Weekly Sun, 15 April 1911

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  • 23 1 The Weekly Sun. QREATER, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS EDITION. •126, CROSS STREET, SINGAPORE. PRICE 5 CENTS. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 15. 1911. NO. Ji_L t mm
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 242 1 TcK^r.phic Ad.irrss: "DISPENSARY" Singapore THE DISPENSARY, Ltd., CHEMISTS, PHARMACISTS, AND OPTICIANS. 43-B, RAFFLES PLACE. The Larxr at Stock of Drugß. Surgical In&lrvmeikU. Chemical and Scientific Apparatus and Medical and Surgical Appliances in the Straits Settlement v ISMAIL AND RAHEEM.: THE LEADING JEWELLERS For Diamond and Gem Ornaments of Every Description.
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    • 69 1 Siemens Brothers. MANUFACTURERS OF j Electrical Machinery, Cables! Wires, Apparatus and I Accessories tor Electric Light, Power and Traction Purposes. HEAD OFFICE Caxton House, Westminster, LONDON. Supplies Department Upper Thames Street, LONDON. WORKS. Stafford. Woolwich. Dalston. BRANCHES. Cape Town, Melbourne, Calcutta, Toronto, Bombay, Penang, Madras, Rangoon Sydney, j AND Winchester
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    • 254 1 I TilF lIW tYItJ J I U 43 Z, i:^rrL£^ PLAGE. MttOM *TTEIir»W BVI i Tfl TM« £QUl?:/rxr CF ESTATL Mfarmts a i d S guD'Av-jKii soemnie. D. TIMNVIS l^"' Whiteawr>y, Laid! aw 0,, Ltd. E_ ~~yTr ongrhrll«> A R T B E 0 Nj PITTED WITH RELIABLE GALVANISED WIRE
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    • 413 2 JJSPECIAL EXCEPTIONAL OFfER To Chinese Gentlemen Only. AT THE GRAND ORIENTAL HAIR DRESSING SALOON. 6, Change Alley, Singapore. High-Class Coiffeur Charges. Hair-Cutting ...$0.35 Shaving 0.15 Shampooing 0.15 Perfumery Washing 0.15 Hair-Cutting, Shaving, Shampooing and Per- J 0.60 funiery Washing J Pace Electric Vibrator) AJn Massage 40 Queue-Cutting 1.00 Electric Installation
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    • 97 2 I MOTOR CARS FOR HIRE night Tel, 514 d *y 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 C. F. F. WEARNE
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  • 379 3 Respected Official Unmasked After Fifteen Years of Freedom. Robert Mori is, who for six yean bat >een the respected chief of police 01 D.inville. Virginia, lias proved to be an convict. In 1897 Morris, whose real name is Bdgitr Stribring shot in Hamilton, Georgia,
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  • 316 3 Canadian Premier Scorns Any Talk of Fusion with U.S.A. Sir W. Latrier, Premier of Canada, in the Ottawa House of Commons declared it the intention of his Government to persevere with the Reciprocity Agreement. Their object was to open the American market of ninety millions of
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  • 373 3 Passengers' Experiences in the Mediterranean. Disclosure* ms feo card playing in liner arriving in th«i Mediterranean from t>ie East were made In the King's Jiench division, London, ou Fab. 25. in an action brought by Mr, Arthur Pleydell, a Turf Commission agent of Telford-avenue, Streatham, and
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  • 284 3 Ex-Soldiers Expenses Found to Outweight the Subscriptions. With the proceeds of a collection for «a nission among soldiers standing at seven guineas and his personal expenses at £9, George Bootli, twenty-five, who said he was studying for the ministry,' was, at Lambeth on Mtaroh 0, bound over
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    • 232 3 STEEL FRAMED BUILDINGS RUBBER FACTORIES, SMOKE AND DRYING HOUSES, BUNGALOWS, COOLIE LINES, HOSPITALS, etc., etc., Erected complete on Site. :o: Rubber Machines for Hand op Power. tMay be seen in operation at our works. PLE, ECONOMICAL, STRONG AND DURABLE. Call and see our SPECIAL HAND MACHINE for treating BARK and
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  • 71 4 i Grand Cuuncillor Lu Jen-hsiung, High! Commissioner for the Prohibition of Opium, who ii at present on leave, has arrived in Shanghai from Haagobow aii'lis staying with friends in Sinza UoaJ. His Excel-'c leacj ente.rtjiined at dinner by the Shaag- bai Taotai last night at the
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  • 38 4 L Special lantern services for the'e Straits Chinese will begin on Sunday i at Bp.rn., in Prinsep Street Church and will be held each Sunday evening' c The subject will be "The PilgrimW Progress H by John Bunyan.
