Weekly Sun, 9 March 1912

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  • 21 1 The Weekly Sun. GREATER STRAITS SETTLEMENTS EDITION. 126, CROSS STREET, SINGAPORE. PRICK 5 GENTS. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. MARCH J), 1912. NO. HO.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 159 1 w. l co., Itd. CENT'S BLACK CASHMERE SOCKS J4.50 p[R ooz. I /-^_\V^..i" wt 6Z)A SMART FASHIONABLE M> <? 4 S: COLOURED SHIRTS fn... i "^O SPLENDID VALUE Pn* Prirp 7S purh v__W^ '^AIN COLOURED PANCY PLEATED. DOUBLE (H T KFS j:|,:']li ijt I Price $2.00 each hMMJ SMART STRIPED
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    • 43 1 b mT\ H DRESS SHIRTS I IBJGOOD WIDE FRONTS i^ > I DRESS SHIRTS oik i*i«:st dress ;J %v SHIRT VERY LIGHT vV i I WEIGHT BODIES w^j $3,00 each. CENT'S FLANNEL GOATS TROUSERS SMART STRIPES Prices $12.00, $17.50, $20.50, $22.0 C SPLENDID VALUE
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    • 217 1 W. L. CO., LTD. FOR BLACK COTTON SOCKS jZ ."5 p[R DOZ. i Noted Qualities m India Gauze Vests. QUALITY A. < >ur challenge quality. Soft thin make, for quality and wear it cannot be beaten, all seams finished equal to best goods. Sizes 30, 32 34, 36, 38, 40,
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  • 654 2 Even at the present day there are soine people so blinded with fanaticism as to regret the Pope's rule m that part of Italy which was called the "States of the jChurch, although it was one of the worst -(tyrannies that existed m Europe. In a
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  • 64 2 The Premier, Mr. Borden, m an interview recently, emphatically denied the report of the New York papers that negotiations for a modified reciprocity with the United States have l»een re-opened as the result of pressure from Western Canada, Mr. Borden said; "We want to be perfectly friendly with
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  • 49 2 Holding that there was a chain of connection between the accident and the sui'citle, the judge at Stourbridge County Court awarded £300 under the Workmen* Compensation Act to a woman whose husband, while suffering from blood poisoning following an accident, became delirious and cut his throat.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 374 2 <^ PV jffifr* dfc %£k Ladies Diamond YOU CA GET THE BEST SELECTION Gentlemen s Gold and Gem set Si nets at a of Prices Necklaces of Newest DtiBns DIAMOND RING <*»«*- Pendants of every Kind Ladies* Gem Rings FROM m Great Variety Gold Scarf Pins at all Prices Gold
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    • 297 2 FORD CARS. 80,000 FORD CARS are m use to-day. 40,000 FORD CARS were manufactured and sold during the past year. This was insufficient to supply the demand therefore the FORD WORKS have decided to manufacture. 75,000 CARS DURING 1912. 1 HE FORD CAR is designed m strict harmony with accurate
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  • 2428 3 Hostilities m Manchuria. Pitzuwo (Manchuria) telegrams report that the revolutionary troops, which landed on the 2nd instant, started action on the ">rd at 1 p.m. Four bundled Revolutionary troops collided with 300 Imperialists with guns and the battle line extended over one ri, at 10 a.m. The result
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    • 89 3 I I CONTINENTAL MOTOR TYRES are obtainable from all leading dealers at prices universal through out the S.S. and F.M.S. CONTINENTAL 3-RIBBED TYRES are specially made for the Tropics. U CONREX TYF I 1 CONTINENTAL CYCLE TYRES are world renowned: OBTAINABLE FROM Messrs. John Little Co., Limited. Robinson Co. The
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  • 124 4 Woman's Terrible Plight on Yorkshire Coast. Attracted by her despairing cries for help, Jno. Wm. Scotte.r and .Ino. L. Wake, two Scarborough fishermen, rescued Mrs. Boulden, who had sunk up to the waist m a bog m Cayton Bay, four miles, south of Scarborough. The fishermen
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  • 154 4 Peking, February 21.- Certain government officials say the leaders of the Nanking government are weakening concerning the establishment of the capital there. However no decision has been reached and will not he until the arrival of ilr.-Tang Shao-\ i. Consular reporti received here tell of fighting at
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  • 279 4 A Berlin despitch of a few weeks fUTO said The biography of the distinguished German surgeon, Ernst von Bergmann, which will soon be published, revives a famous controversy and contain? a severe attack on the late Sir Morell Mackenzie, the English physician who attended
