Weekly Sun, 11 February 1911

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  • 21 1 The Weekly Sun. GREATER STRAITS SETTLEMENTS EDITION. gsdfgdfsg fdg sdf fsdgdfg PRICK 4 KMS. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1911. XO. 25.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 320 1 Tcle B raphJc Addrcsi DISPENSARY Singapore. THE DISPENSARY. Ltd.. CHEMISTS, PHARMACISTS, AND OPTICIANS. 43-B, RAFFLES PLACE. SPECIAL ATTENTION CIVEN TO THE EQUIPMENT OF ESTATE* HOSPITALS. DISPENSARIES AN! QUOTATIONS SUBMITTEO. i D. TIMMS, M.l'.S., MdmmfrrS WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW Co., Ltd. SPECIAL VALIK l\ TRAVELLING GOODS. SHIPMENTS CONSTANTLY AKUIVING. jSIZE 30 by 18
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    • 327 2 2?!2££§sSr^- (THE POPULAR) T% r* I I l TURF ACCOUNTANT. DCLLAM I ENGLISH RACING. DOUBLE EVENT $5,000 to 50 AND or any part thereof. LINCOLN HANDICAP run March Llll\l O 1 It GRAND NATIONAL run March 24vh. 1911. TURF ACCOUNTANTS. Commissions executed on all the Principal events including THE DERBY.
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    • 179 2 A. W. Tully AND COMPANY. TURF ACCOUNTANTS. 33, Raffles Place, Singapore. I'eK "Ti lly, v Singapore. Telephone 953. GUAN COMPANY. Have just received the following books Che Virginians Thackeray $1.10 The Newcouies V. 1.10 Nicholas Nioklebj by Cl.arles Dickens 1.10 The Uncommercial Traveller fJ n 85 Master flumphrey h Clock
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    • 113 2 MOTOR CARS FOR HIRE imi©ht Tel. 514 DAY GREAT REDUCTIONS. HIGH CLASS CARS TO SEAT FIVE PERSONS INCLUDING DRIVER FIRST HOUR $5.00 EVERY SUCCEEDING HOUR $3.00 PER HOUR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR 6 CYLINDER "STANDARD" WHICH IS FITTED WITH A TAXIMETER AND AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERS THE AMOUNT PAYABLE. C. F.
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  • 912 3 Jacks In-kots l\y EJmaod Seous, (London M<-thupn and Co 3s, Basel Street, W.C. 2-6). Anything more fascinatingly instructive :han this primer oq entomology it would bf impossible to conceive, and we warmly recommend it to parents, gurdians, teacher^. •tc as a highly suitable present for tht approaching
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  • 132 3 According to a telegram from The Hague, o mtrary to rumours, Mr. Colyn, the new War Minister, has no intention of withdrawing the coast defence bill. The koeJ msi'l,,' Zritntcj referring t<> the statement by M. Piclion, Foreign Minister In the French Chamber, regarding the fortification of Flushing, says
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  • 37 3 A message from San Francisco says the aviator Ely started twelve miles southward of the city in a Curtiss biplane, landed on the deck of a cruiser in harbour and returned to the starting point.
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  • 49 3 A St. Petersburg telegram says Great Britain has made serious representations to Russia regarding the proposed twelve mile limit to fisheries in the White Sea and the Gulf of Archangel. The result of the representations is awaited with interest us a test of the An«lo-Russian entente.
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  • 28 3 The Standard** Ottawa correspondent saws that the possible appointment of Prince Alexander of Teck us GovernorGeneral is the subject of informal communications between Ottawa and Downing Street.
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  • 123 3 Bishop on Prosy Speakers. The Bishop of Lincoln, speaking last month at the Lincoln Diocesan Conference, said he had visions of a day not far otf' when the toil of the ordained clergy WOttld be supplemented and rendered doubly effective by employing lay reader* far
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 200 3 RILEY, HARGREAVES Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE. Branches Ipoh, Penang, Malacca and Alor »O. Rubber Machinery. SUCTION GAS PLANTS AND OIL ENGINES. The following are a few of the Estates usingThe "Campbell" and "Ruston." Shelford, Bukit Rajah, Goleonda, Vallambrosa, Kukob, Nordanal, Cicely, Sungei Serdang, Seremban and Sagga. SOLE AGENTS FOR Bertram's Rubber
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  • Correspondence.
