Weekly Sun, 4 November 1911

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  • 21 1 The Weekly Sun. GREATER STRAITS SETTLEMENTS EDITION. 426. CROSS STREET, SINGAPORE. I'KICE 5 CKXTS. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY; NOVEMBER X 1911. NO. 68.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1233 1 rA LA RG E VAR I ETY OF 2HRISTMAS SARDS Now On View, VHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW CO.. LTD.. THE g^ff^™ MAILK 1 AL S STYLE, QUALITY AND PRICE WE ARE ALWAYS TO THE FORE. liooJ OualW Dress Print. I "Imart Dress Linen. Dress Crashes. Our Noted Dress Lawn. French Cambric. I
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    • 10 1 SEE WHITEAWAY'S IMMENCE STOCK BEFORE DECIDING ©n Your eHRISTMfIS PRESENTS.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 424 2 BILLIARDS THE JOHN ROBERTS' LOW SET CLIMATIC EXPRESS CUSHIONS j THE EXPRESS CUSHION is built by us on the latest slip built principles from the finest Para Rubber, which is specially prepared by a new and patented process to withstand tropical climates, and is absolutely the best cushion ever introduced
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    • 139 2 J. CHRISTIE TURF ACCOUNTANT AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT. Attends all race meetings throughout Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, Java and Bangkok. Siam. 11, ARCADE. Telegraphic address: "TRITON," SINGAPORE. Codes: A. B. C. sth Edition and Western Union. TELEPHONE No. 186 1107. SINGAPORE MOTOR CAR CO. 215 216, Orchard Road. Telephone
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    • 135 2 Hudson Cars 1912. THE MOST SILENT CARS KNOWN SEE THE WHITE TRIANGLE ON THE RADIATOR. DUE SHORTLY ONE -25-H.P. TORPEDO (FIVE SEATFR) ONE 25-H.P. TOURING CAR (FIVE SEATEI BOTH FULLY EQUIPPED SOLE AGENTS FOR S.S. F M S ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE, AND HUGH LOW STREET IPOH HIGH CLASS CARS FOR
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  • 1708 3 It Mas many years before China could «T*uaded to entertain the idea of ad-. t ting railways within her borders, and n once the admission had been made took many \eirs before a general' iction of their economic possibilities their abeoiete economic necessity i grew up,
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  • 860 3 The drastic development of the wituation at Wuchang is one which, calls for immediate and vigorous action of the part of the Peking Government. There seems to have been no lack of energetic action from the every first bign of disorder, and it would also appear that
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 140 3 1 "^^B V I k f B* BB G££* PB WT ESB k/^ S ir^^.- k *CT iL>c j s I \W^^«a^** *\rn? fr^ L > L~^ t I "SPECIAL CONTINENT AL' H I MOTOR CAR I OWNERS I B Hi I should not buy I I New Tyres I
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  • 1777 4 Limitation of Liability. The Question dl the limitation of the shipowners 1 liability with respect to col-l-ions. which, it i- expected, will come before the Internationa] Maritime Committee at Paris for pceliminary discussion this month, will be followed with keen interest ill shipowners m China whose vessels
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  • 661 4 There are two very important problems nt toe present moment before the militarj Authorities m India. The one is how to obtain a Mow of recruits for the Indian Army from the. classes considered martial within In Ha. A limit has been reached to' the number of men
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 353 4 Siemens Brothers. MANUFACTURERS Electrical Machinery, Cab Wires, Apparatus and Accessories tor Electric Li Power and Traction Purpo HEAD OFFICF Caxton House, Westminster LONDON. Supplies Department Upper Thames Street. LONDON. WORKS. Stafford. Woolwich. Dalston BRANCHES. Cape Town, Melboun Calcutta, Bombay, Penang, Madras, Rangoon AND Winchester House COLLYER QV I Singapore. A
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  • POLICE NEWS.