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  • 94 4 Military Governor Chen of Canton it his telegram to the Nanking Government protested vehemently, against Yuan Shih kai's organization of the Provisional I Republican Government and reprimanded the action of the National Assembly and the Republican Place delegates and at the same time
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  • 1040 4  -  W. A. By bast Edinburgh. The result of the East Edinburgh election ia a staggering blow for the Government it is the writing on the wall. If there m me place more than another to which Minister* might be expected to look with confidence it is Edinburgh, and
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    • 87 4 S X UNCLE PLEX draws your attention V to his DUPLICATOR. \%S*J? It will produce with perfect ease 2to 100 s>v >£vi/^ perfect copies of any document m one or various colours. It will duplicate HANDWRITING, TYPEWRITING, COPYING PENCIL. DO YOU WANT wore tbau ONB (20PM of a LETTER, PRICE
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    • 210 4 Siemens Brothers. MANUFACTURERS OF Electrical Machinery, Cables Wires, Apparatus and Accessories tor Electric Light, Power and Traction Purposes. HEAD OFFICE Caxton House, Westminster, LONDON. Supplies Department Upper Thames Street, LONDON. WORKS. Stafford. Woolwich. Ddlstoß. BRANCHES. Cape Town, Melbourne, Calcutta, Toronto, Bombay, Penang, jMadras, Rangoon Sydney, AND Winchester House. COLLY Eli
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  • POLICE NEWS.
    • 222 5 Ec Soon Kwee, pleaded guilty to being drunk and incapable at Rochor Road. He was ordered to pay $2 or three days. m Over forty Chinese were charged with throwing sand crackers at passers-; by especially at the Cantonese women folk. They were fined $3 or five days each.
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    • 802 5 Two Sikhs Nata Singh and Basawa Singh, were arrested on charges of house-breaking by night and t lief t m house No. 180 Middle Road, and voluntarily causing hurt to one Keong Kua. Mr. Battenberg appeared for the two accused and asked for a week's postponement. Bail was fixed
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    • 922 5 A Teochew shop-keeper of No. 208 New Bridge Road named Yeo Ah Keow Wets this morning fined $5 and :*osts for having m his possession for use for trade a large false daching. Mr. Flanagan of the Weights and Measures Department prosecuted. Several Chinese fruit and vegetable traders of
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    • 396 5 Babu Lai a Bengali, bullock cart! driver was arrested and charged before! 'Mr. Acton second magistrate, with |driving his bullock-cart m a rush or! negligent manner and causing grievous hurt to one Yong Hoi, at Tanjong Pagar Road. Yong Hoi is now m hospital, and the accused was reimanded
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    • 338 5 Teo A 800 a queueless Hylam, was charged before the second court with theft of $100 m note 3, $8 m silver and a gold ring value $14 total value 1122, property of one Teo Chiew of 43 Seah Street. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months'
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  • 281 5 An item that seemed odd m the manifest of a steamer lately arrived from Japanese and Chinese ports, was this m the list of her cargo from Tientsin Fifty-fire cases of horse tails. As a mat.er of fact, horse tails, or the hair thereof, are
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  • 785 5 A woman, who has already had a few ventures on the matrimonial seas, is declared hy her dearest friends to oe on the eve of another change, and the reason why is that her locks have lately taken on a ruddy hue. On previous occasions an alteration m
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  • 905 6 The Weekly Sun. SATURDAY, MARCH 9. HOOLIGANS IN SINGAPORE. Many indeed are those to whom China and the Chinese have always been a well-nigh insoluble conundrum. On one occasion we said m these columns that the Sons of Han (the uneducated coolie class was then referred to) resembled a horde
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  • 378 6 Starving for health/ 1 "Do we eat too much M uNo breakfast/ and other subjects having to do with life's gastronomy, are of sporadic occurrence m the public press. A well-known doctor, who published his ideas at some length, used incontrovertible arguments. He sapiently observed that some
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  • 96 6 Among the forthcoming Bandmann Opera Company productions m Singapore are The Quaker Girl," M Peggy The Dollar Princess," "A Waltz Dream," The Mousme," The Chocolate Soldier," The King's Bride," Ihe Count of Luxembere t4 Th« Balkan Princess" "The M erry Widow," Florodora." In view of the