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  • 347 4 30 Miles of Royal Processions. I More than thirty miles of London streets are to be traversed by the King > and Queen in the splendid festivities of I May and June, and at the lowest estimate there will be ample room upon the pave- i luent alone
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  • 219 4 Experts on Meteorological Problem. Does the firing of heavy cannon produce am Lord Dalrymple thinks it does, as ippears from his question in the House of Commons. He asked whether the Adniralty would refrain from heavy gun metice in harvest time, when the resulant rain might cause
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  • 70 4 The gallantry of Chftrl* C. llaliidav, ccond oflicor of the Glasgow steamer River Jlyde, who dived into tin; shark-infested Sea, to rescue a Chinaman who had lung himself overboard, was recognised or )y the award by the Royal lluiuane Society of a silver necUl to Mr.
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  • 100 4 H. E. Wang Kia-tang, Commissioner if Foreign Affairs for the Provinces of Kiangsu, Anliui and Kiangsi, lias been in Shanghai and called upon the Consular x>dy, the members of which returned his •all yesterday afternoon at the Bureau of Foreign Affairs. H. E. Wang has charge
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  • 91 4 An Austrian fleet of forty-one ships, including three battleships, and commanded by Archduke Franz Ferdinand, steamed out of PoU, March 29, to meet the German Imperial yacht HohsnzolUn which was on its way to Corfu. The Austrian fleet fired salute of 21 guns, and then mamruvred so close
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  • 89 4 '/'//<• Time* states that the scheme for a mosque in the centre of London is makin<* steady progress under the chairmanship o f Mr. Ameer All and is evoking warm svmpathy throughout the Islamic world. The Sultan of Turkey has spontaneously made a dotation of £1,000. A
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  • 32 4 The United States Government has accepted the offer of Messrs. Louis and Joseph Duveen to pay £240,000 in full settlement of customs claims. The Government have released the impounded goods.
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  • 31 4 The Duina by 174 votes to 88 has adopted the interpellations of theOctobmta, progressists, cadets and Socialists accusing Government of unconstitutional practices in carrying Zenistvo's bill by imperial prerogative.