    • 784 4 To the Editor, "The Weekly Sun." SIR, The wealth of eloquence, oral and written, poured out on the subject of the proposed income tax would be a flattering tribute to the orators and writers were there the faintest chance of its success it will, however, remain a
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    • 63 4 To the Editor, "The Weekly Sun." Dear Sir, I am swprped to seo th.it the police allow crackers to he thrown al passengers in the streets by a company oi bad characters. These crackers may lead to serious consequences, for thev may bltlM or burn any one that
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  • 291 4 m World's Greatest Contractor and his Works. The engineering world has lost a great personality by the death of Sir Jno. Aird, IS partner in the well-known firm of contractors, which occurred at Wilton Park, Heaeonstiehi, in his 78th year. His firm were the huilders of
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  • 147 4 Since his retirement from active business pursuits, Mr. James Patten, the ex-«< Wheat King," has (the Chicago correspondent of the 'Daily Chronicle" states) devoted himself to philanthropy, in which he declares he finds more interest than in dealing in wheat and cotton. At presentj
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  • 276 4 At the Williamstowa Police Court, Victoria, la.st month, You Fou, an elder] v Chinese, appeared at the instance of Detective-inspector Christie to answer a charge "that on December 29, at Williaiustovrn, he was unlawfully and knowingly concerned in the importation of a certain prohibited import, 20 tins,
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  • 132 4 While going milking, Mrs. Lather Culvert, who lives at Clinton, Bpartanburg, dropped a poeketbook containing live twenty-dollar bills, a ten, a five, and th-ee ones, besides a silver quarter. The money was missed an hour later, and a search revealed the quarter, which showed
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  • 108 4 The Straits Echo savs Mr. Ivan Chon, after his ton year*' service in the Chinese Legation in London, left on Jan. 6th for the Foreign Office ill Peking. Accompanied by Mine. Chen and i the member! of his family, he travelled from Fenohuroh-fttreet by the boat train
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  • 78 4 The Canadian Scandal. The utficiul inquiry into the smuggling of opium and stowaways from China into Canada has disclosed lh« existence of liberal patronage committee. This body recommended to the authorities at Ottawa official appointments, and when the collector (Mr. Bowell) was suspended recently the committee telegraphed to
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 150 4 GOLD MEDAL AWARDED TO Indian Patent Stone. FOR "EXCELLENCE and STRENGTH" AT THE INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION, CALCUTTA, 190 6-7. USED WHEREVER A LASTING SURFACE LS REQUIRED. STABLES, RESERVOIRS. STORAGE GODOWNST WRITE NOW FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS: 1 What Does it Mean 1 j International Correspondence Schools Pl-is<; srnd. Irce, jour
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    • 331 4 Too old at Forty. u Not feeling so young now many a nan remarks when he reaches his M forties." Sot so active, not so keen menially limbs feel stiiT and rusty, his back achf s, and his liands tremble. This failing at forty is wrong and is a sign
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  • POLICE NEWS.
    • 367 5 I^eoCiian was arrested by liarin ConstaWe No. 673 for bathing fa'BS at the Clyde Terrace marketJn aTnud state. Mr. Acton fined him 15 0 seven days. Twelve Hylam "boys" wai fi De < fttaS.-'h Hall of the fines if paid, to go to th< informer $1.36 found on n,.:
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    • 769 5 Seo Gulam Singh, a Bengalee milk seller, was fined $1 or three days foi trespassing Into the Railway Station at Borneo Wharf without satisfactory excuse. Tecn% Song Cheow waa charged with cruelty to a* bullock. Inspector Pestana said that the accused's cart was overloaded with bags of rice and
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    • 476 5 •Ng Loon and Ong Teow Hee were ■ach fined $1 or three days for gambIng in public in Queen Street. A Malay Syce named Hasan was Ined $5 or seven days for working a feme pony In a private gharry. Ramamy and Kandasamy were similarly ined for ill-treating thoir
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    • 537 5 Inspector Cuckney of the Municipality prosecuted a Bengalee milk seller named Bamdani for selling milk without a licence in High Streec. Accused pleaded guilty. He said he Left his licence ac home. Fined $5 or seven days. Twelve Hokiena were fined 35 or seven days each for playing Chap
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  • 89 5 During the visit of the Malacca planters to Singapore, many dinners were given by their numerous friends, in honour of their visit. The following gentlemen were present at these functions .---Messrs. Tan Wi Yan, Chi Kang Cheng, Low Cheng Chuan, Lee ChinHin, Tan Soo Lock, Tan
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  • 688 5 The Jesters are to make anoth show, to the delight of people w appreciate the unequalled effect of good laugh. The farce is about t best that has been staged by Amateu h and quite new to Singaporeans. T w Jesters wiil appear for the last time ih
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  • The Weekly Sun.