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  • 54 6 The great successes whicli are popuJarly attributed to luck, and always so by the losers, are made up of four elements— application, courage intelli gence and luck. Theformul^ about as follows Application 70 .00 per cent. P™"* 6 14.95 per cent LvS IBenCe 14.95 per cent. Luck 10 per cent.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 156 6 f- -t^^H H&JH H^^ 1)111 t^^^T^^^Tirt||l 9 fcjl .^r All y^^^^*'^^^ K^ <J f-, W BBBBBBBBBBBB9BC^BBBb9bB^9 BB^^^^ X I X M U XjfS^Hmj^i^r I Bb <«^fl t |M trp I am A H BH a^* b^B SWIMMER BRAND. NATURAL MILK. S wimmer brand milk is a milk W hich will
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    • 29 6 ARE YOU PARTICULAR? You know quality, demand value We supply only Wines and Spirits of choice quality. Garner Quelch&Co. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. AND \T SHANGHAI, HONGKONG AND LONDON. 6-1
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  • 553 7 The Eastern Engineering Co. has gone into voluntary liquidation. Mr. H. B. Ward has been appointed liquidator. m i An imperial and rebel fight ia reported at Kaiyuen near Tiehling, the fight resulting m a victory for the Imperials. 1 m i The Japanese battleship of 30,000
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  • 162 7 Varied Career of Man who was left £25,000. When be came of age Donald Francis Steuart-Seton, described as of an address m Mall-ioid, Himmersmith, was handed by his guardian £25.000, which had been left m trust for him. At the first statutory meeting of his creditors held at
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  • 202 7 A gallant carman, who had brought a child from a, burning room, made an extraordinary statement at an inquest at the London Hospital. t The inquest was held on John Thomas Spiers, am- Itwcntv months, whose mother, i widow, lives at Quickett-street, Bow. The mother stated that
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  • 372 7 £800 Spent on Education of Bricklayer's Son by Bishop Selwyn. Perhaps most extraordinary factor m a tramp's roimntie life story was mentioned at the meeting of tae Crinnock Board of Guardians, when it \v;is said that the late Bishop Selwyn had spent £«SOU on the education
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  • 33 7 Mr. J. W. Andras, Professor of Modern Lang uages at Trinity C-jllege, dropped dead m Toronto. The deceased was a native of Blackheath, England, where his relatives reside. mn^ m
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  • 40 7 Westminster Coroner (to an elderly woman) Had you any reason to expect the deceased's death Witness Oh uo. my dear. The Coroner (to the jury) 1 think we can now dispense with this very affectionate witness. (Laughter):
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  • 104 7 Panic on Liner After Colliiion. Dramatic circumstances attended a collision between the Hamburg-Auierika liner Cleveland and the United States cruiser Colorado at Honolulu. The liner, which was on a world's cruise, was coming up the harbour with hundreds of passengers on deck viewing the scenery. Mr. Sanders,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 295 7 FOUNDED IN HONOUR. No doubt you bavo seen iv the papers such announcements as this concerning some medicine or other* "If, on trial, you write that this medicine has done you no good we will refund your money. n Now, we have never bad reason to gpeafc m that way
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    • 293 7 PROMPT SET TLEM E N T. TO THE MANAGER n THE SHANGHAI LIFE INSURANCE CO. LTD., SINGAPORE. Dear oir, T write to place ou record my appreciation of the prompt manner m which you settled my claim against your Company through the death of my father Cheok Hong ram, of
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  • 434 8 Two Novel French Machines. Two distinctly noval aeropl mes have recently been produced id France. The more intrrrfltinir of these machines for the average person if un ioubtedlv the taxicab built for M. Henri Deutsch de hi Meurthe, b\ Louis Bleriot. Tliis latest Bleriot -Monoplane, while intended m
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  • 45 8 The PortucuiM- llimttof of Justin- H^ withdrawn uli OMOismenta from the LUboo prietta who ligiMd tl|p dnelaratioa of ftde lity to kIM I'atMarrh, uw ilMs inst UL r(Mi the iivil rtgutratiaa uuthonti.^ to take over the lecorcin „f the |Mhmh«i at], cted
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  • 27 8 Sir (Jeorge Bullough, master of the Ledburv Hunt, han had ;i special motor van constructed for the purpose of conveying! hounds to distant meets.
