The Straits Times, 13 October 1913

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.311 SINGAPORE. MONDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1913. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 258 1 iTBI CELEBRATED i White Horse!: wotcn E v wh<my 'i I ESTABLISUMI) 1742. FIELD GLASSES OF ALL KINDS SUITABLE FOR the: races GHRONO PRISM BINOCULARS, ACHROMATIC LENMi ETC., ETC. Large variety stocked at the right prices. Sole Importers KATZ BROS., LTD. IJf ATI 1? V^'Q. Kii#^TP/^U Lorries, Vans, Wagons, Tank
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    • 110 1 ROBINSON CO. RACE FIELD GLASSES PRISMATIC BINOCULARS. Prices from $12.50 to $100 each. Every Glass supplied with a Leather Sling Case. ROBINSON CO. ASHCROFTS Billiard Tables AWARDED GOLD MEDALS For excellence of quality ALL TABLKS FITTED WITH PATENT "AERO "CUSHIONS. Prices and particulars on application. A. FRANKEL CO., VICTORIA STREET.
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    • 9 1 GOODRICH TYRES. Soli Aoiitts ADAMSON. GILFILLAN A CO., LTO.
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  • 645 2 GREAT RIVER POWER REGULARLY BEING DELIVERED. A Service To St. Louis. The anticipations of the management of this vast undertaking are being realised. The works, while not by any means finished, have been so far completed that 65,000 horsepower was made available on August 7, and is now
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  • 163 2 It is interesting to see the Far East through the eyes of a South African. The Japanese, writes the Hon. A. Wilniot, in South Africa, are undoubtedly industrious and sober, but the mass of the people are very poor. Take, for instance, the 400 persons who
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  • 151 2 In the snakes of the family Boidae it is well known that the pythons lay eggs and the true boas produce living young. It is not always safe, however, to rely upon a rule ot this kind in the case of every species of a group,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 577 2 A Celebrated Violiniste Nervous Fatigue, Languor The power to excel, the confidence which ensures her brilliant successes, says the talented violinist, Miss Sybil Keyiner, is entirely due to her abundance of vigorous nervt force created by Phosferine. How greatly the numerous distinctions and triumphant career of this accomplished musician are
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    • 65 2 Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is safe to say that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has saved the lives of more people and relieved more suffering than any other remedy in existence. It is known all over the civilized world for its speedy cures of cramps in
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    • 419 2 IT IS HIGH TIME to call attention to tbe extraordinary benefits that can be bestowed upon tbe bair by regular shampooing with Pizoap. The cnor mooß hygienic value of shampooing the scalp and bair with Pizoap ig immediately recognized by all wbo try it. Anyone wbo bag once acquired the
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    • 124 2 gP^^^ For the Skin BlT^fflflr and Complexion vCi X There is beauty ;md \V$ comfort for the >km y^ I^^^^^*^^^**" I in every particle of "HAZELINE SNOW The incomparable Beauty-Balm. It acts as M a most beneficial tonic to the skin, cleansing it from impurities, removing roughness, ex- I cessivc
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  • 984 3 INSUFFICIENCY OF FINANCIAL FOUNDATIONS. Inherent Weaknesses The native industries of China, never too strong at the best, suffered severely from the aftereffects of the political upheaval, writes a Financier correspondent. The local cotton mill, whose capital was parti; derived from official sources in the past, had the misfortune
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 515 3 m It's the Curve that does it/l Tlie Gillette curving blade is the greatest invention H ever known in shaving history. j <^^fflr^i^»^N v smooth and exquisitely keen is V/Tw^iaaS^ the Gillette blade, so hard the /ill temper of its steel, that no other I I iTlwr means of shaving
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    • 10 3 Fot Children's Hacking Cough at Night, WookU' Great PeDoermint Cor*,
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    • 688 3 London Selling Agents rilA. INDIGO FIBRES S M on comUK IS I l l s miaaion in British OILSKLDS mi, l Continental HIOI SAt SKINS Markets RIBHKR, DRUGS i/*""""COTTON. WOOL Samples valued. S. a"n CC d A B«, pon. ,or GENERAL conaiinmen* inPRODUCE dicated. KEYMER, SON CO. (Import D«pt.i H-kltcfrtar*.
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    • 112 3 GLAZED STONEWARE. Drainpipes and Junctions. ALL SIZES STOCKED. SHARPE, ROSS CO.. LD. UNIVERSAL (Patent Fumigator) RECOMMENDED BY THB DBPT. OF AGRICULTURE. F M-8. WHITE ANT t j AND IN USB ON NBARLY EVERY RUBBER ftSTATB IN THB F M S. EXTERMINATOR. SOLE IMPORTERS t ATLESBURY GARLAND, LD., IPOH. OBTAINABLE IN
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 697 4 STEAMER SAILINGS'. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANG, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADBN, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES 1913 Homeward (for Europe). o {Connecting
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    • 662 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP GO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly servioe is maintained be tweea Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamers maintaining this servioe have been specially designed and oonstruoted, and are fitted with
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    • 775 4 BTEAME, BAILINBB THE 31AM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD, SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. For Pabang, Berserah, Kretay, Paka, Tringganu, Bisut, Semera Baohok, Kelantan, Tabai, Bangnara, Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Siogora Lacon, Kobeamui, Bandon, Langsuen, Taku, Chumpon, Kohlak and Bangkok. Due Departure *a.s. PRACHATIPOK Oot. IB b.i. BORIBAT Oot. IB Oot. 18 HEIM Oot. IS Oot.