    • 508 5 For working a weak, lame and emaciated pony. Kistnasamy a Tamil nyce was fined $10 or fourteen days. Ting A Choon, Ting A Moi and m A Tong (Hokchias). were fined each, for gambling with poh" m ie at Queen Street. 16 cents were rfeited. Chiew A Kan a
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    • Article, Illustration
      530 5 Are You There was brought before the iJisirict Judge, Mr. Firmstone yesterday, on a charge of obtaining jewellery under false pretences from several second hand good shopkeepers of North Bridge Road, Chop (Juan Honz. Hup (Juan Thye and (iiian Boh. FVfrni the evidence' given it appeared that accused who
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    • 803 5 Five Hokiens pleaded guilty, to playing "chiki cards" m a common gaming house, at No. 100 Anson R >ad. They were fined $3 or five days' each. Half of the fines to he awarded to the informer. Thirty-two cents were confiscated. Yeo Ah Tho a queueles> Hokien youth employed
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    • 583 5 Toh Boon Hofc a queueless baba and three others, Fong A Tiew, Pang Hong 1 Kang and Sin Keng Yeow (Cantonese), were fined $5 or seven days' each, for disorderly conduct m public at Tan'] Quee Lan Street. Inspector Meredith j said while passing Tan Quee Lan Street, he
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    • 193 5 Low Weng a young Hylam, pleadec guilty to stealing a piece of rain-pipinp valued at 23 cents property of Tar Chin Choon of Sepoy Lines. He pleaded guilty and went to gaol foi fourteen days. 1 I Three Hokiens, Ong Beo. Ng Ke< and Goh Ofaok. were arrested on
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  • 758 5 Never anticipate the secret of a woman's toilette, as they are only intended for disclosure to the eyes of her liege lord, and then only when i friendly tone has relieved the situation A silly male, who called early and unexpectedly and discovered a simple daughter of Eve
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  • 441 6 The Weekly Sun. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 ARE EXAMINATIONS EFFECTIVE? The British Association has recently been engaged oh an investigation into the value of examinations. Comparatively few people would deny flaws m 'our present system; the vast 'majority, on the other hand, would be strenuously antagonistic to the elimination of examination
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  • 133 6 From latest advices, a correspondent writes us, it appears that the question of Coccaine and Morphia will he fully discussed at the forthcoming Hague Conference on Opium. These drugs are now recognised as being the special menace <>f the countries where opium-smoking is being forciably prohibited specially
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  • 274 6 Although the general tendency is to do aw my with unnecessary marks of pum-tua-tion. tlif hyphen m still retained m •'today.' to-night :.nd to-mormvv." That the retHimag of the hyphen m these words is not only useless but absolutely criminal is easily demonstrated by a hit of
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  • 71 6 t Shorthand. Typewriting, Book-keep-er ing and Business methods are taught -m the Commercial Department of jJA.C.S. Three European Instructors and two Assistants. Individual Ln- struetion is given so that time required Sjdepends on the young man^s abilities -land knowledge of English. A new 1 class forming now and
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  • 513 6 The Canadian Government bought the British cruiser, H. M. > Aboukir. The Kuala Lumpur Ruhher Co., pa a final dividend of tl\i percent, frei of income tax. At one municipal pawnshop i Paris, m December, 1,301,156 artu were held for 9,369,248 francs. m The military aviator I
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 100 6 I "LANCET" REPORT, I 25/A November 1904. I Misleading terms are so often used I m describing potable Spirits, that it m I satisfactory to find that m the case of I this Whisky it is honestly described. I On the label are printed the words, I ;t£»- and quality
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    • 72 6 Loh's Dispensary. Chemists, s Druggists and Opticians,* (Wholesale and Retail). H 108, South Bridge Road,; SINGAPORE. i TELEPHONE NO. 429. TELECRAPHIC ADDRESS l- LOH, < SINGAPORE. \i Depot lor all kinds of Patent Medicines, L Toilet Requisites, L Perfumery^ Medicated Wines, Surgical instrtments. Chemical A^ T l) Scientific Apparatus. l