    • 129 6 It would be absurd to expect the representatives of the Tzucheng Yuan, who have been bred in the old schools and have not the least parliamentary training, to possess the tact and intelligence which characterize the members of foreign parliaments. It is fair, however, to expect them as
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    • 139 6 Knowledge, ability, and character are the three essential factors of leadership. They are closely related to one another and none of them can be lacking. At the opening of Tzucheng Yuan we heard much about the character of the members, such as that they would stand for
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    • 147 6 In a constitutional country the administration and the judicature are separate things, writes the Ti Ching Press Association. Their functions are well defined and do not interfere with each other. In China they have gone together, and the magistrate is a justice on the one hand and an
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  • 592 6 Mr Ramsay MacdonaM is Olie o f the few leaders of the British Labour party who have any conception of the important part which Imperial question, play in British politic.. He dimly' realises that a considerable Imperial policy i, necessary for hu. party if it is
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  • 128 6 A Chinaman, aged twenty-fiw, mimed Shun Lee, or Ah Moj, was remanded at Liverpool on a charge o! taking away a fifteen-year-old girl named Catherine Lawson Drysdale. The mother said that she >\<>nt to an address In Garston, found in two letters in her daughter's box, and
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  • 61 6 Gold and silver centuries old have been dug up at a village near Naihati, not far from Calcutta. A gold plate weighing 281b. (the metal alone thus being worth about i 1,588) bears the figures of two Hindu deities and a Sanscrit inscription showing that a
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  • 40 6 The Chinese of Geelong have donated £do to Geelong Hospital, instead of giving Christmas boxes to customers. The amount is an increase of £4/10/ ou the donation of the previous year, and it averages 22/ per man.
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  • 108 6 An enthusiastic anti-opium meeting was held at the Hunanese Club, in Pekin, last month, when resolutions were unanimously passed memorialising the Chinese Foreign Qtfice to urge Great Britain to consent to a complete prohibition of opium importation next year. The meeting was made notable by the presence
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  • 672 6 A few days ago a dozen viceroys and governors, led by H. E. Hsi Liang, sent a cipher telegram to the Throne to the effect that the viceroys and governors of the provinces should be consulted in the mutter of the creation of a Cabinet that they should
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 360 6 KELLY 3ND WALSH, LIMITED. TO SMOKERS. H. W. SAVORY CO'SE ABDI LUH cigarettes no. 4. HIGH-CIAS^ riPARFTTF^ AN EXCELLENT EGYPTIAN niun L A^__LI(UAKLI its>. 1 CIGARETTE, MADE OF FINEST special Virginian. SELECTED TOBACCO. An excellent Cigarette made of I Price $3 oo per 100 K&H'Sa *^°i!rSH" fn h l <
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  • 1053 7 Mr. K. G. Watson is gazetted to act as British Resident, IVrak. Mr. .1. A. Russell has returned to Kuala Lumpur from China. T.O.M. Mr. I). H. Hampshire has returner! to Kuala Lumpur from Home. T.O.M. Rajah N^ah Abu Dakar, Assistant District Officer, Bruas, was created a Malay
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  • 112 7 Claude Gniharue-White, the Eoglitth aviator, accumulated something like £17,000 during the six months ending October through giving exhibitions with his Blftriot aeroplane. For his flights in Philadelphia lie was to receive about £3,000. lu lua recent flights at Boston he obtained £2,000. .Just before oomiag to
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    • 285 7 B.C.L. B.G.L B.G.L j 3.G.L. B.C.L B.C.L. r D r And Others. IN ORDBB TO J PRESERVE WOODEN BUILDINGS against the attacks CD O »f WHITE ANTS, D3Y ROT AND DECAY 0 dj It is ESSENTIAL that JODELITE (Regis j~ tered) BE USED. SERA YAH and other s^>ft woods are
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    • 557 7 CHINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Office Shanghai. Registered under the Life Assurance Companies Acts, England, and uinie^r Hie Hongkong Ordinances. POSITION OF COMPANY (Twelfth Year). Total Insurance in force $37,855,885. Total Assets 8,4 15,249. Total Funds 8,216,81 2. Total Income for Year 3,566,557. AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE EfIST. Ail