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    • 495 4 STEAMER SAILIHtS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG, SJBJ ■MTMI UMPFWIIM MMTtMS. lUU ißism Combined larvlo* The steamres of these Companies maintain a regular service between Hamburg Bremen Antwerp, Rotterdam and Emden. aad the Straits, Chiaa and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month tor
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    • 569 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L." NORDDEUTSGHER LLYOD. BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company Bail fortnightly frcm Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtiu,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 212 5 MEN'S WEAR FOR RACE WEEK. superior quality A 'iMmMmllfr; Sm rt Soft soft Felt Hat /< > jK ''iWiJlf/fP' Falt Hat in all the new Jal F correct ahapes and shades, jA 'tfl II colours ax now I'rice: SS.7S l \JM \J worn at Home. IT l/i'/J' p "ee *4-00.
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    • 771 5 The Sign of Quality. VIRGINIA CIGARETTES. Packed in Patent Ei"!i A C r »'"»■"•<' Vacuum Tins. 00-^fcO Cents mtJOLm ARDATH TOBACCO CO., LTD., LONDON, ENG. > AUSTRIAN LLOYD UNDER MAIL S^ k WITH THE AUSTRIAN CONTRACT U JLu GOVERNMENT New Monthly Fast Line, Trieste-Shanghai From and to Trieste and Venice,
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    • 785 5 NOTICES. GOVERHHENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will bo receivtj up to toon of Friday, the t l«t Ootober, 1913, at tho Offiou of the Inspector of Prisons, Singapore, from persons desirous ot contracting for the following si rvices for the Singapore Prison for a period of one year from the Ist January,
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    • 514 5 ffll^ DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE HOME IS WRECKED BY DISEASE, BUT REMEMBER THAT "PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE," AND THAT SOAP IS MORE THAN SOAP, YET COSTS NO MORE. IT CLEANS, DISINFECTS AND SAVES LIFE. The Name LEVER on the Soap is a Guarantee of Purity and Excellence. ■B>lB«B«BS«»BaBBaBlii H
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 377 6 YAMATO'S Cash Sale i NOW PROCEEDING. VERY BEAUTIFUL XMAS CARDS, CALENDARS for 1914 NOW ON SHOW. 41, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. THE STANDARD LIFE Assurance Company. EsUblltnM Head Offltt- EDINBURGH IneorporttM) 1825 FUNDS -£13,000,000 1910 An old-established Office of the highest Integrity with A LOCAL DIRECTORATE. Attractive Schemes— Moderate Rates. Liberal
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    • 351 6 igtfi No. 5 Royal *n^ ■■H? THE MABTER MODEI U^^ f«iH!// BUPPLANTING ALL OTHER MAKES. T7D("nTCV/7A TT Sole A ents for s s> F MS> W4^J^^!M Huttenbach Bros. Go. TO RUBBER PLANTERS! Bush's Coagulating AND Bleaching Powder Causes the immediate separation and clotting of the rubber, at the same time
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    • 417 6 GUAN KIAT 6c CO., SHIP CHANDLERS, 37. Phillip Street. New Shipment Just Imported i Hnbbuck's colonred paint oil and sundries, Carbolic Acid. Pare Alkali Powder, Smith's Anvils, Asbestos Cord. Asbestos Metallic Shettr, Asbestos Millboard, Hack Saw Blades, Scythe Blades, Brass Plumb Bobp, Galvd. Hook Bolts A Nats, Log Bocks, Ratchet
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    • 209 6 Tropic Colds are not only the most disagreeable, the most annoying sort of colds, but they also are Hard to get rid of n Because in the Trovi hv pics your system V at its feeblest, you are worn out exhausted by the debilitating Ever-Present Heat. Your forces lack the
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  • 147 7 FIXTURES. Monday, October 13. High Water. Ml a.m.. 9.53 p.m. Race lotteries, Tan^lin Club, 9 p.m. Tuesday, October 14. High Water, IM7 am., 10.26 p.m. Itarrs, first (lay. Wednesday, October 15. High Water, MM a.m., 10.57 p.m Kai-i- lotteries. T;innlin Club, 9 p.m. Thursday, October 16. High
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  • 163 7 To-DAT. Batu Pahat Hong Wan Bpm I. Swettenham and Telok Anson Perak 8 pm Malacca and Muar Kaka 8 pm Trengganu Sappho 8 pm Hongkong, Shanghai and .la| un Kutsang 8 pm !3~l'evl<iD, Australasia Mauritius. India, Egypt ami iurepa, etc. Paul Lecat Bpm Pontianak Khoen Foeng 8
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  • 190 7 Mail Steamer Movements. The M. M. company's steamer E. Simons left Colombo at 4 p in. on Thursday, October 9, and may be expected to arrive here at about 8 a.m. on Tuesday, October 14. The P. and O. homeward mail steamer China left Hongkong at 1 p.m. on Saturday,
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  • 383 7 Latest Arrivals. Alting, Dut. str. 740 tons, Capt Kolk, Oct 13. From I'ontianak, Oct 10. G.c. and 27 d.p. S. Agency, Ltd. For Pontianak, Oct 15. Kds. Brou wt-r. Dut. str. M tons, Capt Lensinck, Oct 12. From P. Baroe, Oct 10. G.c. and d.p. S. Agency Ltd.
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  • 99 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day: TANJONG PAGAR. Bast Wharf Basin Nil. W. Section No. l...Kenkon Maru, Tara. Gorgon. Shbiks Wharf Rumpbius. Main W. Sict. No. 2...Chiengmai, Legazpi. 8...1" imii'lir. 4. ..5 in Sang. 6 ..Calypso. 8...Ni1. Niw Dock 7... (Under construction)
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  • 114 7 Arrivals. Per str. Calypso, Oct 12.— From Port Swettenham Mr. Tarry. Per str. Pin Seng, Oct 12.— From Pcnang via ports Mr. S. J. O'Connor. Per str. Marudu, Oct It.— From Borneo: Mr. and Mrs. S. R Sasson, Messrs. K. P. Grant, J. E. Moulton and F.