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 149 7 THt SHANGHAI LIFE INSURANCE Company, Limited. HEAD OFFICE. SHANGHAI, CHINA. CAPITAL: TAELS 1,000,000. 200,000 deposited with the Hongkong Government as a special protection for our Policy Holders. rhe ©NLY Company Operating m the Middle East that has this Deposit. Members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Shanghai-China. Endowment Policies and
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    • 258 7 THE POPULAR BRAND. EVERY BOTTLE NUMBERED TO PREVENT FRAUD. B^?' jLfiiit& SOLD EVERYWHERE. YEW LOONG. r-^c Me f GOLD SILVER SMITH JEWELLER wren maker. NO. 14, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. 8-7 DEAD DENTISTS. Don't concern themselves as to how their patients caiv for their teeth. A LIVE DENTIST Will not merely
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 512 7 CHINESE SPECIAL TELECRAMS. Yuan Shi Kai will interview Republician Leader. < I'rom Our (htm Correspondent.) Hongkong, Nov. 3. UK. Yuan Shi Kai has telegraphed Peking asking the Throne to appoint temporarily an acting premier while lie interviews the Republiciaii <-.t<l»-r Lai Yuan Heng. »TMH KING EDWARD VII MEMORIAL FIND. Amount
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 59 8 DECAPITATION OF SHENG RUNG PA. Foreign Ministers Protest. rleuter\ < orrosponden! <t I'^king nlati 1 that the British. Krrtuh. iioriuan MMJ Afliericaj] Ministers ropn^entatkNM to the Imperial rntn*»nt with ti view ot preventing the pt»s*il>lf decapitation «»1 Bh«Ofl KvOf Pa. v tlu» Muustcr of Coinimit»i«\«tioi)»., wboM polio? <>t th«> nationalisa-t-ion
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    • 85 8 UAN SHI KAI PREMIER. Will take Command of Army and Nary. Yuan shih-kai luppoftera arc planning im ii y Chinese Cabinet and a con- ;'•< i Government ami favour the summoning immediately oft Parliament. Yuan Shih-kai hii* poarpuiieii hi?» departure troin Changte soutliwutds. It it expected that he will soon
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    • 173 8 Imperial Troops Re capture Hankow City. telegram from Sin Kan Sien from Eleuter'd 'orrespondent with <teneral Yin C'!,c- the Imperial commander, states tli I Saturday hist kite krOOpi advanced towards Ltli.vhiainiao supported bj gunboats .i]tui«d Luiichiamiao troops advanced in tl»e afternoon against tlie Hlrong republictant »*ntrenchmentfl to
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    • 58 8 IMPERIAL VICTORY Arsenal to be Attacked. n A message from Hankow Itata* that the Imperialists an* virtually in potttmion <>t" the whole of Hankow, including the powder factory. The troops are now in a food position to 1 a^ta^k the atnenal at Hiinyan^. Tlit* ti^iitinj^ \v;ts one-sided, the re- >
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    • 25 8 Renter's correspondent at Tientsin sayw that the foreign troops marched round tho concessions yesterday morning a>» a demonstration. m
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    • 104 8 First President «f China. Heater's correspondent at Peking itatcx t lint Li YoAng Hong hsis informed th< Consuls that he is President of the Chim Republic. l!i- ci»rninimioiit i<»n to tli^ Poreiffll Minis lei'a !»:i- not ))een answered. He propose! to ItflliiUMfttor tho custom-, at (Minn^Ka uni
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    • 62 8 Official takes Refuge m American Legation. Keuter'a correspondent at Peking atateSj tiutt mm attempt was made to-day to as- I WHWinittl Slieii^ Kung Pao who made a 1 nnrroNt escape and took refuge m the 9 j Americau Legation, wlience ten soldiers! escorted him to Tientsin. U
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    • 106 8 Grants Pardon to Republicans. g Iteuter s correspondent at Peking tele-jj graphs that an Edict from the Throne;! humbly apologises for its past neglect, and I .i»i .ints jiu imtnediate constitution of the 8 Cibinet, from which the nobles will l>e xduded. E The Throne also grants a
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    • 53 8 The Commissioner of the Imperial Mari time CufftOftttt has received a letter from the local branch of the Hevolut ionarv Committee announcing the intention shortI ly to sei?:e Tientsin and Peking, and also j;to abolish the likin dues which arc a great nuisance to China's
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    • 49 8 Reuters MHrrespondcnt at Peking an nouuces that a Trance Belgian lyndicafc has concluded a largt' loan for China a six per cent. i*»ued at 9ft, The banks wil rooeive f,»ur per cent, rommission. Tiains foam P«king to Hankow will re sun tunning On M<»inlav.