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  • 229 8 A minute's demonstration is worth hours of explanation. An egotist is a man who does not know' himself. Neatness mostly means carefulness, and 1 most employers like a careful man. I All the unemployed want wages. Some of them want work. War taxet the victor as
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  • 60 8 Mr W B Sloan, accompanied by "is wife, has left England for China, where he will assist m the work of the < Lnina Inland Mission. The amount 1 received m England and the British Colonies from subscribers to the Mission found last year was £47,640 an increase of £8,576
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  • 295 8 The value of lip-reading to those who have the misfortune to be borne deaf or to lose their hearing is inestimable. Deaf children are now happily taught to speak, and tv lip-read, and are thus brought into normal relations with the hearing and speaking wjrld. One of the most
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  • 26 8 'Do you think any woman ever believed a man when he said she was the first girl he had ever kissed?'' "Yes, Eve."— Xatir*.
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  • 26 8 MU 8 M T a e y ak^ Unt UP M *<**> £OW I shan't be old enough to vote for Uio years yet.'— £{/,>.
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  • 233 8 It is, however fact that since 1834 the telephone system m kbit country (Great Britain) have grown to a greater extent than those of any other country— save the United States -but this is m towns only. Ihe service m the country is still far hehind
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 89 8 To Business Men. A new departure m Insurance. We offer insurance againstl p the loss of your most valu-i able possessions, your letl^ ters, correspondence and 1 1 mH| other records. In the 1 1| j^^J: event of these being burnt, lilr-.^ il their loss would be irreparm able. ■■Jl^^l
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    • 595 8 WATERBURY'S m Metabolized' God Liver Oil Compound JBb!^ WITH CREOSOTE AND GUAIACOL OR PLAIN. ff-^^~~™~? Does Allay Fermentation Does Aid Digestion Does Assist Assimilation 1 But Does NOT Disturb the Stomach. f i t^uXJ«^ w5 mo irMiVjWn*«^fctp) v v^pw A scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL, X sgjffi^ entirely superseding
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  • 1061 9 In theae prosaic dayi Prin art seldom happy enough (and what reallj makes a woman happier to have romances which come true: which end. as the old time story books um<l t<» end, "and the\ married and lived happy ever afterwards." The Duchess of Fife,
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  • 1292 9 Advice to the Chinese Republic. Tokyo, Feb. 16. -The .hipiine.se vernacular press shows tremendous interest m the abdication of the .Hauchu government, and all dilCilM the event. The Yorodzu recollects that the rulers of Portugal, Turkey and Persia have all been dethioned by Revolutionists. k In the case
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  • 121 9 Dr. Sun Vat Sen has sent the following telegram to General Cheng Ying Sz of Shanghai. "At the present juncture when the Republic has been consolidated consequent upon the retirement of the Manchu Emperor Shanghai is an important port m Kiangnan
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  • 92 9 Military Governor, Cheng Ying Sz, of Shanghai, has issued a notification to the public that m view of the Manchu abdication and the prospect of restored peace there will be no more campaigns for money for the benefit of the republican military fund but
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  • 563 9 Pgerent General's Troops Out of nd Republicans Occupy City. Hsuehowfu, Is'u. Feb. U.~ Last night reign of terror again prevailed m this city. It was about nine o'clock, the night very dark and raining, when suddenly the city was startled by a volley of rifle-shuts, over by the Chen-tai
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  • 230 9 Letters continuing protests against the continuance of the wearing of queues and the red Manchv buttons m the Chinese branch of the Municipal police have been received by The China Press. Declaring that the mark of the Manchu on the guardians of the foreign
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 125 9 a^^a^^^n^aw^H^^^ snnV. *^k*<^ ue Ln^r LnnT^£^^Bb C^?*C vS^IS ZdnnnßnnnaE>T fi^jiftL 'n 1 LANCET REPORT, <?5//? Noucmbcr 1904. v Misleading terms are bo often used m leaoribing potable Spirits, that i1 i^ satisfactory to find thai m the case of tin- Whisky it U oonestly described. On tine lal»el arc ].iii»t<'<!