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  • [FINANCE AND COMMERCE EXCHANQB PRODUCE.
    • 108 7 OIHUU'UIU. Wl 1UKBK 1 IO, IV 1C o. On London Bank 4 m/a Demand Private 8 m/a 8 m/a On Oibmavi Bank d/d Private 8 m/a On Fkanoi Bank d/d Private 8 m/a Oh India. Bank T. T. Private 80 d/s On Ho»aioK9...Bank d/d Private 80 d/a On SHANaBAi....Bank
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    • 148 7 Sinoapom, October 18, 1918. Gambier 7 50 do (Cobe No. 1) unpicked 10.60 Copra Sundriod 12 90 do Mixed 12 85 Pepper, Blank 18 75 do Whitfl5% 83 50 Sago Floor Sarawak 8.40 do Brunei No. 1 nom Pearl Sago 4.30 Coffee Bali il.00 Coffee Palembang, 10% basis 80.00
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 177 7 IXel Bb 10 10 Ampang 8.50 S.2S 1 1 AyerWeng I.CO 10 10 Belat 2.45 2.00 10 10 Bruang 0.60 0.85 10 10 Kampai 9.00 10 10 Kanaboi 1.75 2.10 10 10 Kinta Association 13.00 14.00 £1 £1 KintaTin 1.18.6 2.1.6 £1 £1 Laliat Minec 16/ 17/10 6 Malayan
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    • 619 7 iw»3 BayerB SeUerB 3/- Allagat 1/8 2/El £1 Anglo Java 4/- 6, I/, 2/- Anglo-Malay 8/1 ft a/- Batang Malaka -/7 1/El £1 Batn Tig* 2.2.6 2.10.0 a/- Bekoh 1/El £1 Bokit Kajaog 1.6.3 1.12.1 El £1 Bukit Lintang 8.C.0 8.10.0 norn 2/- Bukit Mertajam 1/9 2/8 El £1
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    • 110 7 41 £1 H. Smelting Co. Hfl I £1 41 Prel. 1.0.0 1.3.0 6/- 5/- Electric T'ways 4/- 4/8 10 10 Frmaer Neave 61.00 xd 100 Howarth ErakiDC 45.C0 100 1% VceL 100.00 100 100 K»t« Brc, Del. 180.00 140.00 10 10 MAynv.'d Jk Co. 20.00 100 100 a Hargreavea
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 204 7 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. October 15. At saleroom, Koran in Arabic, Malay books and Shawls, at 11. October 21. At saleroom, freehold properties, at Neil Road, etc., at 2.80. October 21. At saleroom, freehold residential property, known as Uartfell, Naxsim lid., at 2.80. October 21. At saleroom, freehold residential
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    • 121 7 FISH BRAND KEROSENE FISH 4>Ji Dap Pncn 'S£'2?v»^>m, BRAND >K I vP^^Si\ JOl 9lllllU of 2 Tins. The Best Oil onthe Market J for House Lighting. Trade Mark. OBTAINABLE FROM: CHOP CHIN HUAT HIN, 246, South Bridge Road. CHOP CHIN KWANG, 23, Circular Road. CHOP EE HIN, 803, Beach Road.
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    • 79 7 ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME AT THE HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. IN THE 2ND SHOW: Western drama, THE MISTAKE A.O. (The searing iron of Jealousy enters a fouI). THE SWEET BOX A.B. Another health giving practice). PA SAYS A.B. (Clever device of getting marriage consent). GAUMONT GRAPHIC, No. 3T
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  • 28 8 DAlmfida.— On October 18, at 16, Cup page Road, Singapore, infant son of G I "'Almeida, Portuguese Consul, 8 days old, Funeral at 5 p.m., HiJadari Cemetery.
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  • 1013 8 The Straits Times. MONDAY, OCTOBER 13. WHAT IS THIS THAT WE HEAR? "At Manila, Governor- General Harrison has announced that the policy of the I'uited States contemplates the ultimate indopen donee of the Philippines. As a first step, he promised immediately to give natives a majority in both booses of
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  • 17 8 The next Assizes at Singapore commence on November 4. A court of appeal meets on November 24.
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  • 41 8 A draft enactment to provide for mutual ashistance between the police of the F.M.S. and the Straits Settlements and for antboris ing arrest and trial in F.M.S. for certain offences committed outside the States is published in the F.M.S. Government Gazette.
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  • 16 8 The output of tin ore from Kampar Tin Mining Co.'s mine for September is 237 piculs.
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  • 23 8 His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his power of disallowance, with respect to the Ordinance to amend the Merchandise Marks Ordinance.
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  • 24 8 It is understood that the High Commissioner has agreed to the recognition of St. Michael's School, Ipoh, as a denominational grant in aid school.
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  • 30 8 The Norddeutcher Lloyd has ordered from the firm of Schichau at Danzig a sister ship to the Columbus, of 35,000 tons, which the firm of Suhichau is at present building.
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  • 32 8 At Meikleour, the Perthshire home of Lord Lansdowne, there is a famous beech hedge— loo feet high and a third of a mile long— one of the arboreal wonders of the world.
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  • 29 8 Mr. Goidemont will take charge of the wireW station at Sandakan which is now practically complete and in working order messages were exchanged with Zamboanga a few days ago.