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    • 117 8 CONFLICTING REPORTS. Trtops Refuge to Entrain. .Revter'i correspoaUejtt it PHkiag utate tti.tt tin* revolutionaries <»fYwie<l littlo rtiu tance tnd abandoned their rasin position a Kilometre Ten, with all their j^uns ;m< OMBp equipraeat ;iml ;ire retreating utt*r) demormlised AdminJ Eki Chen Puig nfterwardi boti CoBSSln of hil intrntiun to bom
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    • 237 8 lleuter wires from Hankow that the I li fighting is still proceeding. The Fnsur- I gents attacked strong! y and stayed the I linperial's advance towafdfl Hamming. I, Altliougli they lost three more field guns, m the republicians continue to make a determined resistance
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    • 105 8 Forced Back Imperial Guns. Reuters correspondent with General Yin Chung says that the Imperialists recofB- BMBCtd the attack on Hankow on t he Meaning of t\\e 'J8th. The' rcpublicians made a brare stand, maintaining deadly fire from tin* bontetops Jfill routed by the Imperial guns Qeaeimi Mu
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    • 632 8 The rising m Hupeh. following so closely pon the outbreak m 8/echwan, must give «c Peking Government furiously to thinK. here are circumstances attaching to this ttest manifestation of revolutionary actiity that bring to memory the Taiping Hfair, says the ll<mgk<>n>i Telegraph,. It ill be recalled
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 471 8 IWaterbury's Metabolized J Cod Liver Oil Compound. 1 IHPRHHMBRB^^ X ---^n, cod \awm OIL d JT M '»> latest scientific process to n t'<.nn ;I llU||| J %V^^^^^l^km n3USeous taste or odour I 2i }S IP* TirT^^l D Does not disturb the stomach. Si Cod c Li^it^iil'i UjMEQUALiLiED FOR S
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  • 851 9 The corps of detectives organized aftoi the outbreak of disorder here has, m vie\t j 1 of the tranquil conditions that now obtain, beea disbanded. A^ paddy has risen as high as over Tls. per picul m Kotong and Yunwotong ot the Pun U district, the Viceroy has
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  • 548 9 The practice of suspending objects of ;old or silver from the ears to serve as idonncata dates back to the most remote' mtiquitv. Earrings and pendants have jeen found m all ancient burial grounds. Chose of the bronze age are distinguished n the great size
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 278 9 I (SingaJ>ore Straits Settlements). B. P. de Silva, U adelphi hotel. yi(WJ lv IfN Select Ftre-t>roof Residential and :> I #v\ Transit xloteU Uommanding the most peaceful and attractive outlook m Otnga- Q J>ore facing tke Catkeclral ana adjoining J^i^^A.C¥U^UL The recognised f)lace for the most /^^TF^^tt'/^ri L rcc^ erc^
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  • 700 10 As there are differences of opinion amongst Tuan Fang, Tsen Chun-hsuan and Chao Erh-feng the Cabinet has placed the ultimate responsibility on Tsen Chunhauan, m order that he may have final decision as to all measures to be taken for! the suppression of disorder. This arrangement does not
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  • 92 10 Remarkable Increase of Trade. Owing to remarkable development of the industries recently effected m Formosa, the steamers of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Osaka Shosen Kaisha and others running; on the line between the islands and Japar. proper, are now securing a good many cargoes on every voyage. Taking this
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 250 10 REHN, MEYER CO., LTD., Engineering Department, SINGAPORE. REPRESENTATIVES FOR FRIED. KRUPP a.g. 6RUSONWERK. RUBBER MACHINERY. Latest Design. Hand or Power Driven. Complete Installations of Factories. Roller Washing and Rinsing Machines can be inspected at our office. ©UR DRESSING PLftNT For the Treatment of all kinds of Ores Including Crushing, Grinding,
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  • 414 11 Address to the King. His Excellency the Viceroy very appropriately brought ihe brief Autumn Session of the Legislative Council to ;i close on last month, by announcing that. His Majesty the Kin^-Emperor had graciously signified liis assent to rereivin^ an ad«lres< from 1 1 is Hxcelleiuv's Council
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  • 180 11 Many have ftharasterised the Hindu as a dreamer because he talks «>f the world is ;m illution. It was a dream when it was a philosophical doctrine, a triuinpt of analysis, as the pdetic embodinipnts of the Manifestations or gorgeous nature were the t riumphs of synthesis. When
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  • 158 11 There seems to be an epidemic of espionage m "Europe ju.^t now, or, rather, an epidemic of bfirig found out. There is the Englishman, Mtewart, m Germany and the German, Bclmitr., m England Danes m Germany, and two people m Austria. Bchaltz appeati to have been rather
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  • 224 11 Mr. Frederick Harrison ha* said that woman achieved nothing that is truly great, she singi ?t< she alone can, but she has never be«*n a great musician. She must have a fine fanoj, hut she hai seldom written tir^t-clasH poetry. I*<»-si-bly nursery Bongl are entirely her own. The