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  • 105 4 The Shanghai Taotai lias received instructions from the Viceroy of the Liangkiang Provinces to the effect that the although he has repeatedly given orders that the exportation of rice be strictly prohibited yet it has lately come to hit knowledge that certain bad characters are in league
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  • 605 4 \V« have been reading American journalist ij references to various recent events, and in spite of the average Englishman's exaggerated notion of the vulgar sensationalism of American journalism, and in spite of the smug reproaches recently published by the Times and other London papers, we are going to
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  • 75 4 A parliamentary crisis has broken out in Russia. M. Gutahkoff, the President of the Duma, has announced his resignation. M. Stolypin, the Premier, will after four weeks lay before the Duma again the Bill for local self-government, which has already been confirmed. If the Bill is not accepted
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  • 521 4 After Months II Hospital Discharged As Incurable— A Cripplb On Crutches. I Would Nkvkr Have Been Well Again But For Dr. Williams Pink Pills." The plaiu convincing facts of the case of Mr. Jacobus Gerrit Pelk demonstrate more completely and clearly than any amount of
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  • 134 4 1 fThe death took place in Edinburgh on Saturday of I/uly Maodonald, the widow of Sir Hector Maodonald, the brilliant hut unfortunate uoldiar. Lady Macdonald had lived for some time with her son, who is an engineer, in New-castle-on-Tyne, where she did much quiet public work of
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  • 55 4 The Grand Council hag received an urgent telegram from the Viceroy of Yunnau that the British troops are now gradually withdrawing from Pienina, but that the French are increasing the number of their soldiers at all the important points along the Tsiug Sin Ho, with evil
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    • 39 4 GOLD MEDAL AWARDED TO Indian Patent Stone. FOR "EXCELLENCE and STRENGTH AT THE INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION, CALCUTTA, 1906-7. USED WHEREVER A LASTING SURFACE IS REQUIRED. stables", reservoirs. storage godowlnisT WRITE NOW FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS: Shappe, Ross Co., Ltd.
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  • POLICE NEWS.
    • 413 5 Man Singh an ex-Sikh constable was fined $2 or five days for trespassing into the Sikh barracks at Sepoy Lines. m Armug;im, Gopal, Palaniapan and Koomarusamy, cart drivers were each fined $2 or five days for driving their bullock carts in a rash and negligent manner in Cantonment Road.
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    • 335 5 hi the third magistrates* court, yesterday, a Chinaman was committed for trial ftl t ho next Assizes on a charge of returning from banishment. Chief Detective Inspector Nolan prosecuted. The accused was banished in 1909. An elderly Chinaman, a basketmaker, was hefore Mr. Firm stone, senior magfstrate, yesterday, on
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    • 181 5 Hasan a Malay syce was fined $5 or 7 days for working a lame pony in a private gharry and Govindan a Tamil jcart driver was fined $10 or fourteen days for HUtreating a lame bullock. He was fined twice before for the same offence. m Ting E Ya
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    • 447 5 Leow Hian, Leow Cheow, Leow Gak and Leow Gah were charged for voluntarily causing hurt with a knife to Sia Chok and Sia Hye in Yeo Chu Kang Road. Sergeant Garside asked for a week's postponement as both complainants are in the hospital. Bail of $100, was allowed. Lim
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  • 44 5 Sir Archibald Law, the acting Chiei Justice, is engaged in the Supreme Court with an action brought by Wee Hee Chock against Toh Ah Luah foi damages for alleged breach of contract Mr. Battenberg for plaintiff, Mr. Upcott for defendant.
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  • 194 5 LIST OF SUBSCRIPTION TO THE KING EDWARD VII MEMORIAL FUND. Amount previously acknowledged $46,797.42 Towkay Loke Yew, Kuala Lumpur 15,000.— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China 1,000. Netherlands Trading Society 1,000.— W. Wallace Cook, Esq. 100.— Amoy Traders Association 50. A. H. Lemon, Esq. Kuala Lumpur 50. J. H.