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  • 366 8 Mr. H. Kanaznwa, a professor of English in the Press School, Tokio, is now ill London, and he recently wrote a criticism of English men and women "English people forget that the relation! between the teiet in their country is very peculiar. First of all, men
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  • 81 8 Might cases of suicide occurred in Naples ill one day. A rivalry officer blew his urn ins out, and youth committed suicide, after attempting to shoot with a revolver a girl who had jilted him. Three girls .swallowed poison a student. who had failed to
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  • 45 8 To Meet in February. Mr. 11. I). .Mclntosh states that Dill Lang will ficjht Sam Langford for a purse of VK) at the Olympic, probably <>n Frbruarv 15 tins year, and that he will meet Petty Officer Curran on .January 18 next.
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  • 144 8 Grand-nephew of the great Napoleon, prince ictor Napoleon, whose marriage to princess Clementine <>f Belgium was celebrated at Moncalieri, near Turin, is th«* recognised Bonapartist heir to the throne of Prance just as the l>uke ot Orleans is the recognised Bourbon heir to the
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  • 185 8 The work so fai dono, by the Tzuchon" Yuan i^ eulogised by the National Daily News. It makes much of the impeachment of the (Jrand Council, which act though apparently fruitless has had great effect on the Grand Councillors and is a cause for
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 61 8 It is necessary to tell not what to buy, but where to buy. MAYNARD AND COMPANY, LTD. CHEMISTS, 14, BATTERY ROAD. viflnunruiiLi 309, North Bridge Road. Contractors to Shipping Companies, Mines and Estates. TAILORS I. I AND jj OUTFITTERS. 1 DIREGT IMPORTERS. I JUST RECEIVED < A FINE ASSORTMENT j
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    • 265 8 ST. GEORGE'S SCHOOL, HARPENDEN, founded on the co-educational system, combines the ideals of the public and lecondary schools in a fashion that is calculated to produce the best results. The head master, the Rev. Cecil Grant, not only believes in the co-educcUtion.il principle, but he is convinced that ordinary education
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  • 589 9 Republican Agitator Imprisoned. Bdwmrd Mylius ha* been sentenced by the Lord Chief Justice to twelve months' imprisonment for libelling King George V, in 7 y /tr Liberator newspaper, in which he stated that the King's marriage to the Queen whs a sham, a shameful and bigamous- marriage
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 210 9 Sledge Brand Milk is BUPPUKD To ALL THE GOVERNMENT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. ASK FOR: SL ED6E" Natural Sterilized Milk "SLEDGE" Condensed Unsweetened Milk. SOLE IMPORTERS J- Travers Sons, Ltd. YO U R TEE T H AR IE YOUR HEALTH. S^SMS^^SwWl^^S^S^^^^^'^r I LV^K^sl Lw KEEP YOUR TEETH
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    • 472 9 i GSi^M OLD AGE Assured by the Occasional Use of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills. /ST\ To reach a green old age and enjoy good health ftißfrf J an onI > bc obtained by the care of the system. It is s4%&* m the ittlc of thc system that the
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  • 665 10 ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP. In a Remarkable Contest Welis is Defeated by Gunner Moir. \t Olympia, last month, the muchadvertised boxing match tor the Championship of England, between Bombardier Wells and (Junner lloir, ended in the surprising defeat of the former la the third round. There were the usual preliminary
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  • 300 10 Savage Cruelty to a Girl. Edward Hall, I labourer, and Edith Ball, his wile, of Aldine Street, Shepherd's Hush, were at Vest London Police Court «*e!it to pri-.on without the option of a lin<* for oraelly neglecting and ill-treating Vic ;<»:ia Elsie Ball, aged thirteen, the man'i daughter
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  • 303 10 The Continent is said to have been surprised u the rariety and quality of the goodi in the British »ectiono£the Brusself Bzhibition. Previously England had nol taken much trouble over representation at foreign exhibitions, and her poor showing had been regarded as evidence of com- mercial decadence.