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  • 177 11 •Judging i>\ a k t.ent report by Protestor Sambon, ol the London School of Tropi<al Medicine, the snake must be ;i very jolly little animal to keep as a pet. He m cleaner than cats or dogs. He does not harbour fleas, and he kills rats who c;irry
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 207 11 Sledge Brand Milk W BUPPUBb TO ALL THE COVERNMEHT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. •l.sA' FOR "SLEDGE" Natural Sterilized Milk OR t" SLEDGE" Condensed Unsweetened Milk. SOLE IMPORTERS: J. Travers Sons, Ltd. m^BS 1 &J En^^* h'TS k r** 3^^, "sal k.- >jJT AQA UCQW ClLFillANiC 0 U
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    • 117 11 Tansan The Gold Medal Mineral Water, certified by authorities to be highly beneficial to health, especially m the tropics. Tansan is a particularly crisp and invigorating mineral water Packed m cases of 100 splits or 48 pints. Buchanan's Whiskies Are all matured and bottled m Scotland. We guarantee our stocks
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  • 1012 12 Situated at the junction of- the rivers Yangtze Kiang and Han Ho, m the province of Hupeh, and at a distance of some 37") miles from the sea at Shanghai, the great Hanyang Iron and Steel Works were founded m 1888 by the late
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  • 181 12 News was received m Shanghai lasi menth that a Chinese student, Mr. T. V Fong, studying advanced chemistry m th< University of Wisconsin, has committee suicide by taking prussic acid. Inquiriei disclose that he had been m the States
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  • 304 12 Mr, C, Ma joe, of Til', Gladstone linad, Hoscombe, Bournemouth, Bfcgiand, say.v M I suffered eight or nine years from chronic inflammation of the kidneys and stone. Twice Hxamined Under the X-Rays, uu\ ti.e rlooton thought they could see the stone. I w.is told ji^iiin and
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 115 12 COMPLETE AND QUICKEST RECOVERY GUARANTEED. A^ainstC; Asthma, Cough, Consumption and ALL AFFECTIONS OF THE CHEST, THROAT, AND LUNGS BY f§ POUMOFOR J f EI -IXIR ANTI ASTHMATIQUE PULMONAIRE s^ DR SAUL BERNARD, t,.,. m.*. ■^■^i'^P&t Thi t s v ex cellent a "fl energetic preparation is based •yV^Bip^-r3r V c
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    • 663 12 A. GREAT FEMALE MEDICINE I Throughout the many stages of woman's life, from peevi-h girlhood through womanhood, motherhood, to the declining years of old nf-v, there is no hetter, milder, or more effective medical companion to women-f<-lk than Dr. Morse's Indian Root PiHs. They promote a healthy and regular condition,
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    • 166 12 I ADVERTISEMENTS. M. N. K. MOHAMED NOORDIN CO., CENERAL MERCHANTS. I Boots, Shoes, Shirts, Ties, Hats, Collars, Hosiery and General Goods. 86-88. NORTH BRIDCK ROAD 8-7 AH LOCK, CHOP KWANC SENG. TAILOR AND OUTFITTER. Fine Assortment of Tweeds m Stock White Suits made to Order, Price $3 44, NORTH BRIDCJK
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  • 173 13 When that master of fantastic romance,, .lules Verne, described tb<« extraordinary! adventures of the phlegmatic Englishman,' Phineas Fogg, m "Round the World m: Eighty Days," the book was regamieH as another triumph of the writer's imagination. To-day a cable that M. Schmidt, a Frenchman, has gone round Tin
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  • 148 13 The ascetic life is the natural fruit of the pessimism of India. In no other icountrv is such tcmroeendeni merit attached to mortification of the flesh. Ascetics press their martyrdom to almost incredible limits: they will spend their 'days outstretched upon a bed of spikes: they will
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  • 74 13 If this* paper appeals to you, give it your practical support and encourage the only Chinese journalistic enterprise m Singapore by filling m the accompanying form and posting it to jus Subscription Form. i To the Weekly Sun, 126, Cross Street, Singapore. Please enter my name as
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 185 13 APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS. The ui.denru-ntioTiod mail steamers of the above Unc maintain a regular service between Calcutta and Japan, calling at Penang. Sin-a-pore, Hongkong and Shanghai en route. FLEET. Ton> Powmimlti B 8 Jap*n g,013 A. Stewart 38 (Jre«rory Apcar 4,fi(K) S. H. llelson Arratoon Apcar 4,500 <}. p
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    • 302 13 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) Undkr OowtKaCJI with TifE Netheklands India Government. Agtnis at Singapore Tbt Ships Agency. Ltd.. 2-3 Cillycr O«wy. MAIL ABLE OCTOBER 29TH TO NOV. 11TH, 1911. Th< •.Ti(leniientioiied dates aiv only approximate. STEAMSHIP. nroa Expected. Will be Despatched for: %t\^ Valentyn Hionw Oct. 29
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    • 235 13 printers, l^*' ©ookbindj2rs, Booksellers, 4 r and V^C^' Stationers. >^\J^ -4^ ALL KINDS II JOB Xr printing <C^" EXECUTED. r Prompt Attention. > A* r V Good Workmanship. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 29-7 THE DENTAL HALL. NO. RAFFLES PLACE. Opposite Jokn Little Co/s Building). UNDER THE STPERVISION OF Or. J. IWHTSUB©. DENTAL
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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