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  • 33 8 The annual are walking festival will take place to-day, at 430 p.m., at the Hindu Temple in South Bridge Road, where a limited number of special seats will be reserved for European visitors.
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  • 25 8 The Straits Merchant Service Guild is exempted from i-egistration under the Societies Ordinance. The Social Entertainment Party, Singapore, has boon registered under the same ordinance.
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  • 47 8 On and after November 1, parcels will be accepted by the Post Office for the transmission by the N.D.L. mail steamers to the United Kingdom not exceeding 2 lbs. by weight To cents and proportionately up to T lbs. but not exceeding 11 lbs. in weight 1.40.
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  • 53 8 The cable ship Recorder is leaving for the Cocos islands this weak and will probably take a copy of this ismio of the Straits Times in order that the telegraphists there may read what has been written of them and their life on the lonely coral. reef. The article appears
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  • 53 8 Two Chinese, Sia Hin and Toll Lee Hoo, were charged this morning in the second court with being concerned in the death of of a Tamil in Yeo Chn Kong Road yesterday. The result of the inquest has yet to be disclosed and an adjournment until the 20th was ordered
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  • 47 8 The following paragraph is given with all reserve: -A Canton paper publishes a telegram received from Japan which states that Son Vat Son and Kwong Hsing have been arrested by Japanese officials, who have also seized a sum of ten million dollars, belonging to the revolutionary party.
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  • 66 8 A Chinese correspondent points out that we wero in error in stating that Friday last was observed as a public holiday by the Chinese to mark the recognition of the Republic by the Powers. The holiday, he says, was to celebrate the second anniversary of the foundation of the Republic,
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  • 102 8 After an elapse of some five months an arrest has been made in connection with the murder of a Chinese in the Teluk Ayer market It might be recalled that in the course of a dispute a salesman in the market bad his throat cut, with his own vegetable chopper,
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  • 104 8 T wo young Malays, Gaffoor and Sukur, were charged this morning, in the second court, with picking the pocket of a hawker named Tsuchi Gima and stealing 18.90. The complainant was buying somn cigarettes at a Rling shop when he found that his purse had been removed from his trouserpocket.
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  • 134 8 Amongst the most noteworthy items in the October issue of the Pall Mall Magazine are The Workers' War," which states clearly the case for tho working classes, and which will be followed by a symposium on tho question of Guild Socialism in the X r. ember issue In Appleland, an
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  • 135 8 The P.M. steamer China which arrived at Yokohama on September 22 from San Francisco, brought back twenty-one stowaways. The Japan Gazette says it appears that a party of fifteen villagers belonging to Shimonami mora, in EUitpe prefecture, despairing of obtaining emigration passports to the States by the ordinary liners, started
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  • 452 8 H. E. the Govrrnor and the Lady Evelyn Young will be "At Home" on Wednesday next, October 15. When the last mail left home Dr. and Mrs, Gerrard were at Aixles- Bains and Dr. Gerrard was a little better. The Malay Mail bears that a libel action,
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  • 205 8 Those in search of a thrilling two hours are advised to visit the Alhambra where a great subject is being shown. On Saturday the picture Her Dreadful Secret was shown for the first time and occupied whole of the evening in passing through tue cinematograph, everyone speaking
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  • 377 8 "Dead-Tired" sends the following The I good folks of Singapore may have been i afraid of an invasion oarly on Saturday ivor- niun, for the stillness of the morn was broken by load yells at 7.U0 in the neighbourhood of St. Andrew's Cathedra). The yells however
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 181 8 LAMBERT St. BUTLER'S FRONTIER MIXTURE RECOMMENDS ITSELF. We have pleasure in announcing that we are making a li^B^LlkLSpecial Display 4I g*^J Gentlemen's }m Race Wear, f We extend to you a cordial invitation to visit our show-rooms and inspect all the New Season's Designs." JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. Anyone contemplating
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    • 143 8 THRILLING! SENSATIONAL!! ABI6 WINNER!!! HER DREADFUL SECRET A PICTURE-DRAMA IN 0 REELS Adapted from the celebrated novel of Jules Mary known as ROGER LA HONTE 7,000 feet in length. Duration 2 hours. AT THE ALHAMBRA Biach Road, Second Show commincino at 9.80 p.m. Shaip. Wk. P. LOWS, Manage*. For High-Class
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    • 11 8 Latest advertisements of the day appear on pages 6 and 11.
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  • 709 9 ATLANTIC TRAGEDY. DRE\DFUL FIRE DISASTER IN MID OCEAN. Rescuers Helpless {in Terrific Seas. Rbctbb's Tblboram. London, October 11. The steamer Volturno, bound from Rotterdam to Nova Scotia, has been burned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and has been abandoned. She had 750 people on board, mostly immigrants, and
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  • 22 9 Kbdtbk's Tblbgeam. London, October 12. At Paris, Carpentier beat the American .1. ff Smith on pain's in twenty rounds.
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  • 219 9 BALKAN SITUATION. I Improved Position Between Turkey And Greece. Rsotib's Tblbobah. London, October 12. At Salonika, King Constantino, reviewing the eleventh division, addressed the officers and declared If Greece is now master of the Balkan situation, that is due to your valour and patience. lam certain there will be no
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  • 128 9 Their Common Interests in The Mediterranean. Hbotbb's Tilbgram. London, October 12. King Alfonso and President Poincare have jointly telegraphed to King George, thanking him for sending a battleship to Cartagena and assuring him of cordial friendship. In the toasts at a luncheon on board the French battleship
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  • 70 9 Triumph for the Borden Naval Policy. Rbdtbb's Tblbobam. London, October 13. An Ottawa message says Mr. Morris, a Government candidate, has scortd a triumph for Mr. Borden's naval policy by wresting the seat at Chateauguay, Quebec, vacated by the death of the member, from the Liberals, defeating ex-
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  • 62 9 Obb Ostasiatischb Lloyd Tblbgbah. Berlin, October 11. The Reicbpost (Vienna) comments in hearty terms on the Kaiser's visit to Austria, naying that it gives proof of the unshakable faithfulness of both monarchs, which will make many of the intriguers silent. After the hunting visit to Konopischt,
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  • 28 9 i <mt» iATtv< m Llotd Telbgbam. Berlin, October 12. In Mexico the rebels have made a success ful advance on Torreon. No Germans were killed.