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  • 1410 10 "There are several different \pes of good horsemen. There is the M good man to hounds," 1 1 1 > good race-rider, the good mm od a polo pony, and even the good man m the show ring. To become expert m each of these
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  • 90 10 Messrs. C. Joshua Zee and Yan^ Pao Ling have arrived at Shanghai from .Singapore whither they went about six week* ago to solicit fund for the benefit of the Chinese Ked Cross Society. The liberality of the Chinese merchants m the south has
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 99 10 NOTICE. LEEVER HAIR DRESSING SALOON. NO. 350, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE. The most up-to-date hair-dressers m Singapore. Our Saloon has just been opened and the fittings are of the latest kind. The barbers have had wide experience m the business and are experts m cutting and trimming the hair m
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    • 233 10 BEHN, MEYER CO., LTD. Engineering Department, SINGAPORE. REPRESENTATIVES FOR: FRIED. KRUPP A.G. GRUSONWERK. I RUBBER MACHINERY. 1 Latest Design. Hand or Power Driven. Complete Installations of Factories. Roller Washing and I Rinsing can be inspected at our office. ©UR DRESSING PLANT For the Treatment of all kinds of Ores Including
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  • 524 11 The Manchus have gone. Yuan Shilt-ka lias triumphed, and three edicts have been issued indicating that (a) the Throne ao cepts the Republic (b) accepts the con ditions agreed mi between Yuan and th revolutionaries and (c) bids Viceroy* anc Governors to keep order and 3o their
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  • 260 11 People Eating Weeds and Selling Roofs of Their Houses. Jn the Hwai Yuan district there may be forty thousand famine suffers. Not many have tied from the famine here because there is famine everywhere and there is no better place to go. In every
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 159 11 An Eastern Company|for the Eastern People GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE:- SINGAPORE. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW RATES. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. V. A. DERRICK A-/.. Derrick TOW NOAB PAN E*q* of Meters. Loh m Co. Chairman. AY. Seng and Towkmp Lake Yew. A. 11. FAIR, Esq., Manayiwj Director. QNG
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    • 433 11 Jodelite Registered. The Great Timber Preservative. All kinds of soft timber, such as serayah, are, after treatment with Jodelite, permanently protected against attacks of white ants, dry rot and decay. Protection of Para Rubber Trees. After pruning the trees apply a thin coat of Cold Jodelite to the wounds with
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  • 1987 12 By Philip H. Patchii. Hiking GorrHpomdetti <>(th% hina Peking, Feb. 13. -The Manchu djßMt) has at last fallen and the effort- of theVevolutiunaries of the south m their fight for the political freedo v of what until yester'l iy was the Empire of
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  • 345 12  - THE CRIME-FITTING PUNISHMENT. Fwm Gaekwar who sat On the costliest mat That he had iv his halls m Baroda, And his feelings were such That bed frequently clutch, At a thumping big brandy -and soda. N cr was great potentate In so parlous a state F or his nerves were
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 59 12 COMPLETE AND QUICKEST RECOVERY. Against Asthma, Cough, Consumption and ALL AFFECTIONS OF THE CHEST, THROAT, AND LUNGS BY A POUMOFOR y ELIXIR AN TI-ASTHMATIQUE PULMONAIRE j^ >Wd DR S AUL BERNARD, I l^^^tpvPl't I n n v c Bo «^will be found sufficient to convince A^ wte^P V S ld
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    • 263 12 ADVERTISEMENTS. M. N. K. MOHAMED NOORDIN CO., GENERAL MERCHANTS. Boots, Shoes, Shirts, Ties, Hats, Collars, Hosiery and General Goods. 86-88, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. 8-7 OFFICE TRAINING^ Shorthand, Typewriting, Book-keep-ing and Business methods are taught m the Commercial Department of A.C.S. Three European Instructors and two Assistants. Individual injstruction is given
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 285 13 APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS. Th« undermentioned mail .steamers of the above Line maintain a regular service between Calcutta and Japan, calling at Penang, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai en route. FLEET. T<>ns. Coinm.'inder. H -Japan (i,013 A. Stewart. 9k Gregory Apcar 4. G00 S. H. Kelson. ss Arratoon Apcar 4,500 (1.
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    • 412 13 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSGHAPPIJ. (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) Undek Contract wtth thk Nethbrlaxds India Government. Agents at Singapore The Ships Agency. Ltd., 2-3 Collyer Quay. MAIL TABLE- MARCH 4TH TO 15TH, 1912. The undermentioned dateis are only approximate. Steamship. From Exp.cted. Will be Despatched for:— tfate* van Noort Batavia Mar. 4
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    • 210 13 THE POPULAR B Ria ND. I MACKIE'S EBB ICQj -MGIEDmSEEYEII SOLD EVERYWHERE. THE DENTAL HALL. BRAS BASSA ROAD. UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF Or. J. IWHTSUBO. DENTAL SURGEON. (Who may also be found at H2, Bras Basah Road). Newly opened for the convenience of Patients. Treatment and workmanship guaranteed to- be
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 92 14 H MarteH's Brandy. A,3ok. England more Martell's Three M/m^W\ tar ran dy is sold than any Jill other Brand. BBILJIiy In London more than three times ||9iMpiif the quantity of Martell's is 3jjj|ill|jil sold than any other Brand of pßn bottled Brandy. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS. 11l II Sole Agents
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