is given by the American Vice- Consul at Sheffield in a report to Washington. Films, he says, are imported by tbe manufacturers' agents, located in London, by whom they
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      443 14 "Insurance. •HEAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO.. LIMITED. Head Office Winchester Home, SINGAPORE I Board Ot DlMCtoMi 6 Dmbicb, Esq., Chairman 4 a K»i», Ba<»., Mana«iB« Director. P.r» F.wwi, 0.-.. Chief Med. Officer r M. Elliot, Bsq A. D. Allah Bsq. T.w N.aii P*«, Bsq. 0»« S..« Til, Bsq. K«m8iahT»», Bsq.
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      528 14 BANKING, CHARTERED BANK 6F INDIA. AUSTRALIA ,_AND CHINA. INOORPORATBD BT ROYAL OHABTBR Paid up Capital in 60-000 Shares ol 430 each 41,200,000 Reserve Fund 41,660,000 Reserve Liability ol Proprietor*... 41,200.000 BANKERS. Back of England. The London City Midland Bank. Ltd. National Bank ol Scotland, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Aoooonta Me
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    730 15 NEW HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL INFORMATION. Mr. Graham's Work. Siam A Handbook of Practical, Commercial, and Political Information," is the title of a new work by Mr. A. W. Graham, M.K.A.S., which is thus reviewed in tho westminster Gazette Two years ago the Siamese people were plunged into
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    HOME-GROWN TOBACCO.
    307 15 Cultivation of the Fragrant Weed in Hampshire. Experiments in the cultivation of the tobacco plant are being carried on with the consent of the Government in throe different parts of the country, namely, on the deep silty soil of North Wa'es. the green sand of Norfolk, and the
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      35 15 Rheumatic Weather. Don't bo surprised if you have an attack of rheumatism this Bpring. Just rub the affected parts freely with Chamberlains Pain Balm and it will soon disappear. Sold by ali Dibponsaiies and Dealers.
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      579 16 NOTICES. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given, that all Koada within Government House Domain will be closed to the public from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on each of the following dates, namely— October Bth, 10th and 12tb. J. TOWNER, Executive Engineer. 810 1110 NOTICE. It is hereby notified that the
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      716 16 NOTICES. TRAFALGAR. LIMITED. Notice is hereby given, than an interim dividend of 4 will bo paid to Shareholders whose names appear on the Register on October 81, 1912. Also, notice is hereby given that the Transfer Books of the Company will bo closed from October 38th to October 3 1st,
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      675 16 NOTICES. KMM KMT A GO. SHIP-CHANDLERS, ■ovspsnesl sad Nunloleal CoatruUn. Telephone No. 421. 108* 109, Market Street. NOTICE. Wo bog to notify that we have commenced business as general importers and exporters under the stylo of EDGAR BROTHERS At MANCHESTER, SINGAPORE. ANI> BANGKOK. C. A. EDGAR, Sk. C. A. EDGAR,
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