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  • 23 9 Der Ostasiatibchb Llotd Telegram. Berlin, October 12. In November, three Russian dreadnoughts for the Black Sea fleet will be launched.
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  • 52 9 L>.» Ostakutmcbb Lloyd T«l»o»a» Berlin, October 12. In the Semba district of the New Came roons there w«.ra iocal disturbances at the •md of August. Factories were bnrnt down and a detachment of the French frontier commission was attacked on September 18 at Semb% station, but
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  • 195 9 THE TIMES URGES SUPPORT OF YUAN SHIH-KAI. United Policy of the Powers. Rictbr's Telegram. London, October 12. The Times says young China has displayed none of the qualities requisite to organise new forms of popular government, and has not even succeeded in drafting a constitution. Thus Yuan Shih-Kai
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  • 155 9 EUotbr's Tbuobam. London. October 12. The Mcrning Post has a very sympathetic article on Prince Katsura, whom it calls one of the greatest of Japan's sons. The Norddeutsche, in a sympathetic article, remarks that Germany loses one of her best friends in Japan. Prince Katsura kept
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  • 95 9 RbOTEB'B TSLKMUM. London, October 12. Sir John Simon, at Kilmarnock, declared that the Government will never abandon th c pinciple of a responsible Irish executive, but would gladly cooperate in suggestions for a compromise consistent with that principle. Mr. Ire, at Glasgow, said the Government was prepared
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  • 45 9 Rbdter's Telegram. London, October 12. Lord Dundonald and Colonel Hickman have consented to become members of a committee which is being organised to promote a memorial to Mr. R. C. Corfield, the late Com mandant of the Somaliland Camel Corps, for his gallantry.
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  • 59 9 Kbtjtbr's Tblbobam. London, October 12. A New York message reports that the Russian government steamers Taimyr and Waygatch have arrived at St. Michael, Alaska, for coal. They have been exploring North Siberia for three years and report the discovery of a body of land as large as
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  • 62 9 Rbdtbr's Telegram. London, October 12 The result of the Duke of York's Stakes (run at Kempton Park on Saturday) was Florist 1 Equanimity 2 list-lie 8 Won by one and a half lengths, with a neck between Equanimity and Oselle. There were thirteen starters. Starting prices:— Florist
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  • 787 9 WEEK'S SPORTING FIXTURES CONCLUDED. Officers and Men at Cricket. The visit of H.M.S. Swiftsnre, the flag-ship of the East India Squadron, baa come to an end. She departed this morning at seven o'clock for Colombo. From there she will proceed to Bombay and afterwards go on to the
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  • 62 9 Dr. Wu Lien Teh, better known in Penang as Onoh Lean Tack, after attending the Medical Congress in London, on instructions from Peking, proceeded to the International Con grass of the School of Hygiene at Buffalo. The Straits Echo understands that he and Mrs. Tack returned to Peking by the
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  • 39 9 The East Asiatic Company's Daily ReportThe market in London on Saturday wai weak and declining. The dosing prices were: Hard Fine Para Spot 8/4 a a Forward 2/11 First latex crepe, delivery next three months 3/1
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  • 110 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, October 10. The following dividends have been de- I clared:— Batak Rabit Rubber Estate, Ltd., 5 per cent., Grand Central (Ceylon) Rubber Estates, Ltd., 8 per cent., Xagollo (Ceylon) Rubber < and Tea Plantations, Ltd., 2J per cent., I Kurau Rubber Estate,
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  • 248 9 END OF THE MANOEUVRES. Volunteers Warmly Commended By The Governor. The garrison manoeuvres concluded yesterday morning with an extensive movement over the hills at the back of Alexandra. For the past two or three days' work the M.S.V.R. and the Johoro State forces had joined the regular troops of the
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  • 239 9 In the Supreme Court to day Mr. Justice Sproule beard the appeal of Juala Singh, a Sikh, against a conviction which was obtained against him in the police court for csing criminal force to Superintendent Wilson of the Tanjong Pagar police. The appellant was one of
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  • 177 9 Describing his recent descent of the crater of Vesuvius, Professor Malladra says that be and his two companions reached a depth of 1,200 feet. This constitutes a record for such an enterprise. They sprnt an hoar making scientific experiments oo the brink of the great funnel at
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  • 79 9 F.M.S. Rubber Export Duty. For the period from October 17 to 80, 1918, inclusive, the duty on cultivated rubber on which export duty ia leviable on an ad valorem basis in the F.M.S. in accordance with the rules under the Customs Dv tie* Enactment will be assessed on the following
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  • 390 9 CHANCELLOR ON MONOPOLY OF LANDLORDISM. First Steps Towards the Remedy. RlCTlß's TIUQBAM. London, October 11. Mr. Lloyd George to-day opened the land campaign at Bedford and received an ovation. Earl Beaucbanip presided and there were fifty members of Parliament present. Mr. Lloyd George was cheered for some minutes.