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  • 189 5 The processes currently employed for making milk powder are based upon drying by heat. In a process recently devised in France by Lecomte and Lianville the action of cold is substituted for that of heat. The milk is poured into vessels similar to those which
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  • 150 5 Dr. Valenti, an Italian physician, if his claims can be substantiated by practical results, has made one of the most important discoveries of modern times. The doctor has been experimenting with a subject that has long been a source of scientific contention, the exact
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  • 229 5 It -is reported from Macao that two P Portuguese crossed over the Chinese fron- tier at Kw.in Cha to Pei Shan-ling with several hundred Chinese workmen recenth and pulled down several hundred feet of fence belonging to the villagers. At the same there were about two hundred
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  • 127 5 Moving x-ray pictures have been given special attention by M. J. Caravallo, and he claims to have overcome the di flic ul ties, including that of producing instaneous im- pressions on the photographic film. < He has successfully shown the diges- tive processes of chikens, mice,
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  • 167 5 Yet another triumph for electricity. It has supplanted riveting and soldiering, especially in regard to joining i together comparatively thin metal 1 plates. The great advantage of electrie welding is that the joints are of a i perfectly homogeneous nature. When i two pieces are to
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  • 181 5 The old idea that life may have been spread from world to world by dust particles traversing space is being again discussed. Prof. Svante Arrhenius, the Swedish physicist, finds that spantaneous generation is probably no longer possible on the earth, but conr ceiveß that it may
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  • 718 5 Jalan Besar is not the nicest place in the world, says a correspondent. Also that the coolies, and volunteers, and others employed there have been having a bully time. The first chapter of Revelations is about due. Apropos of Municipal letters or any letters, for that matter Nice
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  • 595 6 The Weekly Sun. FLUSHING FORTIFICATIONS. i SATURDAY, APRIL. The European equilibrium nust be a very sensitive thing ndeed the least breath seems :o ba capable of upsetting that equilibrium. The watch words )f the Powers are balance of K)wer and armed peace, and :onsequently the whole game works out like
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  • 1020 6 In order to increase the efficiency of the army ami to reduce the unnecessary expenses in connection with it General Yin Chang lias had two hundred and ninety officers struck from the roll as inefficient. They are chieHy officers of the old school chosen for their literary attainments
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  • 216 6 Greeted at Station by important Personages. Dr. Wu Lien-teli arrived at the Chientnen Station Pekiug, on Monday, March JO. He was met by Mr. Saoke-Alfred Sze ind other personal friends and was congratulated for his successful work in oombatiag the plague epidemic in Harbin.
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  • 113 6 Where Debts Disappear. Travellers say that in the Chinese cities oi the Koukou Xoor it is the law that all lebts must be recovered and all pledget redeemed before the end of the calendar year, so that iu the hours proceeding midnight on New Year's Eve the land
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 480 6 KELLY AND WALSH, LIMITED. USEFUL BUSINESS BOOKS. TheCompuny-Serrrtary by W. H. Fox 913.73 C juide to Indexing and Precis Writing 60 Pitman's (Juide to Commercial rorres- Elements of Commercial Law by Douglas 60 ponden<e and lousiness (')M.position 85 Elements "I" Nanking by J. Gandy 60 Pitman's Manunl of Business Training
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  • 359 7 Murder Trial at St. Petersburg. A trial which promises |n reveal many Merits of Hi* BU** Hundred organization I has ,u>t U x „«i before the S|. PM^bwi Dfatrict Court. The „i i«oner i* a man mM!( Laretchkin »bo is ehftTjpd With hnvimr murdered :l factory
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  • 95 7 i Press Comments. I press makes favourable com- 1 ment on the speedy conclusion by the! ■liipanese financiers and the Peking Govern- 1 ment of the//, 10,000,000 Peking-Hankowi R ul way Loan, while the negotiationa be- 1 t ween the European ;md American finan-i cieri
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  • 81 7 An Interesting Luncheon Party. Mr. Baijiro Hinii, Vice-President of the Imperial Railway*, gave a luncheon on the 38 March, to welcome 11. K. Wang, t lie n*w Chinese Minister to Japan, and t<> bid farewell to H. K. Jin Chin, the Coinmibsioiier of the Chinese Department of
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  • 35 7 The Budget Committee of the German Reichstag has sanctioned in unalterated form the post provided for in the Budget of a German Judge for Shanghai bearing the title of Consul.