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  • 51 10 World's Record Equalled. George Gray, the Australian billiard prodigy, last month reached the break of 1,143, which be made on November J2. and which constitute* world's record! The. match in which the performance was repeated was made at Accringtoo against Eamshaw, to whom Gray conceded 500 points in
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  • 402 10 The M Daily Mail has made a a:reat todo over the u laxity of the War Otlice in not having in a (Icet of aeroplanes at the Army Manoeuvres." Glowing accounts were published of the work of the French military airmen, and pathetio pictures were drawn of the
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  • 245 10 k4 The Northern Times" discusses the impeachuieut, the prorogation of tin Teaching Yuan and the budget. With regard to the impeachment that is now proceeding the journal is of opinion that. considered politically, iris a question of the incotnpetenoy o! the Grand Council t< assist the Throne,
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  • 94 10 There will he 110 children in the United State* under five jean of age in the ycai 2020. Babies, accordingly, will have disappeared from that country as early a^ 2015. This is tho mathematical conclusion of Professor Walter R Wileox, of Cornell University, recently announced
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  • 271 10 The sad and extraordinary war of the Mile End Road in London sets the whole world to wondering if there is ahy limit to British politeness. The police located two of the Houndsditch criminals in the attic of a tenemeut house. At midnight quietly and on tiptoe,
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  • 89 10 Japanese Finances. The Marquis Katsura, ipeaktng at a banquet in Tokyo, said that the Japanese Government were resolved to adhere to their policy of refrai ning from loans and redeeming del>t annually. A sum of 80 million yen (£8,000,000), spread over six years, is to he applie
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  • 76 10 Elder's Fatal Error. A dreadful tragedy has followed upon the celebration of the sncrarnent of the Lords Supper In a Lutheran Church at Peterhof. An elder who was preparing the vessels for administering the sacrament by mistake poured a mixture of sulphuric acid and eliminate of
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 124 10 tinder the patronage of flis Late Majesty the King of d>iam. THE "BRITANNIC" PATENT EXPANDING WATCH BRACELETS 13 carat Gold Bracelets set with lever watch, set with Diamonds and Emeralds. Diamonds and Rubies. Diamonds and Sapphires. FROM $300 TO $550. Also various assortments of 15 carat Gold and Platinum Watch
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    • 33 10 Roneo Steel Roll Top Desks Elegantly finished in Olive Green Fitted with Automatic Yale lock, I the drawers simul-Fire-proof, White Ant proof and Dust Send for illustrated RONEO Ltd., 6-a Battery Road, SINGAPORE.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 191 11 ADVERTISEMENTS, APARTMENTS. Furnished with or without Board. Tennis Court. Terms on application. 15 Niven Road. LEE MEEN YUEN. All kinds of Cigars and Cigarettes for sale. 100, North Bridge Road. ROOM WANTED. Wanted, room and hath room, furnished. Good District. Private family. B. c o Weekly Sun. POSITION WANTED. Englishman
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    • 392 11 KONINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSGHAPPIJ. (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) Uvmm Contract with thk Netherlands India Government. Ageits at Singapore Tic Slips Afticy. LM.. 2-3 Ctllytr Quay. MAIL TABLE JANUARY 30TH TO FEBRUARY 22ND, 1911. The undermentioned dates are only approximate. STEAMSHIP. From Expected. Will be Despatched for:— van Hogendorp Paneh Jan. 30
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