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  • 122 9 PRESIDENT WILSON ON TOLLS QUESTION. The Last Barrier Blown up. Rbctir's Tslkgkam. London, October 12. The Times' correspondent at Washington, Bays President Wilson has announced that be is convinced of the correctness of the British contention that free Panama tolls tor American shipping violate treaty obligations. The dam
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  • 77 9 Suffragette Scene at the London Coliseum. R«DI«B'S TIUOUI. London, October 12. Their Majesties, the Prime of Walts, the Duke of Connaught, Prince Arthur and his bride and other royalties attended a performance at tbo Coliseum in aid of the French and Charing Cross Hospitals arranged by Madame
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  • 36 9 Rbcter's Tilboram Lu.-idon, October 12. At Montreal, Mr. Hetbcrt Samuel, who was th«j gue«t of the Canadian Clab, promised that the Imperial Ooveri nent will introduce a uniform imperial naturalization bill n \t sess'on.
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  • 984 10 MONOTONOUS LIFE ON THE CORAL REEF. The Mail Boat and the Barrel. Cyril H. McDermott has written the following article for the Times of Ceylon and it should prove of interest to many of our readers who have experienced a few months in tbe Cocos A casual observer
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  • 136 10 A confrere of the Press sends me a capital story which has the merit of being absolutely true. A gentleman was observed at London Hriiige with a bwts basket in his hand stand ing at the entrance to the South- Eastern station. After much hesitation he made
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  • 434 10 WANTED— BARS OF MELODY. The Essential Element of All Mask. Madame Wanda Landowska sets herself to answer the often -asked question, Pourquoi notremusique n'est-elle pas melodique?" in the French Journal of tbe International Musical Society. The lament for the lost art of melody is the hardiest of all annuals, says
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  • 337 10 . Inauguration of Regular Trade In Oil. We quote the following from the oil notes of a correspondent in The' Financie r: A regular trade in oil between California and tbe Far Kast has beon inaugurated by the Royal Dutch and Shell Combine. 1 have previously
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  • 293 10 Before the British Association, the Rev. F. Smith read a paper on Palaeolithic Guillotine Trap-stones." In the course of nearly 50 years' investigations of relics of prehistoric man several distinct and, as he believed, incontrovertible phases of such relics bad, he said, come to hand.
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  • 490 10 Hinterland Railway Scheme Engaging Attention. One of the most important events at present engaging local attention in British Guiana is the visit of the Governor (Sir Walter Egerton) to the Brazilian frontier in connection with the much -talked of hinterland railway, which believers in the colony's future
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  • 432 10 To Be The Dance of the Coming Season. The much-discussed dance, the Tango, which sent a shiver through the mansions of Mayfair and Bolgravia when it made a furtive appearance last spring, is to be the dance of the coming season. Tbe turkeytrot, tbe bunny-hug, and even the
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  • 117 10 A chartered accountant certifies that, as the result of his examination of the Kensington College register of vacant appointments and the correspondence for the six months ended June 30 last, he finds that the demand for the services of graduates from the college has been in excess of the supply,
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  • 619 10 Three Young Chinese Children Drowned. As already recorded by telegraph, a shock ing accident which resulted in the death of three little Chinese children, aged nine, eight and seven, respectively, took place at Penang on Thursday evening. The Straits Echo of Friday says It appears that the
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  • 403 10 . Dogfish, Catfish, and Tunnyfish For The Table. Troubled housewives, anxious to introduce change into the family diet, have doubtless read with inti rest bunleriny on envy, of the Key. H. O. Fcnton's statement, at a lecture, that stewed octopus was a common and appetising dish in Portugal. A
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  • 74 10 An interesting wedding was witnessed by a small but select party in Trinity Church, St. John, N. 8., on August 21 when George 11. Harding, of Kaub, was united in marriage with F. Beatrice, daughter of the Rev. W. B. Armstrong, rector of St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Shediac. Rev. It.
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 43 10 Captain R. S. Pentney, himself a very keen and enthusiastic shot, has presented a handsome silver cup for competition amongst the members of the Penang Volunteer Rifle Club. It will be shot for next Saturday under N. R. A. rules with sealed handicap.
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    • 41 10 The following advertisement, taken not from a local but a Home paper, imploros the passing tribute of a sigh," says a Hongkong paper For sale, set of golf clubs and bag, in good condition or would exchange for a double mailcart."
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    • 109 10 5.R.E. (v.) Rifle Club. The monthly handicap of the Singapore Royal Engineers (Vol.) Rifle Club was tired on Saturday, when twenty-four members competed. The following were the three best scores: Sapr. J R. Morrison 93.8 Sorgt. P. K. Hill 92 0 S. M. D. Moss 91.6 Mid East
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    • 249 10 Gentlemen Riders for The Griffin Events. The course proper was closed this morning, but the second track was made good use of, and one was pleased to see the other Penang horses which have not been out since their arrival owing to the shaking up they got on
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  • 215 10 Indian Police Inspector's Awful Death. A Calcutta telegram of the Ist inst. furnishes the following details of the murder at Mymensingh Immediately after nightfall yosterday Bankim Chandra Choudri, inspector of police, formerly sub-inspector in charge of Dacca kotwali and well known in connection with Dacca shooting and
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  • 131 10 To inter jolly wed fere is a superb in stance of a device to which natural eloquenoe in search of emphasis is prone, without the least idea t'uat it is indulging in what is technically known as tmesis." Hooray hooray boo bally ray is another good one.