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  • 58 7 Ll e !»t- A- Hill, of Um 10th Gurkha Rifle was killed l in a collision which l, a8 occurred on the Sodau-Lwhio Rly. between a trolley and a good., train. Two trolley men weri also k.lled, and Mr. Arnott, an assistant "ngiueer, and two trolley ,nen
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 596 7 J£L- J- C^L.L BCL I BCL B.C.L I B.C.L *J TO PLANTERS I; m' And Others. IN ORDER TO J PRESERVE WGODEN BUILDINGS against the attacks C 6 «f WHITE ANTS, DRY ROT AND DECAY C flj K is ESSENTIAL that JODELITE (Regis- 1 tered) BE USED. SERAYAH and other
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    • 531 7 JI. 15 17, CROSS STREET -I AND I 86, ROBINSON ROAD, o SINGAPORE. General Warehousemen, Wholesale and Retail Dealers, importers and Shippers of Wines, Spirits, Provisions, 1 1 1 Manila Cigars, etc. > I TERMS MODERATE. 1 SINGAPORE. j j Th3 recognised H^adqtur ;srs of the A I Army, Navy
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  • 575 8 According to a northern paper, there is a report current in the capital that Sir Robert Hart is to leave England for Ciiina during April. The death of the Russian Consul at Ispahan, who was found in the well of the Consulate compound, is now stated to bare
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  • 297 8 Admiralty Refuse to Pay Compensation of £10,000 Demanded. Cadet George Archer Shoe, whose withdrawal from OnboCTM was demanded by the Admiralty la October, 1908, but whose character was vindicated las! summer after litigation by the Admiralty* withdrawing their charge of cashing a forged poBtal order, was
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 123 8 HOLIDAY-TICKETS. Between Lsth Apriland loth .July, 11)11, Holi-day-Tickets to and from all the places of the Nether-lands-India Archipelago (Singapore and Penang included) will be issued. These tickets entitle the passenger to make a return-voyage against payment of single fare and are available for any steamer of the following lines Koninklijke
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    • 233 8 IMPORTANT BANK FAILUuE. It became known on March 23, t'..;ou<jf the Settlement that the I Sluing Yuen Bank had failed. Ting Kiai-ho, the Manager of the Shanghai Branch, is one of the best known men in local banking circles, and lias been a prominent member of the Bankers' Guild. On
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    • 295 8 TOGO Co. JAPANESE COLLOTyPE PRINTING. No. 158, MIDDLE ROAD, SINGAPORE. Printing of Picture, Post Card, Enlargement Photos. At Request will take Photos at any place. TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS. DIRECT IMPORTERS. JUST RECEIVED A FINE ASSORTMENT OF Tweeds, Flannels, AND merges. 60 HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. Specifics for Hydbocele y\ricocele
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    • 324 8 LAMBERT I CO., UNITED. Photographers AND Hrt Dealers. 3-A ORCHARD ROAD. HIGH CLAS 5 Photography SINGAPORE, ALL WORK SUPERVISED BY A COMPETENT EU9OPE4/V--CHING KENG LEE X CO.. 3, RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE. Auctioneers, Estate Commission Agents Contractors. Mortgages and Loans arranged and Labour of any description TERMS MODERATE. Telephone No. 229.
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  • 657 9 Mr. H. N. Ridley is on a visit to the F.M.S. i The North Kinta L. R. C. scored 164 in the shoot for the Walker Trophy. Solitary cases of cholera and small-pox continue to be reported from Krian. Baron Schumagher is on a visit to Kinta, as
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 270 9 Sledge Brand Milk IS SUPPLIED TO ALL TJIL' COVERMMEMT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. ASK FOR.— "SLEDGE" Natural Sterilized Milk OR "SLEDGE" Condensed Unsweetened Milk. SOLE IMPORTERS: J. Travers Sons, Ltd. YOUR TEETH ARE YOUR HEALTH. KEEP YOUR TEETH IN CONDITION BY CONSULTING Ng Poo Chow, DENTIST. 94,
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    • 449 9 I ABOUT PILLS. I I Many people have no hesitation in taking a dozen bottles of medicine in liqu'id I &&> A form prescribed by a doctor, but view with alarm thc sutffiestion to I S^W *€^t a coursc nt P llls Th«« misapprehension is no doubt due to the
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    • 19 9 GRANT AND COMPANY, 4uctioneers, Accountants, Estate Agents, and Secretaries. LOANS AND MORTGAGES ARRANGED. Telephone No. 444. Rubber Exchange Buildings.