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  • 92 10 From their yard at Oreenock on September 13 Messrs. Caird and Co. launched another steamer for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The vessel, which was named Berrima, is intended for the company's branch service to Australia via the Cape. She is a sister ship to the Beltana, Ballarat,
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  • 714 10 LAST YEARS FLOTATIONS IN BRITAIN. A Record Increase. In the matter of company promoting 1912 established a new record. The number of new concerns registered in tho L'nited Kingdom largely exceeded the total for the previous year, and was considerably in excess of the high aggregate for 1910,
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  • 271 10 A private letter which has been received in I'enang from a passenger on board the steamer Klang amplifies* the message detailing that vessel's experiences in Sumatra, which we published on Friday, says the Pi nan k Gazette. The Klang, it will be remembered, was conveying
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  • 822 11 PRESIDENT OF NEW ORDER ON THE CREED. Vitalising the Body. Oilman Beeler, writing in The Evening Standard of September 11, says:— According to recognised Oriental authorities Mazdaznan is The Eternal Religion that stands behind all other religion"." It is thu Ma/'Uyuznian Order of Zoroaster, and it is recognised tbrouyhoitf
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  • 21 11 Manchester North 80rne0.— 11,777 lbs., six months to date 61,124 lbs. Beaufort.— 9,6oo lbs. Taiping Estates.— 4,4oo lbs.
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  • 909 11 Prices Quoted In the Market This Morning. Singapore, October 18, 1018. Mesm. Lyall and Brett, Exchange and Share Broken, issue the fallowing list of quotations this morning I— No>. Valci Bctbm. Hiuiii. a/. Allagar 1/0 2/8 J 1 Anglo-Java 4/8 6/. 1 Anglo-Jobort 6/- 6/8 a/- Anglo-Malay
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    • 42 11 Coutfhi U into Oonium ptlon «lv a Cos Ji bit yo« stay wfaik Mb OM.Y a oonglL WATfcftBURYI MEUBOLIZEO GOD LIVER (ML 6UHPOUNO Tta law** praparafcua bu4b tm eoibatiag severe nocwh* OUKBB aay ooafa thM hi ■rfige^k Titt pakifMi m «v ibihii.
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    • 58 11 Do you doubt the sun will rise Or that stars will fill the skies Or that Woods' Great 1 jppermint Core, Is only made of drugs most pure V Yon never doubt these well known facts You never doubt your own known act* t And know ttat Woods' Peppermint Cure,
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    • 234 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. THE MACHINE that compHtat the family circle. Everyone is on bacd in the evening to enjoy the music cf the His Master's Voice macbine. This wonderful instrument makes the home attractive for the children and livene up the entire household. No home need be without a His Master's
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    • 463 11 PLAYMATES OF DEATH a dram* of the st^hr in thrfe parts A play with a eeoFational plot and one that more than aoswers the expectations aroused by its BtLB.ilii.ual a.le TO BB M KH.MX TO-NIGHT AT THB MARLBOROUGH PICTURE TBBATRK, BBACH ROAD. Sicomd Show, 9.80 to 11 p.m. CHOICE SUPPLEMENTARY
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    • 201 11 From Ist October, 1913, l^f •sbbbb^^^'^ OF MIGHELIN TYRES are REDUCED on Michelin Price List No. 5632, as follows:— 17% on all covers of millimeter sizes. 17% on tubes 3^ and 4 inches. 15% on covers 3V£ and 4 inches. 15% on tubes 105 and 135 millimetres. 8% on tubes
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  • 1486 12 BUCK DEEDS PERPETRATED BY BULGARIANS. Rapine and Murder Rife. Heartrending and revolting are the horrors charged against the Bulgarian soldiery by Mr. E. Ashinead Bartlett in the Daily Tele graph. He has visited those areas which have been in the hands of Bulgaria since the outbreak of
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  • 737 12 SEALED ORDERS." Extraordinary Story of Feminine Cupidity. Was there over really such a fatuous woman, in society, or out of it, as Lady Felicia Gaveston, the central figure in the new drama, Sealed Orders," produced on September 11, at Drury Lane. She is the wife of Admiral Lord Hugh Gaveston,
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  • 80 12 Id tbe school world, to be in the cricket eleven is a tar greater thing than being in be brett. There was once a boy at Harrow called Cobden. famous for hi", bowling. An affable fatlier, by way of uiaking conversation for a little Harrow boy at Lord's, asked I
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  • 1208 12 Night Scenes in China Town Described. I There are few, if any, gambling dens, properly speaking in Calcutta. There are no gambling saloons hidden away in the alleys and bye-lanes of Calcutta where gambling and crime go hand in hand. It is true, The Englishman says,
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  • 1210 12 FORTHCOMING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. Latest Lists. The following passenger bookings to the Straits are taken from the London and Chin* Express. It should be understood that, in Home instances, bookings may be provisional and that intending passengers may alter their arrangements, subsequent to the issue can of this
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    • 157 12 SEMI-DIESEL ENGINES "BERGSUND For All Purposes ON Complete Liunch equipments and complete Power Installations quoted for on application to Sole AffentB The Singapore General Electrical Engineering COMPANY. LIMITED. 81, Mohamed Sultan Road. PADMORE S BILLIARD TABLES With Patent Silent Low Aero Cushions. SPECIALLY SELECTED FOR CHAMPION MATCHES OF 1909 1910,
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    • 157 13 No Beer has such a goocTtaste as Largest «IJ4JC'Jt\ O Singapore, Sale in W% F.M.S., etc. Beer 1 OR 1 Key Kunchi Beer Beer Our Beer is known under the above 3 names, but every bottle bears the same label. Sole Agents: Behll, \AcyCT »Co.LM. l^l^l^lßa^l^l^l^l^-Bl^l^Bß|^Bßßßßßßßßßaaß^s^s^s^s^s^snnß^s^s^s^nßß| PIANO FOR SALE. MOTOR
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    • 776 13 STEAMER SAILINGS. OOMBINID •■RVIOB OP THE 6CEAN 8. 8. CO.. LTD.. I THE WEBT AUSTRALIAN 8 N. CB.. LTD. BBTWSBB Framantla (Pwrth), North WTaat Auatpstllan Ports, Java •nd Singapore. Regular Fortnightly sailioga betweer Singapore and Western Australia, calling at Java (as indaoement offers), Derby, King* Sound (Port for tbe Eimberley
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    • 595 13 UPRIGHT GRAND PIANOS SOLID MAHOGANY PULL IRON FRAME ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED. $35O. ROBINSON PIANO CO., LD. STEAMER SAILINGS. TOYO KISEN KAISHA (Oriental S.S. Go.) and WESTERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. The New Route Vis China, Jap»n, Honolulu, and Saa Ftaaalaeo to all points ia the United States, Canada Mexico and Hurope lf*r«tM|
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    • 1813 14 PROBPBROUI Mid PROGB THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, UMTTED. BAHKIHQ. DEUTBGH-ASIATISCHE BANK. t out nil up b-ipim (M. lull 7,i0(,0M). Head Offloo ....Shanghai, Board of Direo orp Berlin. BRANCHBS i Berlin, Oaleotta, Hamburg, Canto*, Hankc w, Hongkong, Eobr, P ikinp, Tientsin, Tjinacfu Trivgtau, Yokohama. THE FOLLOWING BANKS AND BANKERS
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    • 1006 14 MLEB BY AUCTION. BY ORDER OP THE EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES OF JAMES WADDELL BOYD MACLAREN, DECEASED. AUCTION SALE Of THE VALUABLE f REEHOLD RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, KNOWN AS HARTFELL, NASSIM ROAD, TANGLIN, To be held at Powell Co.'s sale-room, On Tuesday, October 31, At 2.30 p.m. All that valuable piece of
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  • 742 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. The Substitute for Petrol. In conversation recently Mr. Stenson Cooke, secretary of the Automobile Association and Motor Unicn and of the Petrol Substitutes Joint Committee, expressed the opinion, in reference to the announcement in The Times of the discovery of a
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  • 221 15 Paddinnton station, the terminus in London of the Great Western Railway, is among the oldest of the great railway termini of the metropolis. Even before the days of Eustoo it was there. It carries us back to the days of Brunei and ilie broad gauge with all
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  • 23 15 To-day Mr. Lloyd George addresses two meetings at Bedford where he will unfold the Government's proposals to deal with the land tenure question.
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    • 330 15 ANYTHING and EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL PLEASE SEND YOUR ENQUIRIES TO CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, LTD.. Sin FOR Auriga Wire-Drawn Lamps. Ceiling and Desk Fan«. Bells, Indicator*, Bell Wires). '•Aoturus Flame- Apo Lamp*. ELECTRIC COOKING and HEATING APPLIANCES SI I H AS MILK HEATERS, KETTLES, SHAVING POTS, IRONS, CURLING TONGS HEATER. ETC., ETC.
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    • 59 15 Sunshine and Common Sense. Don't doctor your blood for rheumatism. Use an external application of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. In a few days it will get yon up and out into tbe sunshine, then nature will restore the rich red blood to your veins and soon rid the system of this
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    • 342 15 BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT MOTOR TYRE MAN"»CTURERS TO HIB WAJEBTY KING GEORGE V. FURTHER REDUCTIONS INT PRICES OF DUNLOP MOTOR TYRES. NEW LIST IN COURSE OF PREPARATION. STILL CHEAPEST and BEST. The Dunlop Rubber Co. (Far East) Ltd. SINGAPORE. Sr^JjUj^ SPHINX ~_^B BALM. Tbewortd. MlM' Standard Cure. For the last 80
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    • 718 16 FIRE FIRE Where is your CITEX "P The Citex Fire Extinguisher Protects Life and Property. The CITEX Is simple; a pull and it is Free, a Bump and it works. NOTHING TO PERISH No solution to make up, no acid to handle. WATER and a CITEX CARTRIDGE only. Sole Agents
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    • 516 16 TO BE LET OB SOLD, HOUSES TO LH. To let, No. 21 and 82, Sambau. Road. Apply Nathan Son, Change Alley. 1-11 a FURNISHED RESIDENCES TO LET. Belmont, Ben Ledi, off Tanjong Katong and 400, Seransoon Road. Apply H. Somapah, 19, Raffles Place, or 817, Seransoon Road. nil a OFFIOE
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    • 683 16 NOTICES. KIAM KIAT ft CO. SHIP-CHANDLERS, Bswsswt and Municipal Contractor! 106, 108 108, Market Street. Telephone Nos. 421 and 1174 GUAN KIAT CO., SHIP CHANDLERS k GOVERN JfKNT CONTRACTORS. OENEBAL IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS AND COMMISSION AGENTS, 87, PHILLIP STREET. 'Phone Vibo, (Private 1460). Telegrams MUUKUT. IBS o GUAN KIAT CO
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    • 542 16 NOTICES. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given, that the basinisi of Malacca Motor Torpedo Co. has been sole to Messrs. Tiza Co., under the style of United Motor Service Co. 10- 10- a if. 10 NOTICE. It is hereby notified that the Exchange Banks will be closed at noon on TUESDAY.
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    • 691 16 SINGAPORE CLUB FIXTURES. Straits Times List. The following fixtures for the current week and important forthcoming fixtures are kindly supplied by the secretaries of tho various clubs. Convenient fc rmn on which to make the returns will be supplied on application tc the Manager, Straits Times. Singapore Foothall Association. Oct.
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