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  • 1693 10 It is one of the commonplaces of hi>tor\ that popular bodies seldom understand anything of a nation's foreign relations and can seldom discuss those foreign relations rationally. The foreign policj of a country is certainly finally decided by the people at large, where they
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  • 180 10 On Monday Match 2.°>, while the strainer Broodstone, Captain H. A, Martin, was on ji voyage between Nanking and Shanghai, one of the Chinese quartermasters, who is believed to have been verv exoited and almost crazy, ran amok in the lark during the early evening. Jle
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  • 84 10 Last Sunday at Shanghai there was held, under the auspices bf the Commercial Association, an interesting exhibition of :i variety of hats suitable to be worn bv Chinese. It was held in the offices of the Commercial Association on the Chinese Bund, and was attended by four or
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  • 210 10 The American Vice-Consul at Hongkong Bays there is a constantly growing demand among Ihe Chinese for noaps ol foreign manofactnre. The total imports of soap into the empire amount to nearly £200,000 a year. Of the imports in 1908 about one-half came from Great Britain, one-sixth
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 230 10 PATRONIZED $jdg^ BY ROYALiY. The Britannic M Patent Expanding CClateh Bracelets. 18-carat Gold Bracelets JSS^ 2^^ with Lever Watch sel with v^^?iF» /f Diamonds and Emeralds -l^kfe ioo^W Diamonds and Sapphires $300 to $550, and Plain Gold Wrist Watch Bracelets $50 to $150, and Ladies' and Gent's Gold and Silver
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    • 171 10 _ADVERTIBEMEMTB. LIE MEEN YUEN. All kinds of Cigars and Cigarettes for sale. 100, North Bridge Road ROOM WANTED. Wanted, room and bath room furnished. Good District Wvate family. B. c/o, Weekly Sun. POSITION WANTEO. Englishman with vast experienc with coolie labour, seeks position on rubber estate. Highesi references Apply Z,
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    • 767 11 THE OUTPORT TRADING COMPANY. 1 GENERAL TRADERS AND TAXIDERMISTS. 111. RRtNSER ST. SINGAPORE. (Open Daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. including- Sundays and Public Holidays). BOOKS. (New and Second-Hand). i. \i -InpaefHaßritaunica (ninth edition) alumes .5160.00 i '['\v«'iiti-'th Century Impressions of British Malay. i g 40.00 1 >r*l Principles
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    • 401 11 KONINKUJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) Um>kk CoVTBACI with the Netiikklands India Government. Agents at Singapore The Skips Agency, Ltd.. 2-3 Collyer Quay. MAIL TABLE APRIL 13TH TO 24TH, 1911. The undermentioned dates are only approximate. Steamship. F^m Expected. Will be Despatched for:- 5 Hantam Penang Apr. 13 Penang,
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    • 255 11 LIM COMPANY. printers, ©ookbind^rs, <§>tation£rs, ©ook§£ll£rs. COMMISSION ESTATE AGENTS. 17, BLACKSMITH STREET, MALACCA. Orders promptly executed. (ong fling Ciiiong Co. THE photographic DBALERs. Colonial Dispensary. films. Chemicals. Cameras, Plates Papers Always in Stock. 6, KLING STREET. DEVELOPING AND PRINTING „r v Dru B' s o f the Fines t Quality
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 141 12 V I jc^cl Great and Greater Britain Mks-&&^LL:S 1 the unbounded and increasing popularity of w DlllG SlTlcl iJIIVGr 1 riOPi I f^Alii IS L-l 1 ll^^jll 3 I is an accepted guarantee all over the world for fi (4 is due to the quality guaranteed by the g